Sentences with phrase «forest bird habitat»

The CEAP assessment, led by Jeffery Larkin, professor of biology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and forest bird habitat coordinator with the American Bird Conservancy, evaluates the effectiveness of young forest management in creating quality habitat for the golden - winged warbler and other wildlife species.

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Goals included reforestation and creation of forest corridors to improve habitat, especially for migratory birds, and working with coffee farmers to re-establish shade trees and convert to organic production.

(citation needed) Shaded Kona cultivation systems show greater biodiversity than full - sun systems, and those more distant from continuous forest compare rather poorly to undisturbed native forest in terms of habitat value for some bird species.

Creating and maintaining hospitable habitat will be key to sustaining our forest birds, and doing so requires engagement and action.

During this engaging program students will listen to a guided imagery story while sitting in a natural setting; learn the life cycle of a bird through imaginary play and determine what makes a good home for specific native animals as they explore and compare the resources available in forest and field habitats.

Jeff is a Field Ornithologist at Mass Audubon, where he focuses on working landscapes and the habitat management of forest birds, including the coordination of Mass Audubon's Foresters for the Birds probirds, including the coordination of Mass Audubon's Foresters for the Birds proBirds program.

Originally hailing from Delaware, Jeff attended graduate school at UMass Amherst, where he investigated the winter habitat of the migratory Golden - winged Warbler as well as the role of alternative coffee farming in the conservation of forest bird species in Costa Rica.

Jeff is a Field Ornithologist at Mass Audubon, where he focuses on working landscapes and the habitat management of forest birds.

Spreading across more than 700 acres in Easthampton and Northampton along the western bank of the oxbow, the wildlife sanctuary offers visitors a range of landscapes and habitats attractive to birds, from marshes and meadows to grasslands and forest.

The competition encourages participants to reveal the Commonwealth's natural wonders, large and small: birds and other animals in their habitats, lush forests and fields, and people enjoying the outdoors.

Hurricane Katrina destroyed the habitat of breeding colonies in Louisiana's Pearl River Basin, for instance, but bird numbers held steady, researchers noted in the journal Forest Ecology and Management.

Some 500,000 acres of boreal forest in Ontario and Alberta alone — key habitat for caribou, lynx, wolves and scores of birds — are felled each year to provide pulp for disposable paper.

One of the management activities that the park is really focusing on is especially on these woodlands, of restoring the forest floor and make sure that leaves remain, not raking them up and when branches fall, letting them remain in place so that they could decompose, this again because it's going to restore the whole forest system and also it's good foraging habitat for all these wild birds we are seeing here, kicking through the underbrush and kicking through the leaves looking for worms and other insects and other invertebrates.

The first U.S. State of the Birds report came out in 2009 and established the precedent of using birds that are confined to specific habitats as indicators of the health of those habitats: oceans, coasts, wetlands, arctic, forests, grasslands, and aridlBirds report came out in 2009 and established the precedent of using birds that are confined to specific habitats as indicators of the health of those habitats: oceans, coasts, wetlands, arctic, forests, grasslands, and aridlbirds that are confined to specific habitats as indicators of the health of those habitats: oceans, coasts, wetlands, arctic, forests, grasslands, and aridlands.

The results, published in Ecology Letters, not only offer hope to farmers battling the beetle, but also provide an incentive to protect wildlife habitat: the more forest grew on and near a coffee farm, the more birds the farm had, and the lower its infestation rates were.

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.

Denizens of bottomlands and old forests from the Carolinas to east Texas, the birds dwindled in number as their habitat was logged from the late 1800s through the 1930s.

It's one of the largest intact forest ecosystems left on Earth; it's actually only three or four places that have these large unfragmented habitats left and because of that it holds some of the largest populations of mammals and birds — some of the largest populations of wolves, for example, in, caribou as well as, we estimate one to three billion birds that nest there every year and that's some of the birds that are actually stopping off at Central Park.

Birds from every habitat — from boreal forests to subtropical islands — will have to adapt to the shifts in their already compromised habitat.

To better understand the interacting effects of habitat degradation and climate on bird populations, researchers from the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW), Klamath Bird Observatory, and Costa Rica Bird Observatories spent 12 years studying the White - collared Manakin, a fruit - eating tropical bird, in mature and young forests along the Caribbean coast of Costa Rbird populations, researchers from the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW), Klamath Bird Observatory, and Costa Rica Bird Observatories spent 12 years studying the White - collared Manakin, a fruit - eating tropical bird, in mature and young forests along the Caribbean coast of Costa RBird Observatory, and Costa Rica Bird Observatories spent 12 years studying the White - collared Manakin, a fruit - eating tropical bird, in mature and young forests along the Caribbean coast of Costa RBird Observatories spent 12 years studying the White - collared Manakin, a fruit - eating tropical bird, in mature and young forests along the Caribbean coast of Costa Rbird, in mature and young forests along the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.

In collaboration with the University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley), University of California San Francisco (UCSF), the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Academy scientists extensively mapped the bird's genetic material to better understand how this threatened forest dweller is interacting with non-native owls invading its habitat.

Pimm's team analyzed the birds» habitats using remote - sensing data on forest coverage and elevation.

Visit the Itala Game Reserve where you'll find both highland lowland birds in the habitat varying from high cliffs to rolling hills and forests.

