Thought I’d introduce a new feature for Mondays that highlights a few of the previous week’s news and blog posts I found interesting and pertinent to the topics of wildlife, habitats, and conservation.  I imagine a few sentences lifted from the piece and a link to the exposition will suffice.  I also plan a similar feature on ocean topics at http://ThrivingOceans.org

And why not open up the comments  for any recommendations on articles or post you find intriguing (and relevant of course). Obviously I can’t catch them all and this might be a great way to get in touch with some blogs of which we are not familiar or news we may have missed.

Feds to consider protections for desert tortoise (Aug 28)
“The federal government has agreed to consider whether the Sonoran desert tortoise, a Southwest icon whose population has declined by half in the past 20 years, warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act.” 

Governments killing once-endangered cormorants (Aug 27)
“Ironically, cormorants were endangered in much of North America a few decades ago. Now they’re so abundant — and destructive — that wildlife managers have blasted tens of thousands with shotguns, destroyed nests and covered eggs with oil to smother developing chicks.”

Herbicide Found in Water May Pose Greater Danger (Aug 25)
“The report documented spikes in atrazine in the water supplies of Midwestern and Southern towns in agricultural areas, where the herbicide is applied to the vast majority of corn, sorghum and sugar cane fields.”

By the way, check out my post on atrazine…Atrazine: Here an herbicide there an herbicide

Success for Ca. Condors  (Aug 29)
“It’s been good and bad news for the Ventana Wildlife Society this year. They had successful hatchings  from the 5 nesting pairs this year with continuing good news from 3 nesting sites.”  Posted by Clapperail on Bay Area Wildlife Blog

Predatory animals are bad and should be allowed to go extinct, or should be modified to become kind and herbivorous (Aug 28)
“It seems that philosopher David Pearce is honestly proposing that we should feel ethically compelled to eradicate all suffering and cruelty from the natural world in order to create a sort of global vegan paradise where predators don’t exist.”  Posted by Darren Naish on Tetrapod Zoology

The Tadpole Hunter (Aug 28)
“Tool use in birds seems illogical to us, after all it requires foresight and patience and a stepwise plan. These are the sorts of things we consider to be human traits, or at least genius monkeys, but it’s actually not all that uncommon for birds.”  Posted by Nate on The Drinking Bird

Female House Finch Bathing On A Hot Afternoon (Aug 23)
“I really enjoy watching birds bathe in my backyard.  They will use the hanging birdbath in the front of the house but they prefer bathing in the moving water provided by the water feature in back.”  Posted by Larry Jordan on The Birder’s Report

Featured Feathers: Kirtland’s Warbler (Aug 24)
“This is the second in a series of weekly posts highlighting birds considered to be at risk in Canada.”  Posted by Pat Bumstead on Bird Canada: A voice for the northern bird

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