As many as 3.7 billion birds…
are killed by cats in the continental U.S. each year. Please keep your cats indoors!
October 23, 2021
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Month: October 2021
Why drink bird friendly coffee?
Bird Friendly coffee protects critical habitat for neotropical migrant bird species. Look for Shade Grown, Fair Trade coffee that is certified by The Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center which means it
October 22, 2021
Webinars
October 21, 2021
Webinars
25 Years of Late Nights and Wee Owls – Webinar Recording with Scott Weidensaul
For the past quarter-century, researcher and author Scott Weidensaul has overseen a major project to understand the migration of Northern Saw-whet Owls in the central Appalachians, using a variety of
October 21, 2021
DOAS News Messages
2021 Christmas Bird Counts
The annual Christmas Bird Count, begun in 1900, is the oldest and one of the largest citizen science projects in the Western Hemisphere. This will be our local Audubon’s 53rd
October 21, 2021
Though it looks like a bird’s knee is bending backwards…
what is bending backward is actually its ankle. Below its ankle is an extended foot bone, leading to the toes. A bird’s real knee is usually hidden by feathers.
October 21, 2021
Hawkwatch Record Year…
was in 2003 with a total of 6,546 raptors documented. Our average is around 5,000 birds.
October 20, 2021
October 19, 2021
Eleven percent of the world’s population…
is currently vulnerable to climate change impacts such as droughts, floods, heat waves, extreme weather events and sea-level rise. 11% is about 800 million people.
October 18, 2021
How many birds?
There are over 9,500 species of birds in the world. Scientists typically group them into 30 categories. Birds are the most widespread of all animals around the world.
October 17, 2021
In 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska…
polluted approximately 1,180 miles of coastline and killed up to 100,000 seabirds.
October 16, 2021
October 15, 2021
DOAS News Messages
Statewide Waterfowl Count on January 16
The NY State Ornithological Association’s annual statewide waterfowl count is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. DOAS covers Otsego Lake and the Susquehanna River above Unadilla, the Unadilla River, and Cannonsville
October 14, 2021
DOAS News Messages
Eagle Trip for DOAS Members
This winter’s field trip to view wintering Bald Eagles around the Delaware County rivers and reservoirs is scheduled for Saturday, January 15, 2022. Eagles concentrate around open water in the
October 14, 2021
DOAS News Messages
Through the Eyes and Lives of Crows
Opportunities and Challenges of Anthropogenic Change Anthropogenic change, especially urbanization and climate change, is challenging all organisms, including humans, to adapt. Evolutionary ecologists predict that behaviorally more flexible animals, especially
October 13, 2021
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to benefit birds and other wildlife through conservation, education, research and advocacy.
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P.O. Box 544
Oneonta, NY 13820
(607) 397-3815
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