10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Perhaps the fact that we really enjoy talking to each other had a slight negative impact on the number of species seen (“only” 52). I assume that this a form of bathing, as the action is too violent for drinking, or feeding — unless they are eating small fish Gannet -style.)

Laws 213

Laws Mexico Bears Turkey 213

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2018

Others were established to protect specific bird species or subspecies. Bear River MBR (Utah). according to eBird , including: Aransas (368 species); Bosque del Apache (360); Parker River (359); Laguna Atascosa (356); Santa Ana (342); Anahuac (329); Pea Island (326); and Edwin B. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Wildlife 214

Wildlife Las Vegas Texas Minnesota 214

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2014

The Anchorage area hosts a number of far norther species I could never hope to see in North Carolina, and I quickly pulled together a list of targets and my friends made a plan. As we headed down the trail, we were stopped from taking the long route by yellow tape and a sign warning of bears. Birding Destinations Alaska bears'

Alaska 167

Alaska Bears Grizzly Bear North Carolina 167

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

The species name is long enough to be the middle line of a formal English haiku. In a quick review, you learn frigatebirds eat fish. You also learn that for birds that spend most of their lives drifting above the ocean and sleeping on the wing, the species isn’t exactly aquatic. Magnificent Frigatebirds were everywhere.

Los Angeles 247

Los Angeles Killing Wildlife Rehabilitation San Francisco 247

10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2019

First, some background regarding the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the listing of the Golden-cheeked Warbler is required. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered.” These banks are touted as market-based solutions with advantages for both developers and imperiled species.

San Antonio 124

San Antonio Endangered Species Texas Austin 124

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

One strange thing about Chongming is the inevitable presence of people fishing. Not professionally – these people come in SUVs and probably never recapture their gas money from the fish they catch (though come to think of it, neither do I with my bird photos). of catching extremely small fish.

Birds 162

Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and they are located in every state as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. But when taken as a whole, the impact of the Refuge System is truly profound, supporting population-level numbers of numerous bird species. The System also helps implement the Endangered Species Act and other federal conservation laws.

Wildlife 189

Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico United States 189

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Pelicans and cormorants breeding at the Mikri often go to the Megali Prespa to fish the cold, deep waters – actually, cormorants to dive for fish and pelicans to wait for the cormorants at the surface to steal their prey. In all that swirling of swallows, I am not certain was there a third species, so I keep watching.

Greece 252

Greece Pelicans Geese Breeding 252

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

Sometimes, they even have the same species… I’m looking at you, House Wren ! While this low-density species may be declining across its wide range, BirdLife International still considers it of Least Concern. In fact, although the bird looks like a crow, it is not even a corvid but rather a member of Cotingidae.

Colombia 199

Colombia South America Argentina Ecuador 199

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2011

You may have seen him perched on some dead Tree near the River, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the Labour of the Fishing Hawk; and when that diligent Bird has at length taken a Fish, and is bearing it to his Nest for the Support of his Mate and young Ones, the Bald Eagle pursues him and takes it from him.

United States 193

United States Bald Eagle Eagles Seals 193

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2015

Other species I can recognize are colloquially called crocodile bark tree, due to the bark pattern, and paper bark. For you and me, there are about 200 bird species, but for proper tourists, there seem to be only five species in the reserve: Bengal Tiger , Leopard , Sloth Bear , Indian Wild Dog (Dhole) and the Gaur.

Tigers 252

Tigers Boars India Chickens 252

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

My attention was drawn upward by the elegant flying-knife form of an Osprey bearing a large fish. As I watched a third bird joined them, or more accurately, they closed in on it – it was none other than the Osprey, still carrying the fish. It flared its wings, and the Osprey flared to match but refused to abandon the fish.

Bald Eagle 166

Bald Eagle Eagles Fish Bears 166

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. Wilderness Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air and Water Acts, and similar acts in Canada.

Wildlife 246

Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 246

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Like many small islands that fringe the Philippines side of Borneo, it has a handful of species that are mostly found in the Philippines, or species that are supertramps, meaning they occur on many of the smaller fringing islands in the Indo-Malayan archipelago. And a lot of fish. My lifer Blue Rock Thrush. A Giant Clam!

Philippines 160

Philippines Turtles Owls Fish 160

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Beside birds, in this park you stand a chance of spotting the Eurasian Lynx , Brown Bear and Gray Wolf ! East of it, between the villages of Kostol and Mala Vrbica, there is the Mala Vrbica fish farm and Important Bird Area (the fish farm is not operational, hence the entrance is free, without the need to ask for permission).

Serbia 195

Serbia Turtles Birds Eagles 195

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2015

Having never birded Cape Henlopen State Park before I was kind of unsure as to the best place to go, so after entering the park on Sunday morning I pulled over to get my bearings and to figure out what route through the park I should take. The sunrises alone made getting up, out, and about so early worth it but the birds made it even better.

Delaware 178

Delaware New York Birds North Carolina 178

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Motomco’s Material Safety Data Sheet for “Hawk” warns that the product “is extremely toxic to fish, birds, and other wildlife” and that “dogs and predatory and scavenging mammals and birds might be poisoned if they feed upon animals that have eaten this bait.” Motomco also makes “Jaguar” and “Tomcat,” complete with cat icons, of course.

Mountain Lions 265

Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 265

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Late last month, while searching for bears , woodpeckers and spirits of Greece, I deliberately avoided checking any news, especially from my home country. We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species. The way I see it, it is a cruel joke leading towards the extinction of a threatened species.

Elephants 192

Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 192

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

The Ross Sea is the most productive stretch of water in the Southern Ocean, teeming with large predatory fish, whales, seals, penguins and other animals that form the last intact marine ecosystem on Earth. There are 11 species of birds that breed in the Ross Sea region. Enough History – Back to the Future. Finally – the Seabirds.

