Monthly Archives: March 2009

Satellite Crane Aino returning back from Africa

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Seppo

Crane vs. craneFinnish satellite crane Aino is returning back from Africa. Aino is now at Lac du Der Ne-France that is a very important assembly area of Eurasian cranes. Aino crane has made a round trip, her autumn migration route went through eastern Europe via Hungary and Serbia. Let’s just hope that her breeding mire has remained [...]

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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 20th Anniversary Cartoon

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Seppo

Exxon Valdez oil spill - Cleaning up their adTwenty years ago March 24, 1989, the single-hulled tanker Exxon Valdez hit Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef in Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil into the sea. The spill contaminated about 1900 kilometers of the shoreline and killed hundreds of thousands of birds and mammals and harmed the fisheries of the area.
I made [...]

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Birdies without Borders

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Seppo

Migratory birds and the important bird areasBirdlife International has launched today a campaign for migratory birds. All around the world many migratory birds are in decline because of habitat loss at their wintering areas and places they stop to rest and refuel.  Born to Travel campaign aims to increase public support for conservation of birds and their migratory routes.
Born to Travel [...]

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First sign of Spring

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Seppo

Extreme GardeningIt just starts almost unnoticed. A couple of harmless looking plastic boxes filled with soil have appeared at the corner table of my study. There is a spot lamp too, and if you look very carefully, you see some tiny tomato seedlings exploring their new habitat.
But it won’t be long before the study is filled [...]

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