s.SEPIA PHOTOGRAPHY — PLANET EARTH REFLECTIONS group
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PLANET EARTH REFLECTIONS has over 2,000 members and over 55,000 photos and videos.
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BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY — PLANET EARTH SUNRISE SUNSETS group
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PLANET EARTH SUNRISE SUNSETS has over 5,000 members and over 114,000 photos and videos.
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NEW ZEALAND — Māui and Hector’s dolphin proposals not fit for extinction crisis world’s rarest dolphin species — CANYON WREN — PLANET EARTH BIRD WORLD group
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Māui and Hector’s dolphin proposals
not fit for extinction crisis.
We must ban all gill netting and trawling from Māui habitat out to 100 metres immediately, but why aren’t the same protections being offered for Hector’s dolphins? We know they are dying by the dozen in fishing nets but there is no equivalent proposal to stop those methods in Hector’s habitat.
CANYON WREN
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Catherpes mexicanus
POPULATION: 310,000
TREND: Stable
HABITAT: Rocky outcrops, cliffs, and canyons.
Male Canyon Wrens songs are composed of clear, descending notes – almost sounding as if the bird is tumbling headfirst into a chasm. Chances are good that a Canyon Wren that’s singing persistently and acting territorial is a male. The female sings much less frequently, usually in response to a male’s song; her song is buzzy and ascending.
Many think this species’ tumbling, echoing notes form one of the West’s most beautiful bird songs. Both males and females sing, although their tunes sound a bit different.
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CRITICALLY ENDANGERED — BIRDS — BAHAMA NUTHATCH — PLANET EARTH IN BLACK AND WHITE group
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PLANET EARTH IN BLACK AND WHITE has over 3,000 members and over 173,000 photos and videos.
BAHAMA NUTHATCH
Estimated population: Two to five individuals
ICUN Status: Critically Endangered
Location: Grand Bahama Island, The Bahamas
After declining for decades, the total population of the Bahama Nuthatch was estimated to be 1,800 in 2004. In just three years, subsequent hurricanes destroyed remaining habitat, reducing the number to 23. When Hurricane Matthew struck the island of Grand Bahama in 2016, the nuthatch disappeared, and some feared it was extinct. In 2018, researchers rediscovered the bird. Surveys this year, however, failed to find any birds. ABC is working with a local partner to support ongoing search efforts. The Bahama Nuthatch faces various suspected threats, including habitat destruction and degradation, invasive predatory species, fire, and hurricane damage.
The Bahama Nuthatch is closely related to the Brown-headed Nuthatch of the southeastern United States, but can be distinguished by its longer beak, shorter wings, whiter belly, and vocalizations. The bird is only known from native pine forest on Grand Bahama Island, which lies approximately 100 miles off Palm Beach, Fla.
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BIRD OF THE WEEK — BARN SWALLOW — PLANET EARTH BIRD WORLD group
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PLANET EARTH BIRD WORLD group has over 1,600 members and over 130,000 photos and videos.
BIRD OF THE WEEK
BARN SWALLOW
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hirundo rustica
POPULATION: 41 million (Americas), 190 million (world)
TREND: Decreasing
HABITAT: Breeds in open country including pastures, meadows, and farmland, often near water. Winters in a variety of open habitats.
No bird in North America is better known as a welcome companion and a useful friend to the farmer, as it courses about the barnyard in pursuit of the troublesome insects that annoy both man and beast.
The Barn Swallow seems to benefit from life around people, as long as its prey remains abundant. The species is found around the world, as are the Short-eared Owl, Golden Eagle, Dunlin, and a handful of other bird species.
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