10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

It is now more important than ever to draw on the diverse group of refuge advocates around the country to safeguard America’s wildlife heritage 1. As a result, animals like the Florida panther and diminishing habitats like the prairie grasslands stand a fighting chance. The Wild Duck Chase.

Wildlife 202

Wildlife Hunters Ducks Hunting 202

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. The sandhill crane has the lowest recruitment rate (average number of young birds joining a population each season) of any bird now hunted in North America. to a high of 11%. I have provided plenty of facts.

2011 248

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 248

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2017

You may know (although probably not since you’ll likely reside in North America) that a Siberian Rubythroat showed up over the winter 2015/16 in a small village in the Netherlands, an extremely rare and highly sought-after vagrant from Siberia (duh!). Marsh Sandpiper , Den Oever, Netherlands. That’s not bad.

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2016 Germany Italy Netherlands 101