10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Looks like a scaup of some sort, but it’s not quite right My bird certainly had the peaked crown characteristic of a Lesser Scaup; the feathers on its head looked black at a distance, while closer inspection revealed a purple sheen. I regularly see wild hybrids of Canada Goose x Greylag Goose (a Branta with an Anser ).

Geese 246

Geese Ducks Falcons Latvia 246

Critter News

DECEMBER 21, 2011

But I'm not exactly sure why RUSSIA would ban them. Apparently, some claim about 90 percent of Canadian sales are to Russia. Russia does have its own seal hunt, but apparently they banned killings of animals under one year old. Russia has been the biggest market for the Canadian seal fur industry. Great news!

Russia 100

Russia Seals Belarus Fur Industry 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2018

601-800 sp: Canada, Costa Rica, Panama; Russia; Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa; Laos, New Guinea (PNG); Australia. Shown as a list, it looks like this: Less than 200 bird species: Antarctica; oceanic islands.

Equatorial Guinea 239

Equatorial Guinea Costa Rica Guyana Central African Republic 239

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2011

That’s about 400 hundred people in Canada, 2600 in Greenland, 2500 in Svalbrad (Norway), and 700 or so in Russia. Right now I may dream of your Piping Plovers and American Woodcock , but before long I’ll be watching birds that many of you only dream of, Ivory Gulls , Black-legged Kittiwakes , and Gyrfalcons on the nest.

Norway 203

Norway Russia Canada Shelters 203

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2017

In some cases the males strayed from their Alaska home base for a bit of far-flung sex tourism in Canada and Russia.). Some male Pectoral Sandpipers in the study logged upwards of 13,000 kilometers in a month, visiting up to 24 different breeding sites. (In

Russia 124

Russia Rights Stray Alaska 124