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Written by Charleen O'Donoghue
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Saturday, 24 January 2009 |
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The Chinese Crested Tern is critically endangered. The estimated population of these birds is believed to be no more than 50 birds! There are only 3 regular sites known, 2 are used for breeding and 1 for staging. Even though the breeding sites are both within protected areas – the greatest threat to the Chinese Crested Tern is the egg collection by the fishermen for food! An 18 month project is under way by the Fujian Bird Watching Society which aims to locate undiscovered breeding colonies and feeding areas along the coastline between Fuding City and Pintan Island in Fujian Province. The project will run from July 2008 – December 2009 during which time education and awareness work will be done with schools and local communities. Source Birdlife International
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Written by Charleen O'Donoghue
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Saturday, 24 January 2009 |
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WWT researchers have been pleasantly surprised by a 23 year old Bewick’s swan who has arrived at Martin Mere. 19 years ago (1991) at the age of 4 years old, the Bewick’s swan was ringed at the very same Centre. Taking into account that the Swans migration journey, from Siberia to the UK is approximately 2 200miles, it is possible that he will have travelled at least 100 000miles already. Sightings of the Bewick’s swan have been logged in the Netherlands and in Denmark. He was last seen in the local area in January 2006. The researchers’ identification tool for knowing it is a male swan is by the ring around the right leg. Source: WWT 
Photo by Maga-chan Licence
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Written by Jackie During
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Saturday, 24 January 2009 |
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The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has a project called Citizen Science, where according to them, “Anyone who watches birds, from backyards to city streets to remote forests, can help researchers better understand birds and their habits. “ There are several projects which citizens can choose from, such as “Birdsleuth”, “CamClickr”, “great backyard Birdcount” to name a few. For futher details. Go to: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/netcommunity/citsci/projects 
Photo by CharlesLam Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License
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Written by Jackie During
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Saturday, 24 January 2009 |
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ScienceDaily (Jan. 24, 2009) According to studies at the University of Malaga, some 152 aquatic bird species show a similar distributing pattern in Europe and that temperature is the mitigating factor in their “mobility”. Scientists at the university warn that global warming “…. could have the knock-on effect of making the northern species move further north, while eastern species will move further south, and there will be a geographic readjustment among the southern and central European species.” This could also mean that some Artic birds will disappear, as only the “highly mobile” birds will survive extreme changes in climate. source: ScienceDaily 
Photo by Fotografiert von [http://www.tierlexikon.ch Marcel Burkhard] Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 Germany License
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Written by Jackie During
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Saturday, 24 January 2009 |
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A new bird has been discovered in Colombia . The Yariguíes Slate-crowned Antpitta was discovered during explorations of the Yariguíes Mountains by American Bird Conservancy partner organization, Fundación ProAves
This is a subspecies of the Slate-crowned Antpitta, and has been given the scientific name Grallaricula nana hallsi, in honour of the British birder Alan G. Halls, who died in 2005 around the time the discovery was made.
Due to the remoteness and political instability of the area where the bird was discovered, it’s existence remained a secret . Source: ABC
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