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Three New Protected Areas Established in Mexico's Yucatán Region New Gulf Coast Project to Protect Beach-Nesting Birds In Vol. 15, No. 2 BIRD CALLS June 2011 New Gulf Coast Project to Protect IN THIS ISSUE Beach-Nesting Birds in Five States Landmark Trial Underway Over Bird-killing Buildings ne year after the start of in Toronto, Canada. the massive Deepwater Case Horizon oil spill in the pits owners of three glass office OGulf of Mexico, ABC announced it buildings against environmental will launch a five-state, Gulf Coast groups. Story page 5. conservation effort to identify and Legal Action Forces Expansion implement protective measures for of Snowy Plover Critical Habitat. vulnerable beach-nesting birds such as New proposal from FWS aims the Least Tern, Black Skimmer, Sand- to increase land for Pacific Coast wich Tern, and Royal Tern. Funded population of the Western Snowy by the National Fish and Wildlife Plover. Story page 7. Foundation, the project will reduce impacts on key beach-nesting bird colonies, which are currently vulner- able to accidental disturbance by beachgoers, dogs, and ATVs. Black Skimmers: Tom Grey continued on page 2 Three New Protected Areas Established Lavaty Greg Plover: Snowy in Mexico’s Yucatán Region Three More Condors Poisoned by Lead Ammo. New study re- illions of migratory and water sources on the mainland of the veals that lead is the primary fac- resident birds will benefit Yucatán Peninsula. The 49,000-acre tor limiting recovery of condors from the designation of Cozumel Forest and Wetlands State in the wild. Story page 11. Mthree new protected areas totaling Reserve is being created on the island over 76,000 acres on the Yucatán of Cozumel off the eastern coast of Biggest Ever Rodent Eradication Peninsula of Mexico by the outgoing the peninsula to protect forest and Effort Shows Promising Early Governor of the State of Quintana wetland resources. Returns. Efforts concentrate on Roo, Félix González South George Island and Palmyra The island of Cozumel is particularly Canto. Atoll in the Pacific. Story page 15. significant, as it is home to three Two of the new endemic bird species, the Cozumel First Endowment to Assist reserves, Chichank- Thrasher, Cozumel Emerald, and Community-Owned Bird anab Lagoon State Cozumel Vireo, as well as 15 endemic Reserves Established in Peru. Reserve, and Bacalar subspecies, including the Yucatán Two million dollar endowment Lagoon Ecological Woodpecker, Yucatán Flycatcher, and established by ABC and partners. State Park will pro- Cozumel House Wren. Story page 19. tect important continued on page 4 For complete list of stories, see page 2. Yucatan Woodpecker: Tom Murray BIRD CALLS CONTENTS Gulf Coast Conservation Project, from page 1 New Gulf Coast Project to Protect Beach- 1-2 The project will draw on expertise Nesting Birds in Five States Three New Protected Areas Established in 1, 4 from partners throughout the Gulf Mexico’s Yucatán Region region, including the Barataria- ABC’s Viewpoint: Cumulative Mortality: 3 How Many Dead Birds Is Too Many? Terrebonne National Estuary Program, Sage-Grouse May Get More Funding to 4 National Audubon Society, the Pas- Prevent ESA Listing Than if Listed cagoula River Audubon Center (and Landmark Trial Underway Over Bird-Killing 5 Buildings in Toronto, Canada their Audubon Junior Naturalist and Proposed Legislation Would Prevent Millions 5 “Chick Shelter” programs), and the of Bird Deaths Introduced Deer on Hawai'i Pose a New 6 Mississippi Coast Audubon Society, Threat to Native Birds and the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory. Florida Scrub-Jay Headed for Extinction? 6 Legal Action Forces Expansion of Snowy Plover 7 “Beaches are among the most limited Critical Habitat New Plan to Break ESA Listing Backlog Halted 7 and threatened of all bird habitats in ABC Announces Findings in Bird Feed Test 8 the United States. They provide only Arizona Ponderosa Pine Forests to be Restored 8 a tiny sliver of nesting opportunity for Least Tern: Ralph Wright Supreme Court Rejects Appeal to Keep Deadly 9 birds, and are often heavily used by Pesticide on Market Mice Eradication for Farallones Would Protect 9 humans, squeezed by development, Specifically, the project partners, with Ashy Storm-Petrel But Has Risks and frequented by colonies of feral the help of volunteers, will implement Trumpeter Swans Dying From Lead Poisoning 10 in Northwest U.S. and Canada cats. Consequently, birds that require conservation measures such as signage Three More Condors Poisoned by Lead Ammo, 11 this habitat face considerable survival and fencing at critical, unprotected, or New Study Shows Lead Limiting Recovery challenges. Much of their plight is insufficiently protected colony sites for Seabird Losses on Midway Exceed Early Estimates 12 Red Knot Population Crashing; Listing 12 caused by humans, so it is only fitting beach-nesting birds, to reduce acciden- Urgently Needed that we take steps to fend