Trips 2008

BBC Dedicated Pelagic Trips  Scheduled:  June 28, July 19, August 23 , and November 15. Sign up now

The June 28 trip is not filled and may be cancelled.  Read Rick Heil description of the possibilities. 

Conservation

Secure Fence Act of 2006 and birding in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas

Link to NY Times article about Sabal Palm and the fence.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/us/07land.html?_r=1&sq=A%20Natural%20Treasure%20That%20May%20End%20Up%20Without%20A%20Country&st=nyt&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&scp=1&adxnnlx=1207746595-sVEx9whfr12spkjVe8Sqqg
 
April 1, 2008  Today, the Bush/Cheney Administration announced that it will waive environmental and land management laws along 470 miles of the U.S./Mexico border.

Laws ensuring clean water for us and our children? Dismissed. Laws protecting wildlife, land, rivers, streams and places of cultural significance? Disregarded. And laws giving American citizens a voice in the process? Gone.

This is an emergency! Contact your senators and congresspeople.

Midway Atoll Re-open
U.S Fish & Wildlife announces the re-opening of Midway Atoll Nation Wildlife Refuge in 2008.   The Oceanic Society will be offering trips from Honolulu starting Feb 9, 2008. This is a unique opportunity to live with Laysan Albatrosses.  See trip report.

Send reports to MassBird and to EmmaleeT@msn.com

Pelagic Terns - Bridled and Sooty Terns

What is a Scopoli Shearwater?  What is a Macronesian Shearwater?

New Reference Published
Albatrosses, Petrels & Shearwaters of the World by Derek Onley and Paul Scofield

Sea Turtles in the North Atlantic Can you really expect to see one?

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