10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

These lands support countless birds, either year-round, as migratory stopovers, or as breeding grounds. Fish and Wildlife Service : The stylized blue goose logo of the FWS is well-known to birders, as FWS manages more than 575 national wildlife refuges. The Laysan Duck is found on only two remote Hawaiian atolls, both NWRs.

Virgin Islands 224

Virgin Islands Alaska United States Endangered Species 224

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Kirtland’s Warbler is a classic niche species; they breed in only very specific conditions, which occur in only a very specific area. That is a big difference compared to the 2,000+ singing males detected in 2012, well above the recovery goal for this species set by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Albatross 215

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 215

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and they are located in every state as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. For example, essentially the entire population of the endangered Whooping Crane winters at Aransas NWR in Texas. Farallon NWR , a group of islands near San Francisco, hosts the largest colonies of breeding seabirds south of Alaska.

Wildlife 189

Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico United States 189

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2018

The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are home to some of the largest assemblages of breeding seabirds in the United States. Mice are also detrimental to the island’s habitat for other reasons, including their consumption of plants and invertebrates, often competing with native species. They are also disease vectors. As a result, the U.S.

Mice 103

Mice Albatross Honolulu Endangered Species 103

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2011

Yes, they have been an endangered species for as long as most of us can recall, but remember, they were traditionally a hunted species. In my home state, Bald Eagles are breeding in 35 Ohio counties. Buried in the text at that link is the proposal to hunt Kentucky Sandhill Cranes, along with a bunch of duck hunting stuff.

Bald Eagle 261

Bald Eagle Eagles Hunting Kentucky 261

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Birders who have been to California might be familiar with the latter two, indeed we would be close to the Poor Knights Islands later in the day, the site of the only breeding colony of Buller’s Shearwaters in the whole world. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity.

New Zealand 176

New Zealand Albatross 2011 Cooking 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. 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.

2011 243

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243