10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
When you think of Southeast Arizona Birding, and the unique birds that can be found there, it conjures thoughts of roadrunners, hummingbirds, trogons, and the many other desert residents. We are right in the middle of the fall migration, so new and unusual species is not without some expectations. Here is our Purple Gallinule!
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
The word titmouse descends from the Old English terms, tit (any small animal or object) and mase (small bird), essentially meaning one small, small bird. A half-century ago, this species might have been restricted to Iowa or New Jersey, but now it can be found throughout New England and even south-eastern Canada.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2014
There’s a new proposal before the American Ornithologists’ Union’s North American Classification Committee to split Painted Bunting into two species (yay! — maybe, more later) and to name the new species “Eastern Painted Bunting” and “Western Painted Bunting” (no!).
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 24, 2018
Nearly 30,000 of these acres is set aside as dry wilderness habitat for other birds, animals and other various living creatures. We are now headed to Tucson, Arizona, where we will park the 5th wheel for an extended amount of time, possibly as long as March 1st. US species – 243. eBird.org submissions – 312.
Critter News
JUNE 28, 2010
A restaurant owner who put lion burgers on the menu in honor of the World Cup has felt a roar of anger from outraged animal rights activists. But the burgers also attracted international attention and the scorn of animal rights activists, who picketed outside the restaurant. Tags: exotic meats phoenix arizona lion.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 14, 2011
I’ve recently returned from a filming trip in Arizona where I have been working on a production for National Geographic on Harris’s (Harris) Hawks. Dirt hawking is a form of falconry that involves hunting rabbits and other small game with Harris Hawks (other hawk species also qualify). My reasons for this are as follows: 1.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
. … Matthew Anderson [of Audubon] said proponents of colonies are putting the interests of one invasive species — cats — over the hundreds of other native ones that are their prey. But about two-thirds of the people speaking supported the new measure, including Dan Niziolek, director of Minneapolis Animal Care and Control.
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