10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Clavruel’s book is not a day-by-day recreation of Audubon’s various itineraries, but rather a loose investigation of “regions and birds unknown to me,” he says, prompted by his “desire to meet and sketch people who live each day in contact with nature.” Birds, mammals and other wildlife, humans and landscapes are all rendered magnificently.

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Bald Eagle Louisville Pennsylvania Ohio 147

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2023

Cochran followed thrushes for 34 years and is now considered one of the founders of wildlife telemetry (instead of patenting his radio transmitters, he gave away his knowledge), but was a scientific outsider for much of his life. There are many strands that make up the scientific investigations into the question, “Where do the birds go?”

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Science Illinois Investigation Research 187

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2016

You rush over to investigate, and there are birds in your fireplace. They are among the most difficult birds for wildlife rehabilitators to raise, so if any fall down your chimney their best chance of survival is to put them back up there again. It’s summer, you’re in your house, and suddenly there’s a commotion.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Sanctuary Birds Connecticut 134

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2011

Phoebe, Liam and I went down to work (and play) in January 2011 at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival , and it was the highlight of our winter. I don’t get a lot of life birds in North America any more, but this confiding little gent offered himself up to the list: a Florida Scrub-Jay. What a sight.

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Florida Tail Banding Ducks Ohio 145

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2011

I investigated these questions and I have some, but certainly not all the answers. from South America. JFK Airport was a major hub for the importation of wildlife for the pet trade, and it is likely that birds escaped from quarantine during this period. Mitred Parakeets are native to southwestern South America.

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New York City New York Los Angeles South America 214

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The problem of free-roaming cats — and their predation on birds and other wildlife — is hotly contested in communities across the country, and it triggered a lively exchange in the hearing room. Cats are domesticated animals that are not indigenous wildlife in North America.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 208

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

The section is dominated by large portraits of the 180 birds that have been documented by Project FeederWatch as visiting feeders across North America (most of which do not come to my feeders, so reading it made me a little sad and jealous). Fish and Wildlife Service states that almost 59.1 But, there are things to learn here.

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Birds New York City Squirrels New York 173