10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2022

thesis on the “Social Behavior and Cooperative Breeding of Kalij Pheasants” in a place with much nicer sanitary facilities than where I saw the bird (in rural Fujian). North Dakota. South Dakota. Apparently, you just collect the excrement of captive birds, weigh it and calculate back from there.

Rhode Island 147

Rhode Island Research South Dakota North Dakota 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2017

But within the National Wildlife Refuge System is a frequently overlooked collection of properties burdened by a mundane name: Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs). WPAs provide critical breeding, resting, and nesting habitat for millions of ducks, geese, and swans, as well as shorebirds and grassland birds. Ding” Darling NWR in Florida.

Factory 118

Factory Ducks North Dakota Nebraska 118

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

But if you look at a bit of prairie in South Dakota during the dead of winter, you may see very few birds and a lot of bison. The clifftop habitats along rocky shores of the North Atlantic (on both sides of the pond) abound in bird biomass during breeding bouts, for instance.

Mammals 179

Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 179