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JULY 25, 2013

Fish and Wildlife Service, which granted permits to rescuers who moved Peregrine chicks away from bridges, more precarious spots than cliffs or buildings for young just learning to fly. Officials explain that the falcons sometimes prey on California Least Terns and Western Snowy Plovers , birds with dwindling numbers.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2024

Award-winning free-lance science journalist Nicola Jones , most noted for her work on climate change and environmental issues, ventured into the book world with a picture book on the wildlife rehabilitation efforts for one of North America’s most endangered bird species, the Northern Spotted Owl.

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JUNE 11, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently proposed reintroducing California Condors in the Pacific Northwest. Although sometimes thought of a bird of the Southwest, the condor’s historical range reaches as far north as British Columbia. appeared first on 10,000 Birds. The longer answer requires some background.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

He has visited more than 40 National Wildlife Refuges in 20 states and frequently visits NWRs in his travels, most recently Buenos Aires NWR in southern Arizona. This is Jason’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds: Birders were rightly alarmed by the armed occupation of the Malheur NWR in Oregon. The combination is potent.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the “Rufa” population of Red Knot ( Calidris canutus rufa ) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Birds in Delaware Bay. Photo: Gregory Breese-USFWS. From North Carolina south to Texas, just under half of beaches are developed.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Image above by AP Photo/Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.). The pair was part of a project aimed at restoring the birds to Louisiana. Please get our endangered species out of your sights, and shoot something else. Seriously, hunters. (Or, News Whooping Cranes'

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered ” under the Endangered Species Act. A conflict between development and an endangered bird almost inevitably leads to litigation, as it has for the Sage Grouse and Northern Spotted Owl. United States Fish & Wildlife Serv.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2018

The Northern Spotted Owl is a “ threatened ” species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and it was famously the subject of extensive and protracted litigation in the late 1980s and early 1990s, mostly relating to forestry management plans in the Pacific Northwest. Fish & Wildlife Serv., LEXIS 93734 (D.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

These species have seen the infamous Brink of Extinction, seemingly gone over the edge, and have scrambled back to solid ground in the nick of time…with a little extra help. birds that we are lucky to have with us today, species that seem to have beat the odds and have been migrating on the long and bumpy road to recovery.

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Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 253

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2021

Guyana is an Amerindian word meaning “land of many waters” but it could just as easily mean “land of many birds”. That’s because this fascinating part-Caribbean, part-south American country holds well over 800 species of avifauna making it without doubt one of my top three countries in all of the continent to visit. Wilderness.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2015

This year was my third year helping to lead trips at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. Like my two previous visits I spent one day that I didn’t have to lead any field trips doing a run through central Florida looking for some of the specialty species of the region.

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Cattle Bald Eagle Florida Endangered Species 251

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JULY 3, 2014

I was happy to read that the wood stork ( Mycteria Americana ), a bird near and dear to me, was down-sited from the status of endangered to threatened species. Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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MAY 25, 2011

Seeing one of the world’s rarest birds is not something you’d usually think an easy task. Species with a world population in the hundreds tend to be endangered or critically endangered and confined to remote and difficult to reach locations.

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Puffins 2004 Endangered Species Sanctuary 232

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As a result, the bird has a long history with the Endangered Species Act. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that the coastal subspecies was actually a subspecies. The post Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

There was a lot of hunting for Bald Eagles—it is traditionally a game species. Yes, they have been an endangered species for as long as most of us can recall, but remember, they were traditionally a hunted species. So there will be an ample supply of young birds coming up for harvest. young per year.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Before the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), there was the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966. endangered species was issued on March 11, 1967, under the earlier law, and those listings were ultimately grandfathered into the ESA. The first list of U.S. The links are to the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2022

I recently wrote about the ABA , particularly the lack of communication regarding the search for a new president, its financial condition, and its role in the birding community. In my view, the ABA is at a crossroads and must reassess its role in the birding community. The target audience should be new birders and the birding curious.

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Advocacy Portland Wildlife Science 264

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Fernandina’s Flicker, a tongue-twisting alliterative name for one of the most endangered woodpeckers in the world! Cuban Trogon, the national bird who wears the colors of the Cuban flag! There is an island of fascinating birds out there, and I want to see them all. ” birding destination.* Forty-eight species.

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Cuba Birds 2000 United States 244

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2016

Crotty is a birder and lawyer living in Portland, Oregon who love to share thought-provoking pieces with 10,000 Birds readers. To learn more about one’s favorite National Wildlife Refuge, the first steps are to visit the refuge and its website (and its Friends group website, if any). According to the U.S.

