Pacific-slope Flycatcher, and perhaps a Western warbler or two to my life list, the gnatcatcher was my primary target. ❋ Unknown (2008)
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. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The most abundant breeding birds include the cardinal, tufted titmouse, wood thrush, summer tanager, red-eyed vireo, blue-gray gnatcatcher, and Carolina wren. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Researchers found that areas where the gnatcatcher lived did not necessarily support populations of three insect species that share habitat with the bird. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Therefore, using the gnatcatcher as an umbrella species did not offer enough protection for all three of those insect species. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Birds of concern include the brown pelican, lesser tern, osprey, black rail, clapper rail, California gnatcatcher and savannah sparrow. ❋ Unknown (2009)
A commonly cited example of this controversy is the conservation effort based on the California gnatcatcher (a songbird). ❋ Unknown (2009)
The California gnatcatcher is currently being used as an umbrella species to protect the endemic flora and fauna of this region from urban development. ❋ Unknown (2007)
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. ❋ Unknown (2007)
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. ❋ Unknown (2007)
[Illustration: A male plumbous gnatcatcher feeding young] _Meagre Nests. ❋ Thomas Gilbert Pearson (N/A)
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 ❋ Emil K. Urban (N/A)
The only nest like the hummingbird's, and comparable to it in neatness and symmetry, is that of the blue-gray gnatcatcher. ❋ John Burroughs (1879)
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. ❋ Bradford Torrey (1877)
"For example, the south switchback trail runs through environmentally sensitive habitat area where the endangered gnatcatcher may try to nest next month." ❋ BY VIK JOLLY (2010)
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. ❋ Unknown (2010)
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, ❋ Priscilla Lister SPECIAL TO THE UNION-TRIBUNE (2010)
