tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955236233855657812024-03-19T10:12:24.148-07:00QuestXUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895523623385565781.post-67684758016134317672019-11-18T06:06:00.000-08:002019-12-01T14:58:08.328-08:00Yes, QuestX is moving! Quest<sup>X</sup> blog is in the process of moving over to QuestX.net / <a href="http://www.questx.net/blog/" target="_blank">QuestX.net/blog !</a><br />
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We're in the process of updating the website and consolidating the blog on to our web page.<br />
It will take us some time to get this all up to date, <span style="color: red;"><b>I'm hoping by Jan., 2020!</b></span><br />
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Please excuse our mess while we get this all sorted through and cleaned up.<br />
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A lot has been going on and we'll have loads to share with you later this year...<br />
...stay in touch with us for upcoming adventures, events, podcasts, videos, activities, research, outings, news, curiosities, and other science "stuff"!<br />
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Currently, Quest<sup>X</sup>'s "drop in" experiment page is at <a href="http://questx.net/" target="_blank">questx.net</a> , <a href="http://questx.net/1home/home.html" target="_blank">"home" page</a> , and <a href="http://questx.net/1about/about.html" target="_blank">"about/staff" page</a>.<br />
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oh! ...and for some reason Firefox does not like the current web page set up and does not consistently work for our site, we'll be sorting that out too! (the other browsers seem to work fine...)<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895523623385565781.post-24790520860320551822019-05-12T18:38:00.000-07:002019-12-01T16:19:38.939-08:00"Science as a Candle in the Dark" : Carl Sagan's Last Interview with Charlie Rose (May 27, 1996)<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895523623385565781.post-77549952908017316452017-03-31T15:54:00.000-07:002017-03-31T22:35:24.171-07:00Badger caches cow... <br />
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Wait! ... What?!?<br />
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Yep... scientists researching the ecology of scavengers (in other words> studying how animals that feed on dead animal or plant matter interact with each other and their environments) during winter in the Great Basin Desert, Utah, staked out 7 calf carcasses (each with an associated trap camera) and got an unexpected result...<br />
Badgers!<br />
Scientific researchers in Great Basin Desert, Utah, caught American badgers (on trap cameras) caching cows. <br />
While badgers are known scavengers, the researchers hadn't planned on
studying any mustelids, including badgers.<br />
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Badgers are hard to study since they are generally active underground or are nocturnal (out and about at night), so their behaviors aren't well-known. Last winter (January, 2016) the researchers caught two badgers (images,
not the badgers themselves! ; ) caching two of the staked out carcasses. This is the first evidence of a badger caching / burying an animal larger than itself. <br />
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Here is a video (from a trap camera) of one of those badgers caching /burying it's find for later:<br />
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The original <a href="https://youtu.be/dsHiOwR7cfc" target="_blank">video is on YouTube!</a><br />
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By turning out your lights and participating in events... like <a href="https://www.earthhour.org/" target="_blank">Earth Hour</a> ><br />
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Earth Hour starts Saturday, Mach 25, 2017 at 8:30 PM local time (that would be <i>your</i> local time).<br />
The immediate action that can be taken this year is join the movement and participate by turning off your lights for one hour, starting at 8:30 PM, local time. <br />
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Their web site has <i>loads</i> of good information: <a href="https://www.earthhour.org/content/2016%E2%80%99s-record-breaking-temperatures-signal-increased-need-urgent-international-action" target="_blank">research information</a>, actions to take (large and small) find them <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/earthhour/posts/?ref=page_internal" target="_blank">on Facebook</a> for live action, where to <a href="https://www.earthhour.org/map" target="_blank">find events</a>, how to <a href="https://www.earthhour.org/earth-hour-starter-kit" target="_blank">plan an event</a> for next year, and the <a href="https://www.earthhour.org/EarthHourReports" target="_blank">impact of Earth Hour</a> every year (this is the 10th anniversary of Earth Hour).<br />
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Interested in getting involved in other events? In making a positive impact on our home? <br />
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<a href="http://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/2017/en/" target="_blank">World Health Day</a> is April 7. The health of our environments also affects human health and diseases. <br />
Earth Day is April 22! Contact your local city/ county offices, extension offices, or colleges/ universities to find local events. We'll post more here shortly, including projects you can do.<br />
<a href="http://darksky.org/dark-sky-week-2017/" target="_blank">International Dark Sky Week</a> is the last week in April. It's always the week of April's new moon!<br />
<a href="https://www.arborday.org/" target="_blank">Arbor Day</a>, April 28. Plant a tree, help a group plant trees in <br />
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Stay tuned...<strong>Quest<sup>X</sup></strong> will have more information on these and other events... and actions you can take to leave a positive footprint on the earth. <br />
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...for One Hour, each year, hundreds of millions of people switch off their electricity to show and share their commitment to fighting global climate change.<br />
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Earth Hour:<br />
Earth Hour - 10th Anniversary <br />
Saturday, March 25<br />
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To participate "live" in the 10th annual Earth Hour and find out how to take action (if you're looking for ideas), go to the <a href="https://www.earthhour.org/celebrate-the-hour" target="_blank">Earth Hour website</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/earthhour/posts/?ref=page_internal" target="_blank">facebook page</a>.<br />
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This year's theme for World Meteorological day is *Understanding Clouds*.<br />
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Clouds are created made of small drops of water, clustered together.<br />
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For *beginners* there are the 3 basic types of clouds:<br />
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Cumulus - thick, puffy clouds that tend to be white on top and on the edges with a darker, flat bottom. They kinda look like cotton-balls or cauliflower (depending on your preference ;) ). <br />
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Cirrus - wispy, transparent / white, icy clouds. They are sheer clouds actually composed of ice crystals!<br />
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Understanding these clouds helps to understand weather, and to forecast the weather you can expect!<br />
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Here's a more advanced cloud chart from NOAA (and a <a href="http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/cloudchart.pdf" target="_blank">link to a NOAA .pdf of clouds</a>): <br />
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Water, it's everywhere we are.<br />
Why?<br />
Because *we* are 55-70% water.<br />
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Everything on earth needs water to survive, clean/ healthy water.<br />
Some things have interesting ways of obtaining it, but *everything* requires water. <br />
And the earth itself needs water.<br />
Water is kinda like the blood of the planet, it carries nutrients and waste products through the system and it ties the entire body of the earth together.<br />
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We'll discuss loads more about water in other posts, but for *today*, plan something special... enjoy a glass of water and consider what would happen to our own health and that of the earth without clean/ healthy water.<br />
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...and here's a link to the U.N. site for <a href="http://www.unwater.org/" target="_blank">World Water Day</a>... there is loads of info there and ideas for planning and/or participating in events!<br />
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.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895523623385565781.post-6055401525247286062017-03-19T18:01:00.000-07:002017-04-17T09:37:01.828-07:00So... what is this equinox thing?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Twice a year the earth experiences equinoxes, that point in the earth's rotation around the sun when the axis of the earth (see the "poles" marking Earth's axis in the
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This occurs in March (~ March 20) and September (~ Sept. 22) each year.<br />
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The March equinox is the beginning of the spring season in the northern hemisphere as the tilt of Earth is angled toward the sun (longer days in North America, Europe, and Asia) and the fall season in the southern hemisphere as Earth's tilt angles the southern hemisphere away from the sun (shorter days in <i>most</i> of South America, the <i>southern half</i> of Africa, and Australia); the September equinox is when the sun's rays, due to Earth's axial tilt, will start to fall more strongly on the southern than the northern hemisphere, spring in the southern hemisphere starts and fall in the northern hemisphere.<br />
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Due to the effect of light refraction (basically the bending of light
around *edges*) and the way that sunrise and sunset are calculated (the
visible edge of the sun on the horizon rather than the center of the sun
crossing the horizon), day and night lengths are close to, but not to,
equal on the equinoxes in the northern and southern
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Here's what both of the equinoxes (left) and both of the solstices (right) look like from space:<br />
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...the next post should be much easier, on *both* of us (writer AND reader, lol)... writing when sick is ridiculous! ;) Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895523623385565781.post-23843897288919241592017-03-03T09:54:00.000-08:002017-03-03T11:44:12.666-08:00World Wildlife Day!... a day to celebrate what the wild brings to our lives...<br />
