Most of us are aware that our climate is changing, pollution is commonplace, overhunting is not just in the past, and that many of our species of birds are disappearing. So often, we don’t appreciate the uniqueness and value of a particular bird until it’s too late. Who wouldn’t turn the clock back, given the chance, and save some bayou to preserve the ivory-billed woodpecker?
We can’t turn back time to save the Lord God Bird, but we can work to preserve the birds we still have. Charlie, at 10,000 Birds has identified one such bird in peril: Sharpe’s Longclaw: an Endangered Kenyan endemic.
photo courtesy of Charlie @ 10000Birds
The blog team at 10,000 Birds is leading an effort to fund the work of a Kenyan researcher and bird advocate, Dominic Kamau Kimani. Here’s your chance to be proactive by supporting Sharpe’s Longclaw, 10,000 Birds, and the Small African Fellowship for Conservation. Any amount (the suggested donation is $1) will help. Do it for Dominic, for the Sharpe’s Longclaw, and for yourself.
You’re welcome, Kathie. I was thinking the bird looked a bit like a meadowlark. I’ll have to go look up pipet pics.
I’ll have to check that out. This little bird looks like a yellow pipet! Good for you Wren for raising awareness on this subject. Thanks for posting this.
My pleasure!
Thanks for the post Wren – much appreciated!
Charlie