World Shorebirds Day Reminder: 4 – 6 September, 2015
Red Knot – World Shorebirds Day Bird of the Year
Photographer: Mario Suárez Porras, Spain
Here’s a message from one of our farther-flung SMBAS Blog readers,
Gyorgy Szimuly, from his home in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.
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Gyorgy Szimuly
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
https://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com
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More details about the Global Shorebird Counting Program and how to register a location can be found here:
The map with more than 340 already registered locations can be viewed here:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en&authuser=0&mid=zqWymiAbzzII.kbC9emdidNTw
As of Sunday noon, Aug. 30, the map showed ONE registered site in Los Angeles County: Malibu Lagoon, claimed by Laurel Jones, SMBAS’s Education Chairwoman. Way to go, Laurel! That leaves open potentially dozens of sites such as: Point Dume, Topanga Beach, Santa Monica, Venice, Ballona, Dockweiler Beach, Redondo Beach, Long Beach and various points along the Los Angeles River. I registered for Lower Los Angeles River last year, but am unable to do so this year. I discovered then that if you decide at the last minute to count a location, you can register for it after-the-fact. [Chuck Almdale]
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Thought the group would like this NPR piece as much as I did:
I found the following story on the NPR iPhone App.
Warning Calls Decoded: Squirrels Take Up Bird Alarms To Foil The Enemy by Christopher Joyce
NPR – September 3, 2015
In a series called Close Listening: Decoding Nature Through Sound, Morning Edition has been profiling scientists who explore the natural world by listening to it….
http://www.npr.org/2015/09/03/434400838/warning-calls-decoded-squirrels-take-up-bird-alarms-to-foil-the-enemy?sc=17&f=1001&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=app
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Thanks Naida. I heard this report and it was interesting. I’ll do a short posting on it, as these comments will disappear in a week.
Chuck Almdale
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