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Endangered Birds: 50th Anniversary for the Class of 1967

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The class also includes some of the most iconic endangered birds, including the California Condor, Whooping Crane, and Puerto Rican Parrot. Most are still endangered, but some are not, including one of the great conservation success stories, the Bald Eagle. California Condor – Gymnogyps californianus.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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There are several species, such as California Condor, for which new material had to be written (California Condor is called “nearly extinct” in the older title and not included). Bald Eagle, for example, is still said to be “formerly more widespread” though the range map shows expansion.

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The Traveling Birder

10,000 Birds

For example, not much can beat the experience of seeing a Bald Eagle scare up thousands of Snow Geese at Sacramento NWR. Another is California Condor in the Grand Canyon.). And that’s a recommendation from someone who has been to just one birding festival and tends to bird alone.).

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15 Years: Things Will Never Be The Same

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For example, in California, populations of birds like Aleutian Cackling Goose have dramatically increased…but where did our Fulvous Whistling-Ducks go? We have more California Condors , Bald Eagles , and Peregrine Falcons , but there seem to be less Spotted Owls , Burrowing Owls , Sooty Shearwaters.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

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But again, he's a conservationist, so none of this is a surprise.

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Hawks In Flight, Second edition: A Review of a New Version of a Birding Classic

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The new edition adds 11 species, birds such as Zone-tailed Hawk, Short-tailed Hawk, and California Condor that are only seen in specific areas of North America. The original Hawks in Flight treated 23 raptors, the major hawks that migrate through North America. Over two pages of text discuss “Sharp-Shinned Versus Cooper’s.”

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The Beautiful and Colorful Mourning Dove

10,000 Birds

The Mourning Dove ( Zenaida macroura) is among the most abundant and widespread terrestrial birds endemic to North and Middle America. Their habitats vary widely in both rural and urban landscapes; open habitats are preferred and the species generally shuns only extensively forested areas and wetlands 1.

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