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. The environmental groups appealed to the U.S.

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Owls Endangered Species Oregon Friends Of Animals 122

10,000 Birds

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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Burma India Indonesia Thailand 208

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Babita Tours has many years of experience organizing tailor-made wildlife tours for private groups in this wonderful country. On a recent visit I threw my bags in the hotel room and went straight there, and got over 60 species of birds in a few hours and fantastic views of Nilgai , the largest antelope in India.

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India Wildlife Tigers Rhinoceros 195

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2023

The Majestic Wetlands: Within Shanghai’s boundaries lie several pristine wetland habitats that serve as vital sanctuaries for a plethora of bird species. This expansive marshland is home to rare and endangered species such as the charismatic Black-faced Spoonbill, Saunders’s Gull, and the elegant Oriental Stork.

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China Endangered Species Sanctuary Protection 171

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2019

Species with small ranges ( e.g. , single island endemics) or tiny populations ( e.g. , endangered species) are especially vulnerable. Nevertheless, the 2017 CBC tallied 1,934 birds of 82 species, both of which were low counts for past CBCs ( e.g., the 2016 CBC had 2,579 birds, 97 species).

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Puerto Rico 2017 2018 Virgin Islands 255

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

These breeding colonies included other species of flamingos, but it was only the Andean Flamingo that appeared to have been the most affected, if indeed the egg extraction was one of the causes that led to the Andean Flamingo’s population decline. The Andean Flamingo is now protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

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Chile Endangered Species Eggs Argentina 154

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Target for today: critically endangered Sociable Lapwing ( Vanellus gregarius ). The official definition of CR status says the species could be gone within ten years, or could lose 80 per cent of its population within three generations – whichever comes first. Back to Gipsy and toward a distant group of farmers working their fields.

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Sudan India Ukraine Camels 249

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Environmental groups have called on Obama to get rid of the USDA's Dept. Animals killed also include threatened and endangered species, a number which has steadily increased since 2005. Lethal control efforts of WS professionals typically remove less than 5 percent of a species' overall population.

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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. The treatment of circus elephants went on trial in federal court Wednesday with animal rights groups accusing Ringling Bros. Tags: circuses us elephants endangered species.

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Ringling Brothers Ringling Bros Animal Welfare Institute Circus Elephant 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2016

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). Each refuge (or group of refuges managed as a single unit) must develop a CCP that in turn guides refuge planning. NWRs in Alaska are governed by their own rules.).

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Wildlife Oregon Endangered Species Portland 113

10,000 Birds

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). Photo: U.S.

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North Carolina Bald Eagle South Carolina Florida 201

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population. With the exception of species that number in the hundreds, conservation biologists are not as concerned with the fates of individual animals, it is only when such fates of many individuals are added up do they begin to worry.

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Animal Rights Rights Animal New Zealand 266

Critter News

MAY 5, 2010

Right now, there are still no confirmed deaths due to the spill, but rescue groups are gearing up for the worst. Tags: oil drilling 2010 oil spill Gulf of Mexico endangered species. The animals threatened most by the spill are bluefin tuna, sea turtles, brown pelicans, shrimp and sharks.

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Sea Turtles Sharks Endangered Species Turtles 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2011

Here are the clues: 1. Some references indicate that this country has nearly 900 different species of birds. 3. Corey has written about one of the species, which I will most likely see when I go. And another list shows 6 endemics and 11 endangered species. Instead, name one of the endemic species in this country.

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Myanmar Bolivia 2011 Venezuela 150

Critter News

AUGUST 21, 2008

Michigan's removal of the bald eagle and gray wolf from the list will be the most significant change in species protection the state has seen in years. State environmental groups are showing "cautious optimism.". Tags: bald eagle Gray Wolf us endangered species.

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Michigan Wolves Eagles Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2011

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. One of the two species found on Tern Island is the Laysan Albatross.

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Albatross Hawaii New Zealand Japan 177

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2011

One of only two species in the plover genus Thinornis , the other being Australia’s Hooded Plover , this species is another New Zealand endemic. Actually, it’s one I originally thought was endemic to the Chatham Islands, a group of islands to the east of the main islands that hosts endemic species like the Black Robin.

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New Zealand Penguins Endangered Species Zoos 162

Critter News

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The animal protection group Seal Sitters says a necropsy showed that the sea lion had suffered a shark bite and had twisted intestines in addition to a bullet wound. KING says one of the Nisqually casualties was a Steller sea lion, protected under the Endangered Species Act. Investigators say they do not know who is responsible.

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Sea Lions Lions Wounded Washington 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

En route they will be “birding in nearly every country in mainland North and South America,” and, as they say on their excellent blog , “Our journey is about collecting valuable data on bird species, their status and distribution, current conservation issues, and more along the way. Horned Guan (Click for a bigger version.).

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Guatemala San Diego Mexico South America 165

Critter News

JANUARY 13, 2009

Mai Mai rebels are described as community-based militia groups frequently involved in banditry. Tags: virunga war congo gorillas endangered species. Protecting mountain gorillas in the Congo is dangerous work. Just last week, a 33-year-old ranger was killed by Mai Mai rebels. Here is a brief Youtube video of him.

