#gulfcoast — Public Fediverse posts

New from Justin Doud: Water is one of many issues at the forefront of Texas politics this election cycle, no place more so than in Corpus Christi. Both candidates for this key House race have made it a central point in their campaigns. https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-water-election-texas-house-district-34/

#midterms #water #drought #CorpusChristi #environment #news #GulfCoast

🐦 NEW: Myrtle #warblers banded in #Alaska carried Tic Tac-sized geolocator backpacks that logged light and air pressure for a year.

The #data from recaptured #birds showed an eastward loop across Canadian boreal #forest to the #GulfCoast, a nearly 11,000 km (6,800 mi) round-trip likely tracing an ancient post-glacial expansion.

👉 https://theconversation.com/tiny-backpacks-reveal-the-secret-sometimes-circuitous-migrations-of-small-songbirds-284016

#migration #geolocation #ornithology #science #conservation #tracking #nature #biology #animals #birdwatching #birding #wildlife