The mangrove forest is a unique and productive marine habitat and is a great place to observe the birds and other marine mammals of Magdalena Bay.

Population trends of North Finnish land birds in relation to their habitat selection and changes in forest structure.

The forest provides the perfect habitat for animals, birds, and tropical flowers and plants.

Kloof borders Krantzkloof Nature Reserve, featuring a wide variety of wildlife and birds making their homes in the indigenous forest habitat.

The property provides important habitat for a number of threatened marine species, harbouring a number of species of conservation concern including the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), green turtle (Chelonia mydas), hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), and the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) as well as endemic and migratory birds which reproduce in the littoral forests of cayes, atolls and coastal areas.

These unspoiled habitats of well - known Belizean insects, birds and mammals consist of both hardwood forests as well as the rare Kuka Palm forest — the only dry forest of Belize.

About 60 % of the country is still forest therefore creating the perfect habitat for birds and wildlife.

The surrounding indigenous forest which provides habitat to nearly 200 species of birds and wildlife such as monkeys, baboons, bushbuck, porcupine, bushpig and occasional caracal, leopards and otters.

From the river boat you will see, huge crocodiles up - close in their natural habitat, up to 50 different kinds of exotic birds, such as the brilliantly colored scarlet macaw, black and green iguanas, Jesus Christ lizards, monkeys, anteaters, and other jungle wildlife, tropical mangrove forests, a breathtaking crocodile feeding show!

The range is home to a number of important conservation targets which include, but are not limited to, at least 2 marine fish spawning aggregation sites, a breeding population of the endangered American Crocodile, and a number of threatened coastal marine habitats including the greater reef complex itself, beach forests that support several important species of resident and migratory birds and at least 2 species of marine turtles are believed to nest on the range.

This successful eco-business provides a range of fun tours that focus on the wildlife and natural landscapes of Sanibel Island, including a mangrove kayak tour that journeys through the mangrove forests and observes native wildlife such as alligators and nesting birds in their natural habitat.

Our excursions afford you an opportunity to experience a variety of rain forest habitats, each with a distinctive, complex community of insects, birds and animals.

The Turneffe Islands also provide a home for mangrove forests, creating a habitat for rare birds, fish, and other animals.

Honeymooners can view a variety of exotic birds in their natural habitat from forest species to pine woodland and savanna species, restricted to riverine areas, and birds associated with higher elevations.

The world's forests already have a lot on their plate: Providing flood protection, drinking water purification, lumber, and recreation, plus habitat for about half the world's mammals, birds, and insects.

The valley features rivers and streams, rangeland with landraces, mixed forests with oak, pine and olive groves and many economically important plant species, as well as undisturbed wildlife habitats that are home to wolves, hyenas, hyraxes, birds and reptiles.

In 2014, we continued support of forest restoration of degraded parcels of vital bird habitat at Tapichalaca Reserve in Ecuador, with 20,000 native trees planted on 61 acres to benefit resident birds like Jocotoco Antpitta and migrants including Swainson's Thrush.

The forest also provides refuge for animals and birds as they relocate from southern habitats that have become too warm.

The infrastructure for development and transmission threatens to fragment forests that protect important watersheds and provide habitat for endangered species and migratory birds.

Tar Sands and Unconventional Fossil Fuels In a previous post «Silence Is Deadly» I wrote, «The environmental impacts of tar sands development include: irreversible effects on biodiversity and the natural environment, reduced water quality, destruction of fragile pristine Boreal forest and associated wetlands, aquatic and watershed mismanagement, habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, disruption to life cycles of endemic wildlife particularly bird and caribou migration, fish deformities and negative impacts on the human health in downstream communities.»

Salt marshes rival forests in carbon storage and provide habitat for one of the East Coast's rarest birds: the saltmarsh sparrow.

The Western is more of a forest bird, the Mountain more partial to open habitats: high sagebrush desert, mountain meadows, and even alpine tundra.

(Diverse prairie systems also provide this as well as bird movements and other natural phenomenon but trees and forests, the natural habitat where most humans live, are unparalleled in this regard.

Preferred habitat: moist forests + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: deciduous + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay, tolerates poor drainage + + + + Light conditions: partial shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 50 to 60 feet + + + + Wildlife value: Acorns are eaten by wild turkey, Bobwhite, quail, dove jay, Gray and Fox Squirrels; they are also eaten by the following birds: Evening Grosbeaks, Brown Thrasher, Mourning Dove, Red - bellied and Red - headed Woodpeckers, Blue Jay, Tufted Titmouse, White - breasted Nuthatch, Rose - breasted Grosbeak, and Rufous - sided Towhee

Changes in habitat use at rain forest edges through succession: a case study of understory birds in the Brazilian Amazon

The research provided information to forest managers to help conserve bird biodiversity and keep habitats safe for species at risk, including species like the Canada warbler, olive - sided flycatcher and the rusty blackbird.

«This is the development of practical, effective and affordable forest management options that sustain and create more bird - friendly habitats,» says Mike Parr, American Bird Conservancy vice president and chief conservation offibird - friendly habitats,» says Mike Parr, American Bird Conservancy vice president and chief conservation offiBird Conservancy vice president and chief conservation officer.