10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

These lands support countless birds, either year-round, as migratory stopovers, or as breeding grounds. Many refuges are strategically located along major flyways, allowing ducks and geese to hopscotch their way up the continent to northern breeding grounds and back down again. But what else should birders know?

Virgin Islands 208

Virgin Islands Alaska United States Endangered Species 208

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

Debbie Wortland is an inspiration and a reminder that citizen-scientists can make significant contributions, even with an endangered species.

Parrots 164

Parrots Endangered Species Australia Breeding 164

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2022

Two are pelagic species, two are resident, and the other one is a mystery. In Costa Rica, the sole tropical breeding albatross is a rare visitor to pelagic waters of the Pacific. A more surefire way to witness this long-winged bird is by visiting breeding grounds on the Galapago Islands. Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata).

Costa Rica 256

Costa Rica Parrots Albatross Birds 256

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2011

They are rock stars in their family (or group of families, depending on what taxonomists have been smoking lately), a family that includes Scarlet Macaws , Crimson Shining-parrots , Golden Parakeets and Rainbow Lorikeets , and that is no mean feat. Part of it is because they are parrots, and most people really like parrots.

New Zealand 181

New Zealand Parrots Sanctuary Family 181

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

But other species have not been recorded in the ABA Area, including, of course, all 16 Puerto Rican endemics. avian diversity: the Puerto Rican Parrot is the only remaining native parrot species and the sole representative of the Tody family ( Todidae) is the Puerto Rican Tody. Some of these are unique examples of U.S.

Puerto Rico 152

Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States 152

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2014

One of the most alarming stories I read this week was about the call to rationalise the allocation of conservation dollars in Australia , shifting the focus from protecting endangered species to protecting habitats. Is it best to spend a million dollars to save a single parrot in Tasmania or a large chunk of rainforest?

Lions 150

Lions Giraffes Zoos Killing 150