Species Birds List Links

ECOVIEWS: The endangered species coalition has a list (The Tuscaloosa News)

The only endangered and threatened species list that counts is the one authorized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Based on the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the federal government "prohibits unauthorized taking, possession, sale and transport of endangered species." Violations are backed up with civil and criminal penalties.

Swans might be removed from Wis. endangered list (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter)

SUPERIOR With trumpeter swans continuing to thrive in Wisconsin, state wildlife officials are weighing whether its time to remove the birds from the endangered species list.

Report: Tar sands threaten birds (Post-Tribune)

Up to 166 million of the birds we see in our back yards could disappear as a result of extraction and refining of oil from Canadian tar sands, according to a new report.

Pelican Rescue Center Sees Influx Of Sick Birds (FOX 11 Reno)

A Bay Area wildlife rescue organization Monday is investigating why an inordinate number of sick and deceased adult brown pelicans have been found along the California coast since Wednesday.

Wisconsin swans and ospreys thriving (Moldova.org)

Wisconsin wildlife officials say osprey and trumpeter swan populations have recovered enough to be removed from the state's endangered species list.The state's Natural Resources Board will to be asked to remove the birds from the list Jan. 27, said Sumner Matteson, an avian ecologist with the state Department of Natural Resources.Matteson has been involved with osprey and swan recovery efforts ...