tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27085651245865553062024-03-13T12:31:57.085-07:00The Bluebird's Laughecology, ornithology, environmentalism, and our life in the natural worldBill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.comBlogger421125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-35852912287498734552011-07-09T15:26:00.000-07:002011-07-09T15:39:09.677-07:00bird conservation news - inside and outside our borders<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9x66mmUz36y-HVO1QPkNfln6VVg362_VgNNC7xBiru6q20DQ7oMslN_Oe19vGbuTB0QUE4uNIb7zeKqIisTfMN0KoT2ifZg3dhcxKjKts6e48YBwn-K9R7GkgLbKLeoi2ICipQlRZQRB/s1600/AFWALogo_2c_web.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 180px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 175px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627485296312706050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9x66mmUz36y-HVO1QPkNfln6VVg362_VgNNC7xBiru6q20DQ7oMslN_Oe19vGbuTB0QUE4uNIb7zeKqIisTfMN0KoT2ifZg3dhcxKjKts6e48YBwn-K9R7GkgLbKLeoi2ICipQlRZQRB/s320/AFWALogo_2c_web.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qVETPoFx9sTYRZua9ecePZ2Yat-BztpNccC-p3S86pxMLDjQLan_cIri7PChskT587WG9KkQiKE9Ta27QYQwALhvL_9cNwo2B48bVbXYV4lfXq6-VfhDwvCtaj8SqlW2DdjjnI6TpHoC/s1600/logo+nbii.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 324px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 45px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627484183249407442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qVETPoFx9sTYRZua9ecePZ2Yat-BztpNccC-p3S86pxMLDjQLan_cIri7PChskT587WG9KkQiKE9Ta27QYQwALhvL_9cNwo2B48bVbXYV4lfXq6-VfhDwvCtaj8SqlW2DdjjnI6TpHoC/s320/logo+nbii.gif" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-V0X0DF6BpsQQs1s-auSBpdNVwGauwFNbnZP4Kjmepwtu8acmKdykLUtCyxF45XOPhm3olPZ1ZGsyObKuvBEENEj-8guhfRrhpHgh5oguUSuaMonDYG4miLgDBeEPXJ2KQq1jgrekVHV/s1600/birdlife_community_logo_sml3.png"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 49px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627484096539798258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-V0X0DF6BpsQQs1s-auSBpdNVwGauwFNbnZP4Kjmepwtu8acmKdykLUtCyxF45XOPhm3olPZ1ZGsyObKuvBEENEj-8guhfRrhpHgh5oguUSuaMonDYG4miLgDBeEPXJ2KQq1jgrekVHV/s320/birdlife_community_logo_sml3.png" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>See recent news from BirdLife International at <a href="http://www.birdlife.org/community/"><strong><span style="color:#6633ff;">this link</span></strong></a>; and more recent news from the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) at their site, <a href="http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=460&PageID=5944&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true"><span style="color:#6633ff;"><strong>here</strong></span></a>. </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>There's more, too, from the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, at their site, <a href="http://fishwildlife1.blogspot.com/2011/05/2011-state-of-birds-report-assesses.html"><strong>here</strong></a> - which is a site worth checking now & then. Although this link mentions information linked here previously, it's both worth repaeating as well as worth leading you to the sitre for future reference. </div></div></div>Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-84610160782929338922011-07-07T13:42:00.000-07:002011-07-08T07:27:30.550-07:00more info on Neotropic Cormorants<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnF_twW6QRCjWnWoujtjq9aJYNCmPCIkbrwUCke4qP3FfvyeoVGNc3itTlan5OJoqgXBaAS8PkgHFAWQsS_ed_4E7Q5kgZWkMq8SKd_841inqeQhYqwzVz2cvoO87wgOit_TVst1kNM3vv/s1600/getimage+NECO.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 319px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626988021503445010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnF_twW6QRCjWnWoujtjq9aJYNCmPCIkbrwUCke4qP3FfvyeoVGNc3itTlan5OJoqgXBaAS8PkgHFAWQsS_ed_4E7Q5kgZWkMq8SKd_841inqeQhYqwzVz2cvoO87wgOit_TVst1kNM3vv/s320/getimage+NECO.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Read a bit of background info, see videos, images, and more about Wisconsin's newest avian addition - at <a href="http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/neotropic-cormorant-phalacrocorax-olivaceus"><strong>this link</strong></a>, and then, some more at <a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Neotropic_Cormorant/lifehistory"><strong>this link</strong></a>.