10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2012

Granted, it’s not always on a scale we can readily appreciate, and we humans are much more attuned to the differences in each other because that’s how we recognize friends, family, and celebrities on the street, but when a bird is even slightly different from the norm, it’s generally the more expected species than the unexpected.

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New Jersey North Carolina Sparrows Connecticut 238

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2015

Over Memorial Day weekend (23-25 May) my family and I spent the weekend along the Delaware shore enjoying the beaches, natural areas, and tourist traps that make visiting the shore such a delight. That I got to share a bunch of these birds with my family later in the day on Sunday was nice too.

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Delaware New York Birds North Carolina 182

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

Though we were almost rained out, my graduation Outer Banks trip will remain a highlight of my time in North Carolina. Not only did I see beautiful landscapes and great birds, but I could share the experience with my family.

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North Carolina Alligators Wildlife Woodpeckers 179

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 21, 2012

It honors dogs of all breeds — from working dogs to family pets — and encourage pet owners to do something special for their dog. Canine guests must be on leash and accompanied by a human companion. Founded in 2004, National Dog Day is observed annually on August 26. For a complete list, visit www.bestfriendspetcare.com.

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Dogs Oklahoma Maryland North Carolina 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

He is a current member of the North Carolina Bird Records Committee and an eBird coordinator for North Carolina. For example, on finding gulls: Close study of gulls is not for everyone, and birders shouldn’t feel obligated to get deep into it if you prefer colorful, less-confusing, families of birds.

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Birds North Carolina North America Owls 263

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. Monte in California agreed: “I’d like some time just to watch healthy wild families.”. “I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia. Charitable Things. wrote Maryjane in Pennsylvania.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma New York 253

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2013

I’m living and birding in North Carolina. My schedule – as a young semi-professional with a family – is hardly set in stone. We all knew that area well, and were rewarded for it. Flash forward to today.

North Carolina 162

North Carolina Missouri Blackbirds Sparrows 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

Many winter in Florida, admittedly something of a freak state when it comes to overwintering passerines, but a few Orioles can be found up the coast as far north as North Carolina, and the odd bird finds its way into the Piedmont, the part of the state, well inland mind you, where I live.

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North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2012

With a full-time job and a toddler at home, I find that paying attention to counties offers the opportunity to fill that competitive jones that so many birders feel without running deficits in time and money that would see me pushing the boundaries of my family’s patience. State tick! But more importantly, county tick!

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McDonalds South Carolina North Carolina Jordan 170

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2018

The Southeastern guide goes a bit more west, to eastern Oklahoma and Texas, so its northern borders lie at the north boundaries of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Southeastern North America. Organization and Content. Photographic Illustrations.

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North America America Oklahoma Missouri 101

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 26, 2011

The American Humane Association Red Star team will be assisting the Joplin Humane Society, whose staff is not only grappling with the magnitude of the disaster but has personally suffered devastating losses from the tornado and needs time off to attend to their families and what may be left of their homes. Helens and 9/11.

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Missouri Rescue Memphis Alabama 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

Ballantine and Hyman explore how birds communicate and summarize studies on how that communication functions in diverse bird families all over the world. The authors themselves, Barbara Ballentine and Jeremy Hyman, are professors at Western Carolina University, a state university in Cullowhee, North Carolina.

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North America Research Birds Groups 279

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

The first, The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families , tells the story of Dr. Gordon Sato’s mangrove tree-planting project, which transformed the African village of Hargigo. In addition, a separate 11-page Teacher’s Guide can be downloaded from the publishers website. This is the second nonfiction book by Susan L.

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Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 243

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Evening Grosbeaks have been reported flying overhead across the state (even practically in my backyard), a couple Common Redpoll s made the listserv, and a trio of White-winged Crossbill s spend a few days at a botanical garden on North Carolina’s coast, the first such sightings in decades down here.

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North Carolina Niger 2008 Canada 155

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2013

Recently a baby was born in North Carolina with Trisomy 13, a chromosomal abnormality so severe most carriers die at birth. Those unable to fathom how one could celebrate a life by filling the skies with latex locked horns with those unable to fathom how any type of alternative could be suggested to a family during their time of loss.

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Wildlife Agenda North Carolina Raised 259

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The return home included a total of 5 ½ hours of flight delays, one missed flight, and we subsequently missed the entire town of Charlotte, North Carolina. Our first stop was the Lakeview Drive Ponds, Corey’s primary birding location when he and his family visited the island a few years ago.

Bahamas 132

Bahamas Costa Rica Abandon Abandoning 132

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Written in the tradition of the classic Hawks in Flight , but very much a product of the experiences of its birder authors, this is a groundbreaking book that offers a new way of identifying migratory birds at sea to all of us who observe the waters of eastern North America with expectation and excitement. Some maps are quite busy.

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Ducks Groups Species North America 242

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

North Carolina’s 2nd inland Pacific Loon was on Lake Townsend in 2008. They’re a life-saver and well worth asking your friends and family if you’re still in need of a holiday gift. To say I stumbled into a CBC goldmine is a bit of an understatement. I won the lottery. So I’m ready to go for my local CBC.

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North Carolina Massachusetts 2008 Suffering 180

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2018

I and my family will travel locally while prepping for a much bigger and more exciting trip later in the week. Corey and family are excited to be heading south to North Carolina tomorrow. And over all this action, the drumbeat of migration grows louder. What a weekend! How about you?

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North Carolina 2018 Birds Family 102

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

This past weekend, while I was vacation over the long holiday with my family in Asheville, North Carolina, a little town in the part of the Appalachians named the Black Mountains, I was made aware of an amazing phenomenon that mountain birders had known about for years.

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Tennessee Salamander North Carolina Georgia 182

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The thing about Florida is that it’s truly the best of both worlds for those of us birders who are saddled with the unfortunate reality of “non-birding family”, a condition that affects many of us and impacts our ability to fully give ourselves to the birds. Those expectations did not include frigatebirds.

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Florida North Carolina Miami Family 134