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(Washington, D.C.—June 18,2026) The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee yesterday advanced the bipartisan America the Beautiful Act, legislation that would reauthorize the National...
18. jun. 2026 kl. 14:41
This spring, birds wasted no time in returning to their breeding grounds on the Lower Cape Fear River and surrounding sites to court mates, build nests, and lay eggs. Although the timing of migration...
The British Ornithologists' Union Records Committee (BOURC) maintains The British List. Recording the diversity of species that have occurred in the wild but do not meet the criteria for inclusion in Categories A or C is important as it helps us both understand the diversity of escapes (with implications for attributing records to natural vagrancy), [...] The post Revision of Category E of the British List appeared first on British Ornithologists' Union.
18. jun. 2026 kl. 01:59
Cholao, a small Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is becoming a well-known character among Audubon's social media followers. Why? Because of its migratory journey, which started in the Cauca...
17. jun. 2026 kl. 20:08
At an outdoor concert in Cali, Colombia, Esteban Valdivia is selecting his next instrument from what looks like a museum display. There’s an Incan deer skull, a Carchi syrinx, a flute made from the...
It’s hard to imagine North America without grasslands. From the Great Plains to the Chihuahuan Desert, patchworks of grasses, wildflowers, and sedges carpet vast landscapes, laying the literal...
Last autumn I wrote a post summarising a great year of buttering and I also listed the remaining Norwegian species I had yet to see and how I could go about that. Yesterday was time to start chipping away at that list and a trip to Hedmark was in order to search for Lapland Ringlet (emblas ringvinge) and Bog Fritillary (ringperlemorvinge). I chose yesterday as it was forecast to be warm but cloudy with periods of sun. I thought this would be better than a very sunny day as the butterflies were more likely to rest when the sun went behind a cloud and allow me to get photos rather than them just flying around manically. I had an early start from Oslo and arrived at my chosen bog by 0930. I then began to doubt my strategy as there was rather a lot of cloud in the sky and no immediate sign that the sun would shine. It was warm though and moths were flying around. I thought that I might scare some butterflies up if I walked around and succeeded in seeing a Northern Grizzled Skipper (moltesmyger) which was only me second sighting ever. A couple of fritillaries also flew past quite slowly but frustratingly did not land within sight of me. I needed sun and eventually I could see that there would soon be a large gap in the clouds - and that did the trick. Suddenly there were quite a few fritillaries on the wing. The first ones that I managed to identify were Pearl-bordered (rødflekket perlemorvinge) but most just zipped by. I did have my butterfly net with me although I am normally equally as (un)successful with it as I am at scratching on tree trunks and managed to net one. And, it was the first of my targets - a Bog. Things then became easier and I saw a number of them and got photos and it was probably the commonest butterfly there. I also had some more skippers and then a giant of a butterfly - a Baltic Grayling (juttas ringvinge). Again this was only my second ever sighting and in total had probably 4 individuals which frequently landed on tree trunks. I was still missing my second target species but after 2 hours I saw another dark butterfly but it was smaller than the graylings and it kindly landed and allowed photos. Embla in the box - the day was working out entirely to plan 🦋🥳. I had good time to continue further east and check out some flower rich road verges where I have stopped a couple of times before including in July last year for Silvery Argus (kileblåvinge). I was a bit shocked to see that the verges had been scraped to dig drainage ditched but did find some untouched areas and here found a couple of Chequered Skippers (gulflekksmyger) which again and for the third time was only my second ever sighting and they were mint individuals. A few Violet Coppers (fiolett gullvinge) were past their best but were probably the rarest butterfly of the day although it is a species I have been lucky enough to see a few times before. Yesterday takes me to 84 species of butterfly in Norway and leaves me just 17 to get. And birds? Well, there were some but nothing to write home, or on this blog, about. the first target to fall - Bog Fritillary (ringperlemorvinge). The line of white circles at end back of the underwing are diagnostic from above it looks like a Small Pearl-bordered (brunflekket) but note how the black spots bleed into the triangular markings and this appears to be diagnostic this one got me very excited and I was thinking a Friggs Fritillary but turned out to be an abberation of Bog. Unfortunately I did not get any pictures of the upperwing but we can see some of it and it is mostly dark and on the underwing it is much darker than normal and target #2 - Lapland Ringlet (emblas ringvinge). I only has this one individual with a bit missing from its wing and my second ever sighting of Northern Grizzled Skipper (moltesmyger) and much better than my first and my second ever sighting(s) of Baltic Grayling (juttas ringvinge) - a large butterfly that has a 2 year syklus waiting for the clouds to move the forest bog when the sun was shining - this type of habitat must be very common but rarely visited by anyone with an interest/knowledge of butterflies so many of the species may be far more widespread than the handfull of annual records suggest and my second ever Chequered Skipper (gulflekksmyger) which was a much more satsifying sighting than my first last year which was so late and faded that it was barely recognisable and the rare Violet Copper (fiolett gullvinge) a tiny orchid growing on a roadside verge - Early/Northern Coralroot (korallrot)
16. jun. 2026 kl. 22:30
Birding can be transformative, even healing. This is part of what drives Carmen Meuret’s work—both as Vice President for Winnebago Audubon in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and in her professional life as...