</div>Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-27699308560263506132011-06-13T07:10:00.000-07:002011-06-13T07:46:52.069-07:00shorebirds: news, info, & conservation - within & beyond our borders<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4jlPcwDBdx6WiPrG6S52SlZyGCpW6xQ4Tc85aBxDgUZcDQa-Ry8Nzx3PYEZ91GopcFB595G8uFSltZCugF12GQbn2GPd9ZRY4YLsdGqFOmxIs1t0QJ8f6XTx03yDbmMY0o9BwQV4G5Qf/s1600/getimage.exe.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4jlPcwDBdx6WiPrG6S52SlZyGCpW6xQ4Tc85aBxDgUZcDQa-Ry8Nzx3PYEZ91GopcFB595G8uFSltZCugF12GQbn2GPd9ZRY4YLsdGqFOmxIs1t0QJ8f6XTx03yDbmMY0o9BwQV4G5Qf/s320/getimage.exe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617715483615514978" border="0" /></a><br />See this recent <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://worldwaders.posterous.com/">news</a> on the World Waders site, for a start.<br /><br />Then, news from the International Wader Study Group is posted <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.waderstudygroup.org/news.php">here</a>.<br /><br />If you're REALLY into shorebirds, become part of the IWSG listserv, by going <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.waderstudygroup.org/pubs/wadersl.php">here</a>.<br /><br />And, eBird has a page devoted to the International Shorebird Survey - see it <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://ebird.org/content/iss/">here</a>.<br /><br />Although it is a little dated, <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.fort.usgs.gov/Products/Publications/pub_abstract.asp?PubID=946">this publication</a> from USGS shows info on North American shorebird populations.<br /><br /><br />(image of knots from National Digital Library - Greg Breese)Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-76644090022436610772011-06-12T20:28:00.000-07:002011-06-12T20:37:12.656-07:00Earth PortalIf you have never looked at it, see the <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" href="http://www.earthportal.org/">Earth Portal </a>- lots of great information.Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-77084009765783950022011-06-10T05:14:00.000-07:002011-06-10T05:16:19.320-07:00birds and peopleBirdLife international highlights the links between birds and people at a new webpage -see it <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 255);" href="http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sowb/spotpeople">here</a>.Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-22538526955939797152011-06-08T19:44:00.000-07:002011-06-08T20:20:08.146-07:00shrubland bird species<span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:'Verdana';font-size:9px;" > <span style="font-size:130%;">"According to the Breeding Bird Survey data from 1966 to 2003, 50 of 78 shrubland species are declining, and there is no trend information for 29 species." See more at <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://web4.audubon.org/bird/stateofthebirds/shrublands.html">this link.</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:'Verdana';font-size:130%;" >Plus additional information is at</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:'Verdana';" > </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.chicagowildernessmag.org/issues/fall2005/shrublandbirds.html">this link.</a></span><span style=" ;font-family:'Verdana';font-size:9px;color:#666666;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />Our recent exchanges about bobwhites have me thinking about this group.<br /><br />The partial list given at the first linked page above is dominated by western species, but some familiar WI species are on the list as well.<br /><br />Along with ongoing declines, however, may be some range expansion of some shrubland species resulting from a warming climate in the upper Midwest. This summer I have already heard a few more reports than usual (for June) of White-eyed Vireo (the usual locations in Dane or Green counties, plus a report of a possible pair for the 2nd year in a row near the Ozaukee-Washington county line, and now a possible Milwaukee County bird). I had one along Milwaukee's Menomonee River in September last fall; where was that individual en route from? And this species is fairly regular not far south, in locations about 100 miles from the WI-IL border (I had them reliably near Joliet, IL, in June last year). Will we see (or mostly hear) more in future summers?<br /><br />But what of the other declining species in this group: how will they fare in Wisconsin in the coming decades?