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Non-Watch List species should be reported using the Midwest Invasive Species Information Network (MISIN) online reporting tool or the MISIN smartphone app. Alternately, these species can be reported to the Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area for your region or your local conservation district.
Communicating about invasive species can get complicated! On February 27-28, in partnership with NAISMA for National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW), Sea Grant is proud to present The Invasive Species Language Workshop, bringing together invasive species researchers and science communication professionals to share best practices for communicating about biological invasions to scientists, stakeholders, and the public.
Day 1 (February 27) will feature a NISAW webinar on communications issues in invasion biology, including inclusive language, effective use of metaphor, changes to species names, and more. These hybrid presentations will be available to watch online for free, and virtual attendees will be able to send in questions for discussion.
On May 3, a team from Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch (Vic Laubach, Rich Wood, Robyn Puffenbarger, and Bill Benish) conducted our 12th annual Raptorthon. We spent the day birding in Highland County, Virginia, ending up with 100 species, including 18 warbler and four raptor species. The weather was beautiful, our day was long (12 hours), and we drove approximately 210 miles in search of birds!
Our first stop was at the top of Shenandoah Mountain at the Confederate Breastworks on Rt. 250 where we heard a whip-poor-will singing just as dawn was breaking. On our drive down the mountain to Monterey we found a wild turkey, a yellow-breasted chat, and lots of warblers including cerulean, worm-eating, ovenbird, Louisiana waterthrush, black-and-white, blackburnian, redstart, northern parula, black-throated green, and pine. On our drive from Monterey to Paddy Knob (at the West Virginia border), we found wood duck, solitary sandpiper, bald eagle, yellow-billed cuckoo, and yellow warbler.
We then drove north to Monterey and Blue Grass. At the Monterey Trout Farm we encountered avian, amphibian, and reptilian creatures! An osprey and red-tailed hawk circled overhead while singing below were yellow-throated vireo, red-eyed vireo, Louisiana waterthrush, redstart, and yellow warbler. In the water were wood ducks, a spotted sandpiper, salamanders, and singing American toads. Then we found a real highlight of the day: a large northern water snake swallowing a rainbow trout! The snake had the fish half-way eaten when we found it, and we watched for a few minutes before it finally swam downstream to finish its meal.
Along Wimer Mountain Road and at Bramble Hill (on the West Virginia border), we had a female American kestrel exit a nest box and found other birds including northern flicker, eastern kingbird, swallows (barn, tree, cliff), house wren, orchard oriole, common yellowthroat, chestnut-sided warbler, yellow warbler, and belted kingfisher. Other highlights in the Blue Grass area included greater yellowlegs, least sandpipers, bobolinks, Savannah sparrows, Baltimore oriole, red-headed woodpecker, and ruby-throated hummingbird.
Condor Watch enlists citizen scientists to study photos of condors like these taken by motion-activated cameras at condor feeding stations. (Photos courtesy of Pinnacles National Park and Ventana Wildlife Society)
Biologists studying the endangered California condor have launched a new web site to enlist the help of citizen scientists in research aimed at reducing lead poisoning, the primary threat to condors in the wild.
Condor Watch (www.condorwatch.org) asks volunteers to look at photos of condors taken by motion-activated cameras at sites where condors are fed as part of regular management activities. By identifying the tag number of each condor and describing its behavior, citizen scientists will help researchers understand condor social networks and other factors that may be related to lead poisoning. Ultimately, the project will improve the ability of condor biologists to identify birds that are at high risk for poisonings and develop better strategies for ensuring the species' successful recovery in the wild.
Launched on April 15, Condor Watch is part of Zooniverse, a collection of of web-based citizen science projects that use the efforts of volunteers to help researchers deal with the flood of data that confronts them.
"We have over 100,000 archived photos of condors in the wild, but we don't have the resources to go through them and mine all of the information they could provide. Condor Watch allows us to engage a team of citizen scientists to tap into this wealth of information," said Myra Finkelstein, an adjunct professor of environmental toxicology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Finkelstein is the lead investigator of an ongoing research program on condors and lead poisoning. Her research has shown that lead-based ammunition is the main source of lead poisoning in California condors, which are scavengers and ingest bullet fragments when they feed on the carcasses of animals shot with lead ammunition. Without a solution to the problem of lead poisoning, the condor population can only be sustained through intensive and costly management efforts.
Since 1982, when only 22 condors remained in the wild, a captive breeding program has brought the total population up to more than 400 birds. Condors are regularly released in several areas in California and Arizona and are also frequently recaptured for medical care, including chelation treatment for lead poisoning. The feeding stations where the photos were taken allow scientists to monitor the birds and recapture them when needed.
"Condors are unique in that they are so closely managed," Finkelstein said. "One of the fun things about Condor Watch is that when you identify a bird it gives you a little biography about that individual."
Condor Watch is launching with 175,000 archived photos taken at feeding stations in California. The researchers partnered with Zooniverse to build the web site, which includes information about condors and the science behind the project, as well as guidelines for citizen scientists.
Other researchers involved in the project include Donald Smith at UC Santa Cruz; Daniel Doak and Alexandra Rose at the University of Colorado, Boulder; Vickie Bakker at Montana State University; Carolyn Kurle at UC San Diego; Daizaburo Shizuka at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln; and Holly Copeland at the Nature Conservancy in Lander, Wyoming. The project is conducted in partnership with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Pinnacles National Park, Ventana Wildlife Society, Santa Barbara Zoo, and the Nature Conservancy.
1. Post to social media. Social media buzz helps raise awareness of the threats endangered species face and importance of protecting them. Post on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, or other platforms wishing people a happy Endangered Species Day or highlighting one of your favorite endangered species. Just be sure to include the tag #EndangeredSpeciesDay.
2. Join the nationwide Endangered Species Chalk Art Event. You can participate in this creative Endangered Species Day event from anywhere in the country. Along with being a good time, the chalk art event helps raise awareness of wildlife conservation, and you might win a prize. Learn more here.
3. Watch a movie or TV show about endangered species. There are a wide variety of documentaries that do a great job of portraying the threats our endangered species face today. We particularly recommend Racing Extinction, Love and Bananas, DamNation, and Dammed to Extinction. Shows like Planet Earth, Blue Planet, and Our Planet do a great job of showcasing the wonders of wildlife in our world, and many episodes are appropriate and engaging for kids and adults.
4. Start a book about endangered species. You can find a full list of suggested reading here. Many of these books can be borrowed electronically from your local library or purchased as e-books to read on your computer, tablet, e-reader, or phone.
6. Write a letter to the editor about the Endangered Species Act. Letters to the editor raise awareness of the importance of the Endangered Species Act to the public and ensure elected officials know that we want them to continue to protect this landmark legislation. You can use this guide to write a powerful letter.
7. Plant a pollinator garden in your backyard. A pollinator garden has native flowers and grasses that provide critical food and habitat for bees, butterflies, and other species. You can learn more about pollinator gardens from the Xerces Society by clicking here, and more about native plants in your region by clicking here.
9. Start a National Geographic course on conservation. National Geographic offers a range of free, online courses on topics such as ocean conservation, illegal wildlife trafficking, and more. Start one of the informative courses on Endangered Species Day!
11. Start a quest with Project Hero. Originally designed for classroom use but easily adapted for remote learning, Project Hero is a free, online program that leads students on a learning journey to explore concepts through the lens of the species or ecosystem and culminates in the design and implementation of a project that makes a meaningful difference. Try out the quests focused on Pollinators, Soil and Soil Health, and the Wolf Reintroduction Ballot Initiative in Colorado.
12. Do an arts & crafts activity. This could be drawing, painting, or making a collage of endangered species, building a diorama of a species and its habitat, or doing a craft with recycled materials. Art is a great way to learn about and celebrate endangered species.
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