<p>A female Long-Billed Curlew sits on a nest on the National Elk Refuge.
</p><p>According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the major threat to Long-billed Curlews is habitat loss owing both to development and projected effects of climate change.
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Credit: Eric Cole / USFWS
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