10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2022
I was surprised that this species is named for its vocalization – which sounds like laughter. For example, the Diamond Dove is the world’s second-smallest species of the columbidae order ( source ). The Latin species name haematonotus (“blood-backed”) sounds a bit more exciting but not necessarily more accurate.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2015
A personal encounter with a wild species changes one’s perspective. As our population grows, so do the challenges we create for native avian species that coexist with us. Rehabilitators also cooperate with law enforcement on illegal activity, and even monitor emerging diseases in avian species.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2012
It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. The warbler is on the road to being delisted from the Endangered Species List.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 21, 2016
a) Recommendation : Develop and support implementation of a communications strategy that targets groups identified in the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) National Stakeholder workshops and survey. Modifying the art rules to include additional and appropriate bird species is an ideal way to raise that possibility.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
One of the less well remembered awful things that happened in the Second World War (a six year period of history filled with an uncountable number of awful things) is that war’s direct role in the extinction of two species of rail. The loss of these two species was, in fact, no aberration, except in how late the extinctions were.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 22, 2016
Some background is required: The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 overhauled the laws governing the Refuge System and one provision of that Act required CCPs. and management issues (invasive species, habitat management, visitor access, etc.). This is obviously the place to start.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2020
are up next, with a wonderful Australian species: It is very hard to choose a Best Bird of the Year any year. The male of this species has a royal blue throat, a white chest and rump, and a long v-shaped tail with intermittent white patches that makes it looks like part of it are floating in space. Clare (and Grant!) How cool is that?
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