Re: [ECOLOG-L] Red-winged Blackbird Die Off in AR....

THis may be complete coincidence, but about a month ago (and I'm on the Arkansas/Texas/Louisiana/Oklahoma border) my spouse and I were commenting that it seemed like there were fewer large flocks of birds flying by our house this year. The way we take such great care of this planet, its a wonder a

[ECOLOG-L] Seeking MS student: Landscape Genetics, Cougars in Washington State

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[ECOLOG-L] NSF letter about Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) program

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] Red-winged Blackbird Die Off in AR....

Maybe because they are moving through the area at that time, and because they fly in such massive flocks that they died, that is my guess. Migratory birds have mostly moved on by this time of year. Wendee ~~ Wendee Holtcamp, M.S. Wildlife Ecology ~ @bohem

[ECOLOG-L] PhD on ecosystem-based management in eastern balsam fir forest under heavy browsing pressure by moose

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] Red-winged Blackbird Die Off in AR....

The Arkansas event included starlings, as well as red-winged blackbirds. For all we know, some other birds were affected, but most birds do not flock in many thousands together, and so a kill would not be as likely to be noted. Red-winged blackbirds, and to a lesser extent starlings, do. Star

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] Red-winged Blackbird Die Off in AR....

But why would this affect just red-winged blackbirds and not other birds? > Dear ECOLOG-L Members, > > I have an ornithologist friend who works for the Dept. of the Environment > in > D.C., and in a recent correspondence I asked for his opinion on the mass > bird kills in the news. Here is his re

[ECOLOG-L] Alaska EPMT SCA internship announcements (summer 2011) . . .

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[ECOLOG-L] Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Rivers Course

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[ECOLOG-L] Recommended books and courses for GRE prep

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] Red-winged Blackbird Die Off in AR....

The flaw in Evan's friend's argument against the fireworks hypothesis is that there are no big summer (July 4th) concentrations of birds--such as the multi-thousand assemblages of Red-winged Blackbirds, European Starlings, Common Grackles, etc., that occur in winter. I'm sticking with the alien

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Assistantship in Remote Sensing and Resources Inventory

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] Red-winged Blackbird Die Off in AR....

Dear ECOLOG-L Members, I have an ornithologist friend who works for the Dept. of the Environment in D.C., and in a recent correspondence I asked for his opinion on the mass bird kills in the news. Here is his reply for any who are interested. "The red-winged blackbird and other species kills were

[ECOLOG-L] Study Abroad: Bahamas

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[ECOLOG-L] MS Position at Central Michigan University

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Re: [ECOLOG-L] Retaking GRE for PhD

"CARISSA R. SHIPMAN" wrote: > Dear fellow scientists, > > I am curious to know whether I should retake the GRE to get into a good PhD > program? I just completed my first semester of my masters. I spoke to a PhD > student at Berkeley who stated that graduate programs are not emphasizing > t

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Assistantship available in Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Biology, Toronto, ON

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[ECOLOG-L] Seeking internships in Ecology/Evolution/Conservation biology

Greeting Ecolog-ers! I'm a student enrolled in a Masters of Science program in Biology at American University. My purpose for writing today is to solicit assistance in locating internships or part time employment in my area. I have a BS in Plant science (research background academically) wi