10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2021

During migration, they occur in more places, I bet that golden-hooded bird with a rainforest mixed flock was on its way to Virginia or Alabama or wooded swamp in some other part of its ancient range that used to bear witness to the double knocks of Ivory-billeds. Typically, in Costa Rica, this swamp beauty is a bird of wetlands and mangroves.

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica West Virginia Baltimore Virginia 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

A jay born and raised in New York State may winter in Alabama, Kentucky, West Virginia, or Tennessee, depending on its taste in barbecue. Most fascinatingly, a bird that migrated one year, even hauling its tail feathers all the way down to Alabama, may choose to hang out in New York all winter next year, or vice-versa.

Alabama 107

Alabama West Virginia New York City New York 107

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2017

Cliff was raised in the Central Valley of California and discovered a love of birds at 14 when he found a male Vermilion Flycatcher in his yard. Neil is a graduate student at the University of Alabama, where he studies avian ecology. In this heat, the spoils randomly fell to Clifford Hawley.

Alabama 111

Alabama Sacramento Florida California 111

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

The USFWS designated the whooping cranes in this population “nonessential and experimental.” Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. Nobody needs to eat them.

2011 243

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243