10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2013

Yet, somehow, on 31 May one was discovered on Puddingstone Reservoir, the large man-made lake that is the center of Bonelli Park, a nearly 2,000 acre expanse in San Dimas, just east of Los Angeles. First of all, the species only occurs semi regularly in North America in a small patch of Alaska where it occasionally breeds.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The Lab operates All About Birds , which has free and authoritative information on identification and bird biology, as well as Birds of North America. Both operate websites that provide useful content, including lists of major birding festivals (there are now dozens across North America throughout the year) and birding hotspots.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

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. He now lives in Los Angeles, California where he is employed as a natural history tour guide and as a member of the Leica Birding Team.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 2, 2012

What began as a regional event in Los Angeles in 2011 has expanded to include a series of local Pack Walks around the country between September 24 – 30, led by North Shore Animal League America national shelter partners and Mutt-i-grees Curriculum schools. The movement culminates in Washington D.C.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2011

from South America. Miami and Los Angeles were also major importation hubs, and populations of Aratinga mitrata are well established in those areas. Miami and Los Angeles were also major importation hubs, and populations of Aratinga mitrata are well established in those areas.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2013

I’ve spent a fair bit of time on the ocean on right side of North America. When we motored into Los Angeles County waters to pick up the many thousand strong flock of storm-petrels milling about. Birding the Gulf Stream requires patience. It requires long stretches of bird scarcity.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2012

This post is old news to those who pay attention to what I say on Facebook but I am still pleased as punch to point out that I have finally reached the 500-bird milestone in the American Birding Association area (basically North America north of Mexico). How did I finally reach this lofty peak?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

An old curator of birds at the Los Angeles County Museum encouraged me to visit the Alaskan territory as a place abundantly populated with these birds, because even then they were becoming rare and hard to obtain.” ” “What I found was that the falcon’s world moves about ten times faster than ours.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2020

Here are three recent titles, one for the parents of very young children, one for primary school children and their parents, and one for residents of a specific geographic area–Los Angeles County. Wild LA: Explore the Amazing Nature in and Around Los Angeles. © Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

The fury this meal caused my friends and family back in America motivated me to examine whether eating any animal was justified. Elaine Livesey-Fassel Los Angeles Foer stop writing about food and stick to the stories. Howland Northport, N.Y. At one point during my year living in China, I ate dog.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2023

I was puzzled why the authors decided to include Buff-breasted Flycatcher, Pine Flycatcher, and Tufted Flycatcher, species that have extremely limited range in North America. Large and colorful, they include Mexico, Central America and sometimes South America, showing the full migration route. Phoebes and Myiarchus ?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2013

Based on The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America , published in 2010, the New Stokes regional guides aim for more portability and ease of use in the field. Now, on to the books. The Eastern guide covers 545 species and the Western guide covers 636 species. On perched birds, wingtips do not reach near tail tip. Thinner mustache.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Scientists all over the world are sounding the alarm about ecological disruptions already in motion, and birders in North America are already seeing changes in the distribution of species, from the 61 percent of bird species wintering farther north to expanding ranges of birds like Mississippi Kite and Great-tailed Grackle.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

And, because of a special family event (see below), I happened to be in Los Angeles County over the Thanksgiving holiday. More like five hours, if you don’t count gas and lunch stops, and, seriously, who stops for lunch when you are after the probable first Great Black Hawk sighted in North America?

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 3, 2010

ADI, which has previously rescued and relocated animals in Europe, South America and Africa have described it as one of the most complex logistical operation they have ever undertaken but say it will be worth all of the effort when the animals walk free. The ADI rescue operation was backed by Bob Barker.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 6, 2009

In writing my new book Hoodwinked (Random House, Nov 2009 publication date), I recently visited Central America. Memories are short in the US, but not in Central America. The Los Angeles Times went to the heart of this matter when it concluded: What happened in Honduras is a classic Latin American coup in another sense: Gen.

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