10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2011

Anas strepera is a common and widespread duck, breeding across northern Europe and Asia, as well as central North America. Here in New York, as on most of the east coast of the United States, Gadwall are a year-round bird, breeding in appropriate marsh habitat.

United States 162

United States North America Jamaica Asia 162

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2022

Only one lives in Africa and three in Asia – two of these three are the very cute Speckled Piculet (Shanghai, China) … and the similarly cute (but also suffering from a hangover) White-browed Piculet (Nonggang and Nabang, China). Piculets are a subfamily of woodpeckers – most of its 25 species live in South America.

Woodpeckers 230

Woodpeckers South Africa China Singapore 230

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

These bark-burrowing beetles, which apparently hitched a ride in cargo shipments from their native Asia, have been starving the ash trees of eastern and midwestern North America to death for a dozen years now. With all due respect to Maria von Trapp, combating the greatest infestation that U.S.

Woodpeckers 273

Woodpeckers Illinois Science Chicago 273

10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2013

Normally she would be living somewhere in Europe or Asia, but she was born and raised in captivity in the United States. Xena is a Eurasian Eagle Owl. She lives with her handler, wildlife rehabilitator Lisa Acton, in upstate New York.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 166

Wildlife Rehabilitation Raised Eagles Owls 166

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

After all, Hooded Crows are a bird of eastern and northern Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East and are not known as long distance migrants. Hooded Crows are awesome creatures and seeing one in the United States is an opportunity that doesn’t come along very often. Get to Staten Island, posthaste! … a.

New York 215

New York Kazakhstan North America New York City 215

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2013

Of the four rosy finches, lovely earth-toned birds anointed with stark pink around the wings and lower parts, three ( Grey-crowned , Black , and Brown-capped ) are found in the western United States. Africa’s Rosy Bee-eater is vivid enough to burn your retina while the Rosy Pipit of Asia flaunts but a flush of pink.

Mauritius 172

Mauritius Lovebirds United States North America 172

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The bird flu, in Asia, has been out of the news but that’s just because the news ignores anything that happens for more than three days in a row that is not an election. The RSPB and the University of Exeter have teamed up to make this amazing footage using lightweight cameras strapped onto the back of gannets. Keep an eye on the bird flu.

Taiwan 189

Taiwan Iceland United States Breeding 189

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Ackerman skirts around a related problem, the trade in owls in markets in southeast Asia and Japan, an outgrowth of Harry Potter mania. People and organizations in Nepal, Zambia, and South Africa have sought to change cultural attitudes, having the most success with school children.

Owls 209

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 209

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

The introduction was a success, and the birds quickly spread to nearby counties” ( source ).

Raccoons 213

Raccoons Birds Oregon China 213

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

In the east, this species can be found along the east coast of Africa, the Nile Valley,and into parts of the middle east and India and southeast Asia. In the northeastern United States, Cattle Egret rapidly advanced in the 1960s and 1970s, before declining just as quickly in the 1980s and 1990s. ibis and the eastern B.

Cattle 170

Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 170

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2012

White-breasted and Red-breasted Nuthatches can be found across almost the entire continent, Brown-headed Nuthatches are common in the southeastern United States and Pygmy Nuthatches liven up outings in the mountain west. We North Americans are spoiled with nuthatches. Pity the poor European birders.

Hungary 127

Hungary Europe Portugal Georgia 127

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2017

Greater Adjutants are huge birds that were once widespread across much of Southeast Asia; today there are two small breeding populations in India and Cambodia. Only a small one, my Rockjumper guide reassured me, an initiation to real Southeast Asia birding. (6) 3) Greater Adjutant. I think this might be my best bird of 2016.

2016 109

2016 India Ducks Birds 109

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2014

Any doubt I had about the need for a book about rare birds in the United States And Canada were wiped out on a Sunday evening in early February with two birding friends. First, what is a rare bird? I do have a problem with the Index.

North America 252

North America America Birds United States 252

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I get my own idea of the lunacy of Gooddie’s quest when I talk to a friend who has birded Asia and Africa. Beer looms large in Gooddie’s daily routine, and much text is devoted to finding beer in the middle of rural Asia and evaluating its quality. I’m reading a book about a man who is doing a Pitta Big Year,” I say. And leeches.

Hunters 192

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 192

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2013

and in Asia, and his photos and articles have been published in many publications, including Birding and Birdwatcher’s Digest. Scott Whittle has twenty years experience as a photographer and at one time, fairly recently, held the New York State big year record. Magnolia Warblers are found in the central and eastern United States.

United States 237

United States North America Species New York 237

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2015

… The United States has the strongest AI surveillance program in the world, and USDA is working with its partners to actively look for the disease in commercial poultry operations, live bird markets, and in migratory wild bird populations. People should avoid contact with sick/dead poultry or wildlife.

Mississippi 175

Mississippi Fowl Turkey Minnesota 175

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

60 years later the species was resident from sea to shining sea, taking up noisy residence anywhere where habitat is slightly degraded, kicking out native species and squabbling for scraps in urban and suburban habitats, and generally making themselves at home to the derision of nature lovers across the United States and Canada.

India 156

India Stray Dog United States Stray 156

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

It is co-branded with the Natural History Museum of London, whose collections are the source of the artwork.

Australia 186

Australia Birds Europe Collecting 186

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

That was a wild cat, a wild Wildcat, the cat that lives in the wild because that is where it is from and where it belongs, at the southern end of its pan-African range that extended at one time well into Europe and Asia. Here we conduct a systematic review and quantitatively estimate mortality caused by cats in the United States.

Feral Cats 254

Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 254

Animal Ethics

MARCH 10, 2007

The horse slaughter industry in the United States has nothing to do with feeding hungry people and everything to do with animal cruelty. Every year, 100,000 horses are slaughtered at foreign-owned slaughterhouses in the United States to satisfy the palates of wealthy diners in Europe and Asia.

New York Times 40

New York Times Horse Slaughter New York Slaughter 40

Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2008

South Korea is a tremendous ally of the United States. Without our strong alliance with South Korea, our influence in Asia would be vastly diminished.

New York Times 40

New York Times South Korea New York Iraq 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

She has lived in the Middle East and the United States and traveled extensively in Europe. carrie – just to add to Clare and/or Grant’s answer, if you are at sea in south east asia you may also see snakes which are sea kraits rather than the sea snakes shown here (you can see one on my blog here: [link] ).

Australia 150

Australia 2011 Sharks Deer 150

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl covers every residential, migrating, vagrant, exotic, and introduced swan, goose, dabbling and diving duck in North America (Canada and the United States): 62 Species Accounts on four swan species and one vagrant subspecies; 15 goose species; 46 duck species; plus accounts for hybrid geese, ducks and exotics.

Ducks 117

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 117

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2013

There is a Linnet at Kissena Corridor Park in Queens, and though I bird this park regularly, the Linnet, a bird regularly found in Europe, Asia, and North Africa and also named in a sweet song by Stephen Sondheim (Green Finch and Linnet Bird from Sweeny Todd) has eluded me. I needed a book showing a Linnet.

Ireland 171

Ireland 2013 Breeders Ducks 171

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

According to this Associated Press story, if you are wearing a Sean John jacket with fur trim purchased from Macy's, that trim might have come from a dog indigenous to Asia known as a "raccoon dog." According to HSUS's investigation (detailed in their press release ), the Sean John Hooded Snorkel Jacket on sale at macys.com for $237.99

Fur 40

Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40