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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of June 2014)

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Any time you see young of an endangered species it has to be considered your Best Bird of the Weekend. I enjoyed all manner of early summer entertainment and look to the Barn Swallow s that bombed us as we picked strawberries and soared daringly along the lakeshore as my Best Birds of the Weekend.

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Bird Litigation: Is the Golden-cheeked Warbler Still Endangered?

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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered ” under the Endangered Species Act. In 2014, FWS completed a five-year status review , concluding that continuing urbanization and associated habitat destruction and fragmentation still threatened the warbler. On December 27, 1990 , the U.S.

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The Golden-cheeked Warbler and Conservation Banks

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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.” In 2014, FWS completed a five-year status review , concluding that development still threatened the warbler.

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Black-backed Woodpeckers and Forest Fires in California and the West

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To protect this woodpecker and the post-fire ecosystems it depends on throughout California, in September 2010 the Center for Biological Diversity and the John Muir Project petitioned to list the bird under the California Endangered Species Act, earning it “candidate” status in the state, which does offer some protections for the bird.

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I Remember Elephants

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The Great Elephant Census found that populations of Savanna Elephants Loxodonta africana have fallen by 30% between 2007 and 2014 (around 144,000 animals poached or population shrunk at a rate of 8% a year, a level higher than their reproduction rate; source https://peerj.com/articles/2354.pdf One may say so.

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Kirtland’s Warbler in Central Park

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Third, Kirtland’s Warbler has only recently made the New York State checklist with two sightings in 2014. ( Fifth, Kirtland’s Warbler is an amazing conservation success story, having come back from the brink of extinction to the point where it is now proposed for delisting as an Endangered Species.

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THE QUEST FOR THE RAREST OWL OF INDIA

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An individual was located in Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary in the Thane district in 2014.” In Maharashtra, a pair was observed (out of 7 pairs in 2004) in Toranmal Reserve Forest, and in Madhya Pradesh, six individuals were observed in Khaknar. Later stages of the same tour: Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Gaur Morning.

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