Bird Conservation - Page 8

  • Marbled Murrelet Defended in Court

    Despite being listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1992, conservation efforts haven’t come close to increasing their population, and haven’t even been able to halt their decline.

    By Alex Taylor on 8th May 2013
  • Is Extinction Really Forever?

    A team of scientists called the Lazarus Project have just announced that the genome of an extinct species has been revived and reactivated.

    By Alex Taylor on 27th March 2013
  • Condor Cruelty

    Once this population was connected all along the mountain range, but now their population is fragmented. They are isolated from each other and, as a result, are vulnerable to the long-term risks of inbreeding, such as birth defects and infertility.

    By Alex Taylor on 6th February 2013
  • It’s almost time for the Big Garden Bird Watch

    This weekend (26-27th January) the big garden bird watch will be taking place throughout the UK. It’s a national survey carried out by you and me and is organised by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).

    By Richard Hassall on 24th January 2013
  • New Hope for Rare Parakeets

    Orange-fronted parakeets are small, brightly coloured forest-dwelling birds. They are classified as critically endangered by the IUCN, and as nationally critical in New Zealand which means, according to the Department of Conservation, that “the next stop is extinction.”

    By Alex Taylor on 9th January 2013
  • Counting Birds at Christmas

    The Audubon Society’s ‘Christmas Bird Count’ now involves 60,000 volunteers in over 2000 count areas, providing a vital snapshot of the health of wintering bird populations in North America.

    By Chris Foster on 31st December 2012
  • X is for Xmas Birds

    It is, after all, the most bird-heavy festive ditty imaginable, with not only the obvious partridges, doves, hens, swans and geese, but oblique references to blackbirds (four calling birds) and depending on source either goldfinches or pheasants (five gold rings).

    By Chris Foster on 21st December 2012
  • Y is for Yellowhammer

    Not a bird of garden feeding stations, unless your house backs on to a farm, but one that, when you see or hear one, tells you that you’ve arrived in rural Britain.

    By Chris Foster on 6th December 2012
  • T is for Twite

    It’s an unremarkable, streaky little finch, not unlike linnets or redpolls but without either species’ bright red head markings.

    By Chris Foster on 5th November 2012
  • Penguins in Peril

    Of the world’s 18 species of penguins, 11 species are listed by the IUCN as Vulnerable or Endangered, that’s 61% of all penguins. If the Near Threatened category is added, that figure jumps to 83%.

    By Alex Taylor on 10th October 2012