10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2015
A number of years ago I was granted the privilege of flying into the Kuparuk Oil Field, above the Arctic Circle in the remote regions of the North Slope Borough in Alaska. The newest find of this extremely scarce bird was a male, and was “collected” (an innocent-sounding euphemism for “killed”) for the American Museum of Natural History.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 28, 2015
After my post about collecting two weeks ago I received a bit of feedback, some positive, some negative, and I’ve been mulling it over with the intention of writing about some of the issues that could be considered the root cause of the disagreement. You see, the bird was collected for scientific study.
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Reddit Animals
JULY 6, 2023
The research used data collected by coastal residents along beaches from central California to Alaska. The research highlights the significant impact of warming oceans on marine birds, emphasizing the need for conservation efforts to protect these species.
10,000 Birds
MAY 9, 2017
Because these lands include a variety of different habitats and range from Alaska to Puerto Rico and Hawaii to Maine, it is difficult to make generalizations about their impact on birds. Northern Fulmar : Approximately half of the North American breeding population in the Pacific Ocean breed in Alaska, with the remainder in northern Canada.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2011
They breed across Canada and Alaska’s boreal forest near ponds and lakes, using nest holes made by woodpeckers, almost exclusively flickers. If you liked this post featuring Bufflehead images why not check out 10,000 Clicks , our collection of photo-galleries? Bufflehead are the smallest of North America’s diving ducks.
10,000 Birds
JULY 1, 2014
I enjoy collecting children’s books about birds and nature that I come across in the expected (book stores) and unexpected (academic library conference reports) places. Meanwhile, forts were built to protect the island from invaders, war broke out between Spain and the United States, and the island became a U.S.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2021
Dunn starts in Alaska with the goal of seeing Rufous Hummingbird at the northern extreme of its migration (which he does with some effort and a few bear sightings) and ends in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, “the end of the world,” with the sighting of a Green-backed Firecrown feeding at a firetree in cold drizzly rain.
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