2017 Breeding Protection 
10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2021
The adventure of the second European Breeding Bird Atlas, or EBBA2, was the topic of one of my first posts here at 10,000 Birds: In a warm Catalonian March, Barcelona is filled with sunlight and full of Rose-ringed and Monk Parakeets. In a very short time, we get two responses, two birds calling from opposite directions.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 12, 2019
The striking Golden-cheeked Warbler nests only in the hills of central Texas near Austin but a substantial part of those breeding grounds have leveled in favor of development. Although it breeds in areas as small as 25 acres, Golden-cheeked Warblers are much more successful in larger un-fragmented patches. 1:17-cv-00538-SS (W.D.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 27, 2017
eBird says that, at the time of writing (April 2017), there are some ten hotspots that have crossed the 100 bird species mark. At the southeast part of the lake is a breeding colony of Black-crowned Night , Purple and Squacco Herons. Status: Proposed for protection , but threatened by plans for a large scale development.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2017
That is hardly a surprise: this area holds 3 to 4 breeding pairs of White-tailed Eagles, which represents the biggest density per square mile anywhere in the country! And there is only one certain way to protect the lower parts of the city from floods: let the river spread and flood some other area, before it reaches the city.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 12, 2019
Perhaps you like them enough to have supported legislation protecting wetlands in the United States and Canada. In the case of birds that breed in the Arctic, they may only spend a fourth of the year up north. You may even have donated to organizations supporting wetland preservation there. appeared first on 10,000 Birds.
10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2018
Following passage of the United States Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) was among the first 75 species listed for protection, the so-called “Class of 1967”. Part of its obscurity is due to the fiercely protective relationship Cologne has with its beer.
10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2024
A section in the Appendix, “Rare Shorebird Vagrants,” lists 16 additional species that do not show up annually in North America but who have more than ten records; the list notes where the species breed and where their vagrant paths have taken them within North American borders.
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