10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. I very much enjoyed the first section, which relates the history of the bird and its relationship with us, humans, from its discovery in 1851 up to the fateful Lake Mack fire and its aftermath in the 1980’s. Get ready to contribute to the Kirtland Warbler’s Trust Fund.

Michigan 228

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 228

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

But within a couple of decades, it’s effects on both wildlife and humanity became apparent. They were secure in their isolated home here until humanity came to Laysan in the 1890s. It’s important to take note that all of these species have benefited tremendously from being listed under the Endangered Species Act.

Albatross 204

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 204

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

The USFWS designated the whooping cranes in this population “nonessential and experimental.” 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 242

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242