10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Fernandina’s Flicker, a tongue-twisting alliterative name for one of the most endangered woodpeckers in the world! Cuban Trogon, the national bird who wears the colors of the Cuban flag! There is an island of fascinating birds out there, and I want to see them all. ” birding destination.* Forty-eight species.

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Cuba Birds United States 2000 240

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2013

I wondered, last August, how animals endure it — the tiny ever-pumping lungs of hummingbirds, the lungs of bighorn sheep shouldering their way up mountains, they must get filled with smoke too, right? And I think this is a good move, the right move, even though part of me still welcomes the rain.

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Endangered Species South Dakota Woodpeckers Sheep 163

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2017

We had three target birds to find there though two of them likely wouldn’t be findable until after dark. But the one we could find during daylight, the Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo , was a bird we couldn’t miss if we wanted to get all of the endemics and Guanica is supposed to be the best place for them on the island.

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Puerto Rico Birds Turkey Endangered Species 149

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

A week ago today, the federal government proposed a “threatened” listing for the Greater Sage Grouse in Nevada and California , as part of a larger study considering whether the species as a whole should be listed. I am a great lover of these gallinaceous birds, though my encounters with them have been but brief.

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Nevada Endangered Species Montana Humane 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

These breeding colonies included other species of flamingos, but it was only the Andean Flamingo that appeared to have been the most affected, if indeed the egg extraction was one of the causes that led to the Andean Flamingo’s population decline. Andean Flamingoes and Chilean Flamingo (far right) (Photo: Ron Knight – Flickr).

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Chile Endangered Species Eggs Argentina 155

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2013

There are some seven birds among the 100 most endangered species on the planet on the list of fauna and flora listed as the rarest by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Zoological Society of London – and this morning, I am after one of those! Indeed, I say. And the animals themselves?

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India Gazelles Endangered Species Pakistan 250

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2014

Sandhill Cranes ( Grus canadensis ) are among the oldest living birds. million years old, over one and a half times older than the earliest remains of most living species of birds. Sandhill Cranes fly south for the winter and in their wintering areas they form flocks of over 10,000 birds.

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Mississippi Endangered Species Florida Wildlife 171

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The name Peregrine means “wanderer,” and northern-nesting Peregrines are among North America’s long-distance migratory species, some moving 25,000 kilometers every year. They were officially listed as Endangered in 1970 in the U.S. This one was right next to the road, a location where they can usually be spotted at this refuge.

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Falcons Wildlife Sacramento Endangered Species 141

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2018

No matter where or when we bird, we have our targets. Our bogey or nemesis species, birds that we would opt to see over others. Back in the early days of birding with optics, I wonder if such wanted species would have been birds that were much more common in present times. This bird does indeed glow.

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Costa Rica Bald Eagle Eagles Birds 102

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2016

I’ve been to the Sounds before, but I had never visited them specifically to bird, which means I hadn’t seen the specialities there. Marlborough Sounds has a pretty special endemic, the King Shag , a species that isn’t just endemic to New Zealand but endemic to just the Sounds. This trip was to rectify that.

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Charlotte New Zealand Seals Fur 122

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2012

I was going to continue talking about birding in Sydney today, but an incident on Friday needs to be addressed quickly, before the immediacy of the memory is gone. Sharks cruise off the city’s beaches, and just yesterday a deadly species of snake was found in a suburban railway station. And that bird is the Southern Cassowary.

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Sharks Birds Australia Boars 240

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

That’s right, the overwhelming benefits to the environment and the economy are generated by non-consumptive uses of the refuges like wildlife photography, environmental education, wildlife observation and interpretation, not hunting and fishing. Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge : Open to migratory bird hunting (youth only).

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 146

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2011

Look at the facts, lay your emotions aside and listen to reason—exactly the same reasoning that’s been so persuasive in convincing me that hunting cranes is the right thing to do. There was a lot of hunting for Bald Eagles—it is traditionally a game species. So there will be an ample supply of young birds coming up for harvest.

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Bald Eagle Eagles Hunting Kentucky 263

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

Now, seeing Sociable Lapwing , a species that is critically endangered and thought to number roughly 11,000 individuals, would be a treat any day but to see several pairs on their breeding grounds? Above is the area where the three pairs we observed were nesting which we were told was rather typical for the species.

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Kazakhstan Cows 2009 Endangered Species 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

This is Jason’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds: Birders were rightly alarmed by the armed occupation of the Malheur NWR in Oregon. One of the nation’s premier birding locations had been overrun by an armed militia and the occupation unexpectedly endured for weeks. Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat.

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Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico United States 189

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

As a result of development and loss of their habitat, their populations have vastly declined , and they have been listed as a federally Endangered Species. As often happens when birding, I had just about given up on seeing the Red-cockaded Woodpecker when not one but two suddenly appeared, less than a mile from the parking area.

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Woodpeckers Rhode Island Florida Endangered Species 102

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2012

I could have sat for days and watched the interplay of cloud and sky and sun and grass and flower but we had birds to see and a plane to catch so our time on the steppe in the tulip patch was rather short. It turns out that the steppe is one of the places tulips come from and is a center of tulip species diversity. No, no, and no!

