Two unusual shorebirds to spot in the Rolling Plains | Opinion

Discover the long-billed curlew and upland sandpiper, two unusual shorebirds migrating through the Rolling Plains.
The Washington Post

What a chicken-size bird can tell us about a shrinking prairie

BOWMAN COUNTY, N.D. — There’s a stretch of Kim Shade’s ranch in the North Dakota Badlands where he used to look for a peculiar long-billed bird from the seat of his saddle. Now, all he sees there is a ...
Houston Chronicle

Eskimo curlew, a lost bird, deserves to be remembered

A 6-foot bronze sculpture of the Eskimo curlew, which is likely extinct, will stand at Galveston Island State Park as part of the “Lost Bird Project.” While the ceremony unveiling the sculpture was ...
The Northern Echo

Video: Hear the haunting call of the curlew before it's too late

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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Bird sculptor donated Eskimo curlew artwork to teach Arkansans about extinctions

The carving of the Eskimo curlew used as an "April Fowl's" prank was made by Dean Hurliman of Burlington, Iowa. Hurliman once carved duck decoys to be placed as decorative items on fireplace mantels, ...
The Conversation

Slender‑billed curlews are officially extinct – here’s why the loss of these migratory birds really matters

The slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) has been officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). This is the first-ever recorded global bird ...