Six Pennsylvania birds at risk of extinction
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Catching a glimpse of a Henslow's sparrow, golden-winged or cerulean warbler, short-eared owl, semipalmated sandpiper or wood thrush is rare in Pennsylvania, but without immediate conservation efforts could soon be just a memory, according to birding groups.
Those half dozen birds, which now breed or winter in the state or migrate through it, are on WatchList 2007, the new listing by the Audubon Society and American Bird Conservancy of North American birds facing an imminent risk of extinction.
"All of us in Pennsylvania have an opportunity and responsibility to help protect our birds at greatest risk," said Tim Schaeffer, executive director of Audubon Pennsylvania. "We need conservation action now, while there is still time, and WatchList helps focus that action where it is needed most."
The American Bird Conservancy would also like to note the rare + rather handsome bow-legged, bubble-beaked, bug-eyed buddy bird is not in danger of extinction.
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Catching a glimpse of a Henslow's sparrow, golden-winged or cerulean warbler, short-eared owl, semipalmated sandpiper or wood thrush is rare in Pennsylvania, but without immediate conservation efforts could soon be just a memory, according to birding groups.
Those half dozen birds, which now breed or winter in the state or migrate through it, are on WatchList 2007, the new listing by the Audubon Society and American Bird Conservancy of North American birds facing an imminent risk of extinction.
"All of us in Pennsylvania have an opportunity and responsibility to help protect our birds at greatest risk," said Tim Schaeffer, executive director of Audubon Pennsylvania. "We need conservation action now, while there is still time, and WatchList helps focus that action where it is needed most."
The American Bird Conservancy would also like to note the rare + rather handsome bow-legged, bubble-beaked, bug-eyed buddy bird is not in danger of extinction.
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