10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

It was advisable to remove them at night, to keep them calm, to establish immediately a feeding board on which they would be fed chopped beef and egg to start, then fresh birds, rabbit or squirrel. “I’d witnessed Peregrines and Gyrfalcons in the fall of 1949 while I was doing undergraduate work at the University of Alaska.

Falcons 178

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 178

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Alaska’s long-lining fleet now must have bird-deterrent measures in place, which means a lot more Laysan, Black-footed and Short-tailed Albatross are not being injured or drowned in fishing gear. Aleutian Cackling Geese on Buldir Island, Alaska, where they made their final stand. is on a boat in the Aleutian chain.

Albatross 203

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 203

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Once you start down such a rabbit-hole it is difficult to stop the plunge into full on data-nerd mode. But I bet Eddie Shea, who reported the eight Gyrfalcons from Alaska in June of 2010, was pretty pleased to see them. Who has seen the most Green Herons at one time? Painted Buntings ? Gyrfalcons ? And how reliable is this data?

Birds 166

Birds Louisiana Nicaragua Blackbirds 166