10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2016

It’s a bang-up breeding year for super-endangered birds! First, wildlife officials in Louisiana announced the first successful wild Whooping Crane nest in that state since 1939. The species, which migrates from the Russian Arctic to Southeast Asia, is down to about 200 breeding pairs in the wild, due to habitat loss and poaching.

Eggs 190

Eggs Louisiana Breeding Asia 190

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

The source of this ranking, BirdLife International, lists Bolivia as currently having 1,439 bird species, including 18 breeding endemics. of Louisiana State University is a long-time member and currently Acting Chair of the SACC. That’s pretty amazing–Bolivia has more bird species than India! Van Remsen, Jr.

Bolivia 173

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 173

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

“Winter Sports in Northern Louisiana: Shooting Wild Pigeons.” He reasons out answers to both questions, finally stating that, despite what many eyewitnesses wrote, the birds had to have laid more than one egg and that the birds had to have nested more than once a breeding season. Or the absence of legal protection.

2014 160

2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 160