10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The Spoon-billed Sandpiper is probably the most iconic bird species in China – to the point that some bird guides I know are quite tired of looking for it. In 2016, the global spoon-billed sandpiper population was estimated at 240–456 mature individuals – a critically endangered species.

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China Endangered Species 2016 Species 196

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Your trip will take you from the Amazon rainforest into the peaks of the Andes—with plenty of opportunities to take in Peru’s over 1,700 species of bird (the second most of any country) along the way. Be on the lookout for toucans, woodpeckers, trogons, among many other species. In the meantime enter to win the trip !

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Peru Endangered Species Woodpeckers Species 187

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2015

This endangered species nests all along the south shore of Long Island and Corey was fortunate enough to see six on Friday morning at Rockaway Beach, including two fluffy youngsters. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? How about you?

2015 156

2015 United States Endangered Species New York 156

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2017

He is particularly interested in the intersection of law and birding (especially the Endangered Species Act), other bird-related federal litigation, and the impact of federal public lands. We look forward to reading your blog posts! Welcome aboard, Jason!

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Puerto Rico San Francisco Portland Laws 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2014

Any time you see young of an endangered species it has to be considered your Best Bird of the Weekend. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a no-brainer. Do you see both youngsters in the picture above? How about you?

2014 182

2014 Endangered Species Birds Experience 182

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2017

Either of the two was his Best Bird of the Weekend because when endangered species reproduce that is always the best! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2017 Endangered Species Falcons Birds 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2019

Species with small ranges ( e.g. , single island endemics) or tiny populations ( e.g. , endangered species) are especially vulnerable. Nevertheless, the 2017 CBC tallied 1,934 birds of 82 species, both of which were low counts for past CBCs ( e.g., the 2016 CBC had 2,579 birds, 97 species).

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Puerto Rico 2017 2018 Virgin Islands 255

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2014

million years old, over one and a half times older than the earliest remains of most living species of birds. The Cuban Sandhill Crane , Grus canadensis nesiotes and the Mississippi Sandhill Crane , Grus canadensis pulla are listed as endangered species. The oldest unequivocal Sandhill Crane fossil is 2.5

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Mississippi Endangered Species Florida Wildlife 171

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

This is an interesting piece from the Scientific American blog. One of the major challenges in combating the bushmeat trade is identifying the source species for the meat and products. How is anyone to know if it came from a species that is protected under national or international law?

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Meat illegal Trafficking Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

Now, seeing Sociable Lapwing , a species that is critically endangered and thought to number roughly 11,000 individuals, would be a treat any day but to see several pairs on their breeding grounds? Above is the area where the three pairs we observed were nesting which we were told was rather typical for the species.

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Kazakhstan Cows 2009 Endangered Species 129

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species. Will the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) conference delegates up-list them to Appendix I of the Convention, forbidding any future sale over international borders? One may say so. Perhaps 15 minutes?

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Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 194

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

If you don’t have a blog either give a 100-word description of your Best Bird of the Year in the comments below or email a description to corey AT 10000birds DOT com by 31 December (you can include an image if you want – just make it a maximum of 630 pixels across). My best bird of the year is based on the sighting rather than the species.

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 168

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

En route they will be “birding in nearly every country in mainland North and South America,” and, as they say on their excellent blog , “Our journey is about collecting valuable data on bird species, their status and distribution, current conservation issues, and more along the way.

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Guatemala Mexico San Diego South America 166

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Way back in January Mike and I made a quick trip to Puerto Rico with the hope of cleaning up on all of the endemic species on the island. With huge grins on our faces we walked back to the car, hardly paying attention to anything but the feeling that we had just managed to see a Critically Endangered species and we had managed to see it well.

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Parrots Puerto Rico Apes Endangered Species 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

Mai Po Nature Reserve : world famous locale for shorebirds, waterfowl, waders, and wetland birds; wintering grounds for certain endangered species. The combination of these scheduled and informal birding efforts culminated in an amazing 135 species seen, many of which were lifers for me! SPECIES LIST. Always be birding.

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2014 Eagles Asia Groups 226

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

As a result I’ve decided to use the freedom granted by the blog owners to have a short brainstorming session and explore some of the post possibilities that have been swilling around in recent days. I feel like I need some kind of de-cluttering of the mind to create a little thinking space. for a drake Baer’s Pochard.

Ireland 156

Ireland Iceland Endangered Species Japan 156

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2011

One of the joys of blogging for a widely read blog is that it gives one a platform on which to moan and complain about subjects which interest the blogger and no one else in particular. In addition to this tight clustering of related parakeets, the genus also had two species in the far-flung Society Islands (now in French Polynesia).

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New Zealand Fiji Parrots Tonga 148

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism. It may be as simple as trying to hit the big white one.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The USVI are smaller and have fewer habitats and, as a result, fewer bird species. Puerto Rico has a checklist of 269 species, 207 of which are migratory and the USVI has a checklist of 149 species, 124 of which are migratory. Herbert Rafaelle includes 284 species in his field guide , which covers both territories.)

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States 164

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 3, 2010

You can follow their blog, Flight to Freedom , to get updates on how the lions are doing, and to read the full story and see videos like the one below. ADI also rescues animals in distress worldwide. ADI gathered evidence has led to campaigns and legislative action all over the world to protect them.

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ADI Animal Defenders International Bolivia Lions 100

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 19, 2007

you have a very interesting blog! It is an animated website aimed at educating and inspiring children about endangered species, and all of our characters actually exist in a real-life camp in Tanzania which protects black rhino and wild African hunting dogs.

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Rhinos Tanzania Endangered Species Protection 40