The carving of the Eskimo curlew used as an "April Fowl's" prank was made by Dean Hurliman of Burlington, Iowa. Hurliman once carved duck decoys to be placed as decorative items on fireplace mantels, ...
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The Slender-billed Curlew Is Officially Extinct. It’s the First Mainland European Bird Extinction in Modern History
The last known photo of the slender-billed curlew, a grayish-brown migratory waterbird, was taken in February 1995 at Merja Zerga, on Morocco’s Atlantic coast. There will likely never be another one.
BOWMAN COUNTY, N.D. — There’s a stretch of Kim Shade’s ranch in the North Dakota Badlands where he used to look for a peculiar long-billed bird from the seat of his saddle. Now, all he sees there is a ...
The migratory bird season has begun in Vedaranyam, attracting diverse species and birdwatchers to Tamil Nadu's coastal ...
For decades, the slender-billed curlew, a grayish-brown migratory wetland bird with a long, arched bill, has evaded detection, prompting speculation about whether the species is still out there. Now, ...
A 6-foot bronze sculpture of the Eskimo curlew, which is likely extinct, will stand at Galveston Island State Park as part of the “Lost Bird Project.” While the ceremony unveiling the sculpture was ...
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The Slender-Billed Curlew Is Officially Extinct—Here’s Why You Should Care
Sadly, the slender-billed curlew has just been officially declared extinct. It’s the first known bird extinction in mainland ...
Within the bird world, there are some crazy adaptations. For instance, there are birds larger than a man that can kick a hole through a car door. There are birds with bizarre and amazing courtship ...
A bird lover has walked 53 miles dressed in a homemade costume to raise awareness for one of Great Britain’s most iconic and threatened birds. Matt Trevelyan, 46, walked the distance dressed as his ...
The slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) has been officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). This is the first-ever recorded global bird ...
This estate is for the birds—literally. This week, Prince Charles and nonprofit Natural England’s Chair, Tony Juniper, released baby Eurasian curlew birds on Queen Elizabeth's Sandringham Estate. The ...
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