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Species Profile
Long-billed Curlew
Scientific Name: Numenius americanus
Taxonomy Group: Birds
Range: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan
Last COSEWIC Assessment: May 2011
Last COSEWIC Designation: Special Concern
SARA Status: Schedule 1, Special Concern
Quick Links: | Taxonomy | Photo | Description | Distribution and Population | Habitat | Biology | Threats | Protection | National Recovery Program | Documents
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There are two subspecies of Numenius americanus in North America. Long-billed Curlews occurring in Canada are smaller and have shorter bills than their southern counterparts. They belong to the subspecies parvus, while the larger subspecies, N. americanus americanus, is found only in the United States.
A large brown sandpiper, the Long-billed Curlew is the largest of the North American shorebirds. Adults range from 51 to 66 cm (including the bill). The extremely long and slender, down-curved bill can be up to 21 cm. Females are generally larger than males and have noticeably longer bills, which can be relatively short in juveniles and some males. Adults and juveniles are a buff colour tinged with cinnamon or pink. The upper parts are streaked with dark brown, while the underparts are a lighter buff. Their feet and long legs are a dull bluish grey. Striking cinnamon under-wings help distinguish the Long-billed Curlew from the shorter-billed and smaller Whimbrel.
Distribution and Population
The core of the winter range of the Long-billed Curlew is in Mexico and the southwestern states of California, Texas, and Louisiana, but they can also be seen in small numbers as far south as Costa Rica, and as far north as North Carolina in the United States. During the breeding season, it can be found from northern Texas eastward to central Nebraska and west to central Oregon and Nevada in the United States. Its range continues northwards into southern Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia in Canada. Long-billed Curlews breed in southwestern Saskatchewan, north as far as Biggar. The eastern extent of their Canadian range lies between Moose Jaw and Regina. They breed throughout southeastern Alberta, bounded in the north by Stettler and in the east by Provost. They are found in the foothills near Calgary and in scattered small populations in central British Columbia south of Prince George. The Canadian population is estimated at 23 500 birds, 19 000 of which are found in Alberta. In Saskatchewan, there are an estimated 4000 birds, while British Columbia has an estimated 500. The number of Long-billed Curlews breeding in Canada has been relatively stable over the last 10 years, although numbers have declined drastically since the beginning of the 20th century, when they were common through to southern Manitoba and fall migrants could be found on the Atlantic coast of Canada.
Long-billed Curlews nest in grassland, primarily native short-grass and mid-grass prairie. The birds show a preference for nesting in irregular clumps where they blend in well, and perhaps can spot approaching predators more easily. Once the eggs have hatched, the curlews seem to prefer taller, more dense grass, possibly because it offers better camouflage for the young and reduces heat stress. Although they are more numerous in native grassland, Long-billed Curlews appear to be able to use some agricultural areas for feeding and raising young. While migrating and on their wintering grounds, curlews prefer shallow inland and coastal waters.
A migratory bird, the Long-billed Curlew arrives in March in British Columbia, and in April in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Birds stay with the same mate for at least one season, and may arrive paired. They have only one clutch each year; after a failed nest, the adults do not normally try again. They typically lay four eggs in their ground nests, which the female incubates by day and the male by night for about a month. Chicks leave the nest within three hours of hatching. The female leaves when they are two to three weeks old, and the male cares for them exclusively until they are about six weeks old. Most curlews have left Canada by mid- to late August. Sexually mature at about three years old, they usually live from 8 to 10 years, but may be able to live much longer. Their long bill is well adapted for extracting earthworms and burrow-dwelling shrimps and crabs. They occasionally eat small amphibians; but during the breeding season, they eat mostly beetles and grasshoppers. A high percentage of their chicks never make it to adulthood, making their reproduction rate low. Their main predators are hawks, owls, Black-billed Magpies, Crows, and Ravens. They will engage in mobbing (a group of birds circling a predator to scold and harass it). Formerly market and sport hunters would take advantage of this behaviour, and many curlews could be killed as they circled above a wounded bird. This occurred especially in Atlantic Canada, where they are no longer found.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Long-billed Curlews were killed for market in large numbers. Sport hunters also killed many as they made easy targets. Cultivation of their native prairie nesting grounds contributed to the early declines as well; it continues to be a problem, now exacerbated by urban encroachment. Remaining grasslands are fragmented and disturbed by industry, livestock overuse, fire control, and the invasion of exotic plants. In British Columbia, habitat loss to vineyards, orchards, ginseng plantations, and urban expansion has been significant, primarily in the Thompson and Okanogan valleys. Forest encroachment into what was once intermontane grassland is also a problem. While habitat loss is now the greatest threat to the Long-billed Curlew, there is also the problem of increasing risk from predators. Habitat fragmentation creates easier access to the curlews for the increasing number of Coyotes and for other predators.
