10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
There are advantages to being a “Pelican Partner” for International Bird Rescue ! Such was the case with the two juvenile Brown Pelicans I was chosen to release back into the wild. Their release process began with inspecting and banding the birds.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2022
It is not particularly big but has a reported 430 bird species including migrants, though during my short stay it seems I missed most of the key attractions among them. It goes like this: While fishing, the bird tucks its head down and uses its wings to create a shady area. Pel’s Fishing Owl, where were you?
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2019
It’s never too late or too early to buy a children’s book about birds. It’s been a few years since my last roundup of children’s bird books, and children’s book writers, illustrators and publishers continue to produce picture books that feature avian protagonists. First, the board books.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 8, 2018
I would wake up in darkness, gather my camera and binoculars and drive to Alabama for a birding tour along a river. Blue Jays called near the boat ramp, and a lone, juvenile Brown Pelican paddled lazily in the lapping waves. There was nothing exciting about my birding as I slowly counted feathered creatures on eBird.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
There is no doubt in my mind that the annual Great Backyard Bird Coun t (GBBC) is the most impressive citizen science endeavor in the world. Run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Audubon, and Canada’s Bird Studies, the GBBC rallies global birders to go out and bird, submitting checklists of their sightings.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Today, the vast tract of land is protected, managed for science and conservation. At dawn, my feet hit one of the protected beaches with Wendy Allen, the manager of the North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, one of the science and outreach organizations working within Hobcaw. Allen’s turtle transect was 2.5
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
Dedicated to science, conservation, and education, the reserve focuses on the smaller Weeks Bay, which in turn connects to Mobile Bay. Besides our engines, birds made up the majority of the noise. The water popped with rising menhaden, and giant Brown Pelicans dove with watery crashes after them. View of Weeks Bay.
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