For Endangered Species Day, celebrated annually on the third Friday of May, we"re featuring the whooping crane, one of only two crane species found in North America. Once seen throughout midwestern North America, whooping cranes were driven perilously close to extinction by the early 1940s, with fewer than two dozen birds in the wild. Thanks to conservation efforts, their numbers have now risen to more than 600. While that"s good news, this limited recovery is still fragile, and these incredible creatures remain imperiled, particularly by the loss of their wetland habitat.
Whoopin it up!
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Roques de Benet, Els Ports Natural Park, Catalonia, Spain
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International Rock Day
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Jerte Valley in bloom
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Getting to the bottom of the underwater waterfall
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Rockin with the rockhoppers
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For the love of bikes
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Big Bend National Park turns 78
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Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, England
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Inhale and exhale, it’s Yoga Day
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International Sloth Day
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How lovely are your branches
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Row, row, row your gondola
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Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta
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Merry Christmas
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Diamond Beach, Iceland
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A story of wind and ice
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The desert blooms
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National Llama Day
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New York City Marathon
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Wicker fields in Cañamares, Spain
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Oh, the places you’ll go
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Pumpkin patch
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Duck, duck. duck, duck, duck...
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Happy holidays!
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Desert rose of Qatar
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White Sands National Park turns 90
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Anybody out there?
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Riding the bore tide at Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska