10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

Chapter Two is a potpourri of stories about nemesis birds, birding by ear, birding for science, under the rubric of birding ‘for the love of it.’ Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species. ’ “Is this going to be a collection of essays?” ” I wondered.

Louisiana 264

Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2018

I would wake up in darkness, gather my camera and binoculars and drive to Alabama for a birding tour along a river. In fact, even with the tern and waterfowl species designations I only made it to 11 avian varieties. That my data would be used in a global citizen science event? Driving the boat. That was just icing on the cake.

Florida 113

Florida Alabama Kansas Pelicans 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

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. It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 239