Pacific-slope Flycatcher, and perhaps a Western warbler or two to my life list, the gnatcatcher was my primary target. From Wordnik.com. [10,000 Birds] Reference
A commonly cited example of this controversy is the conservation effort based on the California gnatcatcher (a songbird). From Wordnik.com. [Umbrella species] Reference
Therefore, using the gnatcatcher as an umbrella species did not offer enough protection for all three of those insect species. From Wordnik.com. [Umbrella species] Reference
Birds of concern include the brown pelican, lesser tern, osprey, black rail, clapper rail, California gnatcatcher and savannah sparrow. From Wordnik.com. [Southern California Coast (Bailey)] Reference
The California gnatcatcher is currently being used as an umbrella species to protect the endemic flora and fauna of this region from urban development. From Wordnik.com. [California coastal sage and chaparral] Reference
Researchers found that areas where the gnatcatcher lived did not necessarily support populations of three insect species that share habitat with the bird. From Wordnik.com. [Umbrella species] Reference
Sure, some birds have names that describe their activities, such as flycatcher, or gnatcatcher, or their general appearance, such as bluebird, or the place they tend to loiter, such as cowbird. From Wordnik.com. [Birding season: No grousing or sniping] Reference
Miller (1955a: 171) remarked that "this gnatcatcher was apparently established on summer territories in the oaks and walnuts of the wash of Boquillas Canyon at the foot of the mountains" of the Sierra del. From Wordnik.com. [Birds from Coahuila, Mexico] Reference
Owing to 1990s protections for the gnatcatcher, a threatened bird species native to Southern California, and many other kinds of development restrictions, other large areas have been set aside to protect what are ostensibly places to experience the inspiration of wild nature -- all this amid 20 million people. From Wordnik.com. [Man vs. Wild] Reference
Existing laws offer only minimal protection; these include the Natural Communities Conservation Planning Program (NCCP) of 1991 that restricts destruction of some coastal sage scrub, and the Endangered Species Act listing of the California gnatcatcher, which created restrictions on destruction of habitat for extant birds. From Wordnik.com. [California coastal sage and chaparral] Reference
And right above me on the porch, a gnatcatcher lands and sings. From Wordnik.com. [Via Negativa] Reference
A real nice surprise, that morning, though, was a blue-gray gnatcatcher. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
Somewhere among its rocky cliffs, lissome willows, and dry brush would be my gnatcatcher, or at least I hoped. From Wordnik.com. [10,000 Birds] Reference
I had regarded all my indoor invertebrate sightings as a sign, so felt vindicated when the gnatcatcher flew in. From Wordnik.com. [Via Negativa] Reference
The only nest like the hummingbird's, and comparable to it in neatness and symmetry, is that of the blue-gray gnatcatcher. From Wordnik.com. [In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs] Reference
It's useful for "big studies like that as well as just to monitor individual bird populations, like the California gnatcatcher," he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories] Reference
Blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) - the gray colour, long tail and pattern of white on the outer retrices suggest a gnatcatcher. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
The judge's order will require estimates of how forest projects may harm endangered or threatened such as the California condor and the gnatcatcher. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
"For example, the south switchback trail runs through environmentally sensitive habitat area where the endangered gnatcatcher may try to nest next month.". From Wordnik.com. [The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories] Reference
Here, every day, were to be heard the glorious song of the cardinal grosbeak, the insect-like effort of the blue-gray gnatcatcher, and the rigmarole of the yellow-breasted chat. From Wordnik.com. [Birds in the Bush] Reference
The area is home to several endangered or threatened species including the least Bell's vireo, southwestern willow flycatcher, California gnatcatcher and Stephens 'kangaroo rat. From Wordnik.com. [San Diego's Official Navy Newspaper - Navy Compass] Reference
Manchester Preserve supports coastal sage scrub, southern maritime chaparral and willow woodland, and is home to the endangered species of the coastal California gnatcatcher bird. From Wordnik.com. [Fore, right!] Reference
At certain times each year, for example, the Marines are able to use only a fraction of the beachfront at Camp Pendleton, Calif., to practice amphibious landings out of concern for nesting shorebirds like the coastal California gnatcatcher. From Wordnik.com. [International Herald Tribune - World News, Analysis, and Global Opinions] Reference
Among the bird species found here are the sanguaro-inhabiting cactus wren (Calypte costae), black-tailed gnatcatcher (Polioptila melanura), phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens), Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygualis), and Costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae). From Wordnik.com. [Sonoran desert] Reference
These diverse natural communities support a diversity of animals, including rare and threatened species, such as the California gnatcatcher and cactus wren -- two endangered birds -- sociable acorn woodpeckers, coast horned lizards, Western spade-foot toads and even American badgers, and over a dozen species of bats. From Wordnik.com. [Business Wire Travel News] Reference
Of course, Babbitt neglected to mention that under his watch the grizzly bear, marbled murrelet, coho salmon, California gnatcatcher, and northern spotted owl have continued to slide ever closer toward extinction-mainly because he chose to cut deals with developers rather than enforce the law for the benefit of rare species. From Wordnik.com. [CounterPunch] Reference
IT IS ONE OF THE SUBLIMEST THRILLS nature offers, to see a shape flitting through the branches ( "" a very tiny, slender mite, smaller even than a Chicadee, blue-gray above and whitish below ... ''), hear a call ( "" a thin peevish zpee '') and, paging frantically through the more than 700 species and subspecies listed in "" A Field Guide to the Birds, '' finding that this description precisely matches that of the blue-gray gnatcatcher. From Wordnik.com. [The Original Field Guide] Reference
= Blue-gray gnatcatcher. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Rockies] Reference
Blue-gray gnatcatcher, 152. From Wordnik.com. [Birds in the Bush] Reference
Blue-gray gnatcatcher. From Wordnik.com. [Berks county news] Reference
A large number of specialist and endemic species of plants and animals are found here, including the Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino), Hermes copper butterfly (Lycaena hermes), San Diego thorn mint (Acanthomintha ilicifolia), San Diego ambrosia (Ambrosia pumila), San Diego barrel cactus (Ferocactus viridescens), San Diego pocket mouse (Perognathus fallax), Merriam kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami), Stephens kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi), red-diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber), San Diego banded gecko (Coleonyx variegatus abbotti), San Diego horned lizard (Phrynosoma coronatum blainvillei), California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica), and the coastal populations of the cactus wren (Campylorhyncus brunneicapillus). From Wordnik.com. [California coastal sage and chaparral] Reference
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