10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2023

My high-level impression is that ChatGPT can synthesize lots of information and produce results that initially seem impressive, but that it still makes obvious mistakes and some of its algorithms can lead it astray, particularly for a subject like birding where there is likely a paucity of credible source material on the internet.

United States 162

United States Michigan Texas Virginia 162

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

The American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Ontario covers 311 species (publicity material says 310, probably because Alder and Willow Flycatchers share one page), birds that author Chris Earley says, “are seen in the province most regularly” (p. comparison tables!) and used them often when I was learning how to bird.

North America 209

North America Birds Owls Canada 209

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As a result, the bird has a long history with the Endangered Species Act. ” CESAR conceded that it had no formal members, but asserted that it did have “informal members” who join a mailing list through the CESAR website. But its U.S. What was once sage scrub is now suburbs and highways.

California 179

California District of Columbia Los Angeles San Diego 179

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2014

Nearly wiped out by human heedlessness, development, and pesticide use, under the protection of the Endangered Species Act this handsome fish eagle has made a stunning comeback, rebounding in numbers and recolonizing areas where many thought they were gone forever.

Bald Eagle 226

Bald Eagle Eagles Endangered Species Washington 226

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2018

Because Midway is home to endangered species ( e.g. , Laysan Duck, Hawaiian Monk Seal), FWS must also comply with the Endangered Species Act (ESA). There is also a website with additional information. Midway’s birds are also protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Mice 102

Mice Albatross Honolulu Endangered Species 102

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Despite the long history of impacts and steady population decline, the Andean Flamingo has been declared endangered as recent as September 2010. The Andean Flamingo is now protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. They produce an annual newsletter to tell readers the current status of several species.

Chile 154

Chile Endangered Species Eggs Argentina 154

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2017

But does the value of a particular trip come from the number of birds seen, viewing a particular species, seeing an endangered species, catching a glimpse of a rarity, adding a lifer, or something else? We then worked with eBird personnel (Steve Kelling and others) to analyze the data while protecting confidential information.

Oregon 177

Oregon Washington Birds Chad 177

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

Osborn, a passionate field biologist who participates to the core of her being three re-introduction projects aimed at saving three very different, endangered species: Peregrine Falcon, Hawaiian Crow (‘Alala)*, and California Condor. .” And within these chapters are three marvelous stories told by Sophie A.

California Condor 176

California Condor Falcons California Birds 176

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2017

The arguments were framed by legal standards under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). Further information about the history of the California Condor Recovery Program can be found here and here and here.

California Condor 106

California Condor California District of Columbia Utah 106

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

I recently got the chance to read the book, 100 Heartbeats: The Race to Save Earth’s Most Endangered Species , written by Jeff Corwin. You may know Jeff from his fun and informational TV show (I know we used to watch it all the time), but he is much more than just a television show host.

Endangered Species 100

Endangered Species Rhinos Massachusetts Science 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2018

More than 50 years ago, the Hawaiian Goose (Nene) was one of the first birds listed under the Endangered Species Act, part of the inaugural “ Class of 1967 ”. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed downlisting it from “endangered” to “threatened.”. Also, research filled in many knowledge gaps and informed conservation efforts.

Endangered Species 101

Endangered Species Species Hawaii 2018 101

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

To protect this woodpecker and the post-fire ecosystems it depends on throughout California, in September 2010 the Center for Biological Diversity and the John Muir Project petitioned to list the bird under the California Endangered Species Act, earning it “candidate” status in the state, which does offer some protections for the bird.

Woodpeckers 170

Woodpeckers California South Dakota Chad 170

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2022

Which species are endangered? Which animals could be on a slippery slope to becoming endangered? Knowing this information is vital for coming up with timely solutions, perhaps most of all for animals and plants truly on the brink of being lost forever. These are the critically endangered birds of Costa Rica.

Costa Rica 256

Costa Rica Parrots Albatross Birds 256

Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Thanks to Chimpanzee Information for pointing this travesty out. The individual primate and the species that is depleted for this "trade." Tags: Stupid entertainment primates endangered species. It's a TLC show about humans that adopt monkeys and treat them as their children. This is seriously weird stuff. Who suffers?

Monkeys 100

Monkeys Primates United States Endangered Species 100

Critter News

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

As I changed my calendars to February, I saw all this information printed on the January spread. Thanks to the Endangered Species Act and a successful reintroduction program in which NWF played a major role, the wolf is thriving again in the Yellowstone and Great Lakes areas. Amazing what these calendars can contain.

United States 100

United States Endangered Species Canada Mexico 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2013

We are planning to return to Chikhaldara for lunch, just a quick stop at the Semadoh tourist information center to check for a guide who might be able to show us the owlet… The guide will be here by three o clock, they say. Trips endangered species India owlets owls' Rhesus Macaque © Marina Vukovic-Bhardwaj.

India 256

India Owls Tigers Endangered Species 256

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2012

It was a humiliation for scientific know-how and the technocratic fix in the face of environmental catastrophe, a disaster that would inform the controversy over later captive breeding efforts for other endangered species. Meanwhile, the black-footed ferret was declared finally, unambiguously, officially extinct.

Ferrets 184

Ferrets South Dakota Wyoming Captive Animal 184

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2011

The island is similar to Kapiti , cleared of introduced pests and used to hold endangered species. I found out about it while looking for information on the unfortunate penguin I discussed last week (which is still alive in Wellington Zoo), and so I stopped by on my way home to have a look.