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Sri Lanka Kazakhstan 2009 Portugal 212

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Yes, the warbler formerly known as Dendroica kirtlandii , now Setophaga kirtlandii , is one of those birds that make birders’ hearts pulse quicker and their legs churn faster. Look what happened when the bird made the first of three appearances at the Biggest Week in American Birding at Magee Marsh!

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 245

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Mountain Plover and many other grassland birds have populations in steep decline. Private property holders with prairie/agricultural land can potentially make a big difference in maintaining and recovering populations of many of these charismatic species. Rich in life, rich in birds, yes…but a birder billionaire I am not.

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United States Protection Endangered Species North America 162

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds. He had stalked the nest for days, waiting for just the right time when she would be on the verge of fledging, then took her into his care. His life brought him into close proximity with birds, observing them and practicing taxidermy to learn even more.

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 196

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2015

In the morning, still sleepy, we enter the jungle, where a sounder of Indian Boars (a long-maned subspecies Sus scrofa cristatus ) is watching us, standing among the first trees, right next to the road. Birds included common species such as Black Drongos , Jungle Babblers and a Hoopoe. It is too early to show.

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Tigers Dogs India Snow Leopard 248

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2012

The species was extinct, a vanished part of the vanishing prairie — and not for the first time. In the 1950s the species was unofficially regarded as extinct by most biologists, a small part lost in the general tumble and disarray of the entire ecosystem they’d inhabited. You couldn’t see it. But this is real life.

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Ferrets South Dakota Wyoming Captive Animal 197

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Several years ago I asked one of my birding mentors, a curmudgeon with an enviable life list, if he was a bird watcher, a birder, or a lister? Birders only look at birds. I have been a fan of the Kaufman Guides since I bought the Field Guide to Butterflies of North America , for a birds and butterflies trip to Colorado.

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Massachusetts North America Rhode Island Ohio 213

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2015

So instead let’s talk about South Africa’s best kept birding secret (at least outside of the country) Wakkerstroom. I have 10,000 Birds contributor Adam Riley to thank for telling me I had to add it to my list, and a quick bit of research showed that he was right on. A terrible shot of Barrow’s Korhaan.

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South Africa Africa Falcons Family 145

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Big flocks of birds are one of nature’s greatest wonders… how do they end up in those formations? As the world’s leading ornithologist, I can only offer you one piece of advice when sorting through a flock of birds. ALWAYS assume there is some other bird species in there that you have not found yet.

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North Dakota LACS Oakland Falcons 164

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Petrel Paradise Petrel Paradise By Duncan • March 2, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share I’ve mentioned before that New Zealand is a great place for enjoying petrels.

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New Zealand Albatross 2011 Cooking 176

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

Somewhere below that mysterious eagle, at the far shore of the lake, lies one Bengal Tiger … and further to the right – two more! Conservation endangered species India Mammals tiger' All of a sudden, in a hushed voice he says one word only: “Tigers!” He has earned his tip. Cover photo: Telia, copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj.

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Tigers India Killing 2012 255

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.

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Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 250

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Baer’s Pochard is an endangered species that has undergone a rapid acceleration in its decline over the last decade, with a total world population of less than 5000 individuals remaining. Till then good birding. for a drake Baer’s Pochard. How far would you go for an Aythya? Would it be not starting earlier?

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Ireland Iceland Endangered Species Japan 156

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 18, 2011

Thankfully, the adult sandhill crane has had a right-on-schedule recovery, and he just so happened to make a friend while doing so. The team came up with a unique solution: Pair the two birds together. Not only was the crane incapable of eating, but the proper growth of its bill was also in jeopardy.

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Rescue Mississippi Endangered Species Humane 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Like any birder visiting a new place, I had a target species list I was hoping to seek out during the one day I had available between business commitments. That’s because I’d already seen the conclusions contained in a study that Audubon (my employer) was preparing to release, a study about birds and climate change.

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Species Science Los Angeles Birds 180

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. Animal rights is concerned with preventing the suffering or even use of animals by humans.

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Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 268

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

For mankind to snatch away a species’ very existence is wrong on so many levels that I can’t begin to explain them. However, despite our best efforts to wipe them off the face of the earth, some of the more vulnerable species have managed to hang on. this species breeds. Here are some U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 221

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

As 2013 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 , 2011 , and 2012 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. We also want to know what YOUR Best Bird of the Year was. Now on to the Best Birds of the Year for those who write on 10,000 Birds! Sound good?

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 168

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2011

Republicans in the United States House of Representatives have proposed a bill that would completely eliminate the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act. If you love birds and the environment stop sending crazy right-wing nutters to Congress. Hat-tip to Mike McDowell.

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Endangered Species United States Birds Protection 237

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2018

The ferry is a very nice powered catamaran, that moves right along at 18-20 knots, but in 3-4 meter seas, that will make for a pretty bumpy ride. Imported rats, Short-tailed Weasels, or Stoats as they are know as here, 0possums, and feral cats have caused the extinction of literally dozens of bird species here in New Zealand.

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Penguins New Zealand Albatross Feral Cats 125

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. That’s what you do with other game, right? Why not just shoot the biggest one?

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244