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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Release $27M Draft Recovery Plan for Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Federal wildlife officials say spending more than $27 million to research the suspected habitat of the ivory-billed woodpecker is worth the cost, despite conflicting views on whether the elusive bird even exists. "There's enough out there that we've got to keep searching," said Jeff Fleming, a spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "It'd be irresponsible not to."
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SV-Christmas Bird Count Nationally Ranked In First Year

Sonoma Valley's National Rankings for our 1 ST CBC - 106th CBC in "American Birds" Magazine (pages 3-5) with highlights. Our Sonoma Valley code is (CASZ) - http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/106thSummary.html

Int'l Bird Rescue Teams Up with Sonomabirding

American Bitterns Released in Wingo

Saturday, August 18th - Sonoma birders joined Jay Holcomb, Director of International Bird Rescue & Research Center and Tom Rusert, founder of Sonomabirding on a rare field excursion to successfully release three American Bitterns that were hatched from eggs, hand raised and rehabilitated at the Northern CA. IBR&R Center. It was a rare opportunity to see the elusive American Bitterns up close as they were released back to the wild. Mr. Holcomb discussed the 36 year old waterfowl rehabilitation based at IBR&RC . More releases will be planned for Sonoma birders in the future.

SOLANO CO.: BABY IBIS BIRDS AND EGGS RESCUED FROM RICE FIELD

Nearly 80 baby white-faced ibis birds and almost 100 eggs have been rescued after being abandoned by their parents in a rice field in unincorporated Solano County, according to the International Bird Rescue Research Center. The research center in Cordelia has taken the 78 birds and 89 eggs under their wing after a harvest Saturday forced hundreds of birds to evacuate the rice field they chose to nest in. The abandoned ibises add to the already overcrowded bird population in the center, which has things like orphaned baby ducks, egrets and herons. The center has taken on extra staff to handle the additional care required by the abandoned ibises. The eggs remain in incubators, where some have already hatched, adding to the mounting number of birds in intensive care.

John Moir, Wednesday, July 25, 2007
It's an inspiring experience to see California condors flying free. The giant birds sweep across the sky while white triangular patches on their wings' undersides flash in the sun. Shivers run up your spine. But in spending the past several years writing about the heroic effort to save our largest bird, there are two disquieting words that I have heard all too often: lead poisoning.

The Bouverie Docent Training classes begin on August 29, 2007, and will continue on Wednesdays, 9:00a.m. to 2:00 p.m., through February 20, 2008. Topics covered include birds, wildflowers, mammals, amphibians, Coast Miwok Culture, spore and seed producing plants, regional plant communities and environmental education techniques. Three units of college credit are available. For more information about Bouverie Preserve or to attend the Docent Training information meeting, call 707-938-4554 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it To learn more about ACR, visit www.egret.org.

Well-known birds are disappearing

By Claudia Reed INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Posted: Monday, June, 2007

If At least 28 varieties missing from local count and you find a northern pintail duck with its dramatic black and white markings swimming in a local pond take a good look and enjoy its soft whistle. You may not meet the little bird again. According to a recently-released report by the Audubon Society, the pintail is one of at least three California birds that appear on the brink of extinction. Two others are the horned lark and the loggerhead shrike. Sightings of all three have declined by up to 75 and 96 percent since 1967. At least 25 more California birds are in some degree of decline as a result of habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, and pollution. Dozens of others are missing from the bird count across the nation.

Ottawa/Seattle May 14, 2007 In a letter released today, 1,500 highly respected scientists from more than 50 countries around the world call for protection of Canada’s Boreal Forest. The scientists identify the 1.4 billion acre Canadian Boreal Forest as one of the largest intact forest and wetland ecosystems remaining on earth. It is a major source of North America’s fresh water and home to the some of the planet’s largest populations of wolves, grizzly bear and woodland caribou. Its vast lakes and rivers offer up fish in abundance and its trees and wetlands provide nesting grounds for billions of songbirds and waterfowl. Hundreds of First Nations communities also depend on the Boreal Forest ecosystem for fish and wildlife.

May 18, 2007 — By Gene Johnson, Associated Press
SEATTLE -- A team of Pacific Northwest scientists has recommended capturing many or all of British Columbia's remaining northern spotted owls and breeding them at zoos throughout the region in an effort to prevent their extinction. The recommendation was made two months ago in a 50-page report leaked to Sierra Legal, a Canadian environmental law firm. Sierra Legal posted the report on its Web site Thursday. Under the plan, designed to prevent the owl's extinction in the province, biologists would capture half or all of the fewer than two dozen birds remaining, breed them at zoos or other wildlife facilities in the Pacific Northwest, and eventually release them back into the wild -- as long as the government agrees to protect areas where the owls resettle.

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