Endangered Species Protection Species Video 
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
The name Peregrine means “wanderer,” and northern-nesting Peregrines are among North America’s long-distance migratory species, some moving 25,000 kilometers every year. They were officially listed as Endangered in 1970 in the U.S. BBC Nature has a really cool video of the Peregrine hunting a pigeon in a stoop.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2015
The Refuge is now home to nearly 200 species of birds, over 50 species of mammals, 25 species of reptiles and amphibians, and a wide variety of insects, fish and plants. Units are located along both sides of the river and serve to protect and provide a wide variety of riparian habitats for birds, fish, and other wildlife.”
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2014
I didn’t know what species of woodpecker it was, but I knew it was just in the clearing on the other side of the road. Black-backed Woodpeckers are non-migratory, although there have been documented intermittent irruptions of the species outside their normal range. Click on photos for full sized images.
Critter News
JANUARY 13, 2009
Protecting mountain gorillas in the Congo is dangerous work. Here is a brief Youtube video of him. Tags: virunga war congo gorillas endangered species. Just last week, a 33-year-old ranger was killed by Mai Mai rebels. Mai Mai rebels are described as community-based militia groups frequently involved in banditry.
4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 23, 2011
Sadly, with a fins cut off (this video is very graphic, be warned), sharks are unable to navigate in the water. While there are laws in place protecting endangered species of shark from shark finning, international waters are rarely regulated when it comes to the practice.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2011
Soon we were out of the protected harbour and into choppier waters, and here I have to say I suffered for about two hours from the dreaded affliction known as sea-sickness. The final large petrel species is another gadfly petrel, albeit a much larger one than the Cook’s Petrel. The proposal from U.S.
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. In the only state in the Central Flyway that protects cranes from hunting. The big white one.
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