Conserve EPCAL! Calverton Grasslands threatened

This battle was a pledged cause of the Brooklyn Bird Club team in last May 's birdathon.The club raised 3800.00 dollars .

http://www.calvertongrasslands.org/

Loon deaths in Long Island

More on loons, both Common and Red-throated found dead on eastern end of Long Island beaches

see the link

http://www.easthamptonstar.com/dnn/Home/News/DeathofLoons/tabid/7353/Default.aspx

Boreal Birds conservation predictament

Received from email Boreal songbirds initiative:



Hello,

Didn’t know if you’ve seen this yet, but a new report has come out saying millions of birds, particularly migratory birds, will be killed by tar sands development in Canada. It’s already in close to 50 papers and is becoming quite a big deal. Here’s an article from CBC:

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/02/edm-birds-oilsands-report.html

Report page with link to report:
http://www.borealbirds.org/birdstarsands.shtml


I’ve attached two images in case you were thinking about mentioning it in your blog. There’s also a video on YouTube talking about the huge impact the tar sands has on birds, mostly from an interview with Dr. Jeff Wells:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W847iqudLM

If your blog is in HTML you can embed the video into your blog by copying/pasting the code where it says “embed” to the right of the video.

Feel free to call if you have any questions (number below) - hope you find it interesting!

David

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David Childs
Online Communications Campaigner
Boreal Songbird Initiative
206.956.9040 (main)
206.905.4801 (direct line)
davidc@borealbirds.org

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Mercury rising in NY State Bald Eagles

This news piece is from the Nature Conservancy website

http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newyork/science/art26434.html