Tag Archives: Audubon Society, National

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 28, 2021
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Wild Animals Are Thriving in New York City Right Now

New York is now ‘the greenest big city on earth,’ one naturalist said. Some creatures have noticed, and are staying for a while.

#animals, #area-planning-and-renewal, #audubon-society-national, #benepe-adrian, #birds, #charlop-powers-sarah, #endangered-and-extinct-species, #floods, #flowers-and-plants, #greenbelt-native-plant-center, #natural-areas-conservancy, #new-york-city, #new-yorkers-for-parks, #parks-and-other-recreation-areas, #parks-and-recreation-department-nyc, #pesticides, #wetlands, #wildlife-sanctuaries-and-nature-reserves

The New York Times 10:58 pm on October 15, 2021
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How Lili Taylor, Actress and Birder, Spends Her Sundays

When she’s not onstage, she’s often at her bedroom window, taking in Brooklyn’s wildlife.

#actors-and-actresses, #audubon-society-national, #birds, #cobble-hill-brooklyn-ny, #taylor-lili

The New York Times 9:00 am on April 15, 2021
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Birds by the Billions: A Guide to Spring’s Avian Parade

For birders across the United States, it’s a rite of spring: heading out to woodlands and waterways to track down a favorite warbler, vireo, tanager or other bird, many of them migratory.

#animal-migration, #audubon-society-national, #birds, #birdwatching, #peterson-roger-tory, #spring-season, #travel-and-vacations

The New York Times 12:00 pm on April 10, 2021
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Turn the Lights Out. Here Come the Birds.

Buildings, landmarks and monuments are turning off lights to prevent fatal impacts as birds set off on spring migration.

#academy-of-natural-sciences, #animal-behavior, #animal-migration, #audubon-society-national, #birds, #canada, #conservation-of-resources, #cornell-lab-of-ornithology, #dallas-tex, #florida, #fort-worth-tex, #lighting, #new-york-city, #windows

The New York Times 9:00 am on March 30, 2021
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Book Review: ‘A World on the Wing,’ by Scott Weidensaul

In “A World on the Wing,” Scott Weidensaul describes the splendor of birds that can span continents in their flight, and also all the ways they are threatened.

#a-world-on-the-wing-the-global-odyssey-of-migratory-birds-book, #animal-migration, #audubon-society-national, #birds, #birdwatching, #books-and-literature, #weidensaul-scott

The New York Times 1:05 pm on October 13, 2020
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What Makes a Good Duck Painting? The Government Suggests Some Hunting

A new rule in the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, requiring artists to include hunting themes in their submissions, has raised eyebrows and objections in the duck painting community.

#art, #audubon-society-national, #connecticut, #conservation-of-resources, #delaware, #ducks, #fish-and-wildlife-service, #friends-of-animals, #hunting-and-trapping, #north-america

The New York Times 12:00 pm on October 2, 2020
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Audubon Park, From Hinterlands to Urban Density

The ornithologist-painter John James Audubon took flight from Lower Manhattan to escape its ‘pestilential vapors.’ He landed in the picturesque woodland of the future Washington Heights, changing its landscape forever.

#audubon-society-national, #audubon-john-james, #grinnell-george-bird, #historic-buildings-and-sites, #new-york-historical-society, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #riverside-drive-manhattan-ny, #washington-heights-manhattan-ny

The New York Times 12:38 pm on April 19, 2020
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A Decade After Deepwater Horizon

Rolling back regulations ignores the central lessons from the country’s largest oil spill.

#audubon-society-national, #bp-plc, #coast-erosion, #deepwater-horizon, #environmental-defense-fund, #gulf-coast-us, #gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-2010, #offshore-drilling-and-exploration, #oil-petroleum-and-gasoline, #oil-spills