10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2018

Anahuac NWR (Texas). Aransas NWR (Texas). Nisqually NWR (Washington). Bombay Hook NWR (Delaware). Bosque del Apache NWR (New Mexico). Chinteague NWR (Virginia). Desert NWR (Nevada). Forsythe NWR (New Jersey). Harris Neck NWR (Georgia). Horicon NWR (Wisconsin).

Wildlife 214

Wildlife Las Vegas Texas Minnesota 214

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2023

Kodiak NWR is highly inaccessible (“The 1.9 Ditto for San Juan Islands NWR , which also has fewer than 100 checklists (and fewer than 125 species) on eBird.

United States 162

United States Michigan Texas Virginia 162

10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2022

Both states were new to me in terms of eBird, so I had never visited Bombay Hook NWR , which made my list of the Top 25 NWRs for Birding.

District of Columbia 162

District of Columbia Virgin Islands Maryland Delaware 162

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2019

A number of these NWRs appear on my list of the Top 25 NWRs for Birding.). For example, Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico is renowned for its winter birding, featuring huge numbers of Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese, among others. In particular, the Friends of Bosque del Apache NWR hosts Festival of the Cranes each November.

Wildlife 248

Wildlife Maryland San Francisco Minnesota 248

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2018

For example, Santa Ana NWR in Texas has been in the news because the Trump Administration proposed building part of the border wall directly through it. (It Santa Ana NWR is relatively small at 2,087.50 In other words, virtually all of Santa Ana NWR was purchased with MBCF money. Aransas NWR (368 species and 42.7%

Ducks 203

Ducks Wildlife Texas Hawaii 203