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And we did , for the Peregrine Falcon and Osprey , the Brown Pelican and BaldEagle. And oh crap, you guys, we really have to do something about the CaliforniaCondor situation right now, but what? We could do it! Then the 80s happened. And no one had seen the Eskimo Curlew around in a while. Or Bachman’s Warbler.
The class also includes some of the most iconic endangered birds, including the CaliforniaCondor, Whooping Crane, and Puerto Rican Parrot. Most are still endangered, but some are not, including one of the great conservation success stories, the BaldEagle. CaliforniaCondor – Gymnogyps californianus.
There are several species, such as CaliforniaCondor, for which new material had to be written (CaliforniaCondor is called “nearly extinct” in the older title and not included). BaldEagle, for example, is still said to be “formerly more widespread” though the range map shows expansion.
For example, in California, populations of birds like Aleutian Cackling Goose have dramatically increased…but where did our Fulvous Whistling-Ducks go? We have more CaliforniaCondors , BaldEagles , and Peregrine Falcons , but there seem to be less Spotted Owls , Burrowing Owls , Sooty Shearwaters.
For example, not much can beat the experience of seeing a BaldEagle scare up thousands of Snow Geese at Sacramento NWR. Another is CaliforniaCondor in the Grand Canyon.). And that’s a recommendation from someone who has been to just one birding festival and tends to bird alone.).
The Mourning Dove ( Zenaida macroura) is among the most abundant and widespread terrestrial birds endemic to North and Middle America. Their habitats vary widely in both rural and urban landscapes; open habitats are preferred and the species generally shuns only extensively forested areas and wetlands 1.
The new edition adds 11 species, birds such as Zone-tailed Hawk, Short-tailed Hawk, and CaliforniaCondor that are only seen in specific areas of North America. The original Hawks in Flight treated 23 raptors, the major hawks that migrate through North America. Over two pages of text discuss “Sharp-Shinned Versus Cooper’s.”
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