10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2019

As many of you might know, I have been concentrating my bird efforts primarily to just one county, Pima Country which surrounds the Tucson, Arizona area. There is believed to be a very small breeding population of Mississippi Kites that occupy a small area that borders Pima and Cochise Counties. It was a youngster, but still a first!

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Arizona Tucson Mississippi Nashville 120

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

He has visited more than 40 National Wildlife Refuges in 20 states and frequently visits NWRs in his travels, most recently Buenos Aires NWR in southern Arizona. Farallon NWR , a group of islands near San Francisco, hosts the largest colonies of breeding seabirds south of Alaska.

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Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico United States 189

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2019

The birds are now breeding in the area, but are quite happy to keep coming to the daily feeding station in groups of over 100 birds. This year, I was able to photograph the ultra rare Rufous-capped Warbler , high in the snowy mountains of southern Arizona.

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2018 Costa Rica South Africa New Zealand 160

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

If left unchecked, free-roaming cats will breed and their populations increase at locations where they find suitable shelter and food, resulting in environmental/property damage, and public nuisance. Free-roaming cats will hunt and kill birds, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish, resulting in wildlife mortality.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 208

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

In the 70s, with the survival of the species in jeopardy, the entire wild population was captured and brought into a captive breeding program in southern California. Vulture Hunts Down and Ravages Sea Turtles – Dale Forbes, 10,000 Birds. California Condor , photo by Sheridan Woodley. Hooded Vultures , photo by Adam Riley.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 181

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

I think it’s because it brings me back to my first big birding trip, to southeast Arizona, where we had tantalizing views of leaves rustling where the becards had nested but nested no more. There’s something about a Rose-throated Becard that makes my heart go pit-a-pat. I never saw the bird. Well, maybe a bit of a wing.

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 167