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Re: Birds in the News
« Reply #3600 on: December 10, 2016, 02:47:57 AM »

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Re: Birds in the News
« Reply #3601 on: December 10, 2016, 02:50:07 AM »

Sandhill crane season opens Dec. 17; Hunters advised to avoid protected whooping cranes

http://www.kyforward.com/sandhill-crane-season-opens-dec-17-hunters-advised-to-avoid-protected-whooping-cranes/

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« Reply #3602 on: December 10, 2016, 02:52:18 AM »

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Re: Birds in the News
« Reply #3603 on: December 10, 2016, 02:54:25 AM »

Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter the nature of the world.
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« Reply #3604 on: December 10, 2016, 02:58:03 AM »

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Re: Birds in the News
« Reply #3605 on: December 10, 2016, 03:16:39 AM »

More than you ever wanted to know about eagle take permits at wind energy installations.

Big Wyoming Wind Project Closing in on Federal Eagle Permit

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/big-wyoming-wind-project-closing-federal-eagle-permit-44068973

Updates: Fish And Wildlife Service Recommends Eagle Take Permit For Chokecherry Wind Farm

http://wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/fish-and-wildlife-service-recommends-eagle-take-permit-chokecherry-wind-farm

Final EIS on eagle for Power Company of Wyoming released

http://www.wyomingbusinessreport.com/newsletter_pm/final-eis-on-eagle-for-power-company-of-wyoming-released/article_1408f418-be58-11e6-b467-4f795f8e4e01.html




Putting wind to work for Carbon County: http://www.powercompanyofwyoming.com/




Bald, Golden Eagle Protection and Permitting: https://www.fws.gov/cno/conservation/MigratoryBirds/EaglePermits.html




Friday, September  11,  2009, Part II, Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 50 CFR Parts 13 and 22, 
Eagle Permits; Take Necessary To Protect Interests in Particular Localities; Final Rules

https://www.fws.gov/northeast/EcologicalServices/pdf/FinalDisturbanceRule9Sept2009.pdf

EIS for Eagle Take Permits for the Chokecherry Sierra Madre Phase I Project

https://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/wind/ChokecherrySierraMadre/index.php




Selected Highlights:

"The estimated annual take for the 120-meter-diameter turbine would be 2 bald eagles and 14 golden eagles. The estimated annual take for the 103-meter-diameter turbine would be 1 bald eagle and 10 golden eagles."

The permit "would cover disturbance take of 2 bald eagles at one nest and 8 golden
eagles at four nests on an annual basis until project construction is completed. Disturbance
take would include injury to eagles at these nests, any reduction of productivity at these
nests, or abandonment of these nests."

"...the number of power pole retrofits that would be needed to offset the take of golden eagles
from the CCSM Phase I Project would be between 1,492 and 3,778, depending on the turbine
blade diameter and the number of years for which the retrofit would prevent loss of eagles."

"Passerines are expected to experience the highest fatality rates,
but raptors, waterbirds, and waterfowl may also experience high rates of collision fatalities.
The continuation of impacts from habitat loss, alteration, and fragmentation from
construction would persist for the long-term. Raptors, passerines, and some shorebirds are
particularly susceptible to the indirect and habitat-based impacts of habitat loss,
fragmentation, displacement, and disruption. Special status bird species would experience
impacts similar to those on more common species, but these impacts could be amplified due
to smaller populations, stringent habitat requirements, and restricted ranges."

"Power pole retrofits are a credible, quantifiable, and USFWS-approved form of
compensatory mitigation. However, we would consider other forms of mitigation if their
benefits to golden eagles were proven credible and quantifiable, and could achieve no-net-loss of golden eagles."

"Impacts on birds (other than eagles) could include injury or fatality from collision with wind
turbines, overhead power lines, meteorological or communication towers, buildings, or
vehicles, as well as electrocution by power lines. Habitat loss, degradation, fragmentation,
disturbance, and displacement could also occur as a result of construction and operation of
wind facilities, which could result in various detrimental impacts on the bird community.
Many of the impacts could be compounded by the cumulative impacts from past, present, and
reasonably foreseeable future development in addition to other land uses and regional - or global-scale environmental changes."

"Based on our Final EA for the eagle take permit rule, the combined take threshold for the Rocky Mountain and Rocky Mountains and Plains is 44 bald eagles. The estimated take of 3.4 bald eagles per year leaves 40.6 bald eagles per year that
could still be taken from Region 6."

"Based on our Final EA for the eagle take permit rule, the combined take threshold for golden eagles is zero; therefore, any predicted golden eagle take would need to be mitigated."


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Re: Birds in the News
« Reply #3606 on: December 10, 2016, 03:43:09 AM »

BirdNote Stories for the week of December 11, 2016

Rare Sounds Saved by Macaulay Library - http://birdnote.org/show/rare-sounds-saved-macaulay-library



Winter on the Columbia - http://birdnote.org/show/winter-columbia



South Polar Skuas - Bullies of the Oceans - with Tom Johnson - http://birdnote.org/show/south-polar-skuas-bullies-oceans-tom-johnson



The Majestic Gyrfalcon - http://birdnote.org/show/majestic-gyrfalcon



The Dodo - http://birdnote.org/show/dodo



How Birds Become Red - http://birdnote.org/show/how-birds-become-red



Jay and Martin - http://birdnote.org/show/jay-and-martin



Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter the nature of the world.
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« Reply #3607 on: December 11, 2016, 09:32:53 PM »

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Re: Birds in the News
« Reply #3609 on: December 11, 2016, 09:37:18 PM »

BIRD OF THE WEEK: December 9, 2016 - Scarlet Tanager

https://abcbirds.org/bird/scarlet-tanager/

Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter the nature of the world.
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« Reply #3610 on: December 11, 2016, 09:42:36 PM »

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« Reply #3611 on: December 11, 2016, 09:45:26 PM »

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« Reply #3612 on: December 11, 2016, 10:05:25 PM »

WORTH A LOOK: Saw-whet owls banded at Turtle River State Park compiled for 'mugshot' poster

http://www.grandforksherald.com/outdoors/4176994-worth-look-saw-whet-owls-banded-turtle-river-state-park-compiled-mugshot-poster

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