10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

A generalist raptor that can keep on living in a human dominated landscape. These are the neighborhood raptors that make do, even thrive, by preying on the wildlife of an urban landscape. Every place has its hawk. At least it seems that way. Juvenile Gray Hawk.

Costa Rica 308

Costa Rica Mice Arizona Squirrels 308

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

For most avian migrants heading south towards Mexico, Central and South America, crossing thru the Arizona desert areas can provide very few water, food and resting areas. This 90 acre lake, managed by Arizona Fish and Wildlife is about a 45 mile drive from Tucson, and 9 miles from Mexico, as the Chihuahuan Raven flies.

Mexico 135

Mexico Tucson Arizona Ducks 135

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

She also joyfully relates seeing through her scope “the first wild-hatched condor nestling in recorded Arizona history” (p. Because with the heartaches there are also rewards. A couple of these stints (besides the three described here) are briefly described in tantalizing (and scary) detail in Feather Trails. (I’d

California Condor 190

California Condor Falcons California Birds 190

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

” are the big questions at the heart of Vagrancy in Birds by Alexander Lees and James Gilroy, an impressive, fascinating book about what ornithologists and wildlife biologists have found out about avian vagrancy so far and their theories explaining this phenomenon. ” and its companion question, “Why is this bird here?”

Birds 263

Birds Compassion Eagles Science 263

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

. … The ordinance would allow Minneapolis residents to establish cat “colonies” where abandoned and wild cats can be fed but also vaccinated, neutered and identified in an effort to humanely cut their population and control disease. Cats are domesticated animals that are not indigenous wildlife in North America.

Feral Cats 219

Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 219