10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2021

And it prohibits human infrastructure, e.g. , roads, buildings, dams, and pipelines, etc. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act in 2019. Of course, as places that are largely “untrammeled by man,” wilderness areas also have birds ( 591 species according to one study ) for birders willing to leave roads and infrastructure behind.

Puerto Rico 243

Puerto Rico Alaska Protection Research 243

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

While not on the scale of bird migration, it is routinely and somewhat lazily described as the biggest annual migration of humans in the world. In these rural areas, public transportation is still mostly based on rather old-fashioned modes. This species seems to enjoy being in mixed flocks with the White-shouldered Starling.

China 196

China Birds Pythons Rabbits 196

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2020

These goods, purchased with Mexican silver, would then be transported overland through Mexico City, and shipped from Veracruz to Spain. I had never birded this way before, and can confirm that what I had heard is true: Birds are much more tolerant of human presence when those humans are on a boat!

Birds 158

Birds 2006 Mexico Morocco 158