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This year's theme is "Listen to the Young Voices". Almost a quarter
of the earth's population is between 10 and 24 years old. They will be
the inheritors of our decisions, and the decision makers in the
not-so-distant- future.<br />
How do you want that to play out?<br />
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One thing.<br />
If you have no time for anything more, today do ONE thing to help preserve, protect, and/or conserve wildlife and our wild lands.<br />
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What can YOU do today?<br />
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*talk with a young person about what they want for earth's wildlife and wild lands (encourage/ help them to take action),<br />
*purchase a pass to a wild area,<br />
*contact your government officials, expressing why it is important to protect wild life and wild lands (what benefits we get from protecting wildlife and wild lands) and what, specifically, you would like them to do (please vote yes/no on a particular bill, please fund "X" department, etc.),<br />
*share/like/love! posts like this! ,<br />
*donate to organizations that protect wild life and wild lands,<br />
and, if you have *more* time ... <br />
*start today, plan an event for next year!<br />
*create your own posts/ blogs/ videos!<br />
*participate in a clean-up (beach, park, roadside, trail, etc!)<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Below are images you can copy of a data collection sheet we use for "Birding Basics" > Field Observation Report (just click to open larger version, right click, and save ; ) :</span><br />
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 3.0in;" valign="top" width="288"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 270.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 3.0in;" valign="top" width="288"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 270.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 3.0in;" valign="top" width="288"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 270.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 3.0in;" valign="top" width="288"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 270.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 3.0in;" valign="top" width="288"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 270.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 3.0in;" valign="top" width="288"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 270.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 3.0in;" valign="top" width="288"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 270.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 3.0in;" valign="top" width="288"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 270.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 3.0in;" valign="top" width="288"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 270.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 3.0in;" valign="top" width="288"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 270.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 3.0in;" valign="top" width="288"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 270.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 3.0in;" valign="top" width="288"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 270.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 3.0in;" valign="top" width="288"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 270.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 3.0in;" valign="top" width="288"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 270.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 3.0in;" valign="top" width="288"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 270.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 3.0in;" valign="top" width="288"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 270.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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</td>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not all of the reports are in yet for the first day of The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), but by the end of the first day (a *day* is measured by E.S.T) there were about 30,000 checklists reported in! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The ~snap below is with about 15 minutes left to go in the first *day* of reporting... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...and *here* (below) is a good start to the second *day* of reporting!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">54 seconds in to *Day* 2...</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you can see, now, people from all over the world participate! Last year over 160,000 people in over 130 countries participated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are still THREE (3) days left to go, and you can participate in as little as 15 minutes! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For more information on how to participate, check out the <a href="http://gbbc.birdcount.org/get-started/" target="_blank">Getting Started page</a>. You'll find a link for setting up a reporting page, access to birding tips and techniques, bird identification (including audio, because sometimes you don't see the birds! ; ) ...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">... there's a <a href="http://gbbc.birdcount.org/photo-contest-rules/" target="_blank">Photo Contest</a>... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">AND, you get to be a citizen scientist!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...contributing meaningful data</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">with thousands of others</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">to better understand our world... </span></div>
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Personal Notes: Today we had very limited time, so participated for about an hour.<br />
We saw 9 species: Great Blue Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Steller's Jay, Robin, Mourning Dove, Bewick's Wren, Back-capped Chickadee, Crow, and Red-winged Blackbird.<br />
We'll load a data collection sheet that we like to use, which you can copy or use for ideas to make your own ; ) <br />
We'll post some pics and/or vid tomorrow!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895523623385565781.post-34587316937535074872017-02-17T00:42:00.001-08:002017-02-17T00:53:05.416-08:00Bird Silhouette Identification Sheets <br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Many birds have unique silhouettes that are unique enough to identify them to their basic types (and some to species!).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The following images can be used to help identify many birds by their general shape (making it easier to narrow down what you are looking at) and when you can't see them clearly enough to get detailed impressions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are a lot of clues you can use to help you identify the bird(s) you're looking at:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">> silhouette/ general shape of bird to narrow down what you are looking at. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">> about how big is the bird? (comparison sizes can help too!) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">> is the bird alone? a pair? in a group?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">> what is the bird doing? </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">> are there any features that really stand out?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">>> color(s) >> beak- beak shape tells you how the bird eats</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">>> neck/ head shape >> feet shape- perching? swimming?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">> location - use local bird guide or the bird maps in books to see what birds are most similar in the region you are seeing the bird.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">> habitat type? woods? shoreline? prairie? </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">> season and time of day are also important. some birds are migratory and only live in certain areas at particular times of the year and some birds are only active (or doing certain activities) at particular times of the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To copy image, right click and "save image as" on to your computer, then you can print it out for use while birding! (i've had these images for a looong time and have no idea what the sources are, if anyone recognizes any of these pages please let me know!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not all of the birds on the silhouette pages are found throughout all of North America (for now i'm focusing on North American birds).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This first silhouette is of perching and standing birds birds...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These birds are ones commonly seen perching on lines...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This page is of birds in flight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The following two pages are birds commonly found in or near water...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These birds (and one mammal) are often see during the twilight of dusk and dawn...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The following birds tend to be seen in western North America...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope these pages are helpful!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We'll be posting some of our bird sightings over the next few days *and* posting more birding tips!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy birding! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(it's amazing how many are out there just waiting for you!) </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895523623385565781.post-65296712434655215662017-02-16T14:18:00.000-08:002017-02-16T21:17:16.034-08:00Participate!!! Great Backyard Bird Count 2017! (20th annual GBBC)<div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "noto serif","georgia",serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 25.5px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">The Great Backyard Bird Count is a science event that <u>everyone</u> can participate in... even from a chair looking out your window!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">(the video below was taken from my deck, beware the door squeak!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Great Blue Heron in Cedar Tree </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">When? From Friday, Feb. 17, to Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, for as little as 15 minutes at a time OR as long as you want over the 4 day event.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">Where? Wherever you are! From looking out your window to trekking through the woods, across a prairie, sitting in your car at park/ riverside... or wherever you are...