10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2013

Over the last two weeks, we raised our faces and sniffed. Fire is also more unpredictable than even floods, more sudden and acute than drought, falling close to the class of natural disasters that we dread the most, like earthquakes and avalanches, the sudden killers. For us here in the valley, though, at least it cleared the air.

Endangered Species 162

Endangered Species South Dakota Woodpeckers Sheep 162

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

They had two world-class datasets on which to draw the Audubon Christmas Bird Count, and the North American Breeding Bird Survey. It is the 100th anniversary of the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon, once one of the most abundant species in the world. Come back, click through, read, learn. And get angry and take action.

Species 178

Species Science Los Angeles Birds 178

10,000 Birds

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”.

California Condor 106

California Condor Oregon California Zoos 106