State Fish and Wildlife Department officials are warning of a new parasitic threat to Band-tailed Pigeons, California's only remaining native pigeon, and cousin to the now-extinct Passenger Pigeon. The public is being asked to keep an eye our for sick or dead birds, and to report them to wildlife officials. (photo by Carla Kishinami)
By Garrison Frost
February 03, 2015
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.