</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">Why? To help understand bird populations (and, really, our world) better!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">How? Go to <a href="http://gbbc.birdcount.org/" target="_blank">GBBC 2017 and sign up</a> to report your bird sightings! It's *even* easier than it sounds (check back here too, Quest will be posting some bird silhouette identification pages that will help to make identification easier for some birders and more info on birding/ participation). We suggest that you register a.s.a.p. and review the entry form, that way you have a better idea of what to watch for! (it's good to note day, time, weather, etc.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">"The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is a free, fun, and easy event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of bird populations. Participants are asked to count birds for as little as 15 minutes (or as long as they wish) on one or more days of the four-day event and report their sightings online at <a href="http://www.birdcount.org/" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px none; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">birdcount.org</a>. Anyone can take part in the Great Backyard Bird Count, from beginning bird watchers to experts, and you can participate from your backyard, or anywhere in the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">Each checklist submitted during the GBBC helps researchers at the <a href="http://www.birds.cornell.edu/" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px none; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">Cornell Lab of Ornithology</a> and the <a href="http://www.audubon.org/" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px none; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">National Audubon Society</a> learn more about how birds are doing, and how to protect them and the environment we share. Last year, more than 160,000 participants submitted their bird observations online, creating the largest instantaneous snapshot of global bird populations ever recorded.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">The 20th annual GBBC will be held Friday, February 17, through Monday, February 20, 2017. Please visit the official website at <a href="http://www.birdcount.org/" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px none; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">birdcount.org</a> for more information and be sure to check out the latest <a href="http://gbbc.birdcount.org/get-started/" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px none; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">educational and promotional resources</a>."</span></span><br />
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Charles Darwin presented the concept of evolution by natural
selection to the world in 1859, when he published his classic <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On the Origin of Species</i>. In honor of
Darwin Day (February 12, 2016) I would like to discuss the evolution of (Darwin’s)
evolution, and highlight some of the disparate influences in Darwin’s life that
led to publication of one of the most powerful ideas in biology.</div>
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Evolution per se was not a new idea in Darwin’s time. In the
late 1700’s and early 1800’s, several figures in particular developed concepts
central to the current view of evolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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</span></span></span>Georges Cuvier (1744-1829) –The notable natural
historian Georges Cuvier (for whom the Cuvier’s beaked whale is named) was the
first to establish extinction as a fact. Prior to Cuvier, those who studied
fossils assumed that they represented anomalous versions of extant animals, or
animals that still lived in other parts of the world. Cuvier found fossils that
did not match any living animals, and determined that species did, indeed, go
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</span></span></span>Jean Baptiste Lamarck (1769-1832) – Lamarck
studied animals and fossils from around the world. This study led him to the
same overall conclusion as Darwin. That is, that species vary over time in
response to changes in the environment. With enough time, nature will develop
species to fit every environment. He lacked the details to flesh out his ideas,
and his theories were attacked by other scientist of the day. However, to
Charles Darwin these concepts were so influential that in 1861 he wrote: </div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lamarck was the first man whose conclusions
on the subject excited much attention. This justly celebrated naturalist first
published his views in 1801. . . he first did the eminent service of arousing
attention to the probability of all changes in the organic, as well as in the
inorganic world, being the result of law, and not of miraculous interposition.</i></div>
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</span></span></span>Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) – Although Charles
Darwin never met his grandfather Erasmus Darwin, he was strongly influenced by
his work and read his papers and poetry. Erasmus was a social liberal and a
free-thinker. A physician by trade, he refused an invitation by King George III
to become the Royal Physician, preferring instead to work with the poor in his
community. He promoted social equality, and proposed that women should receive
a proper education, including studies in physical education, the sciences, and
the arts. His ideas of evolution were so close to those of Lamarck that it’s
hard to believe the two never met. He wrote his ideas in both prose and poetry.
Yes, he set his evolutionary ideas to rhyme and verse. You can check out some
of his poetry at <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/erasmus-darwin/"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">www.poemhunter.com/erasmus-darwin/</i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.</i></div>
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Charles Darwin was himself was born in 1809, the son of a
physician. He was expected to become a physician himself, and entered medical
school in Edinburgh in 1825. It was in medical school that his father gave him
his grandfather’s papers to study, inadvertently exposing him to evolutionary
ideas. He found he was too squeamish for the medicine of the day, however, and
left medical school in 1827. His real passion was natural history, and in 1828
he enrolled in Christ’s College in Cambridge to pursue a degree in his chosen
field. While in school, he spent his extra time hunting and collecting insects.
These were skills he would put to good use later in life. He graduated in 1831.
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Shortly after graduating, he was offered the position of
ship’s naturalist on the HMS Beagle, a Royal Naval ship commissioned to study
the biology and geology of South America. Darwin served on the Beagle from 1831
to 1836. The captain of the ship, Robert FitzRoy, introduced Darwin to the work
of Charles Lyell, another great influence in Darwin’s life.</div>
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</span></span></span>Charles Lyell (1797-1875) – Lyell was a
prominent geologist who wrote the book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Principles
of Geology</i>. In this book, Lyell presented his idea that the world is not
static, and that geology is the result of slow, continuous processes. At this
time, fossil patterns and large scale geological features were explained
largely by biblical events, such Noah’s flood. Lyell proposed instead that
these features weren’t based on distinct biblical cataclysms, but on the
cumulative effects of well-known processes. This planted in Darwin’s mind the
idea that biological processes might also be based on slow cumulative changes,
rather than cataclysmic events. In other words, large changes between species
didn’t have to occur all at once, but could proceed through a slow series of
continuous changes.</div>
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While on the Beagle, Darwin collected specimens, fossils,
and notes that he would analyze and interpret for years to come. In the years
between his return from the Beagle voyage and the publication of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Origin of the Species</i>, there were many
factors that helped lead Darwin to his conclusions on evolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This article will only discuss a few of them.</div>
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</span></span></span>Thomas Malthus (1766-1834) – In 1798, Malthus
published his Essay on the Principle of Population. In this article, Malthus
observed that plants and animals produce more offspring than can survive
naturally. Humans also have the capacity to overproduce, and left unchecked
populations could grow unsustainably. Darwin came across this article in 1838
and applied it to his developing ideas on evolution. He reckoned that if
animals produced more offspring than could survive, the offspring that survived
should have some advantage over those that didn’t. That is, there had to be
some force to determine which offspring lived and which ones died. He called
this force <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">natural selection</i>.</div>
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time for Darwin to test his ideas. Instead, he turned to the literature on
selective breeding of plants and animals. He observed that different breeds of
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breeding parents most strongly demonstrating the characteristics you want in the offspring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He reckoned that there was some inherent
variability for each characteristic available to each generation. By reinforcing
desired characteristics by only breeding parents demonstrating that character,
you could reduce the variability for that characteristic, thus creating
specific breeds with specific characteristics. He coined the term <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artificial Selection </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to distinguish it from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Natural Selection</i>, which is the corresponding pressure nature
exerts on species to help them adapt to changing conditions.</div>
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</span></span></span>Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) – In 1858,
Wallace sent a letter to Darwin asking for him to review a manuscript he was preparing
on the topic of evolution. As frequently happens in science, he developed a
concept of evolution very similar to Darwin’s, and he wanted Darwin to review
it and let him know if it was worth publishing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wallace published his paper in 1858, alongside one of Darwin’s papers.
