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Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures. These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. Fifteen species have been recorded in Michigan. Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
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The Arctic grayling, a species now extinct in Michigan. There are 35 species and subspecies of threatened fish in Michigan. Of these, eight are species of special concern, nine are threatened and another nine are listed as endangered. An additional nine species that previously had populations in Michigan are now considered extinct in that state.
The Houghton Lake Flats Flooding State Wildlife Management Area is a protected wildlife area located in rural Lake Township within Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The wildlife management area incorporates 1,830 acres (7.41 km 2) of artificially restored marsh and wetlands just west of Houghton Lake.
The life of a developing kiwi chick was likely saved when a nature park employee in New Zealand repaired its punctured shell using masking tape. Masking tape helps to save endangered kiwi chick ...
Michigan will offer dairy operations with bird flu up to $28,000 to work with federal and state government agencies to investigate how the virus got onto their operations, Michigan Department of ...
2.2 Birds. 2.2.1 Extinct. 2.3 Fish. 2.3.1 Extinct fish. ... Wild turkeys in Clyde Eastern bluebirds in Michigan Sandhill crane in Michigan Kirtland warbler in ...
With its long decurved bill and brown body, the curlew resembles the kiwi. So when the first Polynesian settlers arrived, they may have applied the word kiwi to the newfound bird. [11] The bird's name is spelled with a lower-case k and, being a word of Māori origin, normally stays as kiwi when pluralised. [12] [failed verification]