10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2016

Baltimore Orioles spend their winters in Florida, Central, and South America, and migrate north to breed in much of the Eastern United States. It’s true that many know the bird because of Baltimore’s baseball team, but the species’ history with Maryland goes back much further.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2015

When birders in the eastern United States see a flash of red up in the canopy or deep inside nearby bushes, more likely than not those crimson feathers belong to the iconic Northern Cardinal. ” That same sentiment is probably true for us all! .” ” That same sentiment is probably true for us all!

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2015

In fact, of all the world’s pelican species, only the Brown Pelican and Peruvian Pelican perform those plunges. In 1961 they stopped breeding in Louisiana and a few years later disappeared altogether, prompting the legislature to name them the state bird in 1966.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2015

Though South Carolina first chose the Northern Mockingbird as its state bird, in 1948 the general assembly changed its mind. It turns out that the women’s clubs had already chosen the wren , but the legislature disagreed. It’s no surprise then that they are currently an IUCN species of Least Concern.

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