The papers Darwin and Wallace published received little attention from the
scientific community, but it was enough to prompt Darwin to write his seminal
book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On the Origin of Species.</i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin, 1859.</td></tr>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On the Origin of
Species</i> is one of the most influential books in biology, and underpins all
modern research in ecology, natural history, medicine, and all other biological
fields. As we honor Charles Darwin on this day, I think it’s important to
remember that Darwin was not just a natural historian. He integrated ideas from
natural history, geology, social economy, and more. The best science is truly
an interdisciplinary endeavor!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895523623385565781.post-18344593730388187882017-02-11T23:11:00.000-08:002017-02-12T00:40:29.105-08:00Darwin Day & The Evolution of A QuoteDarwin is famous for his insights in to natural selection and evolution, little could he know that he would <i>also</i> be famous for quotes that evolved ;) . Darwin's quotes have taken on a life and evolution of their own... Darwin is frequently misquoted, especially about natural selection ...<br />
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The entire quote by Darwin from "On the Origin of Species" - <br />
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“As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly
survive; and <b>as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle
for existence, it follows that any being, if it vary however slightly in
any manner profitable to itself, under the complex and sometimes
varying conditions of life, will have a better chance of surviving, and
thus be naturally selected</b>. From the strong principle of inheritance,
any selected variety will tend to propagate its new and modified form.”<br />
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Darwin also commented in "On the Origin of Species" -<br />
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“I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if
useful, is preserved, by the term natural selection, in order to mark
its relation to man's power of selection. But the expression often used
by Mr. Herbert Spencer, of the <b>Survival of the Fittest</b>, is more
accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient.”<br />
...which is where we got the phrase "survival of the fittest". <br />
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...and, at a convention in 1963, a professor at Louisiana State University, Leon Megginson, interpreted Darwin -<br />
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According to Darwin’s Origin of Species,<b> it is not the most
intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that
survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to
adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself.</b>
Applying this theoretical concept to us as individuals, we can state
that the civilization that is able to survive is the one that is able to
adapt to the changing physical, social, political, moral, and spiritual
environment in which it finds itself."<br />
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...which he followed up, in 1964, with streamlining to -<br />
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"<b>It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it
is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is
the one that is able to adapt to and to adjust best to the changing
environment in which it finds itself</b>……so says Charles Darwin in his “Origin of Species.”"<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895523623385565781.post-58395583067255222402017-02-02T15:03:00.000-08:002017-02-02T19:37:36.624-08:00World Water Day!!!<br />
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More <a href="http://www.ramsar.org/activity/world-wetlands-day" target="_blank">information about World Water Day</a> directly from Ramsar Secretariat.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895523623385565781.post-54398858815849504352017-02-02T09:18:00.000-08:002017-02-03T14:46:08.379-08:00IT'S WORLD WETLANDS DAY (oh...am i shouting? ; ) I'm just really excited about World Wetlands Day! <br />
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World Wetlands Day celebrates the value of wetlands for humanity (and, really, ALL of the planet). Each year a new theme is chosen to raise awareness about the critical importance of wetland areas; the theme for 2017 is "<a href="http://www.ramsar.org/activity/world-wetlands-day" target="_blank">Wetlands for Disaster Risk Reduction</a>" ("to raise awareness and to highlight the vital roles of healthy wetlands
in reducing the impacts of extreme events such as floods, droughts and
cyclones on communities, and in helping to build resilience").<br />
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World Wetlands Day is celebrated (or starts) on this day because the Ramsar Convention was signed on this day (Feb.2) in 1971, in Ramsar, Iran.<br />
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Interested in participating this year but hearing about this too late to create or attend an event? Well, check our<a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ba46hlpvivurqab7ue4u2sqaus%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles" target="_blank"> QuestX Calendar</a> for other events (including Earth Day which is coming up soon) OR you could participate in the the Wetlands Youth Photo Contest (youth 18 - 25, see poster below)... or/and you can get an early start on next year's World Wetlands Day!<br />
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Here is a list of the countries/parties that have joined the Ramsar Convention, date joined, number of sites, and total area conserved. There are over 2,200 sites listed and over 530,000,000 (that's MILLION!) acres included:<br />
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<td class="xl68" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt; width: 189pt;" width="252">Country</td>
<td class="xl69" style="width: 63pt;" width="84">Entry date</td>
<td class="xl68" style="width: 72pt;" width="96">Ramsar sites</td>
<td class="xl68" style="width: 68pt;" width="90">AREA-acres</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><br /></td>
<td class="xl67"><br /></td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Albania</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Feb-96</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008981810000000000">242,610</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Algeria</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Mar-84</td>
<td align="right">50</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010299101300000000">7,390,950</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Andorra</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-12</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7007687000000000000">17,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Antigua and Barbuda</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-05</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7007360000000000000">8,900</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Argentina</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Sep-92</td>
<td align="right">22</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010562540700000000">13,900,680</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Armenia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-93</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009493511000000000">1,219,490</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Australia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-75</td>
<td align="right">65</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010832015700000000">20,559,560</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Austria</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Apr-83</td>
<td align="right">23</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009124968000000000">308,800</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Azerbaijan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Sep-01</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008995600000000000">246,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Bahamas</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jun-97</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008326000000000000">81,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Bahrain</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Feb-98</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7007681000000000000">16,800</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Bangladesh</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Sep-92</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009611200000000000">1,510,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Barbados</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Apr-06</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" data-sort-value="7005330000000000000">82</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Belarus</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Aug-91</td>
<td align="right">20</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" data-sort-value="7009684739939999999">1,692,029.20</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Belgium</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jul-86</td>
<td align="right">9</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" data-sort-value="7008469440600000000">116,001.30</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Belize</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Aug-98</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008235920000000000">58,300</td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Benin</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">May-00</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010117935400000000">2,914,250</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Bhutan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Sep-12</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" data-sort-value="7006256000000000000">630</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Bolivia (Plurinational State of)</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-90</td>
<td align="right">11</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7011148424050000000">36,676,380</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Bosnia and Herzegovina</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Mar-92</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008567790000000000">140,300</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Botswana</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Apr-97</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010553740000000000">13,683,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Brazil</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Sep-93</td>
<td align="right">12</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010722568700000000">17,855,060</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Bulgaria</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jan-76</td>
<td align="right">11</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" data-sort-value="7008499127500000000">123,337.10</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Burkina Faso</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-90</td>
<td align="right">15</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009652502000000000">1,612,370</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Burundi</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-02</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008785150000000000">194,010</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Cambodia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-99</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008759420000000000">187,660</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Cameroon</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jul-06</td>
<td align="right">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009827060000000000">2,043,700</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Canada</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">May-81</td>
<td align="right">37</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7011130867710000000">32,338,120</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Cape Verde</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-05</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7006535000000000000">1,320</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Central African Republic</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Apr-06</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009376300000000000">930,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Chad</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-90</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7011124050680000000">30,653,590</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Chile</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-81</td>
<td align="right">13</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009361761000000000">893,930</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">China</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jul-92</td>
