Hello members of Wildlife Watchers! I hope you all will enjoy being on this list as much as I'm enjoying moderating the list. :) Enclosed is an article...
Interesting article! I for one agree that we need to reduce the use of oil in this country. It's hard for me to believe most people need the capabilities of...
Glenn Koppel
koppel@...
Dec 7, 2001 12:50 am
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This was an interesting article Holly, to say the least. I've always been anti-SUV, and a few years ago was hoping the trend would fade away, but it now looks...
Janet
indigo@...
Dec 7, 2001 1:11 am
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Hi everyone! Today is Friday and this marks our very first endangered species day! Each Friday, I will post a profile of a different endangered species. This...
Couple of things here: The first is that SUV's are not the biggest fuel consumers by far. While SUV's are a problem, I'll get to that in a minute. From an ...
According to an article on the AZA website, the AZA and its 201 accredited members are putting together plans to help the struggling zoo in Kabul. In these...
I think in this situation, the animals all should be taken out of Afganistan and moved somewhere safer. From the history of this country, when this "war" if...
Glenn Koppel
koppel@...
Dec 8, 2001 7:01 pm
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That's a tough one. The problem with taking the animals out of the zoo, though I also believe it best for the animals, is that the zoo belongs to Afghanistan....
The Washington Post published an article last week I've been meaning to post, since it has some relevance to wildlife in North America. Since it's been...
Mosquitoes - I never thought I'd see them in December, yet here they are, on occasion. Also, lots of fruit flies, some regular flies, and I *think* I may have...
Janet
indigo@...
Dec 12, 2001 12:11 am
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In honor of our new baby Asian elephant at the National Zoo, this week's endangered species report is on Asian elephants. The Asian Elephant By: Holly Koppel ...
It's a short little story, but I found it tonight and thought it might be of interest. Here's the link, and the small story copied below in case the page...
Janet
indigo@...
Dec 15, 2001 4:01 am
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That's interesting, I've never heard of that animal before. It looks like this year certainly was a baby boom for a lot of zoos. --Holly ... From: Janet...
Well, despite what our own views on the Kabul Zoo are, it looks like a fund raising project has the potential to do some good for them. I found this article...
Since next week is Christmas, I decided that this week's endangered species report should focus on an animal that is found in the arctic regions of the world....
An article from the Washington Post on our Pandas! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24856-2001Dec25.html By D'Vera Cohn Washington Post Staff...
Found this article via the FONZ website. Do any of you participate in Birds Counts? If so, for how long have you been doing them? How did you get started?...
Actually, even though I've been birding since 1972 (!), I did my first Christmas count last year. I did the Fort Belvoir count in VA. This year I have done...
Glenn Koppel
koppel@...
Dec 26, 2001 11:39 pm
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Today between 11:00 - 13:00, Berani, the National Zoo's new baby Sumatran tiger cub, will be let outside for visitors to see. Here's an excerpt from the whole...
Found a pretty cool site for those of you in Virginia., a subsection of the Virginia Depertment of Game & Inland Fisheries, specifically for wildlife. The URL...
With one of the National Zoo's newest residents just going on display this week, I thought it appropriate that today's endangered species report be on the...
How do you find out about these bird counts? I've only heard a couple mentions of them, is there an organization that has more information on these? --Holly ...
Hi everyone! Well, this group has been around for almost a month now and I thought I'd ask all of you what you thought of the group so far. Are you enjoying...
I am enjoying the group so far, and the endangered species reports are well-written and informative. I've been meaning to post more, but haven't had the time....
Janet
indigo@...
Dec 29, 2001 4:56 pm
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We participated in the 5th annual Loudoun County (VA) Christmas Bird Count yesterday. A good day for us and birds even with the cold and windy weather. A...
Glenn Koppel
koppel@...
Dec 31, 2001 7:26 pm
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Happy New Year everyone! I apologize for this being a day late, I was having a bit of trouble finding information for you all since most of the Department of...
The California Condor By: Holly L. Koppel The California condor, once revered by the native American tribes of California, were almost extinct by the early...
Hi everyone! Today, Jeremy and I picked up loose paper and trash that had flown all over the place in our apartment development. What happened was that the...
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