10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

As 2013 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 , 2011 , and 2012 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. The end of the year is nigh and birders the world over are looking over their checklists and reminiscing about their amazing sightings and devastating dips.

2013 180

2013 Costa Rica Birds India 180

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

All the inhabited continents except Africa have experienced bird extinctions; however the 2012 update of the IUCN Red List shows a startling, but not altogether unexpected, trend in that more and more of our bird species are facing extinction. Rueppell’s Vulture scanning for a carcass at Ndutu, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

Endangered Species 238

Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 238

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. Jackson, 2012. history; they killed a young boy just to prove they could commit the perfect crime and were the models for the murderers in Hitchcock’s film Rope. The warbler is on the road to being delisted from the Endangered Species List. photo by Lynn C.

Michigan 258

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 258

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JANUARY 22, 2015

In a news report from 2009, the DNA quoted a senior Forest Department official who feared that the poachers must have killed around 20 tigers in the region in just five months. Earlier, a large number of villagers were being killed by tigers: 11 in 2006, 13 in 2007 and more than 26 during 2008.

Tigers 259

Tigers India Killing 2006 259