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NewJersey’s first bear hunt in five years is just a week away and set to go on as planned despite a last-ditch effort by several animal rights organizations to have the hunt postponed. The facts are clear, we have an overpopulation of black bears in NewJersey, and we must address that issue," said Martin in a press statement. "A
The pine barrens of NewJersey look rather plain and boring if you only see them while driving past on the Garden State Parkway or NewJersey Turnpike. By the time urban and suburban sprawl started to reach NewJersey’s pine barrens they were largely protected and today over 1.1
I think every naturalist in the United States knows the outlines of this urban tale: The pristine marshes of NewJersey are poisoned by pollution, toxic waste, pig farms, and probably every single way in which human beings can destroy the environment. This is the fable of the NewJersey Meadowlands and it is all true.
The concerned person who took the photograph approached a Lukeoil Station in Northvale, NewJersey to inquire about the bird’s well-being, and the owner said dismissively that he could do whatever he liked and had four more birds at home. One might assume this is a falconry bird, but it’s not.
Of course, I jest a bit in the above paragraph because as a sometime NewJersey birder I have birded the Delaware Bay and seen sights such as the memorable image below, in which thousands of Red Knots, Dunlins, and Short-billed Dowitchers fly up as if connected telepathically.
According to this Technorati article , the Humane Society rated the states on their animal protection laws. NewJersey Illinois Massachusetts Colorado Maine WORST STATES Ohio Hawaii Alabama North Dakota Mississippi Idaho South Dakota (worst) According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the states fell this way.
The ALDF has released a report on how different states' animal protection laws stack up. Among the best: California, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Oregon.
He kindly agreed to share his knowledge of this new threat to the beaches of New York and the animals and plants that rely on them. A new invasive plant is threatening the beaches of Long Island, Asiatic Sand Sedge or Carex kobomugi. This is a young plant producing a new white rhizome from its base.
That did not stop a NewJersey animal shelter from publishing this rabble-rousing flyer on Facebook, all written in alarming red capital letters: PARK RANGERS AND VET OFFICES ARE PUTTING OUT WARNINGS. All birds of prey are protected by state and federal law,” says Eileen Wicker. “If If you have a cat, keep it inside.
Similarities between the Golden Nugget Casino penthouse in Atlantic City, NewJersey, and Chichester Cathedral, West Sussex, are not obvious, but there is one. The peregrine’s comeback was due to protection and the birds’ own powers of recovery. Both buildings host nesting pairs of Peregrines.
Six members of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty were convicted at a 2006 trial in NewJersey of conspiracy to violate the 1992 Animal Enterprise Protection Act. The law, since revised, aimed to protect animal research laboratories from illegal, sometimes violent protests. It was a 2-1 decision by the US Court of Appeals.
Nonprofit pet protection groups would manage the program and be responsible for ensuring that cat caretakers take the required steps. NewJersey is Undecided. NewJersey has an interesting approach, at the sate level. What about second amendment rights?!!?? Mole hills!
Such migration hotspots include the famed Magee Marsh area in Ohio, Point Pelee in southern Ontario, Cape May, NewJersey, and what might be the best area, sites on the Texas coast. To find even one Cerulean Warbler, most birders need to spend a few days birding major migration hotspots or visit a known breeding site in June.
Channel 8 News raised more than a few eyebrows when it reported on a Shelton canary fighting ring that caused 150 birds to be placed into protective custody and thrust 19 suspects with their first and last names into the public eye. This blood sport was so popular that it actually attracted audiences from Boston and NewJersey.
Fortunately, as I found out over the next four days, High Island, the Bolivar Peninsula, the whole east Texan Gulf coast area is a place of diverse habitats, some protected, some accidental, all offering fantastic avian opportunities. Corps of Engineers to protect Galveston Bay at the end of the 19th-century.
Today, the vast tract of land is protected, managed for science and conservation. At dawn, my feet hit one of the protected beaches with Wendy Allen, the manager of the North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, one of the science and outreach organizations working within Hobcaw. hours of walking.
We might not get the variety of a NewJersey autumn but we do get major numbers of species that winter in South America. The next time you see a Bay-breasted Warbler in May, know that it might be singing its heart out because it was able to use habitat at Selva Bananito and other protected areas in Costa Rica.
