10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2018
It was a cloudy day as I made my way to Tybee Island on the Georgia coast. This area of unspoiled barrier islands would surely be a treasure trove of new birds for my fresh life list (probably just 50 or so at that time). Georgia coast. But, I’d added the birds above to my life list – a good trade in my young mind.
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2015
Brown Thrashers , large, rust-colored songbirds, were so popular in Georgia that they became the namesake of their NHL hockey team, the “Atlanta Thrashers!” ” It comes as no surprise then that the governor proclaimed the Brown Thrasher the state bird in 1953 , and the legislature followed suit in 1970.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 13, 2018
It’s still possible (amidst the scurry to take from public lands) to protect our pristine wilderness areas. This particular land near the Tennessee-Georgia border is critical as a protection for Taylor Branch, a tributary of the Conasauga River. Conasauga River snorkeling video courtesy of © Georgia Conservancy.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 30, 2018
Many were specifically established for migratory birds and are strategically positioned along one of the four major North American migration flyways. Others were established to protect specific bird species or subspecies. But they primary protect land, an essential but dwindling avian resource. Harris Neck NWR (Georgia).
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2018
Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Amendment. Second, Amendment 2 required a two-thirds vote of each chamber of the state legislature to authorize the transfer, sale, or disposal of land under the control of the state agriculture or environmental protection departments.”. Election Results = PASSED with 84%+ voter support. Denver, Colorado.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 18, 2021
I am so happy to be back on 10,000 birds – I have missed Mike and Corey and my fellow Beat Writers! Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. These huge guys with long beards and Harley T-shirts were almost in tears when I told them the bird would be OK.
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2021
But if there is any justice in this world, there will be room on those lists for Shearwater: A Bird, an Ocean, and a Long Way Home , by Roger Morgan-Grenville. It was Bird Number 83 on his life list, and it became, he says, his “metaphor for wilderness and adventure, always free, always out there, always just beyond reach.”.
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