10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

I started afforesting our church lot in 2016, just after we were able to fence it. My 2016 efforts began with a generous gift of 43 seedlings from a local botanical garden, representing just the sort of diversity that most reforestation efforts lack. Wild Grapes are sprouting in a pot in my yard as I write.

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ALA 2016 Free Range Livestock 191

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

It rained both nights at Saddle Creek, but we made use of the shelter and it did cool it down slightly! Having added the new additions to my 2016 year list I noted we had not yet seen a member of the Fantail or Robin family as yet. Our first encounter of a Northern Fantail for 2016!

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2016 Shelters Fish Australia 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2016

Our 23 kilometre stretch of beach that runs from Gantheaume Poin t to Willie Creek has finally seen the arrival of the first Pied Oystercatcher chicks for the 2016 breeding season. This pair of birds laid eggs in the first week of July, which is typical for the Broome area. Pied Oystercatcher nest with 2 eggs.

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Eggs 2016 Shelters Breeding 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Ackerman understands how to set a scene, fill it with charismatic real-life characters, and top it off with magic–the hoot of a distant Great Gray Owl, a Burrowing Owl evading capture, an old barn sheltering young Barn Owls, a tree full of Long-eared Owls in the middle of a small town in northern Serbia.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 210

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

There were an estimated 13,000 breeding pairs and roosting birds in 2016; additional islands have been created to support the increasing population and a raised (17-feet) walkway with observation platforms allows birders and photographers to enjoy them.

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 210