10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 8, 2015
The Brown Pelican occurs in both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America and northern South America. Both pelicans have a very specialized foraging strategy that depends on abundant fish near the surface. They dive-plunge to scoop-in fish in schools with its long bill and expandable throat pouch.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 26, 2020
It was when I searched for migrant birds on gorgeous days of September, usually near the Niagara Gorge, sometimes while fishing for salmon in the powerful green waters. In Costa Rica, they become another sort of animal. It was also when October came with cool weather and bunches of White-throated Sparrows, shy Hermit Thrushes.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
He’s the author of The New Neotropical Companion (2017, originally published in 1997), a must-read for any birder preparing to travel to Central and South America, the Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior (2020), and a long list of other books and articles. The 11th chapter is on research and conservation challenges.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
While the native apple snail continued declining, another species of apple snail native to South America began to appear in canals and ponds in South Florida. The baseball-sized “Island apple snail”, as this exotic snail is known, spreaded through South Florida. Female Everglade Snail Kite.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2014
Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the “Rufa” population of Red Knot ( Calidris canutus rufa ) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). migration corridors from Argentina in the Southern tip of South America to Canada.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 21, 2011
Bird poop is, summarized and generalized, the same thing as any other animal group’s poop: the final stage of digestion, the getting rid of the garbage. Here’s the chain of events: an animal eats and the food is being digested. If this wasn’t your thing, you would not be here at this moment in the first place.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
.” The birds appear to be starving to death, so experts don’t believe a toxin is the culprit, said Julia Burco, a wildlife veterinarian for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. They feed on animal plankton and build their nests by burrowing in the dirt on offshore islands. Since then the deaths haven’t stopped.
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