<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for An ecotourism success story]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/a-giant-antpitta-b-bananaquit-c-none-of-the-above/ Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:53:21 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/a-giant-antpitta-b-bananaquit-c-none-of-the-above/1 This just in

Check out this blue lizard:

http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0307-blue_anole.html

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> This just in

Check out this blue lizard:

http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0307-blue_anole.html

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Comment #2 by Janis Mara http://www.grist.org/article/a-giant-antpitta-b-bananaquit-c-none-of-the-above/ Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:01:21 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/a-giant-antpitta-b-bananaquit-c-none-of-the-above/2 A sip of water on a hot day

Yes, yes, I am so totally on the same page about the seemingly relentless onslaught of negative conservation news, and I appreciate your sharing this upbeat story. Keep 'em coming!

]]> A sip of water on a hot day

Yes, yes, I am so totally on the same page about the seemingly relentless onslaught of negative conservation news, and I appreciate your sharing this upbeat story. Keep 'em coming!

]]> Comment #3 by caniscandida http://www.grist.org/article/a-giant-antpitta-b-bananaquit-c-none-of-the-above/ Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:30:58 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/a-giant-antpitta-b-bananaquit-c-none-of-the-above/3 C -- but then what?

The pretty little bird in question is definitely not a bananquit, and the shape of the beak would seem to rule out its being an antpitta.  But then what?  Possibly a kind of trogon?

We can never get enough good news, and we can never get enough news about wildlife.  More in that vein: A Reuters story of yesterday or the day before reported that thanks to restrictions on fishing in the Mekong River, the Mekong dolphin is making a come-back.  That is especially cheering, considering that its cousin the Baiji recently went extinct.

Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!

]]> C -- but then what?

The pretty little bird in question is definitely not a bananquit, and the shape of the beak would seem to rule out its being an antpitta.  But then what?  Possibly a kind of trogon?

We can never get enough good news, and we can never get enough news about wildlife.  More in that vein: A Reuters story of yesterday or the day before reported that thanks to restrictions on fishing in the Mekong River, the Mekong dolphin is making a come-back.  That is especially cheering, considering that its cousin the Baiji recently went extinct.

Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!

]]> Comment #4 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/a-giant-antpitta-b-bananaquit-c-none-of-the-above/ Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:05:19 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/a-giant-antpitta-b-bananaquit-c-none-of-the-above/4 Canis,

I am hoping someone will take the hint and identify that bird for me (I don't know the answer either).

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Canis,

I am hoping someone will take the hint and identify that bird for me (I don't know the answer either).

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Comment #5 by kmp http://www.grist.org/article/a-giant-antpitta-b-bananaquit-c-none-of-the-above/ Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:53:38 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/a-giant-antpitta-b-bananaquit-c-none-of-the-above/5 Not a merganser

but, in terms of happy conservation news, you can't get much cheerier than the short film Ride of the Mergansers that I saw recently as part of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour.

Hooded mergansers are ducks that are found only in North America and primarily in the Great Lakes region.  Apparently they are extremely wary of humans and they nest in the cavity of a dead, decaying tree far away from humans.  Habitat is decreasing of course, so the enterprising filmmaker built a small merganser nest and installed a camera - resulting in a short but quite lovely film of the chicks hatching and leaving the nest.  

Unfortunately, the website does not offer a "teaser" but it looks like the film is screening at the upcoming Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Fest in Seattle, March 30th.

]]> Not a merganser

but, in terms of happy conservation news, you can't get much cheerier than the short film Ride of the Mergansers that I saw recently as part of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour.

Hooded mergansers are ducks that are found only in North America and primarily in the Great Lakes region.  Apparently they are extremely wary of humans and they nest in the cavity of a dead, decaying tree far away from humans.  Habitat is decreasing of course, so the enterprising filmmaker built a small merganser nest and installed a camera - resulting in a short but quite lovely film of the chicks hatching and leaving the nest.  

Unfortunately, the website does not offer a "teaser" but it looks like the film is screening at the upcoming Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Fest in Seattle, March 30th.

]]> Comment #6 by caniscandida http://www.grist.org/article/a-giant-antpitta-b-bananaquit-c-none-of-the-above/ Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:33:16 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/a-giant-antpitta-b-bananaquit-c-none-of-the-above/6 I think I got it:

The Blue-Gray Tanager, Thraupis episcopies.

Thanks to Kaela for the merganser story.  Just goes to show, I adore nature photographers, and would love to do what they do; but you see, you have to be able to build a merganser nest, and sit in it, and not move, for like however long it takes, until that dumb bird paddles by.

What happens when your coffee runs out?

What happens when your gin runs out?

How long do those astro-diapers last, anyhow?

Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!

]]> I think I got it:

The Blue-Gray Tanager, Thraupis episcopies.

Thanks to Kaela for the merganser story.  Just goes to show, I adore nature photographers, and would love to do what they do; but you see, you have to be able to build a merganser nest, and sit in it, and not move, for like however long it takes, until that dumb bird paddles by.

What happens when your coffee runs out?

What happens when your gin runs out?

How long do those astro-diapers last, anyhow?

Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!

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