Study finds Bush owl plan based on false conclusion that fire increasing threat to habitatGRANTS PASS, Ore. — A new study challenges a basic justification about the threat of wildfires that the Bush administration used to make room for more logging in old growth forests that are home to the northern spotted owl. Idaho Fish and Game plan to kill pelicans to boost fisheries runs into obstaclesBOISE, Idaho — Federal officials have told the Idaho fish and game officials that their plan to halve the number of pelicans nesting in southern and eastern Idaho by 2013 to boost fisheries is an “eradication program” that needs more work. Judge overturns Bush administration change to rule protecting spotted owl habitatGRANTS PASS, Ore. — A federal judge has struck down the Bush administration’s change to a rule designed to protect the northern spotted owl from logging in national forests. Motorist accused of driving through flocks of birds at Wash. state beach park, killing dozensOCEAN PARK, Wash. — Authorities in Washington state say a young motorist repeatedly drove through flocks of shore birds on a beach, killing dozens of them. Grasshoppers invade western Utah, find their way into gardens, yards and homesTOOELE, Utah — An ambitious director might look at Mitch Halligan’s property and see an instant B-movie classic: “Invasion of the Grasshoppers.” Police seize 53 baby birds from Colorado teen; 40 die, survivors recovering at rehab centerLONGMONT, Colo. — Police in Colorado have confiscated 53 baby birds from a 15-year-old boy who apparently took them from neighborhood nests and stored them in his bedroom. EPA plan targets vast DDT deposit on seafloor off Southern CaliforniaLOS ANGELES — A plan to cap a vast, long-neglected deposit of the pesticide DDT on the ocean floor off Southern California got its first public airing Tuesday — nearly four decades after the poison was banned from use. Wild turkey lands inside cab of manure-hauling tractor trailer, sending truck into a ditchOSWEGATCHIE, N.Y. — A wild turkey landed inside the cab of a manure-hauling tractor trailer, startling the driver and sending the truck rolling into a ditch off a northern New York road. State police said Scott Fisher, 38, was traveling in St. Lawrence County near the Canadian border when the turkey flew in through an open window. About 800 geese near NYC airports trapped, euthanized to reduce bird strikes of jetlinersNEW YORK — About 800 Canada geese around New York City’s two airports have been trapped and euthanized, part of an effort to reduce the type of bird strike that led to a jetliner landing in the Hudson River last winter Rare condor chick hatches in Mexican wilderness; 2nd to do so since reintroduced to areaSAN DIEGO — The San Diego Zoo says a rare California condor chick has hatched on a rocky cliff in Baja California. US ambassador pedals swan boat, dedicates Afghanistan’s first national parkBAND-E-AMIR, Afghanistan — The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan pedaled a green swan-shaped boat across the deep blue waters of the Band-e-Amir lakes Thursday during a dedication of the country’s first national park. Environmentalists call to end funding for federal agency that controls wildlife, crop pestsALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The number of animals poisoned, shot or snared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture more than doubled last year, and environmentalists who are critical of the killings are renewing their effort to cut the program’s funding. Feds say threatened Pacific seabird, marbled murrelet, is still threatened in 3 statesSEATTLE — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the marbled murrelet in Washington, Oregon and California should remain protected as a threatened species. Animal CSIs pinpoint IDs of birds that brought down plane on Hudson _ they weren’t localsCHICAGO — When animals are the prime suspects in a whodunit, who gets on the case? In capers where feathers or fur are the smoking guns, the role of CSI is often played by top natural history museums. So now what to call it? Alaska’s Rat Island apparently rodent-free after eradication effortsANCHORAGE, Alaska — The rats appear to be gone from Alaska’s Rat Island, more than 200 years after they scurried off a rodent-infested Japanese ship. Plane praised for remaining mostly in tact and afloat long enough for passengers to be rescuedWASHINGTON — When US Airways Flight 1549 splashed into the Hudson River in January, the fuselage ruptured, sending water gushing into the cabin. Passengers, some with water up to their necks, struggled to reach exits. There weren’t enough life rafts for everyone