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Whooping Crane at Joe Overstreet Road

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From 1993 to 2004, biologists released 289 captive-raised whooping cranes into central Florida. Continuing to release more birds into an environment that could not sustain them was a losing strategy. Trips cranes endangered species Joe Overstreet Road Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival Whooping Cranes'

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. The good included the development of a new, more open, conservation strategy that embraced communication and education of the community. The warbler is on the road to being delisted from the Endangered Species List.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

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Despite birding in shattered forests with the constant background whine of chainsaws, the birding is phenomenal, with an incredible diversity and volume of rare and endangered species. Blue Cuckooshrike , a highly sought-after rainforest canopy species. .

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