Sentences with phrase «with migratory bird»

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.

Marra told Mullins that the postdoctoral fellowship Dauphiné landed with the Migratory Bird Center was, to use Mullins» words, «one of the world's most selective fellowship programs» and that «Dauphiné was the admissions committee's top choice.»

According to authors Anne L. Balogh, Thomas B. Ryder, and Peter P. Marra (all of whom are affiliated with the Migratory Bird Center), the Opal Daniels and Spring Park sites accounted for 34 of 42 total juvenile mortalities.

If you're like me, you're thinking, «But I went into science because I want to study quasars,» or «because I'm obsessed with migratory birds,» or «because I was too nerdy for a Ph.D. in anthropology but not nerdy enough for a Ph.D. in engineering.»

She's been working with the migratory birds for the past 30 years — her chapter formed to help imperiled springtime breeding colonies there in 1976.

So far, this trait has been demonstrated in connection with migratory birds, but as far the monarch butterflies are concerned, it appears to be novel.

A series of journeys around the world with migratory birds.

Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds.

He has written more than two dozen books on natural history, including Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds (1999), which was one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction.

Another settlement, Cooinda, also offers accommodation, and is located on the banks of Yellow Water, a billabong teeming with migratory birds, saltwater crocodiles and other wildlife.

Endangered species associated with these ecosystems, including manatees and marine turtles, could also be at risk, along with migratory birds (Government of Seychelles, 2000; Republic of Ghana, 2000; République Démocratique du Congo, 2000).

Not exact matches

It's spread by migratory birds, so the federal government monitors wild birds in areas where there could be contact with Asian birds.

There are a couple of choices for those concerned with migratory and resident bird habitat preservation.

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.

The exhibit, done in collaboration with the University of Washington, the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Seattle University, Seattle Audubon, and the Specialty Coffee Industry, includes videos, photographs, and coffee tastings from local roasters.

I have «caught» some roasters using the Bird - Friendly label (or even the term, which is trademarked by the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center) and reported them to Smithsonian, which then in turn contacts the roaster with a cease - and - desist warning.

In partnership with the City of Boston and leading building owners and managers, Mass Audubon is working to turn off Boston's architectural and window lighting at night, saving energy, money, and the lives of migratory birds that can become fatally disoriented by artificial lights.

This helps protect migratory birds that could otherwise become «trapped» in the lights, circling a tall building until they collide with it or become exhausted.

Bald and Golden eagles are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Act and with the sighting of a pair of nesting eagles in the path of the Millennium Pipeline lateral, opponents of the CPV electric generating plant say the gas pipeline can not be extended to the facility in the Town of Wawayanda.

A migratory waterfowl carrying multiple influenza strains nudged another bird, one with a different cocktail of influenza, and the viruses swapped pieces of genetic code in a process called reassortment.

Ornithologist Eduardo Inigo - Elias, senior research associate with the conservation science program at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, talks about the challenges of studying migratory birds and how improved relations between the U.S. and Cuba will help his field

First though Eduardo Inigo - Elias will talk to us about the challenges of studying migratory birds and the potential beneficial effects in his field of the thawing of the U.S. relationship with Cuba.

Walk or row up to the otherworldly tufa towers — formed underwater by the mixing of calcium - rich freshwater springs with dissolved carbonates in the lake — or watch thousands of migratory birds feast on flies and brine shrimp.

One of the interesting things to study, we know Central Park is important for migratory birds and we know that they depend upon the food resources that are here, but no one has ever really done a systematic survey of what actually they are feeding on, like we have never done a canopy study of all the invertebrates up in the trees to see what's coming out when and what is the predominant part of the diet of different birds and sort of quantifying; but what they have done — people have done — with shore birds and sort of gauging, weighing them, you know, catching them, weighing them, seeing how much weight they gain over time while they are rather resting and feeding before they depart on their northern trip.

