How did a kingfisher solve the Japanese bullet train’s problem with noise ordinances? The answer is just one thought-provoking reason to take a closer look at the plants and animals around us, and the ways they overcome their own everyday problems. It’s the developing field of biomimicry, founded on the observation that many engineering problems [...]
Here at the Cornell Lab we’ve been lucky to have a close relationship with legendary bird tour operator Victor Emanuel for many years. He’s a longtime board member, and several of our staff have served as guides on his expeditions, including our director, John Fitzpatrick, eBird co-project leaders Chris Wood and Brian Sullivan, and Merlin [...]
Just a day after the news of Machi the Whimbrel’s shooting by hunters on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe (see previous post) comes the report that a second satellite-tracked bird also died in the same hunting area on the island. The second Whimbrel’s name was Goshen, a female that had been tracked since August 2010 [...]
A migrating Whimbrel named Machi has been shot on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, French West Indies. The bird (pictured at left) had likely landed to rest up after detouring around Tropical Storm Maria. Machi became one of thousands of shorebirds that are hunted for sport each fall—but she stood out from the flock because [...]
