10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

Patrol and enforce wildlife-damaging violations, including the taking of endangered native plants, capturing turtles, riding ATV’s on pedestrian trails, and abandoning fishhooks. This is a project that clearly spanned decades. Remove Phragmites and replace it with cattails. Mow grasslands only once a year to arrest succession.

New York City 156

New York City New York Birds Breeding 156

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2022

Apparently, one of the threats to this species comes from the bioaccumulation of mercury in its feathers – though I balked at paying USD 40 for the scientific paper providing the details, from the abstract and the location of the authors, it seems they examined feathers of this bird living in an abandoned mining region in Guiyang, China.

Litter 227

Litter China Species Abandon 227

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2014

I’m going to start with a specific example: species accounts for Common Tern and Arctic Tern. The phrase is also used in the Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America and The Shorebird Guide by O’Brien, Crossley, and Karlson, so it hasn’t been totally abandoned.). I wish we had the equivalent for color.

North America 247

North America Birds Species America 247