10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. The Eurasian Blackbird was not found in new Zealand before man, but it is now. Rabbits are still an agricultural pest. In many ways, that is exactly what happened.

New Zealand 162

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 162

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Tolkien’s The Hobbit , the cantankerous Tawny Owl ( Strix aluco ) Old Brown from the Peter Rabbit tales by Beatrix Potter, and Kehaar, a Black-headed Gull ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus ) who was one of the few non-leporine characters in Watership Down by Richard Adams. I remember the talking (Song?)

2017 119

2017 Portugal Rabbits Europe 119

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

With a lack of waterfowl, I found four different owls, with Great Horned, Barn, Short-eared, and Burrowing all in the first 24 hours. There are two “resident” Great Horned Owls right at the refuge headquarters who never failed to make an appearance each day. The bunny got away.

Oregon 116

Oregon Owls Wildlife Barn Owls 116

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

People brought us a Brewer’s Blackbird nestling they’d fed hot dogs and spaghetti,” wrote Veronica Bowers. “He We had a Barred Owl they were feeding Doritos.”. “We We have a resident Eastern Screech Owl who was fed dry oats for ten days BY A VETERINARIAN!” Like they aren’t crazy enough?”. “I I had to detox it,” replied Letitia.

Squirrels 250

Squirrels Hamburgers Chickens Wildlife Rehabilitation 250

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Once you start down such a rabbit-hole it is difficult to stop the plunge into full on data-nerd mode. The same count had 15,000,000 Red-winged Blackbirds and 10,000,000 Common Grackles. The notes on this exceptional number of birds is “counted blackbirds in aggregates of 100,000 and estimated ratios of species every 10 minutes.”

Birds 181

Birds Louisiana Nicaragua Blackbirds 181

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2015

And it had to start at 5:45 am, because if we wanted owls this was when we had to get them. It was a dark and foggy ride into Nags Head Woods, the only forest of any sort on the islands, and we paused every few hundred meters and listened for owls. Photo by Nate Swick.

North Carolina 150

North Carolina Rattlesnake Sparrows Owls 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

“Blackbirds&# do not have the same ability. This will be the feeder that the blackbirds will avoid and the other birds can eat in peace. Safflower is not the favorite food of house sparrows, red-winged blackbirds and squirrels. She wrote the books Disapproving Rabbits and City Birds/Country Birds. Get yours today!

2011 201

2011 Birds Woodpeckers Blackbirds 201