History; Endangered species; Birds; Birds of prey; Perching birds; Photography;
A California condor perching in one of its favorite old pines just above the nest site near Los Angeles. Part of Finley and Bohlman's 1906 hand painted glass slide series of condors
Carolina Sandhills NWR; Endangered species Research; FWS Employees (USFWS); South Carolina
A FWS biologist tags a Red-cockaded woodpecker. These woodpeckers are endangered because open forests with big, old pine trees have been replaced by forests with younger, smaller pines. Periodic natural fires needed to control the brushy...
Abstract: Maritime forests dominated by broadleaved evergreen trees and shrubs occur in a discontinuous narrow band along the barrier islands and on the adjacent mainland from North Carolina to Florida. The flora and fauna of maritime forests...