Sentences with phrase «for endangered birds»

Two designers show how new habitats for endangered birds can be made in the standard brick wall, using low - tech techniques.

The bateleur, which gets its name from the French word for tightrope walker, is found most often in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe — but don't count on seeing one: Population estimates for these endangered birds place the current number at 75 percent fewer than in the early 1900s, and 50 percent less in the last 30 years.

Keep an eye out for endangered birds and giant tortoises.

Many of the same technologies are needed for endangered birds in order to restore genetic diversity, create or enhance disease resistance, and facilitate adaptation to address genomic vulnerability to a changing climate.

Such advances in the domestic chicken open the possibility of using advanced reproductive techniques for endangered birds to aid captive breeding programs.

How much does one Southold Town homeowner care about keeping fencing for endangered bird species» nests off their beachfront property?

Left: Jenny Kendler, Camouflage V (Ultra-deflector for endangered Bird of Paradise), 2013, vintage porcelain bird, glue, paperclay, acrylic, gold leaf, 10 x 6 x 6 in.

Not exact matches

The country is renowned for its diversity of tropical plants and wildlife, like three - toed sloths, endangered white - faced capuchin monkeys and hundreds of different bird species.

If the coin landed on tails, the turkey would have been the national bird, eagles would still be endangered, you'd have to settle for eating ham (still an obomination according to the Bible) for Thanksgiving dinner, and you wouldn't care a lick about this.

Reflect for a moment on a few familiar facts: The endangered wildlife list now stands at a record 101 species in the United States — mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles facing extinction.

«We will be working together to deliver environmental water to smaller local wetland and floodplain sites to improve habitat and provide refuges for endangered and threatened native bird and fish species such as the Regent Parrot and the Murray Hardyhead,» Mr Reilly said.

The wetland complex is home for 284 species of plants (including 108 regionally endangered, 11 state - wide endangered and 1 nationally endangered), 171 species of birds (making it a significant bird hotspot in South Australia and Australia), 47 species of reptiles, 13 species of mammals, 9 species of fish and 8 species of amphibians.

Available data demonstrate that organic management of rice paddy fields provides optimal foraging areas for birds and is beneficial to many endangered species of birds, such as the cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis), little egret (Egretta garzetta), grey heron (Ardea cinerea), purple heron (Ardea purpurea), purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides), black - winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) and many others.

He has been a practicing ornithologist and conservation biologist for 30 years, specializing in integrating behavioral studies of rare and endangered bird species with habitat conservation planning.

The area is a breeding and nesting ground for threatened and endangered birds like bald eagles and black terns.

Levy asked Steadman to draw one particular endangered bird for an art exhibition.

And it could improve the prospects for two endangered birds native to the area — the Yuma Clapper Rail and the Southwestern Flycatcher.

Exotic plantations can not serve as habitats for indigenous birds and animals, and «monocultures have limited value in conserving endangered species,» the authors point out in the paper.

This region features unique, highly diverse arid and semi-arid habitats inhabited by rare and endangered plants and animals, and provides a vital migratory stopping point for many species of birds and animals on their journey across the continent.

In one bird shop in Hong Kong, the investigators were offered Moluccan cockatoos and Goffin's cockatoos — two species for which all trade is banned under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species — provided they ordered at least a hundred birds.

It is an internationally important site for bird life, listed under the Ramsar Convention, and home to endangered species such as the Dalmatian pelican.

The National Park is a globally important hotspot of biodiversity with many rare and endangered species, including orchids, butterflies and birds, some of which are found nowhere else in the world except for the mountain forests of Jamaica.

Eventually the birds make their way back, but for researchers like Botha and Kaltenecker, it's unnerving to consider the countless dangers the vultures — some of the most endangered creatures on the planet — encounter when they're outside the protective borders of the park.

They have a water - filled hollow in the centre of their rosette of leaves, a tank which is home to insects that provide an important food source for the endangered Jamaican blackbird, the most severely threatened bird species in the Blue Mountains.

Twenty - mile castaway fishnets snare sea turtles, dolphins, and other animals, endangering their populations; birds mistake trash for food, eat it, and die; jellyfish get sick; gnarly junk washes back to shore — some of it hazardous waste.

