| Passions and Detachment in Journalism Can personal passions can be reconciled with professional detachment? A reporter answers yes. feeds.nytimes.com |
Study: To save tigers, protect key breeding areas By ROBIN McDOWELL 2010-09-15T06:01:52ZJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Conservationists must protect tiger populations in a few concentrated breeding grounds in Asia instead of trying to safeguard vast, surrounding landscapes, if they want to save the big cats from extinction, scientists said.... hosted.ap.org |
Mystery Bird: Mystery bird: Nuttall's Woodpecker, Picoides nuttalliiDowny Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens A mysterious North American bird demystifiedMystery bird: Nuttall's woodpecker, Picoides nuttallii, photographed in southern California, USA. Image: Steve Duncan, 2010 [larger view]If you have bird images, video or mp3 files that you'd like to share with a large and appreciative audience, feel free to email them to me for consideration.This post was amended on 27 September. The original mistakenly identified the mystery bird as a Downy woodpecker, Picoides pubescens. This has been corrected.GrrlScientistguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Mystery Bird: Eastern Chanting Goshawk, Melierax poliopterus | GrrlScientist A singing hawk? This common but beautiful African species is named for a special reproductive behaviour that many other birds in the family do not shareEastern pale chanting goshawk, Melierax poliopterus, also known as the pale chanting goshawk, the Eastern chanting goshawk or the Somali chanting goshawk, photographed at Tarangire National Park, northeastern Tanzania, Africa. Image: Dan Logen, 17 January 2010 [with binoculars].Nikon D300, 200-400 mm lens at 400, ISO 500, f/10, 1/1000 sec.Question: This common but beautiful African species has an unusual common name that was suggested by a special reproductive behavior that many other birds in the family do not share. What behavior is that?Response: The Eastern pale chanting goshawk, Melierax poliopterus, is an accipiter (Family: Accipitridae). It owes its common name to the male's habit of making a series of melodic whistles while perched at the top of a tree or pole during the breeding season. If you have bird images, video or mp3 files that you'd like to share with a large and appreciate audience, feel free to email them to me for consideration.GrrlScientistguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Should BP’s Money Go Where the Oil Didn’t? Oil from the BP spill never came close to most of Florida’s beaches, but tourists seemed to be scared off anyway. Businesses and want restitution for lost revenue. feeds.nytimes.com |