Federal ProtectionMore information about SARA, including how it protects individual species, is available in the Species at Risk Act: A Guide.
The Long-billed Curlew is protected from hunting and collection in Canada under the Migratory Bird Convention Act. Less than 5% of curlew habitat In Canada is considered protected. They are relatively common in Grasslands National Park in Saskatchewan, and in the Suffield National Wildlife Area in Alberta.
Provincial and Territorial Protection
To know if this species is protected by provincial or territorial laws, consult the provinces' and territories' websites.
PLEASE NOTE: Not all COSEWIC reports are currently available on the SARA Public Registry. Most of the reports not yet available are status reports for species assessed by COSEWIC prior to May 2002. Other COSEWIC reports not yet available may include those species assessed as Extinct, Data Deficient or Not at Risk. In the meantime, they are available on request from the COSEWIC Secretariat.
11 record(s) found.
- COSEWIC Status Reports (1 record(s) found.)
- COSEWIC Assessments (1 record(s) found.)
- Response Statements (2 record(s) found.)
- Action Plans (1 record(s) found.)
- Management Plans (1 record(s) found.)
- Orders (2 record(s) found.)
- COSEWIC Annual Reports (2 record(s) found.)
- Consultation Documents (1 record(s) found.)
COSEWIC Status Reports
COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus in Canada (2011)The Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) is a large brown sandpiper with a distinctive down-curved bill and cinnamon wing linings. Canadian birds are of the subspecies N.a. parvus.
COSEWIC Assessments
Response Statements
Action Plans
Multi-species Action Plan for Grasslands National Park of Canada (2016)The Multi-species Action Plan for Grasslands National Park of Canada applies to lands and waters occurring within the boundaries of Grasslands National Park of Canada (GNP). The plan meets the requirements for action plans set out in the Species At Risk Act (SARA s.47) for species requiring an action plan and that regularly occur at this site. Measures described in this plan will also provide benefits for other species of conservation concern that regularly occur at GNP.
Management Plans
Management Plan for the Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) in Canada (2013)The Long-billed Curlew was listed as a species of Special Concern on Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act in 2005. The Minister of the Environment and the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency are the competent ministers for the management of the Long-billed Curlew and have prepared this plan, as per section 65 of SARA. It has been prepared in cooperation with the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Order Acknowledging Receipt of the Assessments Done Pursuant to Subsection 23(1) of the Species at Risk Act (2004)This Order acknowledges receipt by the Governor in Council of the assessments of the status of wildlife species done pursuant to subsection 23(1) of the Species at Risk Act (SARA) by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). The purpose of SARA is to prevent wildlife species from being extirpated or becoming extinct, to provide for the recovery of wildlife species that are extirpated, endangered or threatened as a result of human activity and to manage species of special concern to prevent them from becoming endangered or threatened.
Order Amending Schedules 1 to 3 to the Species at Risk Act (2005)Schedule 1, the List of Wildlife Species at Risk of the Species at Risk Act (SARA), is amended by Order of the Governor in Council (GIC), on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment, by the addition of 73 species. This Order is based on scientific assessments by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) and follows consultations with provincial and territorial governments, Aboriginal peoples, stakeholders and the public, and analysis of costs and benefits to Canadians.
COSEWIC Annual Reports
COSEWIC Annual Report - 2003 (2003)May 2003 Annual Report to the Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Council by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.
Consultation Documents
Consultation on Amending the List of Species Under the Species At Risk Act: March 2004 (2004)The Government of Canada proclaimed the Species at Risk Act (SARA) on June 5, 2003 as part of its strategy for the protection of wildlife species at risk. Attached to the Act is Schedule 1, the list of the species that receive protection under SARA, hereinafter referred to as the 'SARA list'. Canadians are invited to comment on whether all or some of the species included in this document should be added to the SARA list.
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According to those reports:
• Each of Washington's 17 largest electric utilities met or exceeded its own energy efficiency target.
• Collectively, these utilities achieved 229 average megawatts of energy efficiency in 2010-11 – enough to power all the homes in Spokane and Tacoma combined.
• To reach 3% eligible renewables, the utilities intent to invest primarily in wind power projects and to wring considerably more hydropower out of existing dams.
In fact, upgrades at existing hydro facilities are projected to meet 22% of the renewables target.
• Many utilities "bought ahead," acquiring additional renewable resources in preparation for the 9% standard taking effect in 2016.Northwest Energy Efficiency Council executive director Stan Price noted the dramatic rise in utilities' efficiency achievements since passage of I-937. "We've endured decades of rollercoaster energy efficiency investment and achievement," said Price, whose organization was a prime initiative sponsor in 2006. "Requiring the state's large utilities to capture all cost-effective savings provides needed certainty to the energy efficiency industry and to customers."