16. jun. 2026 kl. 21:41
Governor Newsom’s May Revise budget raises urgent concerns about California’s ability to protect birds, restore habitat, and maintain public access to nature.California has made critical...
16. jun. 2026 kl. 19:21
For nearly 15 years, the Montezuma Audubon Center has worked with Hobart and William Smith Colleges (HWS) to teach about and conserve habitat across the Montezuma Wetlands Complex. This year, they...
16. jun. 2026 kl. 18:32
Each year, students and educators involved in Audubon’s conservation programs wake up as early as 4:00 am to travel to the State Capital in Albany for our annual Youth Advocacy Day. There, students...
At the Audubon Center at Debs Park, the start of summer brings a bittersweet milestone: our FLIGHT interns have officially “fledged the nest.”After nine months of learning, restoration work, bird...
Willapa Bay and neighboring Grays Harbor are the most important spring stopover sites for Pacific Red Knots (Calidris canutus roselaari) in the entire Pacific Flyway (Buchanan et al. 2011). A large...
Ringmærkningen: Der var stadig lidt rigelig vind da jeg satte nettene op, men den skulle ifølge prognosen falde tog jeg chancen og satte alt op. Det viste sig også at passe, så intet måtte lukkes...
The Gulf Coast city of St. Petersburg is a place where art and nature blend together to create a whole vibe: The Dalí Museum overlooks mangrove-lined waters, bird-themed murals dot the streets of...
While Rowe Sanctuary is widely recognized for the Sandhill Crane migration and the bird life that draws in visitors from around the world, the landscape here supports far more than what most people...
Vil du gerne lære mere om Danmarks fugle, så er disse kurser måske lige det rette for dig. DOF Østjylland udbyder her i efteråret tre kurser hvor du kan lære...
Independent evolution of finch visual and acoustic signals The post Do finches trade colour for song? appeared first on British Ornithologists' Union.
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Ringmærkningen: Der kom ingen blog i går pga vind og regn, så da jeg så vejret ville blive værre i dag tog jeg hjem i går ved middag da jeg havde nogle vigtige ting som skulle gøres. Der var mellem...
Only ten years ago it looked like Blyth’s Reed Warbler was going to establish itself as a regular, if rare, breeding bird in south east Norway. It bred in Maridalen in 2015 and in my experience a surprisingly high number of the singing males that turned up other places around Oslo ended up finding a mate and breeding. But then the upward curve peaked and a decline started with the species becoming less regular. It is a classic nocturnal singer species and also a late arriver and is often not found until us birders go on our nocturnal trips when there is nice warm weather in mid June. This year though the species was looking like it was going to be desperately scarce with only 10 birds in Norway up until June 8th but since then there has been a solid arrival with at least a doubling of birds. One of these was found last night in urban Oslo by who else than Stig Johan (there are not many people who would go birding in the middle of the night where he goes) and was still singing strong when I visited at 11am in a rain shower. They really are one of our best singers and this bird put on quite the show at point blank range. It was along a well vegetated stream under overhead wires by a car park for busses - perfect habitat! The weather forecast for the coming week is conducive to nocturnal trips so maybe there will be more Blyth’s to find and hopefully a River Warbler or Corncrake. Blyth's Reed Warbler (busksanger) - I took a bit too long before I tried to take any photos as before this it was singing very openly
DOF Nordsjællands seneste generalforsamling blev jo noget forstyrret af Kong Vinter, men det lykkedes til slut at få en god afvikling, og endda med en styrkelse...
Af Søren Gjaldbæk Som de fleste ved er grusgravsøen ved Birkum et fint sted for Sorthovede Måge. I år har der været flere end tidligere, tolv styk, da der...
Today's weather was particularly windy with an average of 12 m/s and gusts of up to 18 m/s coming from the west, which of course made it too windy to open nets and do a ringing morning. With such strong...