<td align="right">49</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" data-sort-value="7010411242356000000">10,162,019.90</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Colombia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-98</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" data-sort-value="7009708683910000000">1,751,196.10</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Comoros</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jun-95</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008160300000000000">39,600</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Congo</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-98</td>
<td align="right">13</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" data-sort-value="7011137587409100000">33,998,589.20</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Costa Rica</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Apr-92</td>
<td align="right">12</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009569742000000000">1,407,860</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Côte d'Ivoire</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jun-96</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009127344000000000">314,670</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Croatia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jun-91</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008943580000000000">233,160</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Cuba</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Aug-01</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010118841100000000">2,936,630</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Cyprus</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-01</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7007110700000000000">2,740</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Czech Republic</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jan-93</td>
<td align="right">14</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008602070000000000">148,770</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Democratic Republic of Congo</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">May-96</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010743562400000000">18,373,830</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Denmark</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jan-78</td>
<td align="right">43</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010231538600000000">5,721,440</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Djibouti</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Mar-03</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7007300000000000000">7,400</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Dominican Republic</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Sep-02</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" data-sort-value="7009135096630000000">333,831.00</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Ecuador</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jan-91</td>
<td align="right">18</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009286651000000000">708,330</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Egypt</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Sep-88</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009415532000000000">1,026,800</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">El Salvador</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">May-99</td>
<td align="right">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009207387000000000">512,460</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Equatorial Guinea</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-03</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009136000000000000">340,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Estonia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jul-94</td>
<td align="right">17</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009304778000000000">753,120</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Fiji</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Aug-06</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7006615000000000000">1,520</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Finland</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-75</td>
<td align="right">49</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009799518000000000">1,975,650</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">France</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-86</td>
<td align="right">44</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" data-sort-value="7010356738446000000">8,815,199.00</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Gabon</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Apr-87</td>
<td align="right">9</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010281846900000000">6,964,590</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Gambia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jan-97</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008312440000000000">77,210</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Georgia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jun-97</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008344800000000000">85,200</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Germany</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jun-76</td>
<td align="right">34</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009868226000000000">2,145,430</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Ghana</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jun-88</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" data-sort-value="7009176134480000000">435,237.80</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Greece</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-75</td>
<td align="right">10</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009163501000000000">404,020</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Grenada</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Sep-12</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7006518000000000000">1,280</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Guatemala</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-90</td>
<td align="right">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009628592000000000">1,553,280</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Guinea</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Mar-93</td>
<td align="right">16</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010642236100000000">15,870,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Guinea-Bissau</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">May-90</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" data-sort-value="7010118963318000000">2,939,647.60</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Honduras</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-93</td>
<td align="right">9</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009270224000000000">667,740</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Hungary</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Aug-79</td>
<td align="right">29</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009256948000000000">634,930</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Iceland</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Apr-78</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009128666000000000">317,940</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">India</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Feb-82</td>
<td align="right">26</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009689131000000000">1,702,880</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Indonesia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Aug-92</td>
<td align="right">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010137297600000000">3,392,700</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Iran (Islamic Republic of)</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-75</td>
<td align="right">24</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010148643800000000">3,673,070</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Iraq</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Feb-08</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009537900000000000">1,329,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Ireland</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Mar-85</td>
<td align="right">45</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008669940000000000">165,550</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Israel</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Mar-97</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" data-sort-value="7006366000000000000">900</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Italy</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Apr-77</td>
<td align="right">52</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008602230000000000">148,810</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Jamaica</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Feb-98</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008378470000000000">93,520</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Japan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-80</td>
<td align="right">50</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009148002000000000">365,720</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Jordan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">May-77</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7007737200000000000">18,220</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Kazakhstan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">May-07</td>
<td align="right">10</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010328139800000000">8,108,510</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Kenya</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-90</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009265449000000000">655,940</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Kiribati</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Aug-13</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7007103300000000000">2,550</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Kuwait</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Sep-15</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008509480000000000">125,900</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Kyrgyzstan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Mar-03</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009679408000000000">1,678,850</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Lao People's Democratic Republic</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-10</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008147600000000000">36,500</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Latvia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-95</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009150318000000000">371,440</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Lebanon</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Aug-99</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7007107500000000000">2,660</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Lesotho</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-04</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7006434000000000000">1,070</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Liberia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-03</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008958790000000000">236,920</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Libya</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Aug-00</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" data-sort-value="7005830000000000000">210</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Liechtenstein</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-91</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" data-sort-value="7006101000000000000">250</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Lithuania</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-93</td>
<td align="right">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008655810000000000">162,050</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Luxembourg</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Aug-98</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008172130000000000">42,530</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Madagascar</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jan-99</td>
<td align="right">10</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010134762850000000">3,330,063</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Malawi</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Mar-97</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009224800000000000">555,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Malaysia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Mar-95</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009134158000000000">331,510</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Mali</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Sep-87</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010420464000000000">10,389,900</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Malta</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jan-89</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" data-sort-value="7005160000000000000">40</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Marshall Islands</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-04</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008701190000000000">173,270</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Mauritania</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Feb-83</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010124060000000000">3,066,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Mauritius</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Sep-01</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right" data-sort-value="7006401000000000000">990</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Mexico</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-86</td>
