Monthly Archives: November 2014

Woodcock

Photo by one of my favorite photographers — Emily Carter Mitchell — of the Anne Arundel Bird Club (you can follow her on Facebook — also publishes stuff under the name Bella Remy), who took up birding and wildlife photography … Continue reading

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The Ambiguous Conservation Benefits of Valuing Ecosystem Service

Ann Sutton of Jamaica (contact details at the bottom) called our attention on the Birds Caribbean e-mail group this article from the RESEARCH website of Cambridge University (UK) <http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/does-it-help-conservation-to-put-a-price-on-nature&gt;. Readers may be reminded of the parallels between this drawback of … Continue reading

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The End of Beaches

Small Island Developing States

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OK, No More Kayaking in the Bering Sea, at least until Next Week

From the Weather Underground weather site: <http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2852&cm_ven=tw-jm&gt; Typhoon Nuri Poised to Become an Alaskan Super Storm; TD Vance Hits Mexico By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 4:22 PM GMT on November 05, 2014 Share this Blog Short Link Full Link 1 … Continue reading

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Shifting Baselines . . . . .

The story linked below, from the [Chesapeake] Bay Journal, is an excellent discussion of how exports of oysters from the Chesapeake to Louisiana is an example of the rapid changes that can take place (and incidentally overtake resource managers and … Continue reading

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