Sentences with phrase «grassland bird»

By 2080, this grassland bird is expected to lose 100 percent of its current summer range and 22 percent of its winter range, according to Audubon's climate model.

Saving the prairie chicken: Work in Kansas has national significance for declining species of grassland bird

«Although birds in this study were shown to compensate by switching to other seed types, the findings suggest that the capacity of grazed lands to support similar numbers of birds as ungrazed lands may be compromised,» according to the Vermont Center for Ecostudies» Rosalind Renfrew, an expert on grassland bird conservation who was not involved in the study.

«Grazed lands play a major, essential role in grassland bird conservation in South America, and this important research reveals that specialized birds may be limited by habitat quality.

Our habitat restoration work includes unique experience creating grassland bird habitat on recently closed landfills.

Mass Audubon has a long history in working with grassland birds, a group that is showing steep declines across North America including in the Commonwealth.

PITTSFIELD, MA — Mass Audubon's Berkshires Sanctuaries will be working this fall to improve habitat for bobolink and other grassland birds in a field at its Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary in Pittsfield.

Mass Audubon's Bird Conservation team has developed an informative document that outlines best management practices for nesting grassland birds for fields owned by municipalities, land trusts, private landowners, and conservation groups.

With the arrival of wind energy projects in Kansas and throughout the Plains, Sandercock and his team were part of a consortium of stakeholders — including conservationists, wildlife agencies and wind energy companies — who studied how these wind projects influence grassland birds.

«We had a lot of buy - in from stakeholders and we had an effective oversight committee,» said Sandercock, who studies grassland birds.

The researchers — led by Brett Sandercock, professor of biology — discovered that wind turbines have little effect on greater prairie chickens, and that these grassland birds are more affected by rangeland management practices and by the availability of native prairie and vegetation cover at nest sites.

The prairies of the Upper Missouri River Basin are home to iconic species such as the prairie dog and provide critical habitat for many grassland birds, but they are losing ground to food production and, increasingly, to bioenergy crops.

A new University of Illinois study provides video evidence of parental infanticide in dickcissels, small grassland birds of the Midwestern US.

Linking snake habitat use to nest predation risk in grassland birds: the dangers of shrub cover.

Not exact matches

Results led directly to control activities focusing on protection of habitat for grassland nesting birds.

«We've identified Canoe Meadows as one of Mass Audubon's best opportunities for providing high quality grassland habitat for birds and other wildlife,» said Berkshires Sanctuaries Director Becky Cushing.

Many grassland species, including the above, are facing stark declines, according to Mass Audubon's State of the Birds 2013 and its Breeding Bird Atlas 2.

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.

«Arcadia's natural diversity combined with our active management of important grasslands and shrublands provide habitat for a wide range of bird species,» said Keane.

«We know from studying these birds today that their habitats are pine grasslands that are found in cooler, dryer regions.

A turkey - like bird with a vulture's head, the vulturine guineafowl makes its home in the dry grasslands of northeast Africa.

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 low intensity amber light was shown to inhibit, rather than induce, flowering in greater bird's foot trefoil, a wild relative of peas and beans that is a key source of food for the pea aphid in grasslands and road verges.

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It's made up of a patchwork of woodland, marshland, grassland and reservoirs, which during the course of the year are sanctuary for over 160 types of birds.

They have been popular for centuries and are a native of Australia where they live in the dry grasslands and are extremely tough little birds.

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Guided bird watching tours can be arranged on request, or wander around the properties walking tracks through mountain rainforest, open grassland and around the gardens surrounding the lodges.

The North - Eastern region in particular boasts a vast array of bird life in its grassland, lagoons, forests and woodlands.

Known formally as the Southern KwaZulu Natal Birding Route its list reads like a who's who of the endangered and rare bird sightings, boasting all three of the country's crane species as well as the chance of sighting a crowned eagle in the oNgoye Forest, the globally threatened blue swallow, and the endangered Cape parrot in the Creighton Valley's mist belt forests and grasslands.

On the floor of the Great Rift Valley, surrounded by wooded and bushy grassland, lies the beautiful Lake Nakuru National Park, a bird watcher's paradise.

You can also explore the lush jungles and grasslands of Chitwan National Park, home to a stunning array of wildlife, including rhinos, sloth bears, crocodiles, leopard and more than 400 species of birds.

The local marsh grassland provides the perfect habitat for thousands of sea birds, fish, lizards, frogs and even alligators.

The grasslands of the Tonda Wildlife Management Area teem with herds of deer, wallabies, monitor lizards and migratory birds.

Rose Cottage lies on the edge of the protected Haenertsburg grasslands, where there are hiking / cycling trails, bird watching opportunities / trails, adventure sport destinations, trout and bass fishing, berry picking (in season) and many annual festivals to attend.

A world of majestic animals, dazzling birds, sweeping grasslands, flat - topped trees and breathtaking sunsets.

An example is migratory birds that seasonally inhabit forests as well as grasslands and visit wetlands on their migratory routes.

The grassland and wetlands of North America not only provide vital habitat for a host of wildlife, including migratory birds, but also a rich and resilient forage for livestock, and a significant carbon sink if left uncultivated.

And when the birds fly by they don't see a flat, ugly tarmac broiling in the sun, they see a rolling, flowering grassland that looks like home.

This tiny, straw - colored bird found in dense, marshy grasslands and rice fields is seldom detected, especially in the winter when it is silent.

The Guardian reports, «The dramatic decline in butterfly numbers indicates a wider loss of biodiversity, with other insects such as bumblebees, hoverflies, spiders and moths, as well as many plants and birds, disappearing along with the loss of traditional grassland.»

Many otherwise genuine environmentalists are assisting the destruction of grasslands with their native pastures and endangered grass birds.

Known for its twisted and ancient yew trees (which are up to 2,000 years old), Kingley Vale is home to fourteen ancient monuments, undulating chalk grassland and a variety of wildlife and notable birds, including green woodpeckers, red kites, buzzards and butterflies.