10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2015

I began a program for PBS on a group of young kids in a small town in South Dakota. On Mother’s Day, an F2 Tornado hit the small town of Delmont, South Dakota. They did the right thing. But the kids in South Dakota are going to be ok now. They are sending 4 pairs of binoculars for the kids!!!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2012

The first resurrection, or more properly resurfacing, of the black-footed ferret happened in 1964, in Mellette County, South Dakota. American scientists, realizing belatedly how embarrassing it was to know so little about a species right in the heart of their own continent, rushed to study this remnant population.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 19, 2011

I hope, when I reach their age, I'm as active and effective as Bob Barker and Betty White are in the animal rights movement. The former host of The Price is Right, interviewed on CBC News Network on Monday, said the three female African elephants — Toka, Thika and Iringa — would be better off in a warmer climate. "I called ARK 2000.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2013

I wondered, last August, how animals endure it — the tiny ever-pumping lungs of hummingbirds, the lungs of bighorn sheep shouldering their way up mountains, they must get filled with smoke too, right? And I think this is a good move, the right move, even though part of me still welcomes the rain.

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Endangered Species South Dakota Woodpeckers Sheep 163

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Two days ago I went on Facebook and queried some of my exhausted compatriots: if you could have one wish right now – anything in the world – what would it be? “I Self-cleaning pens, never-empty feed buckets,” wrote Angel in South Carolina and Zoe in California. God, we’re a selfish bunch, aren’t we?” High Technology.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

This species has three populations that reside in the northern tall-grass prairies ranging from South Dakota up though the Canadian prairies. I mean, is it satisfying to just roll up and see your target bird right away? Certain stops along the wildlife drive with adjacent salt marsh habitat is where we searched these guys out.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

My mother, mother-in-law, and godmother are all visiting right now. Blair Cessna Mar 17th, 2011 at 3:01 pm I do most of my birdwatching right from my computer chair looking out my den window to my back yard. Salls Country Life Mar 19th, 2011 at 1:35 pm We are experiencing some incredible migratory bird watching right now.

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