Introduced Birds Weblog

According to the AOU Check-list of North American birds (1998), the following seven species native to North America have been introduced to...

Found in remarks concerning establishment of the 407-acre Jasper County Prairie Chicken Sanctuary Nature Preserve in February 1972 (excerpt...

Ruffed Grouse ( Bonasa umbellus ), Greater Prairie-Chicken ( Tympanuchus cupido ), Wild Turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo ), and Peregrine Falcon...

At one time or another in the 20th century, virtually all States in the U.S. had state game farms run by the State Fish and Game agency (or ...

Thompson et al. (1997) describe the history and status of Ruffed Grouse in Missouri thusly (excerpts): By the late 1950s, grouse were almos...

Found nearly Statewide in the mid-1880s, deforestation and grazing of timber caused a dramatic decline of Ruffed Grouse populations, leading...

One rarely considers the relatively unspoiled wilds of Alaska when thinking about bird transplants, translocations, or introductions, but th...

From the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation timeline (excerpts): 1911 – Ring-necked Pheasant first introduced 1931 – Game Farm op...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources provides information about Wild Turkey restoration here (excerpts): . . . wild turkeys were elimin...