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. Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. Additionally, sandhill cranes reproduce very slowly.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 238

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Maybe it was a version of the Mississippi River, maybe it was a version of the Warren River, likely both. Every now and the the loosing Loon would disappear like it had been killed and sunk. Atop the ridge, where no one will ever build cabins because it is too high up, is a grove of white pines.

Humane 200

Humane Eagles Investigation Research 200

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Mississippi Kite – Ictinia mississippiensis. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). White-winged Chough – Corcorax melanorhamphos. Melbourne hike #1. 24 Apr 2018. Red-browed Firetail – Neochmia temporalis.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

Mississippi Kite – Ictinia mississippiensis. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). White-winged Chough – Corcorax melanorhamphos. Melbourne hike #1. 24 Apr 2018. Red-browed Firetail – Neochmia temporalis.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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AUGUST 4, 2018

Mississippi Kite – Ictinia mississippiensis. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). White-winged Chough – Corcorax melanorhamphos. Melbourne hike #1. 24 Apr 2018. Red-browed Firetail – Neochmia temporalis.

2018 101

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

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JANUARY 5, 2019

301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Mississippi Kite – Ictinia mississippiensis. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Western Australia. 12 Jan 2018. Little Tern – Sternula albifrons. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Least Tern – Sternula antillarum.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Mississippi Kite – Ictinia mississippiensis. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Western Australia. 12 Jan 2018. Little Tern – Sternula albifrons. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Least Tern – Sternula antillarum.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113