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.

North Carolina 190

North Carolina Bald Eagle South Carolina Florida 190

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.

Cattle 191

Cattle Florida Bald Eagle Endangered Species 191

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2011

Species with a world population in the hundreds tend to be endangered or critically endangered and confined to remote and difficult to reach locations. And while Takahe ( Porphyrio hochstetteri ) are both endangered and generally confined to remote and difficult to reach areas, there are some in more accessible locations.

Puffins 169

Puffins 2004 Endangered Species Sanctuary 169

Critter News

AUGUST 23, 2009

The national lion population has been falling by an average of 100 per year for the last seven years due to a combination of factors, particularly human-wildlife conflict, destruction of habitats, climate change, disease and increase in human population. Tags: africa Kenya lion endangered species.

Kenya 100

Kenya Lions Endangered Species 2002 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2018

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.”. Regulatory mechanisms do not adequately address these threats.

Endangered Species 101

Endangered Species Species Hawaii 2018 101

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2019

This species was discovered (shot, actually) in the 19th century, only to be lost through the entire 20th century. The Forest Owlet is an endemic species of this mountain range. Since its rediscovery in 1997, this species has been found at a number of new locations, several of which appear to hold significant populations.

India 168

India Owls Tigers Cows 168