Birding: Annual bird counts include interesting lingerers and other top stories.

• Birding: Annual bird counts include interesting lingerers

  

  The 117th Christmas Bird Count is now over. As usual in January, I will discuss the highlights of some of the Maine counts. These standardized censuses provide an important tool to monitor the abundance of winter birds throughout North America and beyond. I’ll concentrate on changes in regularly wintering birds, the arrival of unpredictable invaders and records of lingering birds whose wintering areas are well to our south. A rarity or two may pop up as well. We’ll start with the southern Main..

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• NOAA: 2016 was hottest year in modern history

  

  The Florida Climate Center and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have released their climate reports this week for the year 2016."This is a very clear record that we're seeing". Globally, the average temperature over land and ocean surfaces for 2016 was the highest since record keeping began in 1880. According to the NASA data, temperatures in the Arctic averaged as much as 4 degrees Celsius higher than normal, by far the biggest change recorded across the globe."The temperatur..

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• Cassini spies shy moon nestled among Saturn's rings

  

  January 21, 2017 —Mini-moon Daphnis is literally making waves, and NASA caught it on camera.NASA probe Cassini snapped its crispest images yet of the five-mile wide moon Daphnis, as it performed another “ring grazing” pass of Saturn’s outer rings on Monday. The pictures provide a close-up look at some previously indirectly observed ring features as the spacecraft approaches the final phase of its two-decade mission.Daphnis, named for a poet-shepherd in Greek mythology, inhabits the Keeler Gap. ..

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• SpaceX Launches First Rocket Since Explosion in Florida - Sci

  

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• Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE:CSC) Broker Price Targets For The Coming Week

  

  Recently analysts working for various investment brokerages have changed their ratings and price targets on shares of Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE:CSC). According to the the latest analyst ratings which have been released, 2 brokers have issued a rating of “buy”, 3 brokers “outperform”, 9 brokers “hold”, 0 brokers “underperform” and 0 brokers “sell”. Recent broker ratings and price targets: 10/17/2016 – Computer Sciences Corporation had its “outperform” rating reiterated..

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• Mars Missions Could Accelerate Under Trump Administration

  

  Donald Trump has already expressed his interest in Mars mission. In one of his meetings with Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and also the founder of Space X, Trump apparently discussed possible Mars exploration partnerships.  Trump reportedly discussed public-private partnerships with the Tesla CEO at the alleged meeting, fueling speculation that the two may partner on a future Mars mission. This news comes courtesy the Washington Post which cites reliable sources. "He met at least once with Trump ..

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