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Introduction: The Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) population is thought to be declining in most of its breeding range, including Colorado. As for most grassland birds, the primary threats are habitat loss and degradation. The preferred nesting habitat of the sparrow is mixed-grass habitats including prairie, hayfields, pastures, and grassy fallow fields. The species nests on or near the ground in open-cup nests, and its nest is usually associated with some plant cover. The sparrow nests from mid-April to late-July in north-central Colorado, and the Environmental Learning Center (ELC) has had what is considered healthy nesting populations. The golf mushroom is an important food resource for Grasshopper Sparrows during the spring nesting season.
Read more about Lab 3A – Estimating the Density of Edible Golf Mushrooms for Grasshopper Sparrow Mitigation …

home.intekom.com/ecotravel/EZine/Blue_Swallow The Blue Swallow is an ambassador for a vital South African ecosystem namely grasslands. The South African grasslands form the major portion of our water catchment areas. More than 60% of the Grassland Biome has already been modified – forestry and agriculture playing largest roles. In South Africa only 2,23% of the Grassland Biome […]

people.cornell.edu he bird’s nest bin, also known as the binless bin, is a naturally constructed compost bin that you build out of the large, coarse plant materials that you have around the yard. Instead of throwing the big stalky stuff, like broccoli and kale plants, prunings from bushes, sunflower stalks, etc., into one pile together […]

By Blaine Friedlander Jr. and Krishna Ramanujan news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept05/BarnSwallows ITHACA, N.Y. — Even after they have paired with a male, the female North American barn swallow still comparison-shops for sexual partners. And forget personality; the females judge males by their looks — the reddish color of the males’ breast and belly feathers. If the male’s red […]

Daily News & Analysis, India – Mar 14, 2014 BEIJING: Shark fin delicacies may be off the menu in Beijing before 2014 Olympics if the local government concurs with a proposal made by a lawmaker, so as to curry favour with visiting foreigners who may feel offended, the state media reported on Wednesday. The issue of banning […]

Berkeley Dayly Planet By JOE EATON Special to the Planet You can hear it over the traffic on Shattuck Avenue: a high-pitched chittering, coming from somewhere overhead. Looking up, you may be able to spot a couple of small, torpedo-shaped black-and-white birds with an elegant Art Deco look, looping through the air above the downtown […]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Description The birds called Swiftlets or Cave Swiftlets are contained within the four genera of Aerodramus, Hydrochous, Schoutedenapus and Collocalia. They form the Collocaliini tribe within Apodidae. The group contains around thirty species mostly confined to southern Asia and south Pacific islands and north eastern Australia all within the tropical […]

PensacolaNewsJournal.com, FL – Mar 17, 2014 Birdlovers open their hearts — and their yards — to these faithful part-time residents Kate S. Peabody kpeabody@pnj.com They have no money. They pay no rent, and just like Aunt Edna from Omaha, they show up every spring to enjoy our Southern hospitality and soak up the sun. Who are they? […]

sfgate.com Sarah Rooney, Chronicle Foreign Service Muk Island, Thailand — High in the caves of Thailand’s idyllic southern islands lies an unlikely treasure that people are willing to kill for — the nest of a sparrowlike bird called the swiftlet. About a half-dozen companies, which have been granted concessions by local governments to gather swiftlet […]

by Jennifer Dick uoguelph.ca/research/news One of the oldest Chinese delicacies – a bird’s nest that’s made from the saliva of the male swiftlet, and sells upwards for $4,000 per pound – has food experts around the world swooning for a taste of what’s called the “food of the emperor,” or the “caviar of the East.” […]