because two rafts in the rear of the plane were underwater. Federal panel explores safety issues arising from airliner that ditched into the Hudson RiverWASHINGTON — When US Airways Flight 1549 splashed into the Hudson River in January, the fuselage ruptured, sending water gushing into the cabin, and there didn’t appear to be enough room in the available life rafts for all the passengers and crew. Captain of plane downed in the Hudson says warnings about birds provide little help to pilotsWASHINGTON — Shortly after takeoff, the pilot of Flight 1549 remarked on two things almost immediately: a breathtaking view of the Hudson River and the sickening thump of birds hitting his engines. Warnings about the birds probably would not have helped, Capt. Chesley Sullenberger told federal safety officials Tuesday as they looked for ways to prevent a recurrence that could prove deadly. Pilot who ditched into Hudson River says bird warning from controllers of little valueWASHINGTON — The pilot of the US Airways plane that ditched into the Hudson River after colliding with a flock of Canada geese told safety officials Tuesday that warnings from air traffic controllers to pilots of birds in the vicinity of airports have little value. Pilots were admiring Hudson River moments before they ditched their plane into the waterWASHINGTON — A passenger seated in the rear of US Airways Flight 1549 after the plane ditched into the Hudson River said Tuesday the water was rising so rapidly around him that he feared the plane was going to sink with passengers trapped inside. Highway shoulders, medians grow shaggy as cash-strapped states mow less during recessionHAGERSTOWN, Md. — America’s highways are taking on a shaggier look for the peak travel season. Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers are exploding across median strips and road shoulders this summer as states cut back on mowing to save money. Polly wants a passport: New Zealand parrot steals tourist’s passport, makes off into bushWELLINGTON, New Zealand — Polly wants a passport — and isn’t above stealing one. Turkey crashes through window of Wis. home; leaves behind feathers, blood and broken glassMISHICOT, Wis. — A Wisconsin woman and her 5-year-old daughter got a fowl visitor when an unwelcome wild turkey crashed through a bedroom window. Polly wants a passport: New Zealand parrot steals tourist’s passport, makes off into bushWELLINGTON, New Zealand — Polly wants a passport — and isn’t above stealing one. Nature group adds Ethiopian lark, Galapagos finch, Colombian puffleg to critically endangeredGENEVA — An Ethiopian lark, a Galapagos finch and a spectacularly colored hummingbird only recently discovered in Colombia have been added to the list of the world’s most threatened species, an environmental group said Thursday. The International Union for Conservation of Nature — the producer each year of a Red List of endangered species — said the Sidamo lark could soon become Africa’s first known bird extinction as the Ethiopian savanna becomes overgrown by bush, farmland and overgrazing. Recent rains revive Kansas winter wheat crop in some areas, but others could still struggleWICHITA, Kan. — Recent rains have helped revive parched winter wheat crops in western Kansas but farms elsewhere are still waiting for relief, industry experts said. Old Parkinson’s drug tweaked into a diabetes treatment to try to reset metabolismWASHINGTON — People with Type 2 diabetes may soon get a very different treatment approach: A drug that helps control blood sugar via the brain — an idea sparked, surprisingly, by the metabolism of migrating birds. Man charged with smuggling songbirds into LAX after several found strapped underneath pantsLOS ANGELES — A man was charged Tuesday with smuggling songbirds into the United States by hiding more than a dozen of them in an elaborate, custom-tailored pair of leggings during a flight from Vietnam to Los Angeles. Study says livestock grazing threatens most wildlife habitats on federal land in WestRENO, Nev. — Conservationists say livestock grazing poses a threat to a wide variety of fish and other wildlife across more than three-fourths of their dwindling habitats on federal land in the West. Birds that boogie: Researchers demonstrate that animals can ‘dance’ to a musical beatNEW YORK — They wouldn’t blow away the competition on “Dancing with the Stars,” but it turns out that some birds got rhythm. After studying a cockatoo that grooves to the Backstreet Boys and about 1,000 YouTube videos, scientists say they’ve documented for the first time that some animals “dance” to a musical beat. |
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