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The “Rufa” Red Knot is now protected under the Endangered Species Act

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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). The other sub-species, Calidris canutus roselaari , migrates along the Pacific Coast and breeds in Alaska and the Wrangel Island in Russia.

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The Best Birding Locations in the United States (according to ChatGPT)

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I also asked ChatGPT for some birding jokes, and they are at the end. # # # Query: Provide a list of the 20 best birding locations in the United States. As of my knowledge cutoff in September 2021, the following list includes 25 well-regarded national wildlife refuges in the United States for birding.

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A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands

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These lands support countless birds, either year-round, as migratory stopovers, or as breeding grounds. There are Vast Amounts of Federal Land Approximately 28% of the entire land area of the United States is federal land , about 640 million acres. However, federal land is not evenly distributed within the United States.

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What is a “Nonessential Experimental” California Condor?

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Of course, the California Condor is listed as “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and it has been famously subject to some of the most ambitious conservation efforts (including litigation ) ever undertaken for a bird. But condors have not been in the Pacific Northwest for more than a century.

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Endangered Species Act: Potential Downlisting for Hawaiian Goose (nene)

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More than 50 years ago, the Hawaiian Goose (Nene) was one of the first birds listed under the Endangered Species Act, part of the inaugural “ Class of 1967 ”. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed downlisting it from “endangered” to “threatened.”. Due to substantial improvements in its population and its prospects, the U.S.

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Laysan Albatrosses

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While I often tease Corey about how many albatrosses we have down here in New Zealand, the fact is that the United States has three species of Albatross that breed within its boundaries, albeit one of them only very rarely, and visit the western shores of North America.

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Bird Litigation: Is the Golden-cheeked Warbler Still Endangered?

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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. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered ” under the Endangered Species Act. 1:17-cv-00538-SS (W.D.

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