10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

What thrill there is in murdering an endangered species, I’ll never know.). Also recommended for insight into the dramatic story of a species brought back from the brink of extinction is The Man Who Saved the Whooping Crane by Kathleen Kaska. News endangered species Shooting Whooping Cranes'

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2019

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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10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2012

Good news for conservation efforts for the Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant , Junín Grebe , Junín Rail , Peruvian Plantcutter , Royal Cinclodes and White-browed Tit-Spinetail !

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10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2013

And they point out that sometimes, endangered species rebound so strongly that they endanger other species (such as Golden Eagles which decimated the population of Island Foxes in California’s Channel Islands). News California Conservation endangered species Peregrine Falcon' What do you think?

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

With such a restricted range, the duck is still at risk of stochastic events (in other words, Mother Nature), and disease is a recurring problem on Midway, but the species is in much better shape than they were a hundred years ago. Birds aren’t the only animals who have made strong comebacks thanks to the Endangered Species Act.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

Several endangered species are (or have been) highly dependent on specific tracts of federal land. Thus, legal protections for endangered species and conservation generally are at their zenith on federal lands. For example, Whooping Cranes winter almost exclusively at Aransas NWR in Texas.

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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. The judge promptly dismissed the first and third arguments because they did not relate to whether the warbler should or should not be listed under the Endangered Species Act.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

Debbie Wortland is an inspiration and a reminder that citizen-scientists can make significant contributions, even with an endangered species.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2014

Nearly wiped out by human heedlessness, development, and pesticide use, under the protection of the Endangered Species Act this handsome fish eagle has made a stunning comeback, rebounding in numbers and recolonizing areas where many thought they were gone forever.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Trips endangered species India lapwings Sociable Lapwing' Sociable Lapwing photos by Chirag Solanki.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2014

Any time you see young of an endangered species it has to be considered your Best Bird of the Weekend. I enjoyed all manner of early summer entertainment and look to the Barn Swallow s that bombed us as we picked strawberries and soared daringly along the lakeshore as my Best Birds of the Weekend.

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AUGUST 2, 2013

There is currently a push to place the Black-backed Woodpecker, in its Oregon/California and South Dakota populations, under the protection of the Federal Endangered Species Act. Conservation black-backed woodpecker endangered species fire olive-sided flycatcher'

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2023

Yellow-billed Cotinga – I had excellent looks of this surreal, endangered species at Cerro Lodge, and Rincon de Osa. Bare-necked Umbrellabird – Any view of this endangered species is a major event. I saw this cool bird near Limon, Sarapiqui, and at Cano Negro.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2013

There are some seven birds among the 100 most endangered species on the planet on the list of fauna and flora listed as the rarest by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Zoological Society of London – and this morning, I am after one of those! Acknowledgements and other pieces.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2022

Of those threatened species, 225 species are considered Critically Endangered and are therefore at extremely high risk of extinction in the wild (23 species more than in 2012 Red List, when this blog was originally written).

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10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2021

They are the only thing we have to go back to with regard to extinct and in many cases highly endangered species such as this. That makes the two study skins that Bond collected even more significant, Weckstein says. This may be the only way we learn from our mistakes.”.

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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. LEXIS 93734 (D. July 16, 2015).

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016

A half-hour hike takes you to the lake, where you’ll glide in a wooden canoe across a beautiful, mirror-like, oxbow lake that is home to many endangered species. On your second day in the Amazon rainforest, you’ll take an excursion to Lake Sandoval.