off some of tal nest destruction and abandonment. Appalachian Reforestation Project Recognized 13 those challenges and give the birds a These direct protection measures First Predator-Proof Fence in Hawai'i Completed 13 Drug-laced Mice Used to Control Brown 14 fighting chance,” said Mike Parr, will be supported by a public aware- Tree Snakes on Guam ABC Vice President. ness campaign designed to encourage Biggest Rodent Eradication Effort in History 15 beach-goers to respect and avoid sensi- Shows Promising Early Returns Habitat to be targeted by the project State of the Birds Report Finds Public Land 16 tive nesting areas. Essential for Hundreds of Species was directly impacted by the oil spill, What’s New In Wind Energy 17 both from the oil itself and also as a Both the Least Tern and the Black Golden-winged Warbler May Be Proposed 18 Skimmer are on the U.S. WatchList, for ESA Listing result of the cleanup effort. Cleanup First Endowment to Aid Community-Owned 19 crews on foot and in vehicles disturbed which identifies birds that need con- Bird Reserves Established in Peru birds and destroyed nests, while re- servation attention to survive a con- Years of Negotiations Benefit the Endangered 20 Chestnut-capped Piha moval of sand from nesting areas to vergence of environmental challenges, Threat Status Lowered for Rare Ecuadorian Bird 21 construct protective berms along the including habitat loss, invasive species, Birds in Brief 22-23 tideline caused further damage. and climate change. Help Protect America’s Birds From Deadly Toxins! 24 If you have questions or would like more information on any of our articles, contact Bob Johns at 202-234-7181, x210, or e-mail [email protected] Bird Calls is the newsletter of American Bird Conservancy and is produced for members of ABC and the Bird Conservation Alliance. Editors: George Fenwick, Steve Holmer, Bob Johns, Jack Morrison, Merrie Morrison, Mike Parr, Gemma Radko, Darin Schroeder, Gavin Shire, George Wallace. AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY 1731 Connecticut Ave, NW, 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20009 202-234-7181/fax 202-234-7182 E-mail: [email protected] Black Skimmer nesting colony along the Mississippi Web: www.abcbirds.org coast, 2010. Photo, Mike Parr, ABC Bird Conservation Alliance www.birdconservationalliance.org 2 JUNE 2011 ABC’S VIEWPOINT Cumulative Mortality: How Many Dead Birds Is Too Many? he cat brings a bedraggled habitat loss, an additional million will Ovenbird into the house. The be a million too many, and populations bird is already dead. You qui- of even common birds could begin a Tetly dispose of it. A Wood Thrush hits slow decline towards extinction—and your window and dies on the patio. even if not toward extinction, isn’t there You wince as you give it the same treat- a point at which we can agree there are ment. A Philadelphia Vireo crashes into fewer birds and higher population risks a communication tower in Mississippi. than we desire? You might have seen it in Ohio over the Nature is not a laboratory; we cannot weekend, but now you can’t. Similar test these theories in controlled isola- events are played out across the country tion and see what happens. Most bird day in, day out. Each individual case populations are too hard to monitor, may seem inconsequential to the overall changes often happen too gradually, and population of a particular bird species, they are generally too hard to link to but what about the cumulative effect particular threats when many threats are that these deaths have on birds? acting concurrently. So rather than just At American Bird Conservancy, we talk Cat with Ovenbird: Andrew Currie, Creative Commons, pointing fingers at others, we believe we October 2009 with many of the stakeholders involved should minimize all significant causes of in activities that harm birds – from peo- bird mortality. ple who feed feral cats to representatives high-risk strategy of migration. So per- The primary driving factor of private of the pesticide industry. Without fail, haps these mortality factors are all just industry is profit maximization, which each one disputes the seriousness of their fine: a few birds here, a few birds there; means that any push for additional en- impacts, and points the finger at some a thousand more there, a million more vironmental safeguards will usually be other cause of bird mortality as being the there. So long as the habitat is still there, met with the response that it costs too “real culprit.” Cat advocates blame habi- perhaps they can withstand everything much and is too burdensome. This tac- tat loss, the wind industry blames moun- we can throw at them and then some. tic is leveraged with the notion that jobs taintop coal mining; a representative of At ABC, we have done a lot of thinking and the economy will be negatively im- the communication tower industry once about the issue of cumulative mortal- pacted as a result.
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