10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2019

Nothing was on my agenda for that afternoon. I stitched away as I watched the Red-bellied Woodpecker scatter the smaller Chipping Sparrows and Carolina Chickadees as it glided down for a few seed morsels.

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Agenda Birds Louisiana North America 146

10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2017

Next on the agenda was the drive up and over the mountains with time to check for Bare-shanked Screech-Owl and Dusky Nightjar. As we approached our lowland nocturnal site, calling House Sparrows , Social Flycatcher , and a few other common species reminded us of the approaching dawn. Pre-dawn in the Lowlands.

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica 2017 Owls West Virginia 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

I chalked up 132 species in a pretty relaxed eight days, during which birds shared the agenda with culture. Common Kingfisher , Common Hoopoe and the European Bee-eater come from their nesting holes at the high loess-bluff of the opposite, right bank of the river. eBird bar chart. #3 3 Rusanda Nature Park in Melenci. eBird bar chart.

Serbia 168

Serbia Birds Farming Bulgaria 168

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Here’s a tidbit from the NRA’s Hunters’ Rights website: “Sandhill cranes are hunted much like geese, with decoys set in fields and hunters stationed in blinds. Those opposed have anti-hunting agendas and can not be allowed to dictate what game species are hunted. Wicked, right? Isn’t that neat?

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 255