</span><br /></span></span>Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-2650570860955060282011-06-07T04:57:00.000-07:002011-06-07T05:00:42.410-07:00more on bobwhites in WIMonths ago I posted on the decline of the bobwhite in Wisconsin. Here's more information from the WDNR quail survey, at <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 255);" href="http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/harvest/reports/quailcottonsurv09.pdf">this link</a> - see especially the regression graph (Figure 2) on page 2.Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-51828134521441767872011-06-03T08:08:00.000-07:002011-06-03T08:19:57.384-07:00early summer woodlands<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91LdN3B82q4G5VZ81fLuvOmptHd9J39HZdWg3OfTPOThaPSEclK4OT93unP1D6SlptfXxlSsbY2mOPX11U-x6ABjfrz3D-X5yGiOL24OWMtn2ZuX8JSQRo7g_UMTwUJ5urIMyQgHwrAmW/s1600/P6020069.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91LdN3B82q4G5VZ81fLuvOmptHd9J39HZdWg3OfTPOThaPSEclK4OT93unP1D6SlptfXxlSsbY2mOPX11U-x6ABjfrz3D-X5yGiOL24OWMtn2ZuX8JSQRo7g_UMTwUJ5urIMyQgHwrAmW/s320/P6020069.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614011715602489954" border="0" /></a><br />The early summer woodlands at this latitude are a study in all of the greens - and leaf shapes are highly varied. The canopy has a particular group of avian species that we don't see easily unless we take time and watch very carefully: Scarlet Tanager, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Yellow-throated and Red-eyed Vireos, Yellow-billed Cuckoo. If you're not far from an edge, you'll add Indigo Bunting, Northern Cardinal, and sometimes a few others. And while you're counting, you can simply stand in awe of the colors and patterns overhead.Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-81300026238142219952011-06-01T08:21:00.000-07:002011-06-01T09:01:29.209-07:00migratory bird conservation factsheets, plus Steve B.'s new bookI may have passed this along before, but it's worth repeating - Go over to the website of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center to see a variety of excellent fact sheets on migratory bird conservation, at <a style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;" href="http://nationalzoo.si.edu/scbi/migratorybirds/fact_sheets/">this link</a>.<br /><br />If you're looking for my review from last week of Steve Betchkal's new birding book, you can find it at <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://bluebirdslaugh.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-birding-book-review.html">this link.</a>Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-90409626452246487552011-05-27T07:47:00.000-07:002011-05-27T08:01:10.718-07:00bird conservation news - local and international<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqjluuZNLdki-zhiUc94gaigAuCZK5NY0kJiNQXf3ELOFydzzHSIH8DDCJbxdQ7YwAAk_O85kNxWuWYgoKbVGFCmH5I1qw9HlsBRkYPrIgUZaqvYqm_Ax0aNdFGwV5L-j1JHpsyZMlmw7s/s1600/BirdCitylogoFinalCropped200.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 167px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqjluuZNLdki-zhiUc94gaigAuCZK5NY0kJiNQXf3ELOFydzzHSIH8DDCJbxdQ7YwAAk_O85kNxWuWYgoKbVGFCmH5I1qw9HlsBRkYPrIgUZaqvYqm_Ax0aNdFGwV5L-j1JHpsyZMlmw7s/s320/BirdCitylogoFinalCropped200.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611408899989077666" border="0" /></a><br />If you haven't looked at it lately, don't miss the growing amount of excellent information on the Bird City Wisconsin website. For example, check out the map with the existing municipalities that have attained Bird City status, <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 255);" href="http://www.birdcitywisconsin.org/BirdCities/BirdCitiesInWisconsin.htm">here</a>. And go to their <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 255);" href="http://www.birdcitywisconsin.org/Index.htm">homepage</a> to begin learning about all of the other activities and initiatives they have in process - if you haven't been following these developments, you will be truly amazed!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjivDRD5aFjgUsnvh0MprZYLHS1WJYZv6HbhfgURddcrx_XP9w2oTSBwv3LaSloMfo97kYXj9v4Yv0j72iR51YjIrFN3mTAn8Jvu2Y8AHueaKsMlfrw87q_WzSh3NPph0KBxJ4-1UTK22A5/s1600/logo.