Birds

  • Skunks, badgers enlisted to control Idaho pelicans

    Ken Cole

    Is this a violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act? After being told by the US Fish and Wildlife Service that their plan to oil the eggs of nesting pelicans amounted to an eradication program, the Idaho Fish and Game has proceeded to introduce skunks and badgers onto Gull Island in Blackfoot Reservoir to eat…

  • Animals: Bigger Not Necessarily Better, When It Comes to Brains

    Ralph Maughan

    Tiny insects could be as intelligent as much bigger animals- This finding really amazed me, but we certainly see it in some birds like ravens and crows. They are no “birdbrains.” Bigger Not Necessarily Better, When It Comes to Brains. ScienceDaily

  • Wind Turbines and Bird Kills

    Brian Ertz

    Federal Law Enforcement’s Double Standard on Bird Deaths Robert Bryce writes about the enormous disparity in federal law enforcement between a bird killed in a wastewater tank versus the increasing number of birds falling victim to Wind Energy. Wind Turbines and Bird Kills – via Counterpunch : When it comes to protecting America’s wildlife, federal…

  • Alaska's Rat Island apparently rid of its namesake pest

    Ken Cole

    Unfortunate side effect to poisoning effort was the loss of 43 bald eagles and many other birds. Alaska’s Rat Island apparently rid of its namesake pest By Erika Bolstad | McClatchy Newspapers

  • Exxon-Mobil pleads guilty in bird case

    Brian Ertz

    Natural gas production is ugly for birds Exxon-Mobil pleads guilty in bird case – Casper Star-Tribune Exxon-Mobil Corp. has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Denver to violating the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act in five states including Wyoming during the past five years, the Justice Department said Thursday.

  • The Crow and the Pitcher

    Brian Ertz

    Rooks show there may be some truth to Aesop’s fable ‘The Crow and the Pitcher’ LA Times Blog From wikipedia : The Crow and the Pitcher is a fable ascribed to Aesop, number 390 in the classification established by Perry. It is found in the 2nd century AD Greek fable collection by pseudo-Dositheus,[1] and later appears in…

  • Idaho F&G plan to kill pelicans hits obstacles

    Ken Cole

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service dubs the plan an “eradication program”. The plan to kill pelicans by shooting or covering their eggs with oil to protect Yellowstone cutthroat trout in Blackfoot Reservoir has been rejected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service due to the requirements of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Idaho F&G…

  • Democrat Gulch, Big Wood River Watershed

    Brian Ertz

    5/17/09

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