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The Golden-cheeked Warbler and Conservation Banks

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One way developers are navigating the warbler’s endangered status is by utilizing conservation banks. First, some background regarding the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the listing of the Golden-cheeked Warbler is required. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered.”

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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

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India, February 2013. 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? Only in protected areas in southern and central India (e.g.

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I Remember Elephants

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Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species. One may say so.

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THE QUEST FOR THE RAREST OWL OF INDIA

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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 this was written in 2013, “the Forest Owlet population was in 2015 estimated by Birdlife International at less than 250. Let’s go.”.

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The Horned Guan in Chiapas

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They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. We hope that our journey will provide important information about many Neotropical bird species as well as inform conservation.”. Kathi Borgmann and Josh Beck are living the dream of many a North American birder.

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