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 137px; height: 93px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjivDRD5aFjgUsnvh0MprZYLHS1WJYZv6HbhfgURddcrx_XP9w2oTSBwv3LaSloMfo97kYXj9v4Yv0j72iR51YjIrFN3mTAn8Jvu2Y8AHueaKsMlfrw87q_WzSh3NPph0KBxJ4-1UTK22A5/s320/logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611410528099484306" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Over on the international front, read recent news from BirdLife International at <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.birdlife.org/community/">this link</a>.Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-13727458943012553092011-05-23T12:55:00.000-07:002011-05-23T13:34:10.072-07:00new birding book - a review<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjna29xPcNKO2SUGNkb3k4iwGYZdAhrESKKWV3vozRgf2fq1ZdecUKFWgnhNctEN2rQasTp2zDnC4mhAe6fTRll4pcLBklFmffI1VxZzVUQYXFE-c798igsb1_pluV8EdYQr9vMqilxh-XF/s1600/2nd+Cover+Version.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjna29xPcNKO2SUGNkb3k4iwGYZdAhrESKKWV3vozRgf2fq1ZdecUKFWgnhNctEN2rQasTp2zDnC4mhAe6fTRll4pcLBklFmffI1VxZzVUQYXFE-c798igsb1_pluV8EdYQr9vMqilxh-XF/s320/2nd+Cover+Version.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610003466468321842" border="0" /></a><br />Steve Betchkal, for those of you who may not have met him or read any of his writing, or may not have seen any of his expert videography (he works for a local television station - WQOW - in Eau Claire, WI), is a man with diverse skills and interests. But they all sort of funnel into and are magnified when he starts talking about or writing about or photographing <span style="font-weight: bold;">birds. </span>Steve has a<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>wide-ranging sense of humor. All of these things are displayed fully in his new book <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Make Birds - Not War</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">: </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Step By Step Instructions for Saving the World a Birder at a Time</span>. (Adarolf Publishing, 2011).<br /><br />Steve is the author of <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Byington;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">All of This and Robins Too: A Guide to the 50 or So Best Places to Find Birds in Wisconsin. </span></u></b><br /><br />But about this new book - this is not your usual birding book. Although descriptions of birding locations, evaluations of favorite places, the merits of the various wheres and hows of birding are found throughout, that's really only part of what's here. There is also poetry, philosophy, wry humor - and much, much more - and all wrapped thoroughly around and within the life and experiences of a birder. Is Steve "obsessed" with birds? Obsessed in a good way (and I hope I am, too). These are fluid, colorful, uplifting, evocative, and sometimes laugh-out-loud stories about birding, birds, birders, travel - and life.<br /><br />Maybe not for everyone - but maybe for <span style="font-weight: bold;">you</span>. HIGHLY recommended. The book will be available after June 8th.Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-86867225304464611742011-05-16T11:03:00.000-07:002011-05-16T11:07:04.834-07:00BirdLife International news<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhviQqCitcrSJAuILQk4lTcPNkCJcVsKeuBQxJ2O2xubP-pNbO5BxbA0eyQfh4E4bJbP4Cx-f0NuMRnUsm0aXwFfGOJHU5WY-M4NTH3ysmZjZZQu_qp7DYgi1qvB2j7YFKQZMbts1BLcenk/s1600/logo+BI.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 137px; height: 93px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhviQqCitcrSJAuILQk4lTcPNkCJcVsKeuBQxJ2O2xubP-pNbO5BxbA0eyQfh4E4bJbP4Cx-f0NuMRnUsm0aXwFfGOJHU5WY-M4NTH3ysmZjZZQu_qp7DYgi1qvB2j7YFKQZMbts1BLcenk/s320/logo+BI.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607376692880057554" border="0" /></a><br />Recent news from BirdLife International can be found <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 255);" href="http://www.birdlife.org/news/index.html">here</a>. Of special interest is a recent news post on "Land use changes from a bird’s-eye view".Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-25661647040126369312011-05-13T17:46:00.000-07:002011-05-13T17:55:25.910-07:00lots of birding news from all overIf you're home as I am instead of at the WSO Annual Convention in Lacrosse, here are a few links. Today I found a birding news website that I had previously overlooked - see it <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 255);" href="http://littlebirdiehome.com/">here</a>; maybe it will be new to you also.<br /><br />************<br /><br />And I have not looked at the Birdzilla site in a while, but did so today - see it <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 255);" href="http://www.birdzilla.com/">here</a>.Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-23142019299336151492011-05-13T15:07:00.000-07:002011-05-13T15:33:34.893-07:00Read a great field ecology blog<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjCEwNOSuFMbwVu99VB_Gqx_p2CkIw3_qzoCEq9W2wYOGNp_50fKmr8S0lxFZsRdCre4Ik_DMOBRA5-3U-J3y3dnXt-eCtzIjv-nlaV6Fgn9nraDaQpdl4SMa3oDTqqWP4VT_r6l1_gn6/s1600/mansnake.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjCEwNOSuFMbwVu99VB_Gqx_p2CkIw3_qzoCEq9W2wYOGNp_50fKmr8S0lxFZsRdCre4Ik_DMOBRA5-3U-J3y3dnXt-eCtzIjv-nlaV6Fgn9nraDaQpdl4SMa3oDTqqWP4VT_r6l1_gn6/s320/mansnake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606331315888531650" border="0" /></a><br />Read the great blog of a superb field biologist, Dr. Josh Kapfer, who is on his way back to Wisconsin, where he has accepted a teaching position at UW-Whitewater - see the blog at <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 255);" href="http://blazin-trailblazer.blogspot.com/">this link</a>.<br /><br />Josh is an expert herpetologist - he did his graduate work on bullsnakes, does radio telemetry with box turtles, and he can tell you a good story of the day he and I found a queen snake (<span style="font-style: italic;">Regina septemvittata</span>). But saying that would seem to somewhat limit his many interests in ecology - and he has many. Check his blog for much more information - and some great stories!Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-87301908178271390822011-05-03T09:01:00.001-07:002011-05-03T09:04:38.213-07:002011 State of the Birds on Public Lands and Waters<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNe4cpDIklr0ngQCYTpHDY-3Iv7RB8WwS6xAvrslUv9T4nKUVBuJun64P7WLFqD50SBPur4oy2-7hV_UtMc-YgPIIraD_hyqHM3N5-lQBCtyN5PMWc_iTxp5x3gIzepSuy8845hS5Z2xA/s1600/image_preview.jpeg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNe4cpDIklr0ngQCYTpHDY-3Iv7RB8WwS6xAvrslUv9T4nKUVBuJun64P7WLFqD50SBPur4oy2-7hV_UtMc-YgPIIraD_hyqHM3N5-lQBCtyN5PMWc_iTxp5x3gIzepSuy8845hS5Z2xA/s320/image_preview.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602521426385642450" border="0" /></a><br />"This year’s report provides the nation’s first assessment of the distribution of birds on public lands and helps public agencies identify which species have significant potential for conservation in each habitat." Learn more by downloading the full report at <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 255);" href="http://www.stateofthebirds.org/">this link</a>.Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-87721030444745573582011-04-27T09:22:00.000-07:002011-04-27T09:32:04.648-07:00bird conservation and related newsNews from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center is available <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://nationalzoo.si.edu/scbi/migratorybirds/default.cfm">here</a>.<br /><br />If you've never looked at it, please check out the website of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Midwest Coordinated Bird Monitoring Partnership</span>, <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://midwestbirdmonitoring.ning.com/">here</a>.<br /><br />News from The Conservation Leadership Programme can be found <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/Default.asp">here</a>.<br /><br />Information regarding the <span style="font-weight: bold;">National Conservation Training Center </span>can be found <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://training.fws.gov/nctcweb/catalog/CourseDetail.aspx?CourseCodeLong=FWS-ECS2102">here</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">.<br /></span>Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-15130631077581559592011-04-15T12:29:00.001-07:002011-04-15T12:55:22.861-07:00one minute a day for bird conservation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb034PpCTNIyzUZtPN637ucICsnBasMcGV_z2OJbjYDyovsiJ_SLUdm1_aUWVQ60p8MbcV8XC6KE-icWS-wGye5s1zoeZO6xhcAigFLv1uMu_XEfS3Hxnn67_HJg3PkkGrkT9rtzPqhRpJ/s1600/crt_logo.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb034PpCTNIyzUZtPN637ucICsnBasMcGV_z2OJbjYDyovsiJ_SLUdm1_aUWVQ60p8MbcV8XC6KE-icWS-wGye5s1zoeZO6xhcAigFLv1uMu_XEfS3Hxnn67_HJg3PkkGrkT9rtzPqhRpJ/s320/crt_logo.