10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

This represents 6% of the estimated mid-continental spring population of 322,700 birds for the same two decades. Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. What about all the other birds that die from inexperience, disease, natural predation and accidents? Isn’t that neat? But is this for real?

2011 239

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 239

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2017

Yes, it was one of those rare birds that is foraging right in front of you, in this case in a bed of small purple flowers, too close to photograph. The Nature Center worker brought down pliers and Eric gave the bird to Lisa to hold as he examined the situation. One of them had to be injured, possibly killed.

California 165

California New York New York City New York Times 165

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2012

She’d then climb down my leg, waddle across the room, climb up Bill’s jeans, and bite him, once right in the middle of his back. The birds had roosted together each night in a single soft clump of feathers. Six months and two ocean crossings behind them, my hummingbirds were home, right where they belonged. I know one thing.

Birds 273

Birds Parrots 2003 Raised 273