Archive for December 26th, 2020
Fascinating Bird Behaviors From the 2020 Audubon Photo Awards
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 26, 2020
The Arctic hasn’t been this warm for 3 million years
Posted by: Sandy Steinman on December 26, 2020
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- How Preserved Eggs Provide Insights to Avian Ecology 9/24/21
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- Screening of “Don’t Feed the Coyotes” today at 4pm
- September 22 is World Rhino Day
- Kings Canyon National Park closures due to KNP Complex fire
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- Webinar – Biological Control in Urban Parks: Sept. 23rd
- Which Milkweeds Help Monarchs and Which Don’t
- Tesla Park: A Win for Wildlife
- KNP Complex fires merge, reach edge of Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park
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- BLM Withdraws Decision Allowing Grazing in California Area Protected for Desert Tortoises
- ‘Overwhelming’: hundreds of migrating birds die after crashing into NYC glass towers
- Outcry over killing of almost 1,500 dolphins on Faroe Islands
- Sequoia National Park Fire Update 9/16/21
- Regional Parks Botanic Garden Photos 9/13/21
- Audubon Wins Lawsuit to Prevent Sand Mining on Protected Beaches
- Fires shut Sequoia National Park, could threaten huge trees
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- Record number of environmental activists murdered
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- What if we tracked a species recovery not just its extinction risk?
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- Wildfires Ignite Mental Health Concerns
- Sandhill Cranes: Early Arrivals Spotted in the Delta
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- UC – Berkeley Botanical Garden Photos from 9/6/21
- Pancake Breakfast and Plant Sale 9/12/21
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