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Congo Gorillas Endangered Species Wounded 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

Farallon NWR , a group of islands near San Francisco, hosts the largest colonies of breeding seabirds south of Alaska. But when taken as a whole, the impact of the Refuge System is truly profound, supporting population-level numbers of numerous bird species. It’s not just for the birds.

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Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico Alaska 189

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 7, 2013

These births are critical to help preserve the species. Malayan tigers are critically endangered. These newborn cubs will add to the genetic diversity of the Malayan tiger population and contribute to conservation efforts for the species. There are currently just over 50 Malayan tigers in the Species Survival Plan.

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Tampa Tigers Thailand Livestock 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2012

Don’t even bring up using tapes on endangered species. If a couple off-topic posts happen on a listserv or in a facebook group, I can personally assure you, as the world’s leading birder, that this is not the end of the world. No need to get defensive. Well, where are they? Don’t be an ubermoderator.

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Tucson Endangered Species Virginia illegal 208

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

TRAVERSE CITY - State officials say they're not pleased with a federal court's ruling overturning the government's decision to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list for the Great Lakes region. It's in response to a lawsuit filed by several environmental groups, including The Humane Society of the United States.

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Humane Society Of The United States Wolves The Humane Society Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

I was fortunate to spend time scanning open fields, wetlands, and the inlet separating Hong Kong from China with this large group of friendly and avid avian observers. Mai Po Nature Reserve : world famous locale for shorebirds, waterfowl, waders, and wetland birds; wintering grounds for certain endangered species. SPECIES LIST.

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2014 Eagles Asia China 221

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Raimat is now part of the Costers del Segre Denominación de Origen and is owned by the Raventós Cordoníu Group, one of the oldest wine companies in the world (dating from 1551) and the oldest producer of cava, the traditional Spanish sparkling wine.

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2017 Spain California Condor Zoos 114

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2012

New Zealand has one of the direst records of extinction is modern times, second on really to Hawaii in terms of bird species lost. The initial solution was translocation, but there were a limited amount of islands on which you could place species without mammals being a problem, and they were only very small islands.

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New Zealand Rats Mammals Possums 174

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Cheetahs are regulated by the Species Survival Plan (SSP), which tracks a species’ genetic lines in zoos and animal parks around the world and makes recommendations as to where specific animals should be placed for successful breeding opportunities. Only approximately 12,400 cheetahs remain in the wild.

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Jacksonville White Rhinos Zoos Rhinos 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2012

It has recently been reclassified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List; this category is reserved for only the most threatened species in the world. If this bird did become extinct, it would be the first pheasant species to have been lost in the 400 years since proper records began.

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Vietnam 2000 Germany Asia 155

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

birders have been able to visit Cuba as part of survey groups and cultural exchanges for years, but those trips have been few in number and not always easy to find. Navarro’s exceptional drawings illustrate the species accounts. Forty-eight species. Cuban Trogon, the national bird who wears the colors of the Cuban flag!

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Cuba Birds 2000 United States 235

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2015

Birds included common species such as Black Drongos , Jungle Babblers and a Hoopoe. These days, the species shares habitats with Tigers, Snow Leopard, Bears, etc. If they can survive next to such neigbours, how come they are endangered? Even in protected areas of north-east India, prey densities are very low.

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Tigers Dogs India Snow Leopard 243

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

While there are laws in place protecting endangered species of shark from shark finning, international waters are rarely regulated when it comes to the practice. Fin hunters also rarely care what type of shark they remove the fin from, threatening both endangered and at risk species with extinction.

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Sharks Asia Endangered Species Hunters 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Fluttering Shearwater ( Puffinus gavia ) Flesh-footed Shearwater ( Puffinus carneipes ) Buller’s Shearwater ( Puffinus bulleri ) Along with these three were Two further species, also both familiar to North American birders, Sooty Shearwaters and Short-tailed Shearwaters. It is also restricted as a breeder to the north of North Island.

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New Zealand Albatross 2011 Cooking 175

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2018

For example, fancy words will be used where normal words might seem appropriate: birds of the same species are “conspecifics” (and they will never, ever “flock together”). Data is needed to make estimates for the optimal size of the translocated group. It is all business. and Antony W. ” The Auk 128.2 2011): 265-272.

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Transported 2011 Research 2012 113

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

ALWAYS assume there is some other bird species in there that you have not found yet. Here is a flock of endangered species. Shorebirds, of course, are one of the groups of birds most known and loved for their social tendencies. Could a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper be mixed in with that flock of Pectorals ? Buldir Island, AK.

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North Dakota LACS Oakland Iceland 162

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

One of the most unusual factors has been the high number of 3rd calendar year (or 2nd-winter) individuals, an age group that is normally the scarcest. Baer’s Pochard is an endangered species that has undergone a rapid acceleration in its decline over the last decade, with a total world population of less than 5000 individuals remaining.

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Ireland Iceland Japan Albatross 155

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism. It may be as simple as trying to hit the big white one.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243