10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2015
Walking along a dirt track next to a prairie, my friend and I were on the look-out for different sparrow species when a large bird suddenly darted into the clearing. In fact, they are central to many Mexican and Native American spiritual beliefs, and have been named the state bird of New Mexico.
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2011
Gassett, replying to a letter questioning the hunt, opens thus: “ Sandhill cranes are considered to be one of the best tasting of all migratory birds. Their slow wing beat keeps the breast meat from being as dark and strong flavored as many other migratory birds. More than 10,000 people hunt cranes in North America each year.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 19, 2011
How anyone can possibly resist a bird that has been called Whiskey Jack is beyond my comprehension. Others include Camp Robber , Lumberjack , and Moose-Bird. The bold gray-and-white birds know what humans are good for and that is as a source of food! There are at least eleven subspecies and the birds pictured here are all P.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2013
A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. For birders, it’s the extremely large book, shelved in a place where it can’t crush the field guides, used to research the history of a bird in their area. Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2019
These reports (called “ Banking on Nature “) are relevant to birders because they are among the few comprehensive analyses that relate to the economic impact of birders on national wildlife refuges, which are among the more popular birding locations. A number of these NWRs appear on my list of the Top 25 NWRs for Birding.).
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.
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