10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2013

At first glance you might not recognize this bird as a Golden-crowned Sparrow ( Zonotrichia atricapilla ). The entire Golden-crowned Sparrow population migrates within North America between winter and summer ranges… arriving in California in September and October, often foraging with White-crowned Sparrows.

Sparrows 163

Sparrows Alabama North America New Jersey 163

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

A little more than halfway through 2014, a year Marybeth had decided would be devoted to finishing in the top fifty eBirders in Louisiana AND Alabama, there is a terrible accident and time must be put aside for Lynn’s healing and recovery. But, in Chapter Three the book takes on more shape.

Louisiana 264

Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

Five hatchling House Sparrows in a Happy Meal box,” said Johanna Walton, also in Connecticut. I was so horrified I didn’t even ask why.” “A bat in a bucket floating on a piece of watermelon,” wrote Michelle Whitfield English in Alabama. Soaked and ice cold!

Transported 279

Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 279

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Some states have no species at all, not even a pigeon, crow, or sparrow: Hawaii , Utah , Nebraska , Oklahoma , Minnesota , Iowa , Wisconsin , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , Alabama , Connecticut , and Rhode Island. Even the nation’s capital has been ignored.

Rhode Island 114

Rhode Island United States West Virginia Puerto Rico 114

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. There are 400 whooping cranes left in the wild, 100 of them in the eastern population. I think not! I will certainly write.

2011 244

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The Wilson’s Plovers with their stout crab cracking beaks and hunched demeanor, they have less distance to fly but it’s still no small feat to zip from Alabama to Costa Rica. They are also involved with a project to learn more about and conserve the endemic Cabanis’s Ground-Sparrow. New Birds for Costa Rica.

Costa Rica 184

Costa Rica 2018 Birds West Virginia 184