10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently proposed reintroducing California Condors in the Pacific Northwest. Although sometimes thought of a bird of the Southwest, the condor’s historical range reaches as far north as British Columbia. But condors have not been in the Pacific Northwest for more than a century.

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California Condor California Endangered Species Oregon 230

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2016

Intriguingly, Common Moorhens are also rather common in Germany’s large ornamental city parks and zoos. I am not referring to the one incident when two Carrion Crows at Basel Zoo suddenly descended on a grazing Common Moorhen and ripped it apart for no apparent other reason than joyful play. Beware of Crocodiles.

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Zoos Germany California Condor Lions 100

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Can California Condors be taught to avoid the dangers of power lines ? Staff from the San Diego Zoo think so. North American breeders winging their way south for the winter may want to head for the Bahamas, where a new national park offers them protected habitat.

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California Condor San Diego San Francisco Ghana 166

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JULY 20, 2018

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”. Reintroduction efforts expanded to Arizona in 1996, and later, to the Baja California peninsula in Mexico.

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California Condor Oregon California Zoos 105

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

The brewery names each of its beers after endangered species of California’s Central Coast, including the California Gnatcatcher ( Polioptila californica ) and Scripp’s Murrelet ( Synthliboramphus scrippsi ).

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2017 Spain California Condor California 114

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AUGUST 3, 2019

Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. California Condor – Gymnogyps californianus. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Green-crowned Brilliant – Heliodoxa jacula. Cinchona–Mirador La Cascada. 09 Jul 2019. Ruby-throated Hummingbird – Archilochus colubris.

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2019 Sparrows Woodpeckers Idaho 120

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

At the same time, reading When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers , edited by Susan Fox Rogers, set me wondering about viewers’ reactions, especially New Yorkers who have never seen an owl outside of a zoo or a picture book. But–is that it?

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New York City Birds Owls Fox 195