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314 U.S. Bird Species Threatened — Many with Extinction — by Global Warming

10,000 Birds

The experience was marvelous — but it also weighed heavily on me. White-headed Woodpecker. Butchart is head of science at BirdLife International and chairs the IUCN Red List Technical Working Group. … Conservation Audubon endangered species Extinction Week longspurs science' Brown-headed Nuthatch.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

10,000 Birds

Nonprofit organizations, science, and the best intentions in the world came to the rescue with a captive breeding program, and we now have over 400 Pink Pigeons living in Mauritius, the nearby island of Ile aux Aigrettes, and the zoos hosting the breeding program, including the Bronx Zoo. Is this the type of avian experience we want?

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