Meanwhile, forts were built to protect the island from invaders, war broke out between Spain and the United States, and the island became a U.S. Paige Cunningham and Janet Payne both live in the Cape May, NewJersey area and previously collaborated on a book about Cape May A to Z.
I was on NewJersey Audubon’s Grand North Dakota birding tour this past July, driving along dirt roads through the prairies of western North Dakota. Over 80 percent of North Dakota’s prairie has vanished, but there are still millions of acres in North Dakota, under both government protection and private ownership.
There were birders from a wide cross-section of the United States: Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, Iowa, Wyoming, Washington State, Pennsylvania, New York State, NewJersey, California, Texas, Florida. The leopards place their kill in a tree, protecting it from poaching by other predators.
Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. The proposal from U.S.
Dunne was director of the Cape May Bird Observatory and vice-president of the NewJersey Audubon Society for many years, till 2014. Long-billed Dowitcher begins with its taxonomic history, how it was described as a separate species in 1823 by Thomas Say but not accepted as one till 1957. But I like doing this, learning about authors.
It tends to be the Jersey natives who drive too fast and refuse to build fences in their backyards who view wildlife as the enemy. You also note that “counting deer is an imprecise science” and that an aerial survey is expensive, “but some believe it yields the most accurate count.”
The recommendations will sound familiar to any birder or naturalist who wants to protect and improve her local patch: Immediately shut down cat feeding stations. Most importantly, the section ends with a list of questions for future studies and recommendations for wildlife and habitat management.
Or, to keep the priceless feathers hidden away in drawers, protected in small plastic bags, prized in secret. Irreplaceable scientific evidence, part of our ornithological heritage, has been exchanged for the opportunity for a few tiers to re-create Victorian salmon ties. Photograph used in image section of The Feather Thief.
Mentioning NewJersey often raises a snicker or a run down of all the drama and negative stereotypes that swirl around the Garden State, most of which are typified by the MTV hit show, “Jersey Shore.” The legislature named the goldfinch the state bird in 1935 , sharing the designation with Washington and Iowa.
Some articles speculate that the nests offer protection against the cold. I have not heard any reports of Monk Parakeets at bird feeders in New York City, or in NewJersey, where they have a colony in Edgewater, Bergen County.) They remain nuisances for local utility companies. And, for some people, a pain in the ear.
Red Knots have already lost more than 80 percent of their coastal habitat in Florida, NewJersey, and New York. Where suitable habitat exists, sea level rise is expected to increase efforts to stabilize the shore and protect coastal development with hard structures, such as sea walls and jetties. Birds in Delaware Bay.
Others were established to protect specific bird species or subspecies. But they primary protect land, an essential but dwindling avian resource. Bosque del Apache NWR (New Mexico). Forsythe NWR (NewJersey). Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR (Washington). Bombay Hook NWR (Delaware). Chinteague NWR (Virginia).
Units are located along both sides of the river and serve to protect and provide a wide variety of riparian habitats for birds, fish, and other wildlife.” The refuge was established in 1958 to protect and enhance habitat for migratory birds. NewJersey/New York. The refuge is already open to sport fishing.
Once endangered, they lead happy, protected lives, oblivious to the tourists who love them. I had a couple of pretty good twitches this year too, birds like Willow Ptarmigan and Cassin’s Kingbird in New York and European Golden-Plover in NewJersey.
Evening Grosbeaks are large, stunning birds, especially the males, with their distinct plumage and massive bills; I haven’t been fortunate enough to see any of the Evening Grosbeaks that have made their way south to NYC and NewJersey (yet), so I’m very happy I was able to spend time with these beauties this summer. Another sparrow!
I am a city girl and until I became a birder my contact with hunting was limited to occasionally seeing dead deer on the tops of cars in upstate New York. So–not a fan of hunting. And, neither are most of our 10,000 Birds writers.
Other than a sweeping public lands package in 2019 , there has been little or no progress on the environment or wildlife protection. Forsythe NWR in NewJersey, San Bernard NWR in Texas, and Blackwater NWR in Maryland. And each meeting approved NAWCA grants to protect at least 90,000 acres. billion in matching funds.
Forsythe NWR in NewJersey (84.3%), Laguna Atascosa NWR in Texas (86.3%), and Ottawa NWR in Ohio (83.8%). Although the statistics do not address the quality of the land purchased or other qualitative factors, it is safe to assume that when it comes to protecting habitat, size matters. Bosque del Apache NWR (New Mexico): 99.2%.
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