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...
A California Gull colony at Malheur lake, taken by Finley and Bohlman during a 1908 photography trip to the area. Finley and Bohlman's photographs of the area would later help Malheur become a bird refuge in 1908.
A close-up view of a Whooping Crane photographed at the International Crane Foundation located in Barbaboo, Wisconsin. The Whooping Crane is an endangered species of which an estimated population of 383 continue to exist in the wild. The Whooping...
A colony of American White Pelicans taken by Finley and Bohlman at Malheur, 1908. Finley and Bohlman's work would later help Malheur become a bird refuge in 1908.
A Filney and Bohlman hand painted glass slide of California gull's in Klamath Marsh, 1905. "It seems to me that the gull is more nearly at the head of class than any other bird, when it comes to intelligence... he lives s simple, easy life,...
A Finley and Bohlman hand painted glass slide of American White Pelican's at Klamath Marsh, 1905. Klamath would later become a bird refuge in 1908 due mainly to photographs Finley and Bohlman took of the area in 1905.
A hand painted glass slide by Finley and Bohlman of birds in flight at Malhuer lake in 1908. Finley and Bohlman's photography of the area would help protect these birds from plume hunters in 1908 when the area was named a bird refuge.
A hand painted glass slide of a nest site at Klamath Marsh taken during Finley and Bohlman's 1905 photography trip to the area. Photograph's taken by Finley and Bohlman in 1905 would later help Klamath become a bird refuge in 1908.
A hand painted glass slide of a Spotted Sandpiper in Klamath Marsh, taken by Finley and Bohlman during a 1905 vist to the area. Finley and Bohlman's photographs of the area in 1905 would later help Klamath become a bird refuge in 1908.
History; Birds; Migratory birds; Photography; Wildlife refuges; Art
A hand painted glass slide of a young spotted sandpiper taken by William L. Finley and Herman Bohlman during a 1905 photograph trip to Klamath Marsh. Finley and Bohlman's photographs of the area in 1905 would later help Klamath become a bird refuge...
A juvenile Kittletz's murrelet, caught on the water of Kachemak Bay, Alaska. This bird was weighed and measured during a project to examine plumage characteristics. Juvenile plumages are not well defined for Kittlitz's, there is a need to...