article thumbnail

Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of October 2011)

10,000 Birds

Mike was in Costa Rica this weekend after what felt like an interminable delay at the airport in Atlanta where he had to change planes. Sparrows have almost completely taken over for wood-warblers and temperatures are finally waning as is only proper. How was your weekend?

article thumbnail

The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

10,000 Birds

And one can go birding on federal lands ( e.g., Cabo Rojo NWR ) and see ESA-listed endemic birds ( e.g., Yellow-shouldered Blackbird ), but not be in the ABA Area. The flight from Atlanta (the busiest airport in the U.S.) Pierre et Miquelon. Expanding the ABA Area would Promote Avian Conservation in the Caribbean.