<td align="right">142</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" data-sort-value="7010864357952000000">21,358,750.10</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Monaco</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-97</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" data-sort-value="7005230000000000000">57</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Mongolia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Apr-98</td>
<td align="right">11</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010143953000000000">3,557,200</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Montenegro</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jun-96</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008201500000000000">49,800</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Morocco</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-80</td>
<td align="right">24</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009272010000000000">672,200</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Mozambique</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-04</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010453487200000000">11,205,910</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Myanmar</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Mar-05</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" data-sort-value="7008582433800000000">143,922.50</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Namibia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-95</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009676564000000000">1,671,830</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Nepal</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Apr-88</td>
<td align="right">10</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008605610000000000">149,650</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Netherlands</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Sep-80</td>
<td align="right">54</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009903731200000000">2,233,168</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">New Zealand</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-76</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008555120000000000">137,170</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Nicaragua</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-97</td>
<td align="right">9</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009406852000000000">1,005,350</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Niger</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Aug-87</td>
<td align="right">12</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010431786900000000">10,669,690</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Nigeria</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Feb-01</td>
<td align="right">11</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010107672800000000">2,660,650</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Norway</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-75</td>
<td align="right">63</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009889504000000000">2,198,010</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Oman</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Aug-13</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" data-sort-value="7006106830000000000">264</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Pakistan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-76</td>
<td align="right">19</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010134362700000000">3,320,170</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Palau</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Feb-03</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7006500000000000000">1,200</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Panama</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-90</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009183992000000000">454,650</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Papua New Guinea</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jul-93</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009594924000000000">1,470,090</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Paraguay</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-95</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009785970000000000">1,942,200</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Peru</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Mar-92</td>
<td align="right">13</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010678404200000000">16,763,730</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Philippines</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-94</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009154409000000000">381,550</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Poland</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Mar-78</td>
<td align="right">13</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009145075000000000">358,490</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Portugal</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Mar-81</td>
<td align="right">31</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009132487000000000">327,380</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Republic of Korea</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jul-97</td>
<td align="right">21</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008186240000000000">46,020</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Republic of Moldova</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-00</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008947050000000000">234,020</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Romania</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Sep-91</td>
<td align="right">19</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010115644800000000">2,857,650</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Russian Federation</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Feb-77</td>
<td align="right">35</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7011103237670000000">25,510,580</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td data-sort-value="7011103237670000000" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><br /></td>
<td class="xl67" colspan="2" style="mso-ignore: colspan;">(ratified as Soviet
Union)</td>
<td><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Rwanda</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Apr-06</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" data-sort-value="5000000000000000000">0</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Saint Lucia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jun-02</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" data-sort-value="7005850000000000000">210</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Samoa</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Feb-05</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7006470000000000000">1,200</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Sao Tome and Principe</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-06</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" data-sort-value="7005230000000000000">57</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Senegal</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-77</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008999930000000000">247,090</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Serbia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Apr-92</td>
<td align="right">10</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008639190000000000">157,950</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td data-sort-value="7008639190000000000" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><br /></td>
<td class="xl67" colspan="3" style="mso-ignore: colspan;">(ratified as the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Seychelles</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Mar-05</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008440250000000000">108,790</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Sierra Leone</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Apr-00</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009295000000000000">730,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Slovakia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jan-93</td>
<td align="right">14</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008406970000000000">100,560</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Slovenia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jun-91</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7007820500000000000">20,270</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">South Africa</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-75</td>
<td align="right">22</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009555678000000000">1,373,110</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">South Sudan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-13</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010570000000000000">14,000,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Spain</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Sep-82</td>
<td align="right">74</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009303090000000000">749,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Sri Lanka</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Oct-90</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009198172000000000">489,690</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Sudan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">May-05</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010248960000000000">6,152,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Suriname</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-85</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008120000000000000">30,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Swaziland</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jun-13</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right" data-sort-value="5000000000000000000">0</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Sweden</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-75</td>
<td align="right">66</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009651683000000000">1,610,340</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Switzerland</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">May-76</td>
<td align="right">11</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008146880000000000">36,290</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Syrian Arab Republic</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jul-98</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008100000000000000">25,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Tajikistan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-01</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008946000000000000">234,000</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Thailand</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Sep-98</td>
<td align="right">14</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009399714000000000">987,710</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Sep-91</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008216160000000000">53,410</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Togo</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-95</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010121040000000000">2,991,000</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Trinidad and Tobago</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Apr-93</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008159190000000000">39,340</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Tunisia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Mar-81</td>
<td align="right">41</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009840363000000000">2,076,580</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Turkey</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-94</td>
<td align="right">14</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009184487000000000">455,880</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Turkmenistan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jul-09</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009267124000000000">660,080</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Uganda</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jul-88</td>
