Specie Status In the mid-1800's, huge flocks of Eskimo Curlew migrated north from South America to their nesting grounds in the Alaskan and Canadian Arctic. Historic reports tell of the skies being full of Eskimo Curlews as they migrated through the prairie states and provinces. During migration, they fed on grasshoppers and other insects on the grasslands of the central United States.	Risks to the Species In 1916, no game bird hunting in the United States was stopped by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, but the Eskimo Curlew did not recover. Conversion of native grasslands to cropland, in the South American wintering area and along the migration route through the tall grass prairies of the United States, is thought to be the reason for the birds failure to recover. The Eskimo Curlew is thought to be very close to extinction; only about 70 Eskimo Curlews have been seen in the last 50 years.	Species Preferred Food The Eskimo Curlew prefers grasshoppers and their eggs, grubs and cutworms. Breeding of the Species The Eskimo Curlew Nests in a shallow depression in the ground on open Arctic tundra. This is where the specie comes to every winter time of the year.
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