The goal of conservation is to protect biodiversity and prevent species from disappearing. We often associate this work with the maintenance of natural areas, but Audubon’s science shows that bird populations are feeling impacts of climate change even in protected places like wildlife refuges. As just one example, Burrowing Owls are projected to lose 14% […]
Tag: Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Beauty and A Beastly City
What is Beauty? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or so the saying goes. Beauty can be described as a combination of qualities that pleases the senses. Although, what one person views as “beautiful” may not be “beautiful” to another. I happen to be one of the many people who can see the […]
Bird City San Antonio goes Postal on Migratory Birds
Boom, Boom, Boom, explosives sounding all too much like gunshots heard in city park. It was violent, savage, cruel, disturbing, and wicked to those of us who care about our migratory Birds. The big question is why? Why when the birds were in a forest away from the public? @1agbirdladysa #gone #postal #bird #city #sanantonio […]
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 […]
Traversing a Continent to Keep their Species Alive – the Importance of Migratory Birds
I met Dr. Eduardo Corona at a recent University of Texas Urban Bird Project presentation in San Antonio, Texas. Corona shared his work on “Birds and their biocultural role in Mesoamerica.” Dr. Corona is an archeologist and researcher at the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH) in Mexico and a distinguished member of Mexico’s […]
Clipping the Wings Off Migratory Birds – The Collapse of Natural Heritage
Clipping a bird’s wings can cause physical and psychological damage to the bird, depriving it of flying, which is what birds are born to do. Migratory birds may have felt this as they were not allowed to land in the San Antonio River this year to eat or drink, or even to land in a […]