It’s always a great experience seeing a rare species. Here are mine: Eurasian curlew (Near threatened) curlew sandpiper (Near threatened) Bar-tailed godwit (Near threatened) Ferruginous duck (Near threatened) Great spotted eagle (vulnerable) Socotra cormorant (Vulnerable) Sociable lapwing (Cr…

Greater Prairie-Chicken, too, can’t believe I forgot it.

Grey Crowned Crane (Endangered) Snowy Plover (Threatened) White-faced Ibis (“Imperiled” in Canada, though their population only seems to be increasing) Long-tailed Duck (“Vulnerable” in Canada) Kori Bustard (near threatened) Bank Swallow (“Threatened” in Canada, especially in the area where I’v…

[image] hihi: …either restricted to military bombing ranges or in areas were people aren’t allowed to go, (Whooping Crane, Burrowing Owl… Whooping Cranes can be seen from the road in farmer’s fields just north of Saskatoon - with a little research I was able to see them within 20 minutes of a…

I usually prefer to see birds in Alberta whenever possible.

[image] bobmcd: if I use the filter that @pisum offered above: I get 10 taxa, of which ONE is a bird: Hawaiian Goose Branta sandvicensis (Critically Endangered). But then, I only have 27 bird species in total, as I can seldom get pictures of birds. To see those Hawaiian Geese, I had to go loo…

yes, I limited it to aves to exlude the plants, insects, sharks/rays, mammals, reptiles, sea stars, and fish that I had.

I’ve seen several threatened bird species - mostly migratory shorebirds Bar-tailed Godwit (near threatened) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (threatened) Red-necked Stint (near threatened) Great Knot (critically endangered) Grey-tailed Tattler (near threatened) Eastern Curlew (critically endangered) Cu…

Here’s mine! They aren’t as rare as some of the others on this thread but I love them all anyway. That Northern Parula had me so curious when I first heard it! Common Grackle (Near Threatened) Red-Shouldered Hawk (Vulnerable) Northern Parula (Vulnerable) Marsh Wren (Vulnerable) Eastern Meadowla…

Dark-eyed Junco is endangered? I remember when I could hardly go a day in winter without seeing many of them.

Apparently it’s considered imperiled or of conservation concern in a few US states. Not so in my state nor in my front yard during winter.

What are the endangered/threatened birds you’ve seen so far?

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What are the endangered/threatened birds you’ve seen so far?

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