The Biden administration is drafting rules to govern the killing of wild birds by industry and will resume enforcement actions against companies responsible for deaths that could have been prevented
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Posted inNation & World, Outdoors
Birds of prey face global decline from habitat loss, poisons
A new analysis finds that 30% of 557 raptor species worldwide are considered near threatened, vulnerable or endangered or critically endangered.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
In northern Maine, forestry practices create shifting habitat for migrating songbirds
Nearly 30 years ago, a team of bird researchers came to conduct the first large-scale study of the impact of commercial forestry on bird populations. Now they’re back.
Posted inNation & World
Birds are going blind in the D.C. region, and wildlife experts don’t know why
There is no knowing – at least not yet – whether what is grounding the young birds is contagious to humans, being caused by humans or simply happening in an area heavily populated by humans.
Posted inNation & World, Outdoors
Trump policy that weakened wild bird protections is revoked
The Biden administration’s Interior Department says the agency plans to come up with new standards ‘that can protect migratory birds and provide certainty to industry.’
Posted inNation & World, Outdoors
Trump administration moves ahead on gutting protections for birds
The wildlife service acknowledges that the rollback would have a ‘negative’ effect on the many bird species covered by the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which range from hawks and eagles to seabirds, storks, songbirds and sparrows.
Posted inFood, Source
Life as a bird landlord means high turnover in backyard tenants
This spring, birds moved into a Portland neighborhood in a big way.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: Whether or not we listen
In this season of beauty and terror, it’s important not to take even the most common birdsongs for granted.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Birding: From log-cock to high-hole, names come with charming backstories
A 1957 list of standard common names, which is periodically updated, keeps them all straight.
Posted inOutdoors
Sounds of extinct species call to listeners
Musician and sound artist Steve Norton brings his sound installation to Maine Audubon. Tragically, it’s the only way you will ever hear these vanished birds and amphibians.