Sentences with phrase «many endangered birds»

It is home to several endangered birds and it is one of the largest nesting sites of the black - crowned night heron, said Joseph Nevius, the Cook Forest Preserve District «s chief landscape architect.

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.

UK regulations made pursuant to the EU Birds Directive (originally enacted in 1979, which you can read in its latest amended and consolidated form here) aim to protect endangered bird species and habitats, but do not prescribe any rules about cats or housing or distance from development.

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

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

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

The study, by researchers at University of Wisconsin - Madison, the National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey, focused on a nest - protection program that was based on the logical assumption that endangered birds would reproduce and prosper if people are kept away from their nests.

Donlan and his colleagues have proposed «conservation mortgages» (pdf)-- essentially microfinance loans or equipment loans whose terms are directly linked to biodiversity outcomes, such as endangered birds» hatching success.

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

Meanwhile, Floyd Reed, a biologist at the University of Hawai'i at Mnoa, has been working on a different kind of drive system called underdominance to prevent the Culex mosquitoes introduced to Hawaii from spreading avian malaria to endangered birds, including the Hawaiian honeycreeper.

Strategy that unleashed cedar leaf beetles on Tamarisk trees may have to be revised as the chompers spread to threaten endangered birds

Thus, gene drive could be used to reduce malaria transmission in humans — or in endangered birds (see image, above)-- by making the mosquito vectors incapable of spreading the malaria parasite or even eliminating the insects altogether.

Water development, including damming, harms 91 percent of endangered fish species and 22 percent of endangered birds in the United States, according to a study published in Bioscience [subscription required].

«But the same theories we use to study endangered birds can be used to do this.»

Genomic signatures of near - extinction and rebirth of the crested ibis and other endangered bird species

Now, many species of formerly endangered birds and mammals, including leopards and pumas, are returning to the region.

Steve: The first part of the book, before you get to the case - by - case analysis of the threatened and endangered birds, the first part of the book is just like a traditional book, you can sit there and read it and it has various sections and one of them talks about birds, as you know, literally canaries in coal mines and the rest of the bird species out there as our canaries in the ecological coal mine that we are in.

When officials with the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory saw one of these endangered birds last year, it was no laughing matter.

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

Today, they're one of the most endangered birds in the US.

If fibroblasts could be used to create baby birds then the world of bird de-extinction would open up expansively, and the frozen fibroblast cell lines of endangered bird species at the San Diego Frozen Zoo could be used to rescue species on the verge of extinction.

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.

Problem Hawaii has the highest number of endangered birds in the US due in part to avian malaria, a parasite introduced into Hawaii that is causing disproportionate mortality in native forest birds, particularly honeycreepers.

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.

Working with staff at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, fifth graders from the East Palo Alto Charter School track predators of the clapper rail, an endangered bird, in a nearby salt marsh.

Zoo takes theatre to classrooms to relate stories about critically endangered birds like the Javan green magpie

Dubbing themselves «Gonzovationists,» Steadman and Levy focus on the 192 critically endangered birds on the IUCN Red List, all of which can be saved.

Hoose, the author of The Race to Save the Lord God Bird (2004) and the heavily awarded Claudette Colvin: Twice toward Justice (2009), now turns his attention to another endangered bird, the rufa red knot.

He has dealt with a lot of anti-TNR attitudes in Hawaii, which is home to the largest home of endangered bird species.

Question: Since feral cats are predators, don't they eat millions of endangered birds every year?

More than half of the country's threatened or endangered bird species are found in Hawaii, explained Duvall, «the extinction capital of the world.»

While it's true that feral cats do pose a threat to endangered birds, the bigger threat comes from a disasterous loss of habitat caused by indiscriminate development.

«They're killing endangered birds that belong out here.

This endangered bird is a sand - colored, sparrow - sized shorebird that nests and feeds along coastal sand and gravel beaches.

Learn about conservation efforts here while seeking out endangered bird and reptile species, including the flightless takahe and the tuatara.

Framed by breathtaking views of Kaua'i's north shore, Hawaii's endangered birds are seen nesting in the cliffs, including the Hawaiian Gallinule, red - footed boobies, tropicbirds, albatrosses and frigate birds.

Fauna include over 200 species of birds including endangered birds such as the black cat bird.

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

Keep an eye out for endangered birds and giant tortoises.

These endangered birds can be observed within touching distance, as they wander freely in their protected environment.

As well as being a working station, Blue Duck has a strong conservation ethos, where many programs are underway to eliminate damaging pests, restoring native bush and protecting endangered bird species, including their namesake the blue duck.

Between April and December, the critically endangered birds nest on this island, the only place in the world where they nest, providing visitors who stop off during Galapagos Island cruises with plenty of entertainment.

It has been calculated that 43 % of the endangered birds and 51 % of the endangered mammals of Costa Rica inhabit this area.

See some of our endangered birds and marsupials and enjoy the tranquillity of this bush retreat.

In addition to consulting and client - based work, the studio oversees an on - going series of projects including the retail spaces, PROJECT No. 8; The clothing label, Various Projects, The company, VARIOUS KEYTAGS; and a growing collection of crazy - sweet hand knit state, regional and endangered birds called BIRD - WATCHING.

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.

The last is a reference to the incident in 2007 when two of the endangered birds were shot over the Sandringham estate when Prince Harry and a friend were out shooting.

Drawings and paintings of backyard and endangered birds by the young artist and environmentalist Olivia Bouler.

I do think in the future I will also bring up raptors to keep it in perspective as in «no environmental group worries about sheer number of birds killed» followed by a comparison to put raw numbers into perspective «many do worry about poorly sited wind generators killing endangered birds, especially raptors» tell the story of Altamont farm and the proposed Exxon farm which was quite properly stopped.

A recent paper in BioScience gave a very glum assessment of this impact on an already extremely endangered bird species.