10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2013

And what better way than to share an awesome book about birds with the person who correctly predicts bird number 300? I have missed two Swallow-tailed Kites and a Mississippi Kite in the last couple of years (All were single-observer birds that did not stick around.). A Brown Pelican would be a nice bird to add to the Queens list.

Pelicans 163

Pelicans Mississippi Virginia Game 163

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now Sandhill Cranes: Game Birds? She illustrates her books and magazine articles with her own sketches and watercolor paintings. Or These Blasts From The Past What’s In A Name?

2011 254

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 254

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2013

A large portion of North American birders are relatively new to the game, with less than ten years under their belts. For example, take the Mississippi Kite (above), photographed at the Dairy Mart Ponds in Tijuana River Valley, between San Diego and the Mexican border. 5) Here is an obvious one…books. 6) Taxonomy.

San Diego 174

San Diego California Condor California Bald Eagle 174