{"id":40266,"date":"2016-07-01T06:22:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T12:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=40266"},"modified":"2025-11-25T09:59:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:59:04","slug":"the-state-of-north-american-birds-and-its-not-good-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/07\/01\/the-state-of-north-american-birds-and-its-not-good-news\/","title":{"rendered":"The State of North American Birds and its Not Good News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An American Oystercatcher before sun rise<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Greater Sage-Grouse on a ridge<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Reddish Egret with prey in a lagoon<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Female Mountain Plover in Davis County<\/p>\n<\/div>

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These four birds, an American Oystercatcher, a Greater Sage-Grouse, a Reddish Egret, and a Mountain Plover are all facing the risk of extinction without serious conservation measures to reduce declines in populations and habitat destruction.<\/p>\n

The news doesn’t get better for other bird species either, of 1,154 native bird species found in the U.S., Canada and Mexico 432 of them are on the Watch List.<\/p>\n

What is the Watch List?\u00a0 These are species that are at risk of extinction if we don’t take measures to save them. If we don’t take steps to reduce habitat destruction. If we don’t take steps to do something about climate change and the effects it will have on the birds, wildlife and humans.<\/p>\n