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[12] [13] That harmed the prairie-chicken population at that location in the view of some organizations, including the Wildlife Society. [14] [15] The number of Attwater's prairie-chickens nesting on the land owned by the Conservancy fell from 36 in 1998 to 16 in 2003. [15] Attwater's prairie-chickens have since disappeared from the site. [12] Male
Over 250 species of birds in addition to Attwater's prairie chicken have been observed in the refuge. Some of these include the fulvous whistling duck, black-bellied whistling duck, white-tailed hawk, crested caracara, scissor-tailed flycatcher, dickcissel, roseate spoonbill, anhinga, Sprague's pipit, and sandhill crane.
English: Refuge Lake, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado County, Texas, USA (6 May 2017) ... You are free: to share – to copy, ...
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The center participates in a program to rehabilitate the Attwater's prairie chicken, a small grouse native of the coastal plains of Louisiana and Texas, now one of the most endangered bird species in America. Fossil Rim Wildlife Center and five other zoos initiated a breeding program for the species in 1992.
The Texas City Prairie Preserve is a 2,300-acre (9.3 km 2) nature preserve located on the shores of Moses Lake and Galveston Bay in Texas City, Texas in the United States, near Houston. The preserve was created in 1995 by the Nature Conservancy thanks to a $2.2 million donation of land by ExxonMobil .
Attwater's prairie-chicken; G. Greater prairie-chicken; L. Lesser prairie-chicken This page was last edited on 30 January 2015, at 19:00 (UTC). ...
Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR: Attwater's greater prairie chicken: 8,007 Balcones Canyonlands NWR: Black-capped vireo, golden-cheeked warbler: 14,144 US Virgin Islands: Green Cay NWR: St. Croix ground lizard: 14 Sandy Point NWR: Leatherback sea turtle: 327 Virginia: James River NWR: Bald eagle: 4,147 Mason Neck NWR: Bald eagle: 2,276 Washington