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This month’s USU Ecology Center speaker will explore the intricacies of bird migration, and how little we know about it.
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When I marveled at seeing students eagerly identify birds, Mr. J. smiled. “You know, Shannon, it isn’t about the birds. It’s about being aware.”
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News of the shrinking Great Salt Lake has reached audiences across the world, but how are other saline lakes faring? One saline lake, half a world away from Utah, is the target of ambitious protections and education initiatives, even as environmental threats against it mount.
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Terry Messmer, USU Extension wildlife specialist, explains how ravens can threaten several rare native species.
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Cases of avian flu have been found in a total of 13 Utah counties.
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Large saline lakes, like Great Salt Lake, provide essential habitat for migrating birds across the Americas.
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Around Christmas-time each year, the National Audubon Society holds the Christmas Bird Count, an event where bird-loving volunteers count as many birds as they can in a twenty-four hour period.
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Bird identification is all about learning to notice the little differences in size, coloration patterns, shape of the beak, the crown of the head and the tip of the tail.
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A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza has been infecting birds in Utah and across the U.S. This affects Utah’s poultry industry and backyard flocks.
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We're joined by Priyanka Kumar to discuss our place in the landscape—and in the cosmos—by way of watching birds.