LOSS OF HABITAT:

Badger (E) (ag)

King rail (E) (marsh degradation)

Bobwhite (E) (grass)

Cerulean Warbler (E) (in S. Amer and breeding)

Barn owl (E) (barns and grass)

Eskimo Curlew (E) (grass in S. Amer)

Loggerhead shrike (E) (grass and breeding areas)

Henslow’s sparrow (E) (grass)

Piping Plover (E) (shore)

Prothony warbler (E) (in S. Amer and swampy forest)

Acadian Flycatcher (E) (tree removal) (invasive forest pests)

Yellow breasted chat (E) (shrubs and thickets)

Caribou (T) (due to natural resource extraction & fire) (needs forest)

Bobolink (T) (grass)

Common nighthawk (T) (grass/needs fire/no gravel roofs/intensive ag)

Canada warbler (T) (forest in S. Amer)

Wood thrush (T) (winter/breeding)

Eastern Meadowlark (T) (grass)

Red headed woodpecker (T) (removes dead trees)

Whippoorwill (T)

Rusty blackbird (T)

Louisiana Waterthrush (T) (forested streams and wetland)

Least Bittern (T) (water)

Barn swallow (T) (barn/grass)

Bank swallow (T) (nests)

Chimney swift (T) (nests)

Buff breasted sandpiper (SC) (grass and S. Amer)

Yellow rail (SC) (water bird)

Short eared owl (SC) (grass)

Eastern Wood Pewee (SC) (in S. Amer)

Horned grebe (SC) (wetlands)

Red necked phalarope (SC) (breeding grounds)

Yellow rail (SC)

Grasshopper sparrow (SC) (pasture)

HABITAT SPECIALIST AND THEREFORE SCREWED:

Cerulean warbler (E)

Kirtland’s warbler (E)

WHITE NOSE SYNDROME:

Tricolored bat (E)

Northern myotis (E)

Little brown myotis (E)


RARE ANYWAY:

Tricolored bat (E)

Henslow’s sparrow (E)

Eastern mole (SC)

King rail (E)

Yellow rail (SC)

Eskimo curlew (E)

Eastern wolf (T)

PESTICIDE USE/CONTAMINANTS:

Short eared owl (SC)

Badger (SC) (rodenticide)

Polar bear (SC)

Bank swallow (T)

Chimney swift (T)

Bobolink (T)

Horned grebe (SC) (oil spills)

Red necked phalathope (ocean)

Peregrine (SC) (still DDT in wintering habitat)

CLIMATE CHANGE:

Wolverine (SC)

Polar bear (SC)

Bank swallow (T)

Chimney swifts (T) (killed by bad storms which will increase)

Red necked phalathrope (ocean)

OVERHUNTING:

Caribou (T)

Polar bear (SC) (defense, subsistence harvest, illegal)

Badger (SC/ E) (unregulated kills by landowners)

Beluga (SC)

INCIDENTAL DEATH/TRAPPING:

Grey fox (T)

Bobolink (T) (by farming)

INCREASED PREDATION:

Caribou (T) (by wolves)

Horned grebe (SC)

Piping plover (E)

Wood thrush (T) (nest predation maybe due to fragmentation)

FRAGMENTED HABITAT:

Grasshopper sparrow (SC)

Woodland vole (SC)

Wolverine (SC)

COWBIRD PARASITISM:

Pronothony warbler (E)

Kirkland’s warbler (E)

Wood thrush (T)

FOOD SOURCE DIMINISHED:

Whippoorwill (T) (bugs)

Common nighthawk (T) (bugs)

Eastern wood pewee (SC) (bugs)

Red knot (E) (horseshoe crab eggs)

CAR ACCIDENTS:

Badger (E)

Bank swallow (T)

Gray fox (T)

ALMOST HUNTED TO DEATH PREVIOUSLY:

Eskimo Curlew (E)

Buff breasted sandpiper (SC)

COMPETITION:

Pronothony warbler (E) (house wren for nest sites)

Eastern wolf (T) (with coyote)

Bobwhite (E) (*pen raised birds released and threaten natives)

MOWING/BAD NEST SUCCESS IN THE GRASS:

Eastern meadowlark (T)

Grasshopper sparrow (SC)

HYBRIDIZING:

Golden winged warbler (T) (w blue winged, coming N for climate change)

SHIPPING/DAMS:

Beluga (SC)

HUMAN DISTURBANCE:

Wolverine (SC)

Piping plover (E)

LO REPRODUCTION RATE:

Wolverine (SC)

JUST NOT SURE:

Olive sided flycatcher (T)