Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; AMNWR; Birds; Coastal environments; Islands; Biology; work of the refuge; Shumagins; Alaska Peninsula; Raptors
A juvenile black-crowned night heron standing on tree limb. At sunset, when most herons are flying toward their roosting places, the black-crowned herons are leaving the trees where they have spent the day scattering over the marshes to feed. By...
This fact sheet describes the bull trout. Differences between bull trout and other salmonids, particularly Dolly Varden are explained. It also briefly describes the fish's breeding and feeding habits, the water conditions it prefers, and the...
Endangered species; Birds; Birds of prey; Captive breeding; Reintroduction; Raptors;
1976, (41 FR 187). Long recognized as a vanishing species (Cooper 1890, Koford 1953, Wilbur 1978), the California condor remains one ofthe world’s rarest and most imperiled vertebrate species. Despite intensive conservation...
