10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2019

As is often the case for tropical ecosystems, there may be hundreds of species of birds at a site, but many of them are naturally rare. In Costa Rica, this is the case for many raptors and is why fewer than expected are found during an average birding trip. Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle. Image taken and provided by Greg Links.

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Costa Rica Eagles West Virginia Opossums 195

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

On Saturday morning I was exploring the newly-mowed Edgemere Landfill, one of my favorite birding spots in Queens, enjoying birds like Eastern Meadowlarks and American Pipits , both of which seemed to appreciate two years of brush being removed. Birds Bird Behavior Edgemere raptors Red-tailed Hawk'

Bald Eagle 172

Bald Eagle Opossums Squirrels Meat 172

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2011

A good freezeup can send Central flyway birds into the Eastern flyway, bloating apparent numbers by tens of thousands, only to have them all disappear the next winter. A hunting season on sandhill cranes vastly increases the chance that collateral kill of endangered whooping cranes will occur. We’ve only got 400 on the planet.

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Kentucky Hunters Hunting Protest 260