Vulture Counting
Field Trip Earth put up an interesting addition yesterday.
Vulture populations in South Asia are the topic. Populations there are declining, as elsewhere. Todd Katzner, director of conservation and field research, National Aviary, Pittsburgh, Pa., offers journal entries from May 21-June 7.
Mr. Katzner and his colleagues are trying to estimate the population size of vulture species in Asia, including the Caucasus and Kazakhstan.
Watching carcasses, and collecting and studying the feathers dropped by vultures of various species which visit those carcasses, is called for.
Mr. Katzner notes that while the Caucasus are high in species diversity, these four countries are also high in human diversity, with "hundreds of peoples, languages and cultures".
Vulture populations in South Asia are the topic. Populations there are declining, as elsewhere. Todd Katzner, director of conservation and field research, National Aviary, Pittsburgh, Pa., offers journal entries from May 21-June 7.
Mr. Katzner and his colleagues are trying to estimate the population size of vulture species in Asia, including the Caucasus and Kazakhstan.
Watching carcasses, and collecting and studying the feathers dropped by vultures of various species which visit those carcasses, is called for.
Mr. Katzner notes that while the Caucasus are high in species diversity, these four countries are also high in human diversity, with "hundreds of peoples, languages and cultures".
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12:16 PM
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