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I am slightly confused by the classification of extinct for this species. I've been having trouble finding sources regarding the population at Pyramid Lake. There were lots of bleached shells along a little stretch of the beach. I also found 3-4 shells that were not bleached and are dark/black colored (see photos 2 & 4). Does that mean it's a newer shell? I don't know what the bleaching process is like for these shells. The sources I'm finding state "Only ever known from fossils and one live population in Nevada. Reported occurrences from Oregon refer to another species, P. ARCHIMEDIS. Recent investigators have failed to find any living individuals.". Information I recieved from the Nevada Natural Heritage Program states that, "The shells usually bleach in just a couple of years when they're on the surface and the last time one was collected alive was 1947." The Nevada Natural Heritage Program will be searching for live specimens at this location soon! Hopefully they can find some!

http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Pyrgulopsis+nevadensis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corded_purg

ʻIʻiwi
AKA Scarlet Hawaiian Honeycreeper
Vestiaria coccinea
foraging in 'Ohi'a tree
Kipuka 21 on Saddle Road
approx. 21 miles west of Hilo,
Hawaii
13 August 2012

19.67075
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The ʻIʻiwi (Vestiaria coccinea), pronounced ee-EE-vee, is a "hummingbird-niched" species of Hawaiian honeycreeper and the only member of the genus Vestiaria. It is one of the most plentiful species of this family, many of which are endangered or extinct. The ʻIʻiwi is a highly recognizable symbol of Hawaiʻi. The ʻIʻiwi is the third most common native land bird in the Hawaiian Islands. Large colonies of ʻIʻiwi inhabit the islands of Hawaiʻi and Kauaʻi, with smaller colonies on Molokaʻi and Oʻahu. Altogether, the remaining populations total 350,000 individuals, but are decreasing.

Looks a lot like a Banks Island Wolf (aka Bernard’s Wolf, Canis lupus bernardi) extinct subspecies of grey wolf, used to be found only on remote Banks Is and Victoria Island, right where I found it. Possible?

Merriam's Elk, cervus canadensis merriami. Original native elk of Arizona. Hunted to extinction. The last confirmed Merriam's elk in Arizona was killed by a hunter in 1898. (Note blonder color then imported Cervus canadensis nelsoni)

This pair of now extinct Golden Toads was photographed at the entrance to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve where they were kept for visitors to the park to see since their observance in the wild was limited to only a few days a year during the onset of their breeding season (late May & early June). This species is sexually dimorphic, the males are bright orange or yellow and females are dark brown with red spots.

First iNaturalist record.

With Graham Armstrong, Pete Ellis, Steve Guy, Guy Langan, Paul Harvey, Phil Heath, Ian Lewis.

Seen for more than an hour after dawn, in a small loose group of Eur. Curlews, feeding in a short-grass field on the south side of the main lake. This was "limpy" - the bird that had been shot about 3 weeks earlier, but seemed to make a recovery.

This location is the last known wintering site for this species. The last record from here was in February 1995.

Here is a link to the last video taken at this site, in January 1995:

http://www.hbw.com/ibc/video/slender-billed-curlew-numenius-tenuirostris/bird-foraging-short-grass

A tortoise spotted when me and my friends were out hiking. We didn't think it was owned since it was just us and a couple of other hikers around, so we told the trail center about it just in case they had to call someone about it/transport it somewhere safer(?) Hopefully it got to where it needs to be!

Found around afternoon and the weather was cloudy.