Reports of bald eagles dying from lead ammunition poisoning continue as populations of the formerly endangered bird soar. Bald eagle exposure to the pesticide DDT caused potential extinction a half century ago. And while the birds are no longer endangered and populations are still increasing, researchers say lead poisoning is taking a chunk of some […]
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Biden administration restores threatened species protections dropped by Trump
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – The Biden administration on Thursday restored rules to protect imperiled species and shield their habitat from destruction after the measures were rolled back under former President Donald Trump. Among the changes, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections for animals and plants newly […]
Biden Administration Restores Protections for Threatened Species
The Biden administration restored protections to threatened species in the U.S. on March 29 — protections that had previously been rolled back in 2019 by the Trump administration. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) finalized three rules to protect threatened species […]
For the First Time in Recorded History Bald Eagles are Nesting in Toronto
Toronto has recently welcomed a new addition to its wildlife roster: a pair of bald eagles, nesting for the first time in the city’s recorded history. This remarkable event reveals the city’s evolving ecological landscape and the success of Conservation efforts in rejuvenating its green spaces and waterways. The presence of bald eagles in Toronto […]
Two Montana hunters ‘slaughtered 3,600 birds including bald and golden eagles on Indian reservation to sell their body parts on black market and boasted of going on ‘killing spree’
Two men killed about 3,600 birds – including bald and golden eagles – on an Indian reservation and elsewhere before selling body parts on the black market, a federal grand jury indictment has said. The pair worked with others to hunt and kill the birds, according to the indictment, and at least once used a […]
Symbolism and Patriotism: The American Bald Eagle in Popular Culture
The latest U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report found huge increases in the bald eagle population in America. The bald eagle population climbed to an estimated 316,700 individual bald eagles, including 71,400 nesting pairs. The American bald eagle holds a special place in history and culture and is native to most American states. Its symbolic value means it […]
Birding By The Sea
Well, this is not actually a post about birding by the sea, but birding by the Long Island Sound at Hammonasset Beach State Park. Images in this post are from a trip to Hammonasset in mid-January when I met world eBirders Julie Hart and Daniel Schlaepfer with four additional visits in February. Julie was kind […]
Brrrrrrrr! But a Lesser Yellowlegs
What a frigid morning! But if we were cold, the birds seemed even colder. We had something of a fall-out at Park Point—I’m sure our numbers for most of the songbirds are way lower than the actual numbers. We had a couple of Lesser Yellowlegs (the most we saw as a group was one, but […]