10,000 Birds
APRIL 26, 2013
Since it’s really hard to type in a splint, here is a blast from the past: specifically from the beginning of this long, strange trip, my cross-country journey from New York to Montana: I have to confess, I had forgotten all about the Eurasian Tree Sparrow. I wasn’t thinking about the Eurasian Tree Sparrow at all, though.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2018
Of course, Lema Ranch is one of the locations of my bluebird trails, so I found several Western Bluebirds , including this female intensely hunting ground dwelling insects. There were Black Phoebes hawking insects around the ponds … Ruby-crowned Kinglets foraging in the trees… and a male Bushtit collecting nesting material.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
The Eurasian Blackbird was not found in new Zealand before man, but it is now. Secondly, New Zealand had already experienced on wave of extinction due to the introduction or rats and human hunting. To Victorian eyes the fauna and flora of New Zealand was strange, both in appearance and in its apparent paucity.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 19, 2017
Like many “wildlife areas” it is open to waterfowl hunting during the season. We stopped at the entrance to the wildlife area (see the sign above) where there is a small kiosk with bird lists and hunting regulations as well as maps of the facility.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Lesser Goldfinches, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Vesper Sparrows, Lincoln Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrows , and lots and lots of Mourning Doves have taken up residence in what used to be open water. American Kestrels, Cooper Hawks , and Northern Harriers also found the hunting here to their liking.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 1, 2012
A fine adult male Goshawk where you scarcely ever see it – perched on reeds after an unsuccessful waterfowl hunt As a purely “recreational” birder, who only writes down what is personally interesting, the sum would be 30, or 1.6% of the individuals present at the time of my visit.
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