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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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The Traveling Birder

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I haven’t even been to all of the best national wildlife refuges for birding. 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.).

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The Beautiful and Colorful Mourning Dove

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Because ingestion of spent lead shot has been documented to cause acute health problems in wildlife (most notably death), use of lead shot has been increasingly restricted over the past few decades. On federal wildlife refuges and many states’ wildlife management areas, non-toxic shot is required when hunting all game birds.

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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. Pat and Clay also have a blog that you may want to pursue, especially if you are interested in butterflies and wildlife gardening.