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Is The Hooded Grebe About To Go Extinct?

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They breed on a number of basaltic lakes in southwestern Argentina, and it is not entirely clear where they all winter, but some wintering Hooded Grebes have been found outside their breeding range (and a few none-breeding birds have been found year round at two locations on the Atlantic, apparently).

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An Osprey Nest and The Migratory Bird Treaty Act

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This is a poor photo I took of this pair’s nest back in 2009. We are all watching intently as these two beautiful raptors attempt another successful breeding season without further disturbance. The new nest is still but a ghost of what the old nest looked like.

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The Brown and Peruvian Pelicans

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Brown Pelicans in non-breeding plumage. Both are the only Pelican in their non-overlapping breeding grounds. Peruvian Pelican in non-breeding plumage. Brown Pelican in Breeding Plumage. Peruvian Pelican in breeding plumage, photo: Olaf (Creative Commons – Flickr). The Brown Pelican is Louisiana’s state bird.

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Questionable Practices at the Calgary Zoo

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In April 2009, unseasonably cold weather froze two whopping crane eggs. They were a part of the zoo’s breeding program for the rare birds. In November 2008, a virus killed a 15-month-old Asian elephant calf named Malti. And an incident in June 2009, while it didn’t involve death, certainly drew controversy.

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African Penguins in Peril

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The early threats of guano harvesting and egg collecting have been replaced by the more ominous threats of oil pollution and overfishing of their favorite food source – pilchards. On the mainland they face predation from domestic cats, dogs, genets, mongoose and Cape Gulls which steal their chicks and eggs.

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Africa’s endangered species

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Image by Adam Riley Of the 115 African species now listed as Endangered or Critically Endangered, nearly half occur on the islands surrounding Africa or are non-breeding migrants to Africa. An adult (left) and subadult (right) White-backed Vulture with full crops after feeding on the remains of a Lion kill, Ndutu, Tanzania by Adam Riley.