10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Way, way back, during our inuagural game of Gone Birding , my friend Molly developed a theory of birds. almost everyone knows a Bald Eagle and a dove, a woodpecker and a Wild Turkey. According to Their Kind Everyone knows this one. There were, in her book, three kinds: Owls, Pigeons, and Ducks. In the U.S.,

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Montana Bald Eagle Owls Ducks 160

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2015

But even without huge herds of elephants large game is defiantly the major draw for most people on the cruise. Perched high above the river were a number of birds of prey, including the one with the most evocative call of the African bush, the African Fish-eagle.

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Botswana Birds Lesotho Elephants 162

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

An auspicious Bald Eagle sighting – positioned high in a pine tree – heralded the beginning of a magical afternoon, where we sailed amidst over a million breeding seabirds. Watching the birds in action felt like playing a video game, where your field of vision is constantly pelted by flying objects.

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Puffins Whales Whaling Bald Eagle 179

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2012

He told me where he’d found them, and we hung up and I went back to my card game. Birds like American Coots and Long-eared Owls in Arviat, to Bald Eagles in Whale Cove. .” But it would be an unusual sighting here, the north end of their range would be the far south end of Baffin Island.

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Bald Eagle Breeding Raised Whales 170

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2013

A large portion of North American birders are relatively new to the game, with less than ten years under their belts. We have more California Condors , Bald Eagles , and Peregrine Falcons , but there seem to be less Spotted Owls , Burrowing Owls , Sooty Shearwaters. Hello my birding sons and daughters.

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San Diego California Condor California Bald Eagle 168

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2012

On August 21st, Maryjane Angelo of Skye’s Spirit Wildlife Rehabilitation in Pennsylvania received a call from a man who said his nephew was standing in the middle of a rural road, guarding a Bald Eagle. People who say they have found an eagle have rarely found an eagle.

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Bald Eagle Wildlife Rehabilitation Pennsylvania Eagles 239

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now Sandhill Cranes: Game Birds? This slow reproduction rate is unlike any other avian game species currently hunted. AND you can use lead shot, which will impact any scavenger like a bald eagle that happens to feed on the carcass you leave. It’s free!

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 239

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Yes, the Wild Turkey is North America’s largest game bird. This is not to be confused with the highly addictive computer game with the same name. Benjamin Franklin disapproved of the selection of the Bald Eagle as our national bird, calling it “a Bird of bad moral Character.” During U.S.

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Turkey Bald Eagle Game North America 236

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2011

And although the single Bald Eagle we spotted just outside the park was probably more interested in fish, they are known to enjoy fawn as well, when they can carry it. We also saw a number of female pronghorns in the same condition, including one with a pair of twins who must have been a few days old at most.

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Rattlesnake Bald Eagle Mules Mammals 163