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Collapsing wildlife populations near ¡®points of no return¡¯, report warns | Biodiversity | The Guardian
It¡¯s happening in our neighborhoods too! Bob Hay Cassidy,
By Robert Hay · #959 ·
¡®You could single-handedly push it to extinction¡¯: how social media is putting our rarest wildlife at risk | Endangered species | The Guardian
Uh oh - it couldn¡¯t happen around here, eh Bob Hay Cassidy, BC https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/26/social-media-posts-endangered-species-capercaillie-birders-aoe
By Robert Hay · #958 ·
Re: I¡¯ve spent 32 years writing about the great outdoors. We¡¯ve both changed more than I could ever have imagined | Birdwatching | The Guardian
The daily ebird reports note numbers of common birds as well as rarities thus a record of populations declines or otherwise is on record. There were no birds 50-150 million years ago but dinosaurs.
By pat.mary.taylor · #957 ·
Re: I¡¯ve spent 32 years writing about the great outdoors. We¡¯ve both changed more than I could ever have imagined | Birdwatching | The Guardian
I know Perry, It¡¯s an evolving tragedy. I¡¯ve lectured students in universities the past couple years as a sessional, including teaching ornithology at UBC Okanagan in 2022, & they didn¡¯t know
By Robert Hay · #956 ·
Re: I¡¯ve spent 32 years writing about the great outdoors. We¡¯ve both changed more than I could ever have imagined | Birdwatching | The Guardian
?Your observations are similar to mine, in relation to raptor species seen in south Delta / Boundary Bay between fall and spring. When I took Bill Clark¡¯s diurnal raptor ID course there in early
By PERRY EDWARDS · #955 ·
Re: I¡¯ve spent 32 years writing about the great outdoors. We¡¯ve both changed more than I could ever have imagined | Birdwatching | The Guardian
It surely does - we can help our local birds to an extent both directly & by recording their declines (& alerting others to the situation). Bob
By Robert Hay · #954 ·
Re: I¡¯ve spent 32 years writing about the great outdoors. We¡¯ve both changed more than I could ever have imagined | Birdwatching | The Guardian
Cheer up Bob. The sun goes supernovae in 6 billion years and all will be burnt to a crisp. So does anything that happens from now to then matter? Keith Taylor
By pat.mary.taylor · #953 ·
I¡¯ve spent 32 years writing about the great outdoors. We¡¯ve both changed more than I could ever have imagined | Birdwatching | The Guardian
FYI - this applies to the lower Mainland too Bob Begin forwarded message:
By Robert Hay · #952 ·
Re: Bird collisions
Thanks for posting this Dan. We're continuing to encourage people to take action to protect birds from window strikes which is one of the top sources of human-caused bird mortality, despite being
By Derek Matthews · #951 ·
Bird collisions
A very depressing new study!
By Daniel Bastaja · #950 ·
Re: Swallow Nests - Gates Park, PoCo. UPDATE
Thanks Perry and well done! You may also just want to let them know that nest boxes won¡¯t help Barn Swallows as they are not, of course, cavity nesters like some of the other swallow species,
By Derek Matthews · #949 ·
Re: Swallow Nests - Gates Park, PoCo. UPDATE
Thanks to all for input. Update on the swallows. Barn swallows - confirmed. The person emailed the Mayor, had an almost immediate response and a followup from Engineering. Appears the birds are on
By PERRY EDWARDS · #948 ·
Re: Swallow Nests - Protected?
Swallow nests certainly can still be active at this time of year - especially if a first nest failed and the pair are trying again. We have one at the banding station in Colony Farm. The chicks are
By Debbie Wheeler · #947 ·
Re: Swallow Nests - Protected?
Just an FYI: I have two active barn swallow nests near my home (Port Coquitlam). I just checked them today and the babies have yet to fledge. So certainly feasible that the nests are still
By C Mazza · #946 ·
Re: Swallow Nests - Protected?
I¡¯m advised this involves Gates Park, North of Riverside Secondary School. Perry Edwards North Vancouver
By PERRY EDWARDS · #945 ·
Re: Swallow Nests - Protected?
Attn: Candida. Thanks, passed along. Sorry, this is coming via a third party so I don¡¯t know which park. I¡¯ll ask. Perry Edwards North Vancouver
By PERRY EDWARDS · #944 ·
Re: Swallow Nests - Protected?
Attn.: Clare Price. Thanks much .. info passed along. Perry Edwards North Vancouver
By PERRY EDWARDS · #943 ·
Re: Swallow Nests - Protected?
Hi Perry, I¡¯d go straight to the top: Mayor Brad West Telephone: 604.927.5410 Email: westb@... <mailto:westb@...> Our mayor is very receptive. Can you tell us what park
By C Mazza · #942 ·
Re: Swallow Nests - Protected?
The Migratory Birds act and Species At Risk acts are the two I have referenced when protecting nests near my home; depending on the species of swallow, this may apply. Here is an article I just
By Clare Price · #941 ·
Swallow Nests - Protected?
Contacted by a friend who has been monitoring swallow nests in a PoCo park. The city is about to knock down the structure where the active nests are located. Are there any relevant provincial or
By PERRY EDWARDS · #940 ·