The 229 average megawatts of energy efficiency achieved in 2010-11 is nearly 2½ times the 94 average megawatts of savings the 17 qualifying utilities achieved in 2004-5 biennium. It's also a third more than those utilities figured they would get.
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Summoned by telegraph by local Chassidic devotees, the youthful Rebbe Abraham Ovics of Marmaros-Zegat, reputed to possess supernatural powers which come to him as a Cabbalist and son of a Cabbalist, is sojourning temporarily here and is receiving tribute which surpasses that which had been showered upon his father.
The wonder rabbi received a stirring reception at the station here, Chassidim, aged as well as young, surging around him to kiss the hem of his garments. The "Rebbe" is a youth of 22, of dwarfed stature, measuring only 70 centimeters in height. His father before him, Isaac Ovics, also dwarfed, and a much revered miracle worker, died two months ago. The son is said to excel his father as a Cabbalist.
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A firefighter suffered burns Friday while helping extinguish a kitchen fire at a Goleta restaurant, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.
The blaze was reported at about 10:30 a.m. at The Habit Burger Grill at 5735 Hollister Ave., said fire Capt. David Sadecki.
Three engines responded, and arriving firefighters found a grease fire in the restaurant's kitchen, which employees were attempting to extinguish, Sadecki said.
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NHKA Race 10
Sept 30, 2017
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Can you believe we're already at the mid-point of the 2013 NHKA Racing Series driven by Checkered Flag Indoor Karting? And what a great season it has been with tight racing and new competitors. One highlight is World Formula. It took a couple years but look at it now. Things like this take time, listening and flexibility, but can payoff big. We're confident the same will prove true in our work to grow the sport with F1 Outdoors.
As part of our continuous efforts to lay a firm foundation for continued growth, there are a couple tweaks to the rules we need to make for the second half of the season…
New Date for Race 10 at F1 Outdoors – Now September 15th
F1 Outdoors has given us the earliest notice possible that they have been forced to reschedule the combined NHKA/F1 Club practice/race originally slated for September 21-22, 2013 to September 14-15, 2013. This is due to a date change for one of their two large off-site charity events. (Both the Downtown Boston P.A.L. Charity Race and Seaside LeMans in Mashpee are also in September.) The good news for NHKA racers is that we now have a weekend off before Race 11 on the Hill Course.
NHKA Races at F1 Outdoors
The two dates for NHKA at F1 Outdoors were added weeks after the original schedule was announced. That put some racers into conflict with pre-booked vacations, so we have decided to make a couple changes…
Regular Points at F1: It's the fairest way we could figure to not over-penalize the vacationers while giving their competitors a pile 'o points.
Only One of the F1 Races Can be Dropped: We still want there to be an incentive to get our racers down to F1 Outdoors at least once this season.
Yes, You Can Pre-Enter for Last-Place Points: A special pre-entry form will be available on the website to those who can't make one of these races, but still want 40 last-place points.
These Changes Do Not Apply to F1 Club Racers: Because their dates at NHMS were announced with their schedule, they will still earn double points for the remaining bonus race on the Hill September 1st.
If we want to grow the sport, it's important that we race at F1, and they race up here. Nothing puts new karters on the track like seeing lots of karts already on the track. Dave Davies and Mike have done their part by eliminating conflicts from the schedules and rules. The rest is up to you!
Kid Classes
It's great to see all kids out there, but we want to attract even more. These changes are intended to lower tire costs, make it easy to race at F1 Outdoors and keep the focus on developing core driving skills.
Micro Max and Mini Max: Starting immediately, these classes will follow Rotax Max Challenge rules, including Mojo tires and spec gearing… Micro: 14/73, Mini: 13/82.
Cadet (Comer): Starting immediately, Cadets will run a 10/53 spec gear. Tires remain open.
World Formula Jr: This class was added a couple races into the season when George at Apex Kartsports made available an inexpensive throttle restrictor. This means for a few bucks, a racer can run the same engine from when they're 12 years old until they're 82!
All the kid classes continue to be works in progress. So please keep the feedback coming.
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I smoked one of the best cigars of my life last night. I don't know its name; actually, it doesn't have one. You can't buy it. I can't buy it. It is a private blend made in quantities that wouldn't amount to more than two or three boxes a year. But like a parting kiss from the most beautiful woman in the world, or the last bottle of your favorite wine in your cellar, or the greatest meal you ever ate at a restaurant, the memory of the experience will linger long after you've given up hope of ever having it again.
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