10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 22, 2014
These beautiful birds are now reduced in numbers or distribution throughout their range and considered to be declining in Utah, Nevada, and Oregon. They are listed as a Species of Special Concern in Utah, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, and as Threatened in California. References: 1 Birds of North America Online.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
A few days ago, I received and then flipped through a bird guide of the Sierra Nevada (my way of coping with currently not being able to do birding trips outside of China, given the Covid policy of the Chinese government). It is hard to see any scientific value in defining a bird species as a country endemic.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2019
I am originally from California, so it is easy for me to deal with a geography defined by a low coastal mountain range, a central valley, and a much higher inland range (in California, the Sierra Nevada). As a birder, I was eager to find the quickest ways to reach these species from my home.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 12, 2013
” That small minded perspective is difficult to overcome despite Clare’s continued insistence on the excellence of Poo Ponds and my own small contribution from my visits to Florida’s Viera Wetlands and Nevada’s City of Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. And that is when I saw my first Large-billed Tern !
10,000 Birds
APRIL 30, 2012
And, as you can imagine about a species with “Indigo” in its common name and Passerina cyanea for a scientific name, these birds are blue blue blue! Indigo Buntings breed from southern Canada across the eastern and central United States, and as far west as Nevada. ” They winter in Central America and the Caribbean.
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. In many states the best chance you have of seeing many of these and other bird species are at a hawkwatch.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2014
I didn’t know what species of woodpecker it was, but I knew it was just in the clearing on the other side of the road. Black-backed Woodpeckers are non-migratory, although there have been documented intermittent irruptions of the species outside their normal range. Click on photos for full sized images.
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