A recent study from researchers at the University of Montana, National Audubon Society, Oregon State University and East Cascades Audubon Society shows food sources for migratory birds decline with low water levels and high salt content in lakes.

In arid Utah, a marshy wetland, teeming with aquatic life and migratory birds is among the most cherished natural resources in the state.

Compared with birds, mammals and other migratory animals, insects are by far the most numerous.

Flu experts worry that migratory birds infected with a new strain of the H5N1 virus, like the bar - headed goose (left), might carry it far from their breeding ground at Lake Qinghai.

Tonra, previously with the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, worked with Kimberly Sager - Fradkin of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and Peter Marra of the Smithsonian on both studies.

For decades, scientists have known that migratory birds use Earth's geomagnetic field — along with light, stars, and other cues — to guide them on remarkably long journeys.

Once they had the data, Segre's labmate, postdoc Roslyn Dakin, now at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center in Washington, D.C., developed sophisticated software with her colleagues to analyze them.

Despite the migratory birds having to deal with pathogens both in Europe and tropical Africa, they have thus lost much of the variation and complexity in their immune system compared to their African ancestors.

It will be of interest to investigate the prevalence of the European AMPV - C in wild migratory birds further, and to test the genetic relationship with AMPV - C in the USA and HMPV.

Furthermore, movement - independent ZENK expression in the forebrain of night - migratory birds performing magnetic orientation at night is confined to Cluster N [with the strongest activation in distinct subregions (the shell surrounding the DNH nucleus)-RSB-, as shown by the detailed quantification of ZENK expression within Cluster N performed in this study], and this expression massively decreased in corresponding brain areas of non-migratory songbirds and in all bird species during daytime [13].

Millions of birds die from collisions with brightly lit communication towers, and migratory flocks are confused by signals gone awry.

A field trip to a local park with a new purpose (to draw spring plants, to interview people, or to count migratory birds) can be a wonderful learning experience.

As migratory tropical birds often stop at Jekyll Island, University of Georgia wildlife biologist Sonia Hernandez outfitted 31 feral cats on the island with collar - mounted video cameras and recorded their hunting activity for a year.»

Citing three cases having nothing to do with cats (or any other predators), Hatley argues that such «cases raise the question of whether a person violates the MBTA when that person releases a cat into the wild, and that cat kills a migratory bird.»

The same Nico Dauphine who landed a prestigious position with the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center (part of the National Zoo), working alongside Peter Marra, conducting research «on [citizen participants»] free - roaming pet domestic cats»?

A researcher at the National Zoo's Migratory Bird Center was charged with animal cruelty for allegedly poisoning stray cats in Columbia Heights this month.

Starting with: How in the hell was Nico Dauphine hired by the Smithsonian's Migratory Bird Center in the first place?

[1] Since then, Marra, who's been with the Smithsonian Institution's Conservation Biology Institute since 1999 and now runs its Migratory Bird Center, has only become more desperate.

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In another case, a pesticide maker, sales representative, alfalfa field owner, and aerial sprayer were all charged with violating the MBTA when several migratory birds died after application of a pesticide to an alfalfa field.

Migratory birds link the people and lands of their nesting grounds in Canada and the United States with those in their non-breeding ranges in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.

Along with the largest population of West Indian flamingos in the world, the park has over 140 species of native and migratory birds, wild donkeys and hogs.

You can also experience some of the county's famous natural events, including the wildflower bloom in Anza - Borrego Desert State Park, the arrival of migratory birds traveling the Pacific Flyway, the best times to experience fall color in the county, and peak spring times when every living thing is vibrant with fresh growth and kaleidoscopic color.

In the Redwood Creek Watershed, we will be celebrating our own migratory birds with events from Muir Woods to Muir Beach.

With the Muir Beach restoration nearly complete, we are hoping to see more migratory birds.

With Yuma being home to almost 400 resident and migratory bird species, bird watchers love to visit our region and explore the Colorado River areas at the Yuma Wetlands, and nearby Kofa, Cibola and Imperial National Wildlife Refuges.