10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Last week, we quite impulsively jumped in a rental car and drove 2600 miles round trip to south Texas to pick up 34 new species. It just so happens, that there were some pretty decent priced flights out of Tucson, so Jeanne booked a couple of tickets, and then had to beat it back home from Texas. L ittle Big Year species – 1280.

Bahamas 113

Bahamas Tucson El Paso Texas 113

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Nonprofit pet protection groups would manage the program and be responsible for ensuring that cat caretakers take the required steps. The problem of free-roaming cats — and their predation on birds and other wildlife — is hotly contested in communities across the country, and it triggered a lively exchange in the hearing room.

Feral Cats 219

Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 219

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

It’s etched into my audio memory, which is quite a feat considering the problems I have recognizing even the most common bird cries. I look up and see three large green birds, the bright green contrasting with dark blue underwings, whitish-grayish foreheads and breasts shining in the winter sun, flying overhead. “We And cell towers.

Chicago 209

Chicago New York City New York Illinois 209

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2011

Italian Wall Lizard at the Queens Botanical Garden (click for a bigger version) The Italian Wall Lizard , also known as the Ruin Lizard was introduced to Nassau County, New York City’s eastern neighbor, in 1967, most likely from an accidental pet escape, and made its way west into Queens relatively rapidly.

New York City 229

New York City New York Reptiles New Jersey 229

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2011

Both omen of bad tidings and beloved pet. Ranging across nearly the entirety of North American in almost every habitat, American Crows are easy to find, easy to identify, and easy to disregard as one of the most common birds on the continent. In one corner, the American Crow, Corvus brachyrynchos. on your list that much smaller.

Fish 130

Fish Butcher Texas Experience 130

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Sitta canadensis isn’t just irrupting out of its far northern home but exploding southward, with reports in every southern state except for Florida, including birds on the outer banks of North Carolina, on Grand Isle, Louisiana, in a suburb of Atlanta, and on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Bird bloggers from Wisconsin to Massachusetts.

United States 271

United States Owls Atlanta New York 271