10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Having said all that, I’ll give some context by showing, once again, an image I included in my post just last week: This photo, downloaded from a birders’ chat, shows Lake Cuitzeo on Monday, February 5th. Both species can theoretically breed in central Mexico, but in my experience are almost exclusively winter visitors.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2024
Black-tailed godwits winter in large numbers on the estuaries of both Norfolk and Suffolk, and we know that nearly all these birds breed in Iceland. In breeding plumage islandica godwits develop a deeper red plumage than their limosa cousins. Only when I downloaded my images did I spot the ring, which was clear and easy to read (2BAT).
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2018
For over 70 years, ANWR has been a refuge for migrating and breeding birds – most notably serving as the winter home for the only wild flock of whooping cranes. Download a complete list of the Birds of Aransas NWR. Costa’s hummingbird, Photo © Robin L. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Rufous hummingbird, Photo © Robin L.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
Each article features an animal's physical characteristics, habitat (including a distribution map), diet, breeding patterns, unique traits and behavior, and when applicable, conservation and tips on what the public can do to help. Teachers also can download educational worksheets relating to wildlife.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
to the ongoing conservation of breeding Lesser Flamingos at Kimberley’s Kamfers Dam to the Albatross Task Force, which works with fishermen to find solutions to seabird bycatch (birds caught in fishermen’s nets). The small group was a good counterpart to the large, convivial ABA Safari group of 98 birders.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
The guide covers the all–1194 species in the Species Accounts, including 959 native breeding species, 219 Nearctic migrants, 8 breeding visiting species, and 5 introduced species. Of the native breeding species, 112 are endemic or “very nearly endemic.” (Can Can you guess which of the species cited above are endemic?
10,000 Birds
JULY 7, 2020
Is a free digital download possible?) So, curious about which birds nest in two places, I quickly found out that it’s Phainopepla, a western bird, a relief because I was concerned that it might have implications for my data collection for the NYS Breeding Bird Atlas. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley.
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