Societé Calédonienne d' Ornithologie have revived support from the USFWS Wildlife Whithout Norders-Critically Endangerd Species Conservation Fund to help save their national bird from extinction.
Kagus are list as Endangerd by Birdlife International on behalf of the IUCN red list,and Is the only living member of the family Rhynochetidae,Physical features of kagu that make It distinct from other birds include Its dramatic displays with Its strikingly banded wings.
As with many bird species endemic to the Pacific,Kagu evolved without mammalian predators and Its lifestyle -It Is flightless and ground-nesting,makes It highly susceptible to predation, particularly by recently Introduced mammals such as dogs,cats and pig. SCO have been striving to Improve knowledge about the birds of New Caledonia,and Is Involved In the projects to protect both the birds and habitats upon which they depend.
In 2008,SCO compiled a ten year Kagu recovery plan. This newly funded project deals with a crucial aspect of the kagu recovery plan,namely the documentation of distribution and density In priority areas. The most robust method for determining this Is to monitor Kagu calls using sound recorders. These are favored because Kagu are found In remote difficult to access forest areas,and only call for short periods of the day.
SCO have tested the recording equipment, to ensure Its efficacy and now urgently need funds to undertake Island wild surveys In areas where Kagu have previously been recorded. Here a lovely story, this project Is a vital part of wider program of work to save The KAGU....
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A recent study let by the WILD BIRD SOCIETY of Japan has found that te IZU Islands,on the Pacific side of Japan,hold the second largest concentration of the threatened Japanese Murrelet.
Extensive surveys have been conducted since 2009.Around 500 Japanese Murrelets were recorded on the Islands each year.
From these surveys It Is estimated thad the area supports at least 1,000 birds,,making It the second biggest concentration of this species, afther the BIROJIMA Islets of MAIYAZAKAJI Prefecture,KYUSHU,witch has an estimated population of 3,000 birds. Sex new breeding sites have also been confirmed,mostly from small uninhabited Islands.
The global population of Japanese Murrelet Is believed to be oil 5,000 to 10,000 birds (data Ew 1998). Japanese Murrelet Is threatened mainly by Invasive predators such as rodents on its breeding Islands,and crows that are attracted to discards by fishermen.
By catch In the nets and oil spills also threaten the species. In 2010, two uninhabited Islands In the IZU chain,the Tadanae-jima and Oonohara-jima,bot supporting breeding populations of Japanese Murrelet , were designated as national protected areas. WBS aims to use the results from these the surveys to advocate establishment of or protected areas,to help achieve the Aichi Targets set at the convention of Biodiversity meeting In Nagojya In 2010 that require 10% marine areas to be protected by 2020.

There had been no confirmed field observations of Timor Bush Warbler since two specimens were collected on Mount Mutis,West timor,in 1932.
A paper published online In a bird journal(BCI) reports the redicovery of the Timor Bush Warbler In East Timor In 2009, promted by the discovery of a previusly unknown population of bush warbler on the Island of Alor,Indonesia,to the north. Timor Bush warbler was first recognised as a full species In 2000,when alon with Russet Bush warbler and Java Bush warbler It was split grom Benguet Bush warbler.
The authors of the BCI paper assign all the species to the genus locustella.
On Alor,at least 13 male bush warblers were heard singing from shrub and grass beneath woodland and forest edge at 859-1,250 m. On Timor,at least 40 male were heard from tall grassland at 1,720-2,100m.
The songs are loud and can be readily heard from at least 100 m. However,the birds on both Islands were skulking and hard to observe,even while singing.
Brief direct views on Alor noted a large,buff-brown,long-tailed bush warbler.
Birds were observed to walk or scurry,mouse-like,on the ground on thin shrub and grass stems.
Although they can fly,they do so rarely and probably mostly under cover.
There were substantial differences In habitat use by bush warblers on Alor and on Timor,presumably resulting from Island specific differences In habitat availability,elevation and land use pressure.
High grazing pressure and repeated fires ensure that there little or no suitable habitat over much of Timor's montane habitat,except on steep slopes.
There are few known threats to bush warblers habitat on Alor,but ongoing a assessments are need.
Timor Bush warbler Is considered near threatened , but still have be seen, ant this Is a big newss...

When Hummingbird Male try to Impress female, according to us study they react with the speed relatively higher than that of a jet. The ANNA'S Hummingbird is hardly 10 cm but Is superior In speed. During the courtship he easily gets 90 km per hour,where he gets that speed of 383 times its body length per second,this is more than a jet the jet has maximum speed of 207 times the length of plane. You ask yourself the question certainly,how these figures were recorded;In the California University were using fake females to lure the males. These used their wing beats to speed performance and then the wings folded against the body,relatively seen,and consider the length,the achieved rate comparable to that of the Space shuttle when there inter the atmosphere by return to earth. LET US PUT AN END TO THE KILLING OF BIRDS IN THE NEW YEAR...

DId YOU NOW......


When the house sparrow, concentration,photosensive cells,twice as large.

Falcons and Hawks,who have to spotted from the air on small prey,have five time more than a adult person.

Songbirds and raptors have the sharpest vision of all the birds.

They see two to tree time sharper, detail at a much greater distance than we do.

The closer together the cone sells are the clearer vision.

In a very special place In the eye tis In the cenytal axis line of lens are the cone cells even with a million per square millimeter.

This sow that biodiversity a physiological basis has,and nothing In nature Is unneczssary a LUXUR....












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