10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
There is a virtual flock of new and interesting bird science news all of the sudden, including the rediscovery of an extinct Bahama Nuthatch. It was after that date that many of the great and strange animals of that island went extinct, presumably because of human hunting.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2019
When we returned to Tucson, from the Bahamas, I was approaching a milestone number, 1300 bird species, and drove myself hard, climbing, hiking, searching, and driving all over the state of Arizona looking for those last eight birds. Matt was working on his own US Big Year, and wanted to join me for the hunt. Bahamas Totals: 58.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2017
And, honestly, I feel a little guilty saying that traveling to Puerto Rico, Austria, and the Bahamas so far in 2017 is what has kept me from seeing not only a Great Gray Owl but New York’s first Clark’s Grebe and the young Ross’s Gull that was visiting Tupper Lake. Why did we stop for lunch!?!?!)
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2015
Mexico, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, and other islands that make up the Greater and Lesser Antilles. .’ Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean covers 39 species found in, as the titles says, North America and the Caribbean islands. It includes owls found in Canada, the U.S.,
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
In addition to habitat loss, extreme weather, invasive species, hunting, and the illegal capture of birds for pet markets are major contributing factors. Out of the 564 species found in the islands of the West Indies, 106 are endemic to the region. That’s almost 20 percent!
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 9, 2019
In Caines, Australia, we enjoyed a wet morning on the Daintree River, with Murray Hunt, of the Dain Tree River Tours. This sandy bit of land, 300 meters by 100 meters long, played host to just little ‘ol me, and about 30,000 birds one morning.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2011
They are found in the Bahamas, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos, Antigua, Barbuda and Jamaica. The combined effects of hunting, habitat loss and predation by introduced animals like rats and mongoose have extirpated the species from some islands and reduced numbers significantly on others.
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