10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2018
The Northern Spotted Owl is a “ threatened ” species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and it was famously the subject of extensive and protracted litigation in the late 1980s and early 1990s, mostly relating to forestry management plans in the Pacific Northwest. A sample of this process is here.)
10,000 Birds
MARCH 12, 2019
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered ” under the Endangered Species Act. Ultimately, FWS maintained the “endangered” classification, in large part because of continued habitat loss. On December 27, 1990 , the U.S. FWS issued a recovery plan in 1992.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Babita Tours has many years of experience organizing tailor-made wildlife tours for private groups in this wonderful country. On a recent visit I threw my bags in the hotel room and went straight there, and got over 60 species of birds in a few hours and fantastic views of Nilgai , the largest antelope in India.
10,000 Birds
MAY 20, 2014
Today it is placed in its own monotypic genus, Oreophasis , and loosely grouped with the present day curassows and chachalacas. It is believed that the population in El Triunfo, Chiapas is stable, but throughout its range the population is still declining and the Horned Guan is an endangered species. Wine-throated Hummingbird.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2011
Prions are an interesting little group of procellariid, distinct from the gadfly petrels, shearwaters and fulmarine petrels, and I’ll dedicate a post to the group at some point in the future. Fairy Prions ( Pachyptila turtur ) And then there were the “true petrels&# , insofar as that group has any taxonomic meaning anymore.
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2015
The Guardian recently published the latest population analysis by the IUCN’s Dhole Working Group that has revealed that the area of occupancy of this species has significantly declined – close to 50% since the previous assessment in 2008! Previous posts about the same tour: Melghat Tiger Reserve: The Search for the Rarest Owl of India.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2012
“Do they have owls?” I immediately phoned the manager and enquired if the property had any Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls. I immediately phoned the manager and enquired if the property had any Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls. He told me that he had never seen the little owls that I was referring to.
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