10,000 Birds
MARCH 4, 2019
As always, I spent most mornings out looking for birds, and because the seven of us had only a single minivan to get around, I had to keep my morning outings relatively brief so I was confined to Tybee Island. Not that doing my birding on Tybee Island was some kind of horrible chore but the 5.2 square miles (8.3 I hope not!
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.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 30, 2018
There are more than 550 national wildlife refuges in the United States, with at least one in every state and one within an hour drive of almost every major American city. Many were specifically established for migratory birds and are strategically positioned along one of the four major North American migration flyways. Forsythe (319).
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 16, 2020
I didn’t expect to see any birds. It was over 90 degrees F on a Georgia afternoon, the humidity adding an extra dose of discomfort. At the end of the 19th century, buyers from the Northeast purchased the land, and turned it into a sporting estate – common in the red hills of North Florida and South Georgia.
10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2015
(Do you know how many times a day wildlife rehabilitators say that, especially in the summer? But in the context of 10,000 Birds, I’m not the only rehabber out here with stories to tell. Normally it’s in the context of: “Another Mourning Dove ? Didn’t I just take in eight Mourning Doves last week?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
There are two things you need to know about A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia , edited by Robert Burton and John Croxall, and produced by the South Georgia Heritage Trust. First, if you are, like me, geographically challenged, then you need to know that this is not about Georgia, the U.S.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2018
Birders have been encouraged by the American Birding Association and others to buy Federal Duck Stamps. The argument is straightforward: birders (and others, including hunters) buy stamps and the federal government turns around and obtains important bird habitat. In June, the 2018-2019 Federal Duck Stamp was released. And the U.S.
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