Possingham recently analyzed endangered animals and plants in New Zealand and found that for the same budget required to save a single bird species there, the North Island brown kiwi, six other threatened species could be protected.

A team led by University of California, Santa Barbara plant ecologist Shelley Crausbay is studying high - elevation cloud forests that provide habitat for a number of rare birds, most of which are endangered.

President Barack Obama's administration is under court order to decide by 30 September how to protect the bird: declare it an endangered species — the nuclear option in conservation — or opt for the less onerous conservation strategies that officials are testing on its fellow rangeland bird, the lesser prairie chicken.

Silver Springs State Park provides a natural habitat for numerous species, including 18 endemic and 10 endangered plant species, as well as habitat for resident and migratory birds, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

The mangrove finch (Camarhynchus heliobates) population, for example, has declined to less than a hundred birds, making it critically endangered.

For the first time, birds can be prioritised based on how unique, abundant and endangered they are.

The researchers did not attempt to calculate the bird's energy savings because the necessary physiological measurements would be too invasive for an endangered species.

In 2015 the agency reversed course without adequate justification or explanation, finding that the bird «did not warrant» federal protection, so early the next year the Center and allies sued again for Endangered Species Act protections for Mono Basin sage grouse.

Finally, two years after the petition was submitted and six months after we and our allies filed a lawsuit, the Service agreed to withdraw its 2006 pronouncement, in April 2008 announcing it would consider the bird for Endangered Species Act listing.

After years of inaction and prompted by a 2011 decision by the Fish and Wildlife Service to list the bird for protection under the Endangered Species Act, the BLM initiated sage grouse protection planning.

Pupils will learn about this endangered bird with its enormous wing span and how it glides across the Southern Ocean for huge distances in search of food.

«Feral cats have become a chief concern as a health risk for people, and they're responsible for the continued deaths of several birds on the endangered species list,» said Napier, a native of Boston, Mass..

If we are serious about saving native wildlife and birds, we should take a good look at ourselves; humans are vastly more responsible for the destruction of endangered species than feral cats are.

It is highly prized for the pet trade and is listed in appendix 1 of the CITES (Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species), meaning that trade and sale of wild birds are forbidden.

Since there is no evidence that cats are a species - endangering threat to any of our bird species, there's no foundation for calls to remove and / or kill outdoor cats from the American landscape.

... it may become incumbent upon us to take legal action against colonies and colony managers, particularly in areas that provide habitat for migratory birds or endangered species.

According to the findings, wearable tech for animals of all sorts — dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, livestock and endangered species — will be the next big thing for monitoring security, behavior, medical diagnosis and treatment.

HAHF argues that «the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty and the Endangered Species Act negatively implicate TVNR and creates the possibilitity [sic] of legal action against veterinarians engaging in TVNR,» and that «the primary veterinarian medical malpractice carrier will not provide insurance coverage for illegal activies [sic].»

Law Offices of Babak Naficy and Babak Naficy for Plaintiffs and Respondents The Urban Wildlands Group, Endangered Habitats League, Los Angeles Audubon Society, Palos Verdes / South Bay Audubon Society, Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society, and American Bird Conservancy.

The Injunction The original complaint — filed by the Urban Wildlands Group, Endangered Habitats League, Los Angeles Audubon Society, Palos Verdes / South Bay Audubon Society, Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society, and the American Bird Conservancy — was brought under the California Environmental Quality Act, with the plaintiffs arguing, for instance, that TNR «can cause significant adverse environmental impacts by causing proliferation of rats and raccoons and creating water pollution problems.»

Among the «actions [that] should be encouraged» is «legal action against colonies and colony managers, particularly in areas that provide habitat for migratory birds or endangered species.»

As an agency responsible for administering the regulatory provisions of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), the Service's position is that those practicing Trap - Neuter - Release (TNR) could be subject to prosecution under those laws.

For nature lovers and bird watchers, Morro Bay Estuary provides a nourishing habitat to more than 250 species of birds, including dozens of endangered species.

It's renowned for its vast diversity of tropical plants and wildlife, from three - toed sloths and endangered white - faced capuchin monkeys to hundreds of bird species.

Overpopulation of feral cats brings the potential for disease to the human population and poses a problem for native and endangered birds.