<td align="right">12</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009454303000000000">1,122,610</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Ukraine</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-91</td>
<td align="right">33</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009744651000000000">1,840,070</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">United Arab Emirates</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-07</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7008202780000000000">50,110</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">United Kingdom</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">May-76</td>
<td align="right">170</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010127892300000000">3,160,290</td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">United Republic of Tanzania</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Aug-00</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010486842400000000">12,030,140</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">United States of America</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-86</td>
<td align="right">38</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" data-sort-value="7010186076077000000">4,598,040.00</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Uruguay</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Sep-84</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009435837000000000">1,076,980</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Uzbekistan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Feb-02</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009558400000000000">1,380,000</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Nov-88</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009263636000000000">651,460</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Viet Nam</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Jan-89</td>
<td align="right">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7009117813000000000">291,120</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Yemen</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Feb-08</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7006580000000000000">1,400</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Zambia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">Dec-91</td>
<td align="right">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" data-sort-value="7010403050000000000">9,960,000</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Zimbabwe</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67">May-13</td>
<td align="right">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl66" data-sort-value="7009233794350000000">577,718.40</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895523623385565781.post-86858048413892628722017-01-27T13:48:00.000-08:002017-01-27T15:51:12.901-08:00North American River Otter - The BASICS! <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">North American River Otter</span></div>
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<b><i>(Lontra
canadensis)</i></b></div>
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vid or 2... </div>
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This is the ONLY freshwater otter in ALL of North America, </div>
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it is adapted to use brackish and marine habitats to!!!</div>
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North American River
Otters are highly adaptable to different types of habitats, but they are very
sensitive to pollution and changes in water quality. They are extremely
playful, and turn almost all regular activities into a game. They do
not tend to pair-bond (though sometimes they do), but males will help to
raise the pups if given the opportunity. Males tend to be more solitary
than females, but they don't do well alone for long periods of time and
will seek out the company of other otters.<br />
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This is the ONLY otter species in the world with a population status of "Stable".<br />
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Status: Least Concern and Stable<br />
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The North American River Otter has a very large range and can be found throughout most of the US (the map below isn't quite accurate, we'll be creating a more accurate map, it is not found in very arid regions). It's habitat overlaps with the sea otter along the west coast of the US.<br />
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There are TONS (if you could weigh content on the internet ;) ) of videos "out there" of North American River Otters! GO! ENJOY!!! (but in the mean time, here are a few from us!)<br />
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Let's just start with this...<br />
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If you want more in-depth reading a few research articles you could explore on these otters includes:<br />
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> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&ct=res&cd=3&ei=pL6LWP5QicTYBq2Yi6gM" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">Genetic variation among populations of river otters in North America: considerations for reintroduction projects,</a> TL Serfass, RP Brooks, JM Novak. Journal of Mamm., 1998 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">> <a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&ct=res&cd=1&ei=qb2LWK_MPInE2AatmIuoDA" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">Deciphering ecological barriers to North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) gene flow in the Louisiana landscape,</a> EK Latch, DG Scognamillo, JA Fike. Journal of Am Gen, 2008 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">> <a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&ct=res&cd=3&ei=qb2LWK_MPInE2AatmIuoDA" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">Ten new polymorphic microsatellite loci for North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) and their utility in related mustelids,</a> AS Beheler, JA Fike, G Dharmarajan. Molecular Ecology, 2005 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">> <a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&ct=res&cd=22&ei=Cr6LWPuRNsGq2Ab2kJHIBQ" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">Characterization of basal seminal traits and reproductive endocrine profiles in North American river otters and Asian small‐clawed otters,</a> HL Bateman, JB Bond, M Campbell, M Barrie. Zoo …, 2009</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">> <a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&ct=res&cd=23&ei=Cr6LWPuRNsGq2Ab2kJHIBQ" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">Perfluorooctanesulfonate and related fluorinated hydrocarbons in mink and river otters from the United States,</a> K Kannan, J Newsted, RS Halbrook. Environmental science & ACS Publ, 2002 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">> <a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&ct=res&cd=2&ei=4r6LWI-EM4KujAHyqLv4Bg" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">Prey selection by marine-coastal river otters (Lontra canadensis) in Newfoundland, Canada,</a> D Cote, HMJ Stewart, RS Gregory. Journal of Mamm, 2008</span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895523623385565781.post-86187156297082477302017-01-26T15:36:00.000-08:002017-01-27T03:22:27.606-08:00Neotropical Otter - Basics<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Neotropical Otter</span></span></div>
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<b><i>(Lontra
longicaudis)</i></b></div>
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otter species, focusing on recent information about each species and a
vid or 2...</div>
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Neotropical Otters latin name (<i>Lontra longicaudis</i>) means Otter with looong tail! </div>
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I hope that you enjoy exploring them! </div>
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Unlike most otter
species, Neotropical Otters are relatively solitary and are very elusive even in pristine habitats. Male and female
Neotropical Otters meet one day a year for breeding, and then go their
separate ways. Neotropical Otters prefer clear, fast-flowing water.
Habitat destruction and water pollution are major threats to this
species.<br />
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Status: Near Threatened and Decreasing<br />
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Neotropical Otters are found through most of Mexico all the way south to Argentina (except in arid regions). It's habitat range approaches the North American River Otter to the north and the South American River Otter to the south.<br />
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This species occurs in it's range from sea level to 4,000 meters (over 13,000 feet altitude).<br />
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This species is very shy and elusive,s o getting good videos isn't easy!<br />
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A couple of Neotropical Otters together (wild)<br />
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Neotropical Otter videos, swimming and grooming (in captivity)<br />
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If you want more in-depth reading a few research articles you could explore on these otters includes:<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&oi=ggp&ct=res&cd=5&ei=KSmLWKbvBYKujAHyqLv4Bg" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">> Trophic ecology and the use of shelters and latrines by the Neotropical otter (Lontra longicaudis) in the Taquari Valley, Southern Brazil,</a> CB Kasper, VAG Bastazini, J Salvi. Iheringia. Série, 2008</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="gs_ctc"><span class="gs_ct1"></span></span> <a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&oi=ggp&ct=res&cd=7&ei=KSmLWKbvBYKujAHyqLv4Bg" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">> Ecological aspects of neotropical otter (Lontra longicaudis) in Peri lagoon, south Brazil</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">O Carvalho-Junior, AB Birolo. IUCN Otter Spec., 2010</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&oi=ggp&ct=res&cd=10&ei=eSmLWIeGOIiYjAHn1a74AQ" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">> Seasonal and spatial differences in feeding habits of the Neotropical otter Lontra longicaudis (Carnivora: Mustelidae) in a coastal catchment of southeastern.</a> ML Rheingantz, HF Waldemarin, L Rodrigues. Zoologia , 2011</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&ct=res&cd=17&ei=eSmLWIeGOIiYjAHn1a74AQ" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">> Defining Neotropical otter Lontra longicaudis distribution, conservation priorities and ecological frontiers, </a>ML Rheingantz, JFS de Menezes. Tropical Conservation, 2014</span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895523623385565781.post-12847885455470846172017-01-26T12:06:00.000-08:002017-01-27T02:44:12.193-08:00South American River Otter - Basics!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">South American /Southern River Otter </span></div>
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<b><i>(Lontra
provocax)</i></b></div>
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The posts this week are brief overviews of EACH of the
otter species, focusing on recent information about each species and a
vid or 2... </div>
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This
otter shares large parts of it's the marine otter's marine habitat. </div>
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Southern River Otters tend
to have a very short life span. Few live to maturity, and only 1% live
to 10 years of age. They are generally solitary, coming together mainly
to mate. The female raises the pups alone, and there are no social
groups beyond this. They have territories like other otters, but the
size of these territories is unknown and it appears that they are not
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South American River otters live in fresh and salt water habitats along the lower (primarily western) coast of South America, in red in the map on the left.<br />
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The habitat range of the Marine Otter overlaps in Chile with the other
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the inter-specific dynamics of two co-existing predators in the Tierra
del Fuego Archipelago: the native southern river otter and the exotic
American.</a> AEJ Valenzuela, AR Rey, L Fasola, A Schiavini - Biological invasions, 2013</span></span><br />
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of the Patagonian otter Lontra provocax: adaptive divergence to marine
habitat or signature of southern glacial refugia?</a> JA Vianna, G Medina-Vogel, BMC, 2011</span></span><br />
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This otter is second only to the sea otter in it's use of marine environments, only occasionally traveling up freshwater rivers in search of food. </div>
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Marine
Otters seem to be the only otter other than the sea otter that do not
require access to fresh water to wash themselves. Though Marine Otters
tend to be solitary, they are generally friendly (but not highly
sociable) with other otters. They do sometimes hunt cooperatively,
groups of two or three otters working together to catch larger fish.