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MAY 3, 2023

My selfish goal was to render this bird in the perfect pose, in pristine plumage, making the most of the little light (ideal conditions for me), and showcase an endangered species in all its finest regalia. Initially I was disappointed, I must admit. These were juveniles.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2011

The pair had previously been resident on Mana Island, which is near Wellington and an important refuge for endangered species (which I hope to talk about in the future), but having not bred since 2004, it was decided that they would be retired and Mana used for another pair.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Shore Plovers , a critically endangered species from New Zealand, have been reintroduced to several small islands off of New Zealand that were cleared of predators. A flock of about twenty of the birds keep flying from Mana Island , presumably to the mainland, but scientists can’t figure out where.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2015

Trips cranes endangered species Joe Overstreet Road Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival Whooping Cranes' That is special, more so than any other sighting of any other bird that I’ve experienced. …. 10,000 Birds is a Scrub Jay-level sponsor of the 18th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. ……….

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10,000 Birds

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. Overall, these threats pose significant risk to the survival of the species. The Florida Bonneted Bat is the largest of Florida’s bats weighing 1.2

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Bats Florida Endangered Species Cuba 170

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The wood stork was listed as endangered in 1984, because the Florida population was dropping at an approximate rate of 5 percent per year.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2012

Don’t even bring up using tapes on endangered species. For example, and I expect a few of you know what I am referring to… if you photograph a “goshawk” in the middle of Tucson, and the area’s leading birders and everyone else tells you it’s a Cooper’s Hawk …you should listen to them.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 15, 2012

The rights view is not opposed to efforts to save endangered species. If people are encouraged to believe that the harm done to animals matters morally only when these animals belong to endangered species, then these same people will be encouraged to regard the harm done to other animals as morally acceptable.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2011

While I want to see a Spruce Grouse in New York some day in order to increase my (meaningless) New York State list I have to question any decision to spend lots of money to support a population in the state when there are actual endangered species that could use help.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. The warbler is on the road to being delisted from the Endangered Species List. And, if you have strong feelings about the delisting of the Kirtland’s Warbler from the Endangered Species List, this is a good place to let it out.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2019

In 2016, the global spoon-billed sandpiper population was estimated at 240–456 mature individuals – a critically endangered species. This is about a three-hour drive North of Shanghai, where I live. It is the focus of substantial conservation efforts such as “Saving-spoon-billed-sandpiper” and the “Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force”.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2013

In a press release, the authors propose that pending future research, “it might make sense to minimize the use of playback with endangered species or in areas that host a lot of birdwatchers.” ” To some birders, them’s likely to be fightin’ words. To others, it may seem like common sense.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2013

Trips endangered species India owlets owls' Driving with head lights, we hope for some predator, but only Indian Hare show up. Inside the Bolero, Shane’s voice echoes through our minds: “ I’m sitting on top of the world.”. Forest Owlet © Nitin Bhardwaj.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

And they certainly have no right to use endangered species as performers. These are ENDANGERED species. of violating the Endangered Species Act when it uses bullhooks and chains to control its performing pachyderms. Tags: circuses us elephants endangered species.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2013

The project seems to be just as much about the process as about the product, since the coloring sessions were wonderful teachable moments that got kids enthused about saving this Critically Endangered species. With population estimates in only the triple digits, these special shorebirds need all the help they can get.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2011

One of the two species found on Tern Island is the Laysan Albatross. One of the four species known as the North Pacific Albatrosses, it is also the commoner and less endangered species in its genus. It took ages, but it was a constant delight. It is also a very attractive bird, as I hope you will agree.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As a result, the bird has a long history with the Endangered Species Act. But its U.S. range largely consists of valuable real estate along the Southern California coast and urban development around San Diego and Los Angeles has eliminated much of its habitat. What was once sage scrub is now suburbs and highways.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2020

Small numbers of this endangered species wander in the Caribbean lowlands and foothills in search of seeding “Mountain Almond” and other trees. Incredibly, during a recent visit to the Caribbean lowlands, we had close looks at a group of Great Green Macaws in a neighborhood of a small town!

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Critter News

DECEMBER 20, 2008

The Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list six species of penguin as threatened species and one _ the African penguin _ as an endangered species. Tags: bush penguins endangered species. Not perfect, but still, wow.

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