10,000 Birds
JUNE 11, 2017
June may be the gateway to summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but the birding still delivers the thrills of spring migration when you have access to the right birds’ breeding grounds. I visited Letchworth State Park this weekend, renowned for a ridiculous density of breeding wood warblers. What was your best bird of the weekend?
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2015
The Refuge has also become a place where people can experience and learn about wildlife and the places they call home, whether through self-guided discovery or by participating in one of our many educational programs. The Louisiana black bear’s threatened status warrants protection under sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 28, 2024
There are a few spectacles in the birding community that are high energy, happen quickly, and is worth any effort to experience it. One such experience is a bird grounding event, sometimes called a fallout. But I am happy to at least have had a small taste of these beloved species as they make their way to breed for the year.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. Immature Magnificent Frigatebird ( Fregata magnificens ), Grand Isle, Louisiana © David J. Ringer Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae) Black-and-white gannets breed on the cold, rocky coasts of the northern and southern oceans.
10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2020
The burgeoning number of waders in the fall reminds locals that many herons and egrets disperse northward during the late spring and early summer to breed and feed, returning in the late summer and fall to seek refuge from the oncoming cold and lack of food. For me, these birds add a bit of mystique and mystery to the overall experience.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2012
Sitta canadensis isn’t just irrupting out of its far northern home but exploding southward, with reports in every southern state except for Florida, including birds on the outer banks of North Carolina, on Grand Isle, Louisiana, in a suburb of Atlanta, and on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Bird bloggers from Wisconsin to Massachusetts.
10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2012
Other species such as Magnolia Warbler , Cape May Warbler , Yellow Warbler , Worm-eating Warbler , Wilson’s Warbler , Louisiana Waterthrush , and Yellow-breasted Chat are recorded annually in small numbers. Northern Parula by Carlos Sanchez As a birder, it gives me a very different experience and perspective on the lives of these birds.
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