10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2024

Warblers, thrushes, buntings, and other migrants move across the Gulf of Mexico in an extremely stressful, marathon flight from the Yucatan Peninsula to the Gulf Coast of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida before spreading throughout the flyways and heading north.

Texas 217

Texas Alabama Alligators Nashville 217

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2019

In addition to spotting exciting new species in Florida, including the rare Snail Kite, travel across the country brought me into contact with birds in Oregon, California, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Alabama, and more. 2018 proved to be one of my best birding years ever. Not so much.

Bald Eagle 151

Bald Eagle Alabama Kansas Florida 151

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

” “A nestling American Robin in a bucket of water,” wrote Jane Neville, now in Florida. I was so horrified I didn’t even ask why.” “A bat in a bucket floating on a piece of watermelon,” wrote Michelle Whitfield English in Alabama. “Almost restores your faith in humanity!” Soaked and ice cold!

Transported 279

Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 279

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

There are two Painted Bunting populations, one that breeds along the Atlantic Coast from North Carolina to Florida and one that breeds in the interior United States and northern Mexico from southeastern New Mexico to western Mississippi. Stability, stability! I hear the cries.

Mississippi 273

Mississippi Mexico Alabama North Carolina 273

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

Oil on the beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama I covered the spill for several months for a special TV series on the Gulf Disaster. As you read the below timeline and see the below images, don’t ever forget the perils that walk hand-in-hand with human greed. We documented the relocation of several turtle nests.

2010 241

2010 Louisiana 2012 2011 241