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595898674768658962" border="0" /></a><br />With one minute each day over the coming weeks - you can help make a difference for conservation and birds in Wisconsin. Starting today, an easy new project using your help can improve an area for birds and support an organization that is developing and restoring habitat in southeastern Wisconsin. Edy's (the company that makes fruit bars), has a annual program to provide community orchards around the nation. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 255);">The Ozaukee-Washington Land Trust</span> is attempting to get enough online votes to win this chance to develop an orchard on the grounds of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Forest Beach Migratory Preserve</span> in Ozaukee County. Orchards can be great bird-attractors, and serve other purposes for the Land Trust as well. We surely can use help from as many people as possible - it's simple: go to <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.communitiestakeroot.com/Home/Index">this link</a>, register (see the top row of links, and find the register link, there) the first time, then you can vote <span style="font-weight: bold;">once each day</span> - the organization with the most votes will be funded for developing an orchard this year. It takes a couple of minutes to register, but after that less than a minute each day to log in and cast your vote. A community garden group in Middleton won last year's spot in Wisconsin - please vote for the Ozaukee-Washington Land Trust's orchard project this year!Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-51533518753877112042011-04-08T04:11:00.000-07:002011-04-08T04:30:05.526-07:00bird news for Friday!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaOOoSmMAaV2eLP_r0RnuA9-MBgLmcPdivGkmw8-lNcvHwQJw7Vdsjjeg4OzHS-uFy_KPAGm_-gv2xd3VMFKflY4L5pTB-hBn44EB09of1INU34haFjXmfjgXZIS72_H6Be7lKGHXPTu-/s1600/logo.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 137px; height: 93px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaOOoSmMAaV2eLP_r0RnuA9-MBgLmcPdivGkmw8-lNcvHwQJw7Vdsjjeg4OzHS-uFy_KPAGm_-gv2xd3VMFKflY4L5pTB-hBn44EB09of1INU34haFjXmfjgXZIS72_H6Be7lKGHXPTu-/s320/logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593170126013396322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Recent news from BirdLife International can be found <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.birdlife.org/">here.</a><br /><br /><br />There are other stories this week, too: see the latest from the <a href="http://www.bcnbirds.org/index.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bird Conservation Network</span></a> in Illinois!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MXBb-H6ZrQNkD2pOePGBhCJTodIhDdZneyISLh-ca-XEj_tnQciZvZp6zHH1NhaXUBCgWo_mD5uzogeteWkntO-T271JFOYrNg-JFp1TM2eOTw6Y-bVYHXKwfLCiVgfnym6yGCX98s82/s1600/11cmain.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MXBb-H6ZrQNkD2pOePGBhCJTodIhDdZneyISLh-ca-XEj_tnQciZvZp6zHH1NhaXUBCgWo_mD5uzogeteWkntO-T271JFOYrNg-JFp1TM2eOTw6Y-bVYHXKwfLCiVgfnym6yGCX98s82/s320/11cmain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593171050270792514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And for more - once again - regarding some news from outside of our region, see the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology's recent updates, <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/egi/research/conservation.htm">here</a>.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4sTGRHE5rjr4sdRAK8HJIQ_Fs9XyuJEnOu3c2r0PY4cZxEs_ucsl5LAWf8FxOS25YNr9FeDsJzqcLQKzNEouY2MdsZxyT-foF1cOu-uHN09vdbGTakMtwd8TDLhRP3oB_0QlJLEANA-8/s1600/top_header2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 54px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4sTGRHE5rjr4sdRAK8HJIQ_Fs9XyuJEnOu3c2r0PY4cZxEs_ucsl5LAWf8FxOS25YNr9FeDsJzqcLQKzNEouY2MdsZxyT-foF1cOu-uHN09vdbGTakMtwd8TDLhRP3oB_0QlJLEANA-8/s320/top_header2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593172669659267154" border="0" /></a>Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-42401411822307446022011-04-06T04:58:00.000-07:002011-04-06T05:04:19.022-07:00new issue of Ecology and Society<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnS60ZKtq4w9uZERT_S33IHM3Br9XLQCvmFOq6WEvatoLEr9zdFFYkEy2qZn7KRBrC3b0m5RiEz332TnT96w_y9iWnxnWwoxavOI6F4wV-vFBB1YVC6JWfjYjBaVN4oCXR5VPeF23Af5dR/s1600/new_home_es_logo.