A Vaux's swift in flight, like a little Harrier fighter jet with feathers. Photo from AllAboutBirds.org and the Merlin bird-ID app.

We tried to get the chimney capped once before, but the chimney guys ghosted us and it got forgotten. The populations of these are declining because of the decline of habitat (they're evolved to next in dead trees), so I hate to deprived them, but they're […]

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Grizzly with checkered past swims miles to Canadian island – and into hot water ‘Tex’ came ashore on British Columbia island and unleashing a fierce row among residents, conservation officers and First Nations over his futureCan residents on a British Columbia island coexist with...

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Endangered koalas and the ecologist documenting their extinction – video Maria Matthes, a lifelong conservationist, says loss of habitat and climate change are threatening koalas in eastern New South Wales

Endangered koalas and the ecologist documenting their extinction

#Australia #EasternNewSouthWales #wildlife #EndangeredKoalas #LossOfHabitat #ClimateChange #video #TheGuardian

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