10,000 Birds
APRIL 16, 2022
As with any patch, wildlife refuge or other birding locale, that birding gold can also be minted in the form of a rare and unexpected vagrant. The gull has taken up a happy, seemingly retired residence in and around small fish processing shops. Alas, our Western Gull was nowhere to be found!
10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2011
I was lucky enough to catch this photo of an adult in flight at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge back in February showing the horn and their distinctive black and white plumage. Unlike the Brown Pelican, the American White Pelican scoops up fish while swimming. They are already nesting.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2012
Around thirty miles from Missoula in the Bitterroot Valley lies the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. Fish and Wildlife Service a. At last we plunged into the woods, hoping for Great Horned Owls. Terry McEneaney did a spectactular job as guide, and meeting the local Audubon Society crew for the first time was a lot of fun.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2011
Feeding birds is generally regarded as a harmless past-time, a wholesome way for people to share nature and enjoy wildlife with the family. Sometimes people find themselves the victims of ill-informed home owners associations that have a phobic view of wildlife. How do you know when you are a little too involved with feeding birds?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 4, 2014
Among birders, wildlife photographers, and nature enthusiasts, it is renowned for its incredible concentrations of birds at the end of the dry season. During this time, the fish trapped in the shrinking pools of water attract hordes of herons, egrets, storks, and other wetland species. Alas, it was over too soon.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 29, 2023
They’re not, alas particularly impressive. However, I was delighted to find a Razorbill, fishing enthusiastically in a Norfolk harbour. It’s a total I’ve never approached since, which might explain why in recent years I stopped counting. My British total was a mere 172 species – not bad, but not very good.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 27, 2013
My fiance and I drove nearly two hours to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in rural Indiana to watch them come in for the evening. Alas, the bird had flown. Alas, this year was the first since Mike started birding that he didn’t see a single lifer. What’s a birder to do? Tragic, right?
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