10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2018

While larger animals like deer and elk are usually able to escape the fire’s path, smaller animals like squirrels, foxes and snakes are not always so lucky. Birds are able to fly away, but their nests and eggs can be destroyed. I was able to visualize six of the bird houses that survived. Here is what the area looks like now.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2014

As I bird, walk the dog or run errands, puffs of white float down on the breeze. They shelter and shade, feed and bind. Up on Higgins near the book store it’s just the occasional bit of fairy floss angling down across my vision. The cottonwoods, a division in the larger clan of poplars, are named for these unmissable seeds.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

The number of individual birds and mammals alone that are affected by these factors are countless; and when you consider fish, reptiles and amphibians, it is hard to comprehend the magnitude of life that gets wiped out around the world (and certainly including the U.S.) There is nothing abstract or controversial about this.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2017

If you want to know how important this is to our birds, you can read my post on the Keystone XL and birds. According to the article , “As one of the top birding destinations in the United States, the refuge attracts more than 165,000 visitors each year and generates an estimated $462 million to the local economy.

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