New Zealand 161

New Zealand Penguins Endangered Species Species 161

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

Our mobile phones had no signal inside the reserve, yet, the guides were communicating on some local network, informing each other where the tigers are. Conservation endangered species India Mammals tiger' Very dusty Swarovski CLs. Cover photo: Telia, copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj.

Tigers 243

Tigers India Killing 2012 243

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

En route they will be “birding in nearly every country in mainland North and South America,” and, as they say on their excellent blog , “Our journey is about collecting valuable data on bird species, their status and distribution, current conservation issues, and more along the way. Their first contribution to 10,000 Birds is here.

Guatemala 163

Guatemala Mexico San Diego South America 163

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2017

The signage is informative, though it could be more friendly. With huge grins on our faces we walked back to the car, hardly paying attention to anything but the feeling that we had just managed to see a Critically Endangered species and we had managed to see it well. How about some pictures of parrots? Our vigil began.

Parrots 101

Parrots Puerto Rico Apes Endangered Species 101

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It is a lovely, well-packaged, informative guide, created with thought and creativity. Forty-eight species. The information here is more extensive than what is offered in Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba by Orlando H. Design and layout are by Pepe Nieto; James W. There is a sense of luxury in having so much space per bird.

Cuba 229

Cuba Birds United States 2000 229

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

.” Compassionate conservation describes an emerging field of interest which Bekoff describes in his book Rewilding Our Hearts : “Compassionate conservation has become a popular new phrase and mind-set over the past few years, one that has increasingly informed global efforts to conserve species and restore ecosystems.

Wildlife 238

Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 238

Animal Ethics

MAY 30, 2008

Here is a New York Times editorial opinion about the removal of the gray wolf ( Canis lupus ) from the endangered-species list. The editorial board of the Times is intellectually dishonest, so please don't let this be your only source of information about the delisting. Here , for example, is a news release from the U.S.

Wolves 40

Wolves Idaho New York Times Endangered Species 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2019

We are planning to return to Chikhaldara for lunch, just a quick stop at the Semadoh tourist information center to check for a guide who might be able to show us the owlet… The guide will be here by three o clock, they say. Rhesus Macaque © Marina Vukovic-Bhardwaj. It is midday and it’s getting hot.

India 174

India Owls Tigers Cows 174

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2012

The following section on Habitats serves to provide the larger picture, frameworks in which to root the hundreds of individual species to follow. And, the concluding identification chapter on Beach and Tidepool Life, with entries on seashells, crustaceans, and seaweed, provides informative material on a unique part of New England.

Massachusetts 207

Massachusetts North America Rhode Island Ohio 207

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

The bird remained “lost” for 80 years until Captain Claude Grant rediscovered it in subtropical sandforest habitat thus disproving the Verreaux information. He worked for Ezemvelo (the provincial parks authority) and was an avid bird bander who also worked on DNA analyses, radio tracking, monitoring endangered species nests etc.

Mozambique 186

Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 186

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2012

But the information was right, and daddy stopped chasing after me. He was still very angry though, so I slowly kept backing away, eyes fixed on his, until I was far enough away that he and his chicks went back to normal.

Sharks 221

Sharks Birds Australia Boars 221

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2017

A handful of endangered species have been observed at the refuge (or in the vicinity) as well. Shortly thereafter, FWS issued a separate report noting that “vast numbers” of birds migrate through the Camp Perry area but the plaintiffs alleged that FWS did not consider that information in its report. That is a tougher argument.

Ohio 106

Ohio Endangered Species 2016 Birds 106

10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2015

This bat is rare and range-restricted in South Florida, which are some of the reasons it was recently listed as an endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Overall, these threats pose significant risk to the survival of the species. For mor information visit the following links: [link].

Bats 166

Bats Florida Endangered Species Cuba 166

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2019

Critically, NWRs preserve habitat and wildlife, often for endangered species. For example, even if nobody visited Aransas NWR in Texas, it would still provide virtually all of the wintering habitat for the endangered Whooping Crane. The other NWRs in my Top 25 NWRs for Birding include those listed below. Billy Frank Jr.

Wildlife 245

Wildlife Maryland San Francisco Minnesota 245

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2016

The CCP also identifies challenges, whether endangered species, invasive plants, fish, or animals, pollution from adjacent lands, encroaching development, or any number of others. Rather, they are written to include certain mandated information and they are drafted by committee. Findley NWRs) and it is here.

Wildlife 113

Wildlife Oregon Endangered Species Portland 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2018

They are intended to convey detailed information in the precise technical language and jargon familiar to the intended audience. Detailed knowledge of the genetic diversity in this species will help inform the effort by analyzing genetic variation in the source population.

Transported 113

Transported 2011 Research 2012 113

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

And, it is this spirit of acceptance, an embrace of this pristine wilderness and its inhabitants–even when he’s fording a river in icy slush up to his waist or waiting in bitter cold for a fish owl to come into a trap or getting lost in the middle of a snowy nowhere—that informs this book and brings us totally into his world.

Owls 134

Owls Russia Fish Research 134

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2014

We live in a world of information over-saturation. The internet is great at collecting information, but it is at best so-so at working out what’s actually important. (It’s Which is, basically, the point of today’s rant (I’d say story, but really, its a rant).

Lions 150

Lions Giraffes Zoos Killing 150

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 242

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

Mai Po Nature Reserve : world famous locale for shorebirds, waterfowl, waders, and wetland birds; wintering grounds for certain endangered species. The combination of these scheduled and informal birding efforts culminated in an amazing 135 species seen, many of which were lifers for me! Deep Bay mudflats panorama.

2014 213

2014 Eagles Asia Groups 213