Our team is doing research on endangered species. Here are some things you may or may not have known about endangered species.

• suffers damage to habitat, disease or predation, and hazards to the continued life
• Humans can contribute to extinction due to new development, industry, and agriculture
• Loss of genetic variation (diversity within species) (allowing ability to adapt to change) can cause extinction. A large population allows for greater genetic variation.
• Some top endangered bird species of the US: perching birds, seabirds, woodpeckers, and shorebirds
• Pacific Island Birds became extinct due to loss of habitat and over hunting
• 10,065 bird species around the world are threatened species, 600-900 part time or full time US birds

  SOURCES-

• https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-endangered-species
• Education.nationalgeographic.com
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  “Birds.” Endangered Species: Protecting Biodiversity. Kim Masters Evans. 2014 ed. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2015. 121-139. Information Plus Reference Series. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 31 Mar. 2015.

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Today Jackie and I went with Kevin Black, a maintenance personnel here at Berks, to take a look at the locations of our bird houses. He described some of the steps we need to take to take apart the bird houses when beginning to clean them out. We will start cleaning out these bird houses within the next week.