10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Today’s post is written by Monte Merrick, wildlife rehabilitator and co-director of the Humboldt Wildlife Care Center/bird ally x in Arcata, CA. For those of us in North America other than the Gulf coast, the only time we might see a Magnificent Frigatebird is after a storm. In a quick review, you learn frigatebirds eat fish.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Newly surrounded by wildlife, he found his love of birds reignited. A professional hawkwatcher for many seasons, his passion and knowledge saw him invited to join the board of the Hawk Migration Association of North America in 2013. Originally from London, England, Luke Tiller transplanted to Connecticut in 2003.

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Bald Eagle Los Angeles Connecticut Eagles 246

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

such as California Condors and Passenger Pigeons. His parents moved where opportunity beckoned, taking him from San Angelo, Texas, to Columbus, New Mexico, then to Dallas, and finally on to California. Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds. She’s already written about Rachel Carson: Secret Birder.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

Mountain Plover, California. 2018 was a good year for Mountain Plover in California, with a congregation (that is what you call a flock of plovers, says the Internets) seen regularly in Antelope Valley from early November on. Baird’s Sparrow, North Dakota. An eBird mystery. I also noted that the U.S.

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