Pheasants are down the tubes?

Their loss is part of a larger emptying out of our skies. Nearly one-third of wild birds in the United States and Canada have vanished since 1970. Data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey shows that the number of pheasants in California has plunged by 94% since 1966. How DNA could help save California’s historic …

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A Bit of a Blow.

Capelin Cove Trinity Bay during the Jan 5, 2025 storm today. I added a photo of the beach on a normal day for comparison. Tyler Lambert   I am not sure if this was the tail end of what passed through the states. It missed me which is good, however Cape Breton was nailed with …

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Birds and Fireworks

NL: Monitoring the reaction of birds to fireworks Birds flee en mass from fireworks on New Year’s Eve The video below shows weather radar measurements from two Dutch radars during New Year’s Eve. In the area enclosed between red arcs, 384,000 birds immediately respond to the lighting of fireworks just after midnight. These birds fly up …

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‘Secret’ Bison?

You know, for such large animals, buffalo really are remarkable at staying out of sight. Rosanna is on the lookout out for buffalo near the Kainai reserve. She heads out with Blackfoot rancher Dan Fox to see if they can spot his herd. It’s a herd that Dan has managed to keep quiet — and relatively …

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From the WTF file.

  I thought fake for a second but as said below there is an explanation however unusual. Great photo. As dramatic as it looks, the sand lance just found its way out thru the spiny dog’s spiracle. MA Sharks  

I have to been known to partake.

10s of 100’s agreed.   Georg Pauli (Swedish, 1855-1935)“Evening reading” (1884)Oil on canvas (143 x 177 cm)Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.

Local thresher.

What a day on the porgie today! The day was warm and calm and the fog was patchy. We had great trips in the morning and afternoon. Saw humpbacks lunging and feeding. But the best trip of the day was the 5:00 trip. We had just came around northern light to begin our trip and …

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