Science Features » albatross http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features Highlighted USGS science Mon, 20 May 2013 15:32:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 The Science Behind the State of the Birds Report 2011 http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/the-science-behind-the-state-of-the-birds-report-2011/ http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/the-science-behind-the-state-of-the-birds-report-2011/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:13:35 +0000 ocweb http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/?p=97944 Collage: Short-tailed Albatross with “Primary bird habitats.” USGS, Gap Analysis Program. Feb. 2010. GAP National Land Cover, Version 1.

In a unique application of data, this year’s report provides the nation’s first assessment of birds on public lands and waters.

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]]> http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/the-science-behind-the-state-of-the-birds-report-2011/feed/ 0 state_of_the_birds In a unique application of data, this year's report provides the nation's first assessment of birds on public lands and waters. Oldest bird in North America survives tsunami http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/oldest-bird-in-north-america-survives-tsunami/ http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/oldest-bird-in-north-america-survives-tsunami/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:00:16 +0000 ocweb http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/?p=82044 Wisdom, a 60-year-old albatross

Wisdom, a 60-year-old albatross

On Midway Island, Wisdom, a 60-year-old albatross, and her chick made it through the tsunami that resulted from the magnitude 9.0 earthquake off of Japan on March 11.

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