10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

A Eurasian Collared-dove photographed by Mike in the Bahamas , which is pretty different from midwinter Montana Eurasian Collared-doves, as you may have gathered from the name, are not part of our native avifauna. The Collared-doves were introduced to the Bahamas in the 1970s, and from there apparently leapfrogged to the U.S.

Montana 131

Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 131

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

We soon were close to the Mokohinau Islands , one of the many islands in the area that serve as wildlife refuges. Hes previously poked albatrosses with sticks in Hawaii, provided target practice for gulls in California, chased monkeys up and down hills Uganda, wrestled sharks in the Bahamas and played God with grasshopper genetics in Namibia.

New Zealand 174

New Zealand Albatross 2011 Cooking 174

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Hes previously poked albatrosses with sticks in Hawaii, provided target practice for gulls in California, chased monkeys up and down hills Uganda, wrestled sharks in the Bahamas and played God with grasshopper genetics in Namibia. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity.

New Zealand 142

New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 142

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Hes previously poked albatrosses with sticks in Hawaii, provided target practice for gulls in California, chased monkeys up and down hills Uganda, wrestled sharks in the Bahamas and played God with grasshopper genetics in Namibia. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity.

New Zealand 147

New Zealand 2011 Deer Cats 147