Endangered Species Protection Sought for Yellow-billed Loon

By Charlie • January 10, 2008 • No comments yet

The Yellow-billed Loon breeds in tundra wetlands in Alaska, Canada, and Russia and winters along the west coast as far south as California…16,000 are distributed worldwide, and of the 4,000 in Alaska, most breed in the western Arctic in areas recently opened to oil-and-gas development. Much of the birds’ habitat in Russia is also subject to such development. More on this and other stories at Center for Biological Diversity

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Charlie works for an airline and has birded all over the world for twenty years. He wants to be a writer, and thinks no-one would believe his life could be so charmed if he didn't take photos of as many of the birds he sees as possible. Blogging with 10,000 Birds fits his aims, needs, and insecurities perfectly. Really - do birders get much more fortunate than this?