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Wildlife Oregon Endangered Species Portland 113

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MARCH 11, 2024

Given that according to the HBW, the species prefers dense primary and secondary montane forests, the note that the bird also forages among kitchen waste (in the same HBW entry) seems somewhat incongruous. Fish & Wildlife Service has a web page for this species – but it contains absolutely no information.

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MAY 20, 2023

But does ChatGPT have even a rudimentary understanding of a niche topic like birding? I asked it a few questions about birding locations and the (unedited) results are below, along with some brief analysis. Please note that the availability of specific bird species may vary depending on the season.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2017

It is not always obvious which side of a bird-related conservation lawsuit is the right side. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in the 1980s to be part of a captive breeding program. Audubon thought there should be some wild condors to serve as “guide birds” for condors that would eventually be released from the captive breeding program.

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California Condor California District of Columbia Utah 157

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

The Ferruginous Hawk ( Buteo regalis ) is truly a regal bird. Ferruginous Hawks were petitioned for listing under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1991 but rejected; currently they are listed as a Category 2 Species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and as a Sensitive Species by the Bureau of Land Management 1.

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JUNE 18, 2015

This bat is rare and range-restricted in South Florida, which are some of the reasons it was recently listed as an endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Photo: Kathleen Smith, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Overall, these threats pose significant risk to the survival of the species.

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Bats Florida Endangered Species Cuba 189

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Assuming you have a passing interest in wildlife, or at the least you know someone that does, and chances are in the last week or so you’ve become aware that some lady from America shot a lion. The views expressed here are not necessarily those of the rest of 10,000 Birds. Qualifying statements to follow).

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

” Note how well camouflaged this bird is atop a snag in its natural habitat of burned coniferous forest. Black-backed Woodpeckers are non-migratory, although there have been documented intermittent irruptions of the species outside their normal range. Range map courtesy of South Dakota Birds and Birding.

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Woodpeckers California South Dakota Chad 225

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JUNE 12, 2018

Many of these islands are part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge and one of the most important areas is Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Invasive species , particularly rodents, have long been a problem on the Hawaiian archipelago. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) wants to eradicate all of the mice on Midway.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Virgin Islands not part of the American Birding Association’s ABA Area ? This makes sense: why should political subdivisions within a nation apply to a national birding organization? because it is birding in the United States. and Midway Atoll means statehood cannot be a prerequisite. Perhaps Puerto Rico and the U.S

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Mountain Plover and many other grassland birds have populations in steep decline. Private property holders with prairie/agricultural land can potentially make a big difference in maintaining and recovering populations of many of these charismatic species. Rich in life, rich in birds, yes…but a birder billionaire I am not.

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United States Endangered Species North America Protection 210

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2017

When I was just a wee’ lad, in my formative birding years, I was introduced to the plight of the Western Snowy Plover. A bird, which thru the years took on a mystical component. There is little doubt about the serious nature of the threat to this bird.

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Oregon Defenders Of Wildlife Endangered Species Mexico 140

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species. One may say so.

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Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 242

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Take birds. With climate change appearing to expand the skeeters’ range, according to recent research in Science Advances , the birds have fewer safe places to hide. Fish & Wildlife Service). Fish & Wildlife Service). 24-25), you’ll definitely want to hit up the island’s first-ever birding festival.

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Hawaii Science Birds Branding 178

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

National parks like Rocky Mountain, the Grand Canyon, and the Great Smoky Mountains, as well as national wildlife refuges, national forests, rivers and lakes, community parks, trails, and ball fields in every one of our 50 states were set aside for Americans to enjoy thanks to federal funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).

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Legislation Montana Wyoming Idaho 210

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APRIL 6, 2016

I’ve been to the Sounds before, but I had never visited them specifically to bird, which means I hadn’t seen the specialities there. The reason Alan had come was to film another endemic, a critically endangered species, the Orange-fronted Parakeet. This trip was to rectify that.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

As my fellow blogger Meredith Mann pointed out last summer, the Endangered Species Act in particular has been a massive success for birds. Fish and Wildlife Service. The question is, regardless of party, do We the People have the will? Image by Robert H. Day, courtesy of the U.S.

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Endangered Species Ferrets Montana United States 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2015

Further down the road, we reach a derelict building with a large veranda hidden among the trees – an abandoned hunting lodge (if I were in a situation to invest, I would choose to upgrade this into a luxury wildlife lodge). Birds included common species such as Black Drongos , Jungle Babblers and a Hoopoe.

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Tigers Dogs India Snow Leopard 252

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Petrel Paradise Petrel Paradise By Duncan • March 2, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share I’ve mentioned before that New Zealand is a great place for enjoying petrels.

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