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. That number has continued to shrink.

Cattle 206

Cattle Florida Bald Eagle Endangered Species 206

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2019

Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. A survey in 2011 in non-protected areas of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh confirmed the presence of the species at two locations. An individual was located in Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary in the Thane district in 2014.” It rotates its head 180 degrees to keep an eye on us.

India 187

India Owls Tigers Cows 187

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. The good news is that Kirtland’s Warbler numbers are up, 1,828 singing males counted in the 2011 census. The warbler is on the road to being delisted from the Endangered Species List. Get ready to contribute to the Kirtland Warbler’s Trust Fund.

Michigan 240

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 240

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

The USFWS designated the whooping cranes in this population “nonessential and experimental.” Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism.

2011 243

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

That is a big difference compared to the 2,000+ singing males detected in 2012, well above the recovery goal for this species set by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. On the short list of wins for wildlife during the Bush II era, Short-tailed Albatross were officially listed as Endangered in 2000.

Albatross 215

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 215

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Despite birding in shattered forests with the constant background whine of chainsaws, the birding is phenomenal, with an incredible diversity and volume of rare and endangered species. With an economic growth rate of over 20%, Ghana is listed as “The World’s Fastest Growing Economy in 2011”. Is there a solution?

Ghana 199

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 199