Endanger species

The golden-cheeked warbler is a small bird.The last major tract of nesting habitat for the endangered golden-cheeked warbler located in Ft. Hood, Texas. The golden cheeked warbler have a highly restricted breeding range and the habitat loss also fragmentation due to urbanization and clearing reduces the areas where this bird can raise their young ones.Warblers eat insects and spiders found on the leaves and bark of oaks and other trees.They use long strips of cedar bark and spider webs to build their nests. They come to Texas in March to nest and raise their young, and leave in July to spend the winter in Mexico and Central America. Females lay 3-4 eggs during nesting season.

An endanger plant in Texas is the Black Lace Cactus  ,The outer spines of the black lace cactus are straight and white with dark purple tips also in the springtime, the black lace cactus produces pink to purple flowers, 2 - 3 inches wide. It blooms from April to June, producing fruits after the blooms fall off. As the small, spiny, green fruits ripen, the seeds fall or are washed to the ground by the rain.Bees and wasps help the black lace cactus reproduce by spreading pollen from plant to plant.  The black lace cactus is endangered because its habitat has been cleared or planted to crops.

One way of the ways you can  help threatened plants and animals survive is to protect their habitats permanently in national parks, nature reserves or wilderness areas. There they can live without too much interference from humans. It is also important to protect habitats outside reserves such as on farms and along roadsides too.