10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2019

The tendency of birds to alight onto the wooden posts, steel towers, and metal wires that constitute our power and communications infrastructure turns any car ride into exciting and endless game of drive-by identification. And we move on to the next speck looming ahead and the game repeats itself, over and over.

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United States Game North America New York City 119

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2019

And because of the resemblance they bear to their New World cousins in the family Phasianidae , they even look the part of an “authentic” wild bird in North America. Audubon knew the Northern Bobwhite as the “Virginia Partridge” The species has undergone a notable decline in recent decades. What’s in a name?

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North America Vermont America Farming 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2011

Today Mark owns and operates the wildlife guiding and biodiversity survey company Desertlife.com.au. It is expected that most birders will keep a life list, a glorious tally of every species which has crossed one’s path over the years around the globe. Here Mark shares the story of his Loo List. Some birders go further.

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Chile Australia Monkeys 2008 209

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2022

The main attractions of the Sanming area are some pheasant species. Another name for the species is Chinese Bar-backed Pheasant. Another species enjoying the proximity of the same monastery (and thus likely the improved chance of getting spiritual redemption and/or food) is Cabot’s Tragopan.

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Birds China Species Bears 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2011

Besides the American bison that the refuge was founded to protect, there are pronghorns, elk, bighorn sheep, mule and white-tailed deer, and black bears. To my disappointment the biggest and most visible species I saw was the introduced Common (Ring-necked) Pheasant , and my first lifer was the equally introduced Gray Partridge.

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Rattlesnake Bald Eagle Mules Mammals 165