10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The first guide bearing the National Audubon Society imprint was Audubon Bird Guide; Eastern Land Birds , written by Richard Hooper Pough, and illustrated by Don Eckelberry. Using the icons to locate specific bird families takes a little getting used to, but if you do it often it works well as a finding tool.

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North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The refuge offers opportunities for hiking and biking trails, canoeing and kayaking on Swan Lake, bank fishing, and family friendly programs and events.” The Louisiana black bear’s threatened status warrants protection under sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act. 31 to provide inviolate sanctuary for migratory birds.

Fish 143

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 143

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. Each bird, regardless of species, seems perfectly content to wait for the other to make the first move toward the colpa.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

It’s the bird family that most people don’t know is a bird family. The speaker turned out to be Tim Laman, and the topic was the incredible research he and Ed Scholes had spent years doing on birds of paradise in New Guinea. For many years it was thought the two bird families were related taxonomically.

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Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 262