Tag Archives: extinction

The state of global biodiversity — it’s worse than you probably think — ConservationBytes.com

Posted on 25 January 2020 by Tim O'Connell

Sobering synopsis here by CJA Bradshaw. For those of us who study natural history, such information confronts us every day. It can be easy to forget that we are a tiny minority of the billions of humans on this planet … Continue reading →

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My lifer Whooping Crane – something I thought I might never see

Posted on 26 July 2019 by Tim O'Connell

It’s been a long time coming, but I was recently guided to my lifer WHOOPING CRANE by my nephews Benjamin and Matt Hack (+ special guest star Matt’s friend Kaitie) at a lake near Dexter, Michigan. This is an ENDANGERED … Continue reading →

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Some perspective on peak abundance of Passenger Pigeon

Posted on 13 November 2017 by Tim O'Connell

You’ve heard the story before, and it’s sobering: Once perhaps the most abundant vertebrate on the planet, a combination of unremitting exploitation and habitat loss reduced the Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) from billions to none in a few short decades … Continue reading →

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