Good News!

Today is a great day for a tiny creature the size of your thumbnail!

This photo thanks to sitting knitting's blog

Here is a quote from NBCLA to explain...

  "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began releasing rare Palos Verdes blue butterflies Friday morning, more than a decade after they were thought to be extinct.

The little butterfly is native to Southern California but was considered extinct by 1987. Ten years later, a small patch of them was discovered in San Pedro.

Since then, wildlife workers in several agencies have been breeding the blue butterflies in captivity and restoring the butterfly's natural habitat -- leading up to Friday's release, which also happens to be the first day of spring"

This photo was taken form nestbox's blog here

This is the kind of good news I like to hear. Even though it was the humans who almost destroyed the habitat of this creature, we are making good by bringing them back.
Sometimes we DO know how to do the right thing!

I read this book several years ago and it has some sad stories in it about extinction, but also has some very uplifting news of things coming back from the brink.
One very elusive bird with a sad story is the Ivory Billed Woodpecker who is believed to be extinct but recently there have been a handful of stories of people who have heard its distinct call and seen glimpses of it's distinctive white bill.
here

Let's keep the faith!