10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

In 1974, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge was established to protect the delta and its diversity of fish and wildlife habitats. The Nisqually estuary was restored in 2009 by removing dikes and reconnecting 762 acres with the tides of Puget Sound. Poor things looked like they were freezing to death.

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Fox Washington Geese Sparrows 121

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Afraid that their ideas for the development of the area, including a ski centre, might be restricted by the nature protection regime, the officials rejected the idea. Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos major. Eurasian Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis. Eurasian Collared-Dove – Streptopelia decaocto.

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Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 267

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Fortunately, there are some people working to protect the Scarlet Macaws of Honduras. Though Scarlet Macaws are threatened in Honduras there is hope that they will get protection and recover at least some of their numbers and former range. These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This Last Weekend of November 2009?

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Honduras 2011 Deer Birds 150

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

So, the 49 subject species include birds with interesting family behaviors that we might not see every day (Cedar Waxwing, Great Blue Heron, Peregrine Falcon), migrant songbirds (Tree and Barn Swallows, House Wren), and common, everyday birds (Northern Cardinal, Downy Woodpecker, and, yes, Rock Pigeon).

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Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

Or These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of December 2009? Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

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2011 Deer Birds New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Read Tim’s account and enjoy his (and the Tambopata Macaw Project’s Alan Lee’s) photos judge for yourself… (NOTE: we first published this post in January 2009 but have to run it again because it is so good!) Is this one of the ornithological highlights on the planet? Licking Clay’ Text and Photographs copyright T.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 254

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

annually) was detected in the Baltic Sea, with counts in 2007-2009 putting the wintering population at c. The Common Pochard is not just a scarce breeding bird, but the second most numerous wintering duck in Serbia and it will be a hard battle to protect it against the strong hunting lobby. 373,000 individuals, down from c.

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Serbia Greece Montenegro Bulgaria 198