Russia 179

Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 179

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2019

But history doesn’t seem to have recorded which species of bird first dared to land on an electrical wire. In North America, the United States Fish & Wildlife Service estimates that up to 57 million birds perish every year in collisions with electrical utility lines.

United States 118

United States Game North America New York City 118

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2014

It’s almost a bucolic place; sea turtles nest on the beaches, Humpback Whales and bat rays frolic just offshore, and you can buy the freshest fish from the panga fisherman at Punta Lobos every afternoon. They do bear some resemblance to Sage Thrashers , but have a much heavier, more sickle-shaped bill.

California 229

California San Jose Birds Mexico 229

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

172 lists were shared and 1004 species were seen, both records for October, so well done beats! Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank.

2019 119

2019 China Battery Jamaica 119

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ Bearing Up ” (Op-Ed, Jan. Sarah Palin of Alaska, the scientific literature is very clear that polar bear survival is highly threatened in the wild. Because polar bears are at the top of the marine food chain, their bodies accumulate persistent organic pollutants that disrupt their reproductive systems.

New York Times 40

New York Times Polar Bears New York Bears 40

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) attempts to calculate the economic contribution of National Wildlife Refuge visitation to local communities. Activities such as hunting, fishing, and trapping are categorized as “consumptive” uses. In contrast, consumptive uses were minor: fishing accounted for 10 percent and hunting was just 4 percent.

Wildlife 256

Wildlife Maryland San Francisco Minnesota 256

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2021

There are a few special wave-cut platforms that prove to be wonderful habitat for such species as Eastern Reef Egret, Silver Gull, Crested Tern, Sooty Oystercatcher [below], Pied Cormorant while above sail raptors such as Osprey, White bellied Sea-eagle, Brahminy and Whistling Kites. The Little Wattlebird was also conspicuous.

Australia 259

Australia North America Cooking Fish 259

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

because, if the film rights to this book have not been snapped up yet, Hollywood is making a huge mistake) (c) Will I ever see a Blakiston’s Fish Owl? The fish owl is Jonathan Slaght’s grail and also, more prosaically, his dissertation topic. So, Blakiston’s Fish Owl it was. Slaght in the film version?

Owls 140

Owls Russia Fish Research 140

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2015

Along the way, they braved sleepless nights and sleeping bears.) This helps spare parents the aggravation and exhaustion of ferrying fish from the ocean to the fishless lakes where the chicks are raised. Their work found that young loons fledge before they reach their final adult weight. What are the takeaways?

Research 167

Research Bears Raised Fish 167

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

And, to give his dream year a little more oomph, he created a grand once-in-a-lifetime goal: to track down and see every pitta species in the world in one year. Some of his finds are the first documented records of the bird in that area or the first decent photograph of a little-known species. And sun bears. And mosquitos.

Hunters 200

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 200

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

She doesn’t know the species till it emerges, almost dreamlike, from the heavy glare of the sun. Though the coast of British Columbia, a part of the Great Bear Rainforest, was rich in both, it was appallingly deficient in scientific data. Fox encounters 69 species, some singly, some in huge feeding or migrating flocks.

Fox 100

Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Informed literature bears out my experience that most birds are seen singly or in pairs. Very interesting species. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. The former British colony’s Z.c. Married to a Canon? That I understand! The proposal from U.S.

2011 189

2011 Deer India New York 189

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

are up next, with a wonderful Australian species: It is very hard to choose a Best Bird of the Year any year. The male of this species has a royal blue throat, a white chest and rump, and a long v-shaped tail with intermittent white patches that makes it looks like part of it are floating in space. Clare (and Grant!) How cool is that?

2020 242

2020 Birds Germany Costa Rica 242

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Most moral vegetarians list fish and fowl as animals one should not eat. One might first ask, “Why does higher intelligence mean that one species is more valuable than other species?” Second, there are other species besides human beings that have high intelligence, e.g., chimpanzees and dolphins. What is forbidden meat?

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2016

I must have keep 400 images in the file of just this one species. We have a Green Heron here in the marina, that has become quite adept at fishing with bait. It will grab small bits of bread or crackers that are thrown from the near by restaurant patrons, who feed the fish.

Grizzly Bear 122

Grizzly Bear San Jose Bears Fish 122

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Although I didn’t make any efforts to chase birds or attain a big year list, regular guiding and birding in various parts of the country still rewarded me with more than 640 species in Costa Rica. I didn’t see many species actually. Life is always better when bearing witness to Sunbittern madness. Shorebirds.

Costa Rica 176

Costa Rica 2018 Birds West Virginia 176

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2019

April was a busy time for the beats with 10 of them contributing 164 lists to accumulate 744 species from 7 countries; Costa Rica, USA, Australia, Serbia, UK, Brazil and Barbados. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. Lemmon–Bear Canyon (Cypress, Middle Bear, Chihuahua Pine Picnic Areas). enta fish farm.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2019

978 species were tallied this month from 163 checklists. Only 123 species appear on both sides of the life list. enta fish farm. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus ichthyaetus. Sakule fish farm (Jer Lake). Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. That’s just 3.35%. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2019.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2018

Bear in mind, this boat is 80 feet long, and carries 240 people! Black Petrels, Sooty Shearwaters, Bullers Shearwaters, Fluttering Shearwaters, Australian Gannets, Red-billed Gulls, Black-backed Gulls, and the big surprise, for New Zealand bird species number 99, an Artic Skua, also known as a Parasitic Jaeger.

New Zealand 100

New Zealand Blackbirds Bears Australia 100