Sentences with phrase «migratory birds»

In regard to turbine - related bird deaths, a study by Alfred Manville, with the Division of Migratory Bird Management of the USFWS, estimates that «wind turbines may kill 40,000 or more birds annually nationwide, the majority in California.»

In December, I reported on the 2008 global market statistics for Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center (SMBC) Bird - Friendly - certified coffee.

Red - tailed hawks are protected under the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

To do that, Dove tapped Peter Marra, an ornithologist at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center in Washington, D.C. Marra studies bird migrations in part by doing a sophisticated chemical analysis of feathers.

«It gives us the ability to look at the timing of arrival and wintering patterns for migratory birds in California.»

Finally, there's one last critical point that Robert Bryce conveniently ignores: Climate change threatens hundreds of migratory bird species, which are already stressed by habitat loss, invasive species and other environmental threats.

While 2008 marked the beginning of geographic expansion of the H5N1 virus in both farm - raised poultry and wild birds, the current advance appears to be associated with migratory bird movements which result in the spread of the virus to domesticated birds.

For example, wind turbines take a significant toll on migratory bird species that needs to be taken into account to the extent possible.

Bird conservationists pointed to the virus's apparent failure to turn up in India as an indication that it is not carried long distances by migratory birds.

Bird watchers flock to the Island to photograph many species of migratory birds as they follow their annual routes along the Pacific Flyway.

We formally petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect migratory birds from the negative impacts of wind energy, asking for regulations to safeguard wildlife and reward responsible wind energy development.

Shade - grown coffee plantations provide a sanctuary for many migratory bird species.

«Our study clearly showed that European migratory bird species with declining breeding populations in Europe in the last decades (1990 — 2000) responded the least to recent climate change as reflected by the temporal trend in spring migration phenology, or even delayed their timing of spring migration, whereas species with stable or increasing populations advanced migration.»

The Malheur refuge was created in 1908 to protect vast flocks of migratory birds from hordes of «plumers» supplying the hat trade with feathers.

These permanently protected lands provide important wildlife habitat for migratory birds including the Prothonotary and Swainson's Warblers, Yellow - billed Cuckoo and White - eyed Vireo.

In August of 1916 Canada (or more properly the U.K.) and the United States concluded a treaty in recognition of the importance of protecting Migratory Birds which were ``... in danger... [more]

Come to IMBD and learn more about migratory birds and enjoy some pristine habitat that has already been preserved for future generations of both birds and people!

Now you'll never get caught without an answer, thanks to our new personality quiz, released just in time for International Migratory Bird Day.

Theoretical models had previously shown that the V formation, seen in other migratory birds such as geese, could enable trailing birds to save energy.

To investigate the impacts of climate fluctuations on Northwestern migratory bird populations, ecologist M. Philip Nott and colleagues at the Institute for Bird Populations in Point Reyes Station, California, captured birds in «mist» nets at 36 stations in forests of Oregon and Washington between 1992 and 2000.

Other long - distance migratory birds with population declines are the spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) and the common redshank (Tringa tetanus) a wader that breeds along intertidal habitats in northern Europe, and that splits in subpopulations during winter months, some birds staying in Europe, others flying to Africa.

Seal Bay Nature Park is a great place to see Steller Sealions and many other migratory birds.

Mirsky: As somebody who really studies migratory birds just what one thing maybe just pops to the top of your head that still after all of these years just amazes you about the physical achievement of some of these creatures?

Duke Energy Renewables Inc., a subsidiary of Duke Energy Corp., based in Charlotte, N.C., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Wyoming today to violating the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) in connection with the deaths of protected birds, including golden eagles, at two of the company's wind projects in Wyoming.

«The Service works cooperatively with companies that make all reasonable efforts to avoid killing migratory birds during design, construction and operation of industrial facilities,» said William Woody, Assistant Director for Law Enforcement of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Not only migratory birds use a built - in magnetic compass to navigate correctly.

Thus avian influenza in migratory birds like wild ducks has evolved to be mild, says Paul Ewald, who studies the evolution of infectious diseases at the University of Louisville in Kentucky.

Reynolds is the lead scientist for migratory bird conservation for The Nature Conservancy's California Program, one of the organizations working on this project.

The avian influenza that killed 1000 or more migratory birds at Lake Qinghai in western China in mid-May may represent a new and more lethal form of the HN51 virus, Chinese researchers report.

But the Green Games also suffered its fair share of eco-related drama: a standoff occurred between the Lillehammer organizing committee and environmental activists over the location of the Viking Ship building, as its coastal placement would disrupt migratory bird patterns.

Two phrases stuck in my head over time — No Borders, No Fences, No Walls (from a Robbie Robertson song) and Bird Over America (a recurring image from observing migratory birds while walking along the shore of Lake Champlain) served to focus my attention on a limited number of formal concerns — line, color, movement, levity, and tactility.

Shifts in bird migrations create flu strains These regular precipitation patterns change how migratory birds interact.

Why do migratory birds undertake these journeys, and how do they find their way from one location to the next?

In this part of the country, wildlife is more prevalent than human life, so you can count on seeing rare migratory birds and thousands of playful puffins.

Here's their Jan. 22 post about the Harney County Migratory Bird Festival coming this April: Read more...

One of the three depicts the ``... countless numbers of migratory birds [to] appear throughout Europe [in wintertime].

The shear numbers of wind turbine towers planned for rural Ontario to produce even an insignificant amount of electricity for the grid will have a negative impact on the environment through migratory bird and bat destruction, devaluation of tourism attraction and creation of rural industrial ghettos.

When flu strains become too lethal among migratory birds, the birds die out before they can spread the infection to a new area.

Unfortunately, loss of habitat is occurring all over the US, as well as Central and South America, where migratory birds make their winter homes.

Much luxury has spread in the bird world — nearly 80 species of migratory birds make on Half Moon Caye regular stopover.

Research carried out by the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Centre in Colombia and Mexico showed over 90 percent fewer bird species in sun - grown coffee plantations as opposed to shade - grown coffee59.

Migratory tundra swans in the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge on the shores of Great Salt Lake in Utah.

The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge hosts the world's largest breeding colony of White - faced Ibis and is one of 3 largest colonies of American White Pelicans in North America.

«Millions of migratory birds rely on the flooded agricultural fields each year.