habitat loss

Immature Black-crowned Night Heron In Flight

By Mia McPherson|May 15th, 2018|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: Black-crowned Night Heron, blue sky, flight, flying, habitat loss, heron, herons, immature, juvenile, night heron, night herons, Nycticorax nycticorax, population decline, wading birds|

When I spotted this immature Black-crowned Night Heron on the wing at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in April I hoped it would fly in closer than it did, still I liked the photos I took of it with a clear blue sky in the background.

Bathing Ruddy Turnstone

By Mia McPherson|September 7th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Ruddy Turnstones|Tags: Arenaria interpres, bath, bathing, climate change, coast, coastal, conservation, habitat loss, lagoon, Ruddy Turnstone, shore, shorebird, shorebirds, shoreline, turnstone, turnstones, water|

About half the world's shorebird populations are in decline and with climate change and rising sea levels habitat loss is happening at a faster rate than ever before.