Carbon offsetting will never be a substitute for carbon reduction. Treat carbon neutral claims with caution.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/10/as-carbon-offsetting-faces-credibility-revolution-shoppers-should-be-wary
BBC will not broadcast Attenborough episode over fear of ‘rightwing backlash’
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/10/david-attenborough-bbc-wild-isles-episode-rightwing-backlash-fears
Found: Mysterious songbird rediscovered in Madagascar after eluding scientists for 24 years https://www.birdlife.org/news/2023/03/01/found-mysterious-songbird-rediscovered-in-madagascar-after-eluding-scientists-for-24-years/
Ecosystem collapse ‘inevitable’ unless wildlife losses reversed https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/24/ecosystem-collapse-wildlife-losses-permian-triassic-mass-extinction-study
Avibase #BirdoftheDay is the intriguing Malleefowl from Australia, a vulnerable bird that lay its eggs in a nesting mound and do not tend for their young after hatching https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=BE7FA4651093E668 (photo: Dave Curtis https://flickr.com/photos/43886809@N03/23983008836)
Common garden pesticides responsible for songbird decline in the UK
https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/06/garden-pesticides-british-songbird-decline-study
I have resolved a problem with the PDF versions of the bird checklists on Avibase, which stopped working a little while ago. As a bonus, I also fixed the highlights for your personal target species, as shown here in this example.
Extinction crisis puts 1 million species on the brink
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/extinction-crisis-puts-1-million-species-brink-2022-12-23/
Eurasian Blackbird in Cartwright, Labrador. Likely a good candidate for true vagrant record. Other previous Canadian sightings were in Ontario, Québec and Newfoundland.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ABArare/posts/5982277348499525/
Note that I will be moving my web update postings from Twitter to Mastodon avibase@birds.town. My Twitter profile will remain operational, at least for the time being.