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 123px; height: 123px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnS60ZKtq4w9uZERT_S33IHM3Br9XLQCvmFOq6WEvatoLEr9zdFFYkEy2qZn7KRBrC3b0m5RiEz332TnT96w_y9iWnxnWwoxavOI6F4wV-vFBB1YVC6JWfjYjBaVN4oCXR5VPeF23Af5dR/s320/new_home_es_logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592439467254103394" border="0" /></a><br />A new issue of the online journal Ecology and Society is available; go to <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/index.php">this link</a> - and you'll find <a href="http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss1/"><b>Volume 16, Issue 1 | March 2011</b></a>.<br /><br />Of considerable interest to me is the paper entitled: <span class="toctitle"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Effects of Roads and Traffic on Wildlife Populations and Landscape Function: Road Ecology is Moving toward Larger Scales</span>, by </span>Rodney van der Ree, Jochen A. G. Jaeger, Edgar A. van der Grift, and Anthony P. Clevenger. I did a statewide (in Wisconsin) avian road mortality study while in graduate school- and this continues to merit a great deal of attention.Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-75259844334952848162011-04-05T06:12:00.001-07:002011-04-05T06:23:48.590-07:00updated Bird Conservation Alliance website; other news<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknniEpYnmGFrN10PaeG5aIwvhdIO-MEBSnRPwEcW7eVM5DrKFeAszgafhk1Ow-cP9iA5lmBJvAgfJzqwIvBQ5hBSNIy5PI4WzIbedBMq47uHUDPP2voFB_8Cn11__H2qQffoEv08mOc-q/s1600/header.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 61px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknniEpYnmGFrN10PaeG5aIwvhdIO-MEBSnRPwEcW7eVM5DrKFeAszgafhk1Ow-cP9iA5lmBJvAgfJzqwIvBQ5hBSNIy5PI4WzIbedBMq47uHUDPP2voFB_8Cn11__H2qQffoEv08mOc-q/s320/header.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592087049936413138" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Go to <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.birdconservationalliance.org/">this link</a> to see the updated Bird Conservation Alliance website.<br /><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" ><em><strong>The Bird Conservation Alliance</strong></em></span> (BCA) is a network of organizations working together to conserve wild birds. </p> <p>Through the Alliance, millions of birdwatchers and concerned citizens are united with conservation professionals, scientists, and educators to benefit bird conservation efforts.</p> Learn more about the Bird Conservation Alliance - many resources are available at their expanded site.<br /><br />***************************************<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4uY2TVjjTCSnvGK_5ctofLcL8BMblFKVtjocdvCRUWZuDlOTV3rLVOnw_FobNyQ0O5SUgKV69wGP2xf1mFR1JNP0hHvCSJEM-Qc2aosMIYSVcFsXzBLjxpPIslV06FMq2TW7rNHrHXqE/s1600/logosmaller.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4uY2TVjjTCSnvGK_5ctofLcL8BMblFKVtjocdvCRUWZuDlOTV3rLVOnw_FobNyQ0O5SUgKV69wGP2xf1mFR1JNP0hHvCSJEM-Qc2aosMIYSVcFsXzBLjxpPIslV06FMq2TW7rNHrHXqE/s320/logosmaller.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592089461568283202" border="0" /></a><br />Recent research links from the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Institute for Bird Populations</span> can be found <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.birdpop.org/programs.htm">here</a>.Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-65278113155294357132011-04-04T11:17:00.000-07:002011-04-04T11:34:21.043-07:00new linksAn updated page with many links to recent projects from the USGS Ecosystems - Wildlife: Terrestrial and Endangered Resources Program can be found at <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://ecosystems.usgs.gov/wter/">this link</a>.<br /><br />The ABA blog has a great post by Ted Floyd on new changes to the AOU Check-List, due this summer - see the post <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://blog.aba.org/2011/04/aba-checklist-changes.html">here</a>.Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-51490519601326080882011-03-31T18:38:00.000-07:002011-04-01T05:23:30.526-07:00Migration Celebration - Forest Beach Migratory Preserve<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPpvmi-PZOoS2qe3R42yEFyRNtjDAo8W5HNvrfBb9r0n99cdJvN8FnHml8T6vGyoeTCfCFZQq6sGNZ8L6p7CVW77wnCCfqTLP4I9X4ofbNoGP91mKYDILcpDqNQUF8Dw-lfkB-lJjdhIH/s1600/IMBD+2011.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 384px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590427171576837986" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPpvmi-PZOoS2qe3R42yEFyRNtjDAo8W5HNvrfBb9r0n99cdJvN8FnHml8T6vGyoeTCfCFZQq6sGNZ8L6p7CVW77wnCCfqTLP4I9X4ofbNoGP91mKYDILcpDqNQUF8Dw-lfkB-lJjdhIH/s320/IMBD+2011.