Also, Marine Otters have hairy noses! (Also known as the Sea Cat)<br />
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Marine Otters (distribution shown in yellow on the map to the left) live along the west coast of South America, from Peru to Chile, with a few noted "around the corner" in Argentina.<br />
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They tend to live in diversity rich areas along rocky shores with caves.<br />
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The habitat range of the Marine Otter overlaps in Chile with the other "most southerly" Lontra-otter, the South American River otter.<br />
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Videos of these agile little otters in the water are amazing to watch!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">> Non-invasive genetic analysis reveals high levels of mtDNA variability in the endangered South-American marine otter (<span class="EmphasisTypeItalic ">Lontra felina</span>)<span class="authors__name" itemprop="name">, Juan Valqui</span><span class="author-information"><span class="authors__contact"><a class="gtm-email-author" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" itemprop="email"> (Email)</a></span></span><span class="authors__name" itemprop="name">, Günther B. Hartl, Frank E. Zachos, 2010</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&ct=res&cd=10&ei=gReLWNugIMGq2Ab2kJHIBQ" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">> The late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: a genetic assessment,</a>WE Johnson, E Eizirik, J Pecon-Slattery, 2006 </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Giant Otter</span></div>
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<b><i>(Pteronura
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The Giant Otter is the largest (lengthwise) and oldest (evolutionarily) otter living today.</div>
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From nose to tail,
Giant Otters can be up to 6ft long! Their tails are flattened and
flanged, and very strong. Their ears are comparably small, and their
eyes very large. Giant Otters are at the top of their food
chain. They eat fish, small caiman (basically alligators), crustaceans, snakes, and birds.
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The Giant otter range (the area in which the Giant Otter lives) is the central area of South America, especially around the Amazon River Basin and the Pantanal Region. <br />
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Giant Otter pups at the Los Angeles Zoo<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">RSA Pickles, JJ Groombridge, VDZ Rojas… - … Genetics, 2012 - Springer</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&oi=ggp&ct=res&cd=1&ei=mg6LWNDvC4KrjAHO7rPICA" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">> Conservation genetics of the giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis (Zimmerman, 1780))(Carnivora, Mustelidae),</a></span>DM Garcia, M Marmontel, FW Rosas… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2007 - SciELO Brasil</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sea Otter</span></div>
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<b><i>(Enhydra lutris)</i></b></div>
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Otters spend their entire lives in the ocean, only leaving the water in
the case of extremely bad storms. They are also one of the known
tool-using mammals, using rocks to break shells open so they can consume
the shellfish inside. It is important that they are able to do this
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The Sea Otter range traditionally rimmed the outlying land/islands of the northern Pacific Ocean from Baja Mexico around Japan; currently they are restricted to the sporadic range shown in tan below. <br />
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Sea Otters at Seattle Aquarium, eating, playing, cleaning, and watching the tourists!<br />
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Live WILD Sea Otter mom giving birth near Monterey Bay Aquarium<br />
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If you want more in-depth reading a few research articles you could explore on these otters includes:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">CK Johnson, MT Tinker, JA Estes… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&ct=res&cd=38&ei=tgSLWJHNPMPLjAHf66OIDA" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">Southern sea otter as a sentinel of marine ecosystem health,</a></span>DA Jessup, M Miller, J Ames, M Harris, C Kreuder… - EcoHealth, 2004 - Springer</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&ct=res&cd=11&ei=FAWLWJiFEMOR2AaZ66WQDw" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">> Gene transcription in sea otters (Enhydra lutris); development of a diagnostic tool for sea otter and ecosystem health, </a></span>L Bowen, AK Miles, M Murray… - Molecular ecology …, 2012</span></span><br />
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they are the considered the "typical" otter</div>
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consider this just a brief intro, a sneak peek, at the only otter species </div>
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Eurasian
Otters are found across most of Europe and Asia AND in parts of northern Africa. They are always found near
water, fresh or salt, as long as there are freshwater pools nearby for
drinking and bathing. They tend to live alone except when mating, when
the male and female may stay close together for ~ a week, or for
females when raising a litter. Though they are excellent swimmers,
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Status: Near Threatened and Decreasing<br />
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For our Eurasian Otter videos, we have a treat, one of <a class="_2wma" href="https://www.facebook.com/Quest%CB%A3-1693193297565335/?ref=page_internal">Questˣ</a>'s friends, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/132702349@N07/" target="_blank">Andy Coventry</a>, takes some of the most wonderful videos (and photos) of Eurasian otters! <br />
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Here is a <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/132702349@N07/32413886121" target="_blank">link to a video</a> he shared with us recently of 2 Eurasian otters swimming in the River Don, Scotland.<br />
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Video about the Eurasian Otter Conservation Program, on otter conservation in Israel<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&ct=res&cd=7&ei=5JOKWKTYI8OR2AaZ66WQDw" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">> An evaluation of field and noninvasive genetic methods for estimating Eurasian otter population size, </a></span>P Hájková, B Zemanová, K Roche, B Hájek - Conservation Genetics, 2009</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&ct=res&cd=0&ei=5JOKWKTYI8OR2AaZ66WQDw" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">> Competition between Eurasian otter Lutra lutra and American mink Mustela vison probed by niche shift., </a></span>L Bonesi, P Chanin, DW Macdonald - Oikos, 2004</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&ct=res&cd=5&ei=5JOKWKTYI8OR2AaZ66WQDw" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">> Chemical contaminants in fish species from rivers in the North of Luxembourg: Potential impact on the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), </a></span>A Boscher, S Gobert, C Guignard, J Ziebel, L L'Hoste… - Chemosphere, 2010</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">> <a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&oi=ggp&ct=res&cd=10&ei=B5uKWPCvEorg2AazrZEw" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">The reintroduction of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) into the Netherlands: hidden life revealed by noninvasive genetic monitoring,</a></span>HP Koelewijn, M Pérez-Haro, HAH Jansman… - Conservation …, 2010</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">L Remonti, A Balestrieri… - Canadian Journal of …, 2009</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Asian Small-Clawed Otter</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>(Aonyx
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This is the 3rd of the 3 otter species that are found *only* in Asia, !<br />
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most social. They mate for life, and live in family groups of between
four and twelve, and sometimes up to twenty, otters. The group hunts,
plays, and sleeps together. These otters will travel a long distance out
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Asian Small-Clawed Otters are very social and gregarious, watch and see for yourself! </div>
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Asian Small-Clawed Otters (India) caught on camera by Wild Otters...</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a data-clk="hl=en&sa=T&ct=res&cd=6&ei=UYKKWL7GBYKrjAHO7rPICA" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">Conservation of the Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus) in human-modified landscapes, Western Ghats, India, </a></span>N Prakash, D Mudappa, TRS Raman… - Tropical Conservation …, 2012 </span></span></div>
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