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A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands

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Several endangered species are (or have been) highly dependent on specific tracts of federal land. California Condors rely on Pinnacles , Grand Canyon , and Zion national parks, as well as Bitter Creek and Hopper Mountain NWRs. For example, Whooping Cranes winter almost exclusively at Aransas NWR in Texas.

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Endangered Birds: 50th Anniversary for the Class of 1967

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Before the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), there was the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966. endangered species was issued on March 11, 1967, under the earlier law, and those listings were ultimately grandfathered into the ESA. California Condor – Gymnogyps californianus.

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“Condors over Cologne” – Rogue Ales & Spirits: Condor Kolsch

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Following passage of the United States Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) was among the first 75 species listed for protection, the so-called “Class of 1967”. By any measure, the recovery of the California Condor has been a remarkable success.

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Reflections on Five Years of Blogging

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For example, in reading about the re-introduction of the California Condor into the Pacific Northwest, the press releases referred to a “non-essential experimental” group of condors. The answer sometimes result in a post. I had no idea what that meant at the time, but it later became a post. Bird researchers are good people!

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Reflections on Five Years of Blogging

10,000 Birds

For example, in reading about the re-introduction of the California Condor into the Pacific Northwest, the press releases referred to a “non-essential experimental” group of condors. The answer sometimes result in a post. I had no idea what that meant at the time, but it later became a post. Bird researchers are good people!