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Come to the 2nd Annual Migration Celebration this spring, at the Forest Beach Migratory Preserve, in Ozaukee County. The date is May 7th. Find out what's been happening at the preserve over the past year, see our new hawk observation platform and photo blinds, take a guided tour, and many more opportunities.<br /><br /></div>See displays from Bird City Wisconsin, WSO, and other organizations, learn about the Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory, and hear presentations on stopover ecology. Activities for kids, too!<br /><br />Call the US Fish & Wildlife Service at 920-866-1717 for more information, or e-mail greenbay@fws.gov.<div></div><br /><div>For a map to Forest Beach Migratory Preserve, see <a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" href="http://tinyurl.com/3z7j2sf"><strong>this link</strong></a>.</div>Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-18486090863417940782011-03-31T02:48:00.000-07:002011-03-31T03:01:06.860-07:00bird conservation and research newsA collection of news and links to recent information:<br /><br />See the latest news from BirdLife International <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.birdlife.org/community/">here</a>.<br /><br />In the United States, check out the most recent news and programs of the American Bird Conservancy at <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abcbirds.org/">this link</a>.<br /><br />At the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, see information on recent research <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://nationalzoo.si.edu/scbi/migratorybirds/science_article/default.cfm?id=70">here</a>.<br /><br />A set of links to bird-safe building design is found <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.birdsandbuildings.org/info.html">here</a>.<br /><br />The updated Wisconsin Important Bird Areas page is linked <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.wisconsinbirds.org/IBA/">here</a>.Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-18658968907524520382011-03-25T10:46:00.000-07:002011-03-25T10:57:48.290-07:00stunning video from Audubon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJotHIxzTp_faOtcFwtER9sFaabONUNGQgylERRd945XEIdv_7Bo1zsk2zmeNjqnq39c4tLYOFRuiTbPvrR5IAWJUANQSwtABkcVsEBVsTDlnI_5ZgwZOnvbrrfyiLC3bRCk3ojgwtojL/s1600/logo.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 85px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJotHIxzTp_faOtcFwtER9sFaabONUNGQgylERRd945XEIdv_7Bo1zsk2zmeNjqnq39c4tLYOFRuiTbPvrR5IAWJUANQSwtABkcVsEBVsTDlnI_5ZgwZOnvbrrfyiLC3bRCk3ojgwtojL/s320/logo.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588076632880909874" border="0" /></a>My good friend Ethan Duke, Assistant Director of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Missouri River Bird Observatory</span>, sent me <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6MDFUUb7Zw">this link</a><br />to a superb Audubon video - don't miss this one!<br /><br />And while you're at it, check out the MRBO website, too - look for it <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mrbo.org/">here</a>. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Thanks, Ethan!!!</span>Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-48710735804442772642011-03-23T05:22:00.001-07:002011-03-23T05:25:20.608-07:00recent news from BirdLife International<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfUlNO3hRkP_cFjuAE22TCnI8XFeb_79cR-0uwB3ZVXYuFZ4AMWjvR9mMUre499l4QGwly7pVWpiwBsIZnyZDkPcdO8U5S_UFCAHoD3cFBAiijZaWYHIfceZxajDPjRYpe4fk1S6gJ5RR/s1600/logo+BI.gif"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 137px; height: 93px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfUlNO3hRkP_cFjuAE22TCnI8XFeb_79cR-0uwB3ZVXYuFZ4AMWjvR9mMUre499l4QGwly7pVWpiwBsIZnyZDkPcdO8U5S_UFCAHoD3cFBAiijZaWYHIfceZxajDPjRYpe4fk1S6gJ5RR/s320/logo+BI.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587249863058825650" border="0" /></a><br />The latest news from <span style="font-weight: bold;">BirdLife International</span> can be found <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 255);" href="http://www.birdlife.org/community/">here</a>.<br /><br />Also, see information about BirdLife's new <span style="font-weight: bold;">Forests of Hope</span> campaign, at <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.birdlife.org/appeal/">this link</a>.Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388noreply@blogger.com0