10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2016

Baltimore Orioles spend their winters in Florida, Central, and South America, and migrate north to breed in much of the Eastern United States. It’s true that many know the bird because of Baltimore’s baseball team, but the species’ history with Maryland goes back much further.

Maryland 104

Maryland Baltimore United States South America 104

10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2013

And, in that area there is something every bird lover will be interested in: I’ve recently heard that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources may be implementing a new policy dictated by the realities of climate change. “The birds” as a whole will be “fine” but many individual species will not.

Maryland 228

Maryland Birds Penguins Wildlife 228

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2019

That fallacious family name seems to have encouraged all manner of knaves, dunderheads, and miscreants when time came to label species. Most of the warblers south of the border escaped this ignominy; those Basileuterus and Myiothlypis species generally appear exactly as advertised. NAMED FOR PEOPLE. NAMED FOR PLACES.

Rights 113

Rights Connecticut Tennessee Nashville 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. Now, in 21st century America, we’re entertaining new considerations, in keeping with our modern understanding of wild animals and conservation.

Wildlife 245

Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 245

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

And they were the ones who, at the end of the conference, decided to get together and talk about the possibility of breeding Peregrines in captivity as a way of at least saving the species from extinction.” Fidelity And Guaranty home office building in Baltimore, Maryland. By 1999, the Peregrine Falcon was removed from the U.S.

Falcons 186

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 186

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Smith of Baltimore, Maryland, was not really a birder. So it’s probably ironic that his name is applied to such a range-restricted and cryptic species, a true birder’s bird. Nor was he an ornithologist. Audubon needed investors if his magnum opus was to become a reality, and Gideon Smith was one of them.

Missouri 164

Missouri Baltimore Maryland Mice 164