10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2018

In Costa Rica, the growing local birding community likewise have their lists of most wanted species, both local and global. Bald Eagle. When I was a kid, I remember asking about the possibility of seeing a Bald Eagle around western New York. My 2017, Costa Rica Cave Swallow, Chomes in November is a good place and time for it.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2018

Following passage of the United States Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) was among the first 75 species listed for protection, the so-called “Class of 1967”. With enough room for another, of course. An out-of-range Kölsch from the Pacific Northwest.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2018

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently decided that the Sonoran Desert population of Bald Eagle is not a listable taxon under the Endangered Species Act. Due in part to the banning of DDT, the eagle population recovered and was delisted in 2007, when there were more than 10,000 breeding pairs. (The

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