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. Anahuac NWR (Texas).

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Wildlife Las Vegas Texas Minnesota 214

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Birds in Delaware Bay. From North Carolina south to Texas, just under half of beaches are developed. Where suitable habitat exists, sea level rise is expected to increase efforts to stabilize the shore and protect coastal development with hard structures, such as sea walls and jetties. Photo: Gregory Breese-USFWS.

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Endangered Species Protection Delaware Species 160

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2014

I was happy to read that the wood stork ( Mycteria Americana ), a bird near and dear to me, was down-sited from the status of endangered to threatened species. However, birds in the U.S. are considered a distinct population segment, which is protected by the ESA and the Migratory Bird Treaty act.

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North Carolina Bald Eagle South Carolina Florida 206

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2014

I saw my first Swainson’s Warbler in eastern North Carolina, along the Roanoke River near the town of Weldon. The story is etched into my memory not for my experience with the bird, which was an obstructed view of a singing male through a mess of dense underbrush at about 100 feet, but for the effort it took to get there.

North Carolina 194

North Carolina Groups Experience Experiments 194

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

That’s interesting from a weather point of view, but not so good when it coincided with my graduation birding trip. Yes, I had officially graduated from the Duke Nicholas School of the Environment, and I was not going to let a little rain keep me from birding! Still, we were in for another birding surprise.

North Carolina 177

North Carolina Alligators Wildlife Woodpeckers 177

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. A robot that feeds baby birds so I can take a nap,” wrote Jodi in Massachusetts. “A

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma New York 252

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

After all, if the much smaller North Carolina Audubon could weather the off road vehicle (ORV) extremists who flooded the North Carolina Audubon Facebook page in the wake of the new ORV policy for Cape Hatteras then the national could certainly handle a week or so of crazy cat people.

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Feral Cats Trap Neuter Return Tnr Extremist 272