10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Navarro also gives an FAQ on birding the island (including a list of “essential birdwatching sites”), an introduction to Cuba’s habitats, and a chapter on the conservation status of Cuba’s threatened birds. Navarro’s exceptional drawings illustrate the species accounts. Forty-eight species.

Cuba 223

Cuba Birds United States 2000 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

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. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism. It may be as simple as trying to hit the big white one.

2011 239

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 239

10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2017

A reasonable birder could respond to this change in a variety of ways, from satisfaction that another bird species has recovered to concern that FWS is caving to rapacious corporations at the expense of an endangered bird. (If FWS agreed that the species had recovered sufficiently and proposed a rule delisting the vireo.

Endangered Species 122

Endangered Species Species Texas Oklahoma 122