10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2011

One was “Superdad,” one of the few successful breeding whooping cranes in the entire eastern population. Eastern flyway breeding populations appear to be maxing out their available habitat, and are subject to abundant natural limitations such as ground predation by coyotes, foxes, raccoons and opossums. Quick: what’s this?

Kentucky 260

Kentucky Hunters Hunting Protest 260

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

John from A DC Birding Blog , and Patrick from The Hawk Owl’s Nest at Jamaica Bay at 8 AM Saturday morning for some birding. The Red-winged Blackbirds that were busy staking claims to breeding territory by singing from bushes, trees, and marsh plants were not groggy at all.

New York 162

New York Honduras Jamaica Geese 162

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

we learn) that are home to coveted boreal species, breeding wood-warblers, and two species of Grouse. There is no place that compares to Maine with its rocky shorelines, freezing waters populated by wintering alcids, offshore islands filled with nesting Atlantic Puffins, mixed and boreal forests (the most forested state in the U.S.,

Los Angeles 186

Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 186

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

My first bird in Washington DC, where I am visiting for the weekend. I had a beautifull view on 5 horned grebe here (one in breeding plumage), in Ann Arbor Michigan, for the 3 seconds it lasted, until I heard a huge “CRRACK&# , and I fell through the ice. Also the wood storks and sand hill cranes were cool, too.

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2011 New York Deer Birds 153

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Several European zoos had this species in their collections at the time, but they either made no effort to breed it or it did not breed well in captivity. Although the last specimen was collected in 1864, sightings persisted until about 1885 which is the official extinction date — the last of the endemic macaws of the Caribbean.

Cuba 238

Cuba Parrots Collecting Columbus 238

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. Street, N.W. Mail Stop 7060 Washington, D.C.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 239