BATS - Wild Resource Conservation Program

Wild Resource Conservation Program: "IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS: The Indiana bat is difficult to distinguish from other species of bats, but three characteristics permit accurate identification. Unlike the common little brown bat, which has black-brown lips, the Indiana bat has pink lips. This characteristic is useful when a cluster of hibernating bats is encountered. "

Free Parrots - Foster Parrots needs your support!

Free Parrots - Foster Parrots needs your support!: "FosterParrots of Rockland,Mass. is a no-kill shelter for many parrots (about 250) in need of company, care, and understanding. Please join FreeParrots.net by sending them a donation. All donations they receive in March will be generously matched. Join Jane Goodall, me, and others in supporting their many efforts on behalf of parrots.

It is time, once again, for our annual fundraiser. While this is the only time we actively solicit donations, our early spring fundraiser is an important event as the money we raise during this 30 day period will be matched by our dedicated friend and benefactor, and will help carry our efforts through a significant portion of the year.

Our fundraiser takes place during the month of March. We are writing to all of our friends to request that, if you are at all inclined to make a donation to Foster Parrots this year, please do so this March. All checks dated during the month of March will be matched in full, making your donation twice as valuable. As always, your contribution is tax deductible, and a receipt will be provided for your tax records.

Many of the over 250 birds now under the care of Foster Parrots are “special needs” birds who, if they are ever to find placement, will require very compassionate and experienced adoptive homes with the ability to deal with a variety of serious behavioral issues.

Had they been surrendered to traditional animal shelter situations, the majority of our parrots would be facing euthanasia merely for behaving like parrots. Posturing, aggression and biting are the natural responses of a normal and frightened prey animal. "

Free Parrots - Connecticut power company and transformer-nesting monk parrots

Free Parrots - Connecticut power company and transformer-nesting monk parrots: "Aiello, who's been monitoring the nests for several months, finally decided they had grown too big. The crew reduced their size and installed animal guards to prevent the birds from making contact with the high-voltage areas. Also, circuit breakers were added on the transformers to prevent the whole street losing power should there be a short."

Free Parrots - Connecticut power company and transformer-nesting monk parrots

Free Parrots - Connecticut power company and transformer-nesting monk parrots: "A Connecticut Light & Power Company crew did a little maintenance on a pair of large stick nests atop telephone poles on Bridge Street near the causeway, so a colony of monk parrots wouldn't see their home go up in flames."

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT STATUTES.

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT STATUTES.: "No person shall take or destroy any nest or any egg of any wild bird or game bird. No person shall possess any nest or egg of any wild or game bird.

English sparrows, starlings and, when found depredating [upon] ornamental trees, agriculture crops, livestock or wildlife, or when concentrated in such numbers to constitute a public health or public safety hazard, crows, rock doves, monk parakeets and brown-headed cowbirds shall not be included among the birds protected by this section."

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT STATUTES.

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT STATUTES.: "Sec. 16. Section 26-92 of the general statutes, as amended by section 8 of public act 03-192, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

No person shall catch, kill or purchase or attempt to catch, kill or purchase, sell, offer or expose for sale or have in possession, living or dead, any wild bird other than a game bird, or purchase or attempt to purchase, sell, offer or expose for sale or have in possession any part of any such bird or of the plumage thereof except as acquired under the provisions of this chapter. For the purposes of this section, the following shall be considered game birds: The anatidae, or waterfowl, including brant, wild ducks and geese; the rallidae, or rails, including coots, gallinules and sora and other rails; the limicolae, or shore birds, including snipe and woodcock; the gallinae, including wild turkeys, grouse, prairie chickens, pheasants, partridge and quail; the corvidae, including crows. No person shall take or destroy any nest or any egg of any wild bird or game bird. No person shall possess any nest or egg of any wild or game bird. English sparrows, starlings and, when found depredating [upon] ornamental trees, agriculture crops, livestock or wildlife, or when concentrated in such numbers to constitute a public health or public safety hazard, crows, rock doves, monk parakeets and brown-headed cowbirds shall not be included among the birds protected by this section. Any conservation officer and any other officer having authority to serve criminal process shall have the same powers relating to violations of the provisions of this section as are conferred by section 26-6, as amended."

Monk Parakeet or Quaker Parakeet Article

Monk Parakeet or Quaker Parakeet Article: "The wonderful nests of these parakeets are not without a down side. The fact that they are occupied year round provides nest parasites with a steady food supply. In South America nests are inhabited by two different blood-sucking parasites: a kissing bug (Triatoma platensis) and a cimid bug (Psiticimex uritui). The cimid bug is completely dependant on Quakers and is found only in the nests of these parakeets. Large nests may contain thousands of these parasites."

Connecticut Audubon Society

Connecticut Audubon Society: "Unique Nests Are A Key
A colonial nester, the monk parakeet is the only parrot of 300 members of the Psittacidae family to build a stick nest. All the other species are cavity nesters. Not only does the monk parakeet build a stick nest but it builds a very, very big stick nest, mound-like in shape and sometimes over six feet long and three to four feet wide. Each nest can contain multiple, separate nesting c"

Treehugger: New FCX Fuel Cell Concept by Honda

Someone has been researching great green products in all categories!


http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/10/new_fcx_fuel_ce.php

AlterNet: EnviroHealth: The Legacy of 'Silent Spring'

More on the cancer theories... This time it's about buiding new paradigms. Always a worthy exploration.

AlterNet: EnviroHealth: The Legacy of 'Silent Spring': "For Carson, what the 20th century demanded was a new way of thinking about the world. She demanded, not just an end to indiscriminate pesticide use, but a new science, a new philosophy. 'The 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance,' she said at the conclusion of Silent Spring, 'born of the Neanderthal age of biology and philosophy, when it was supposed that nature exists for the convenience of man.'"

UN Foundation: Programs–Environment

UN Foundation: Programs–Environment: "What you can do

If climate change is to be curtailed, action needs to be taken on an individual level. Here are a few things you can do to minimize the effects of climate change:

• Reduce the energy you use at home by purchasing energy efficient appliances

• Walk, bike or use public transportation instead of driving

• Consider buying a hybrid vehicle, which will have much better gas mileage and will emit less CO2

• Plant trees, which absorb carbon dioxide"