10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2013

Speaking of birds in nests, five Chilean Flamingo chicks who were raised by a human “surrogate dad” at a British wildlife center have now graduated to joining the adults in the center’s colony. The hope is that their presence while inspire the grown-ups to breeding success.

Michigan 148

Michigan Chile Tennessee North America 148

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

What do you say when someone tells you they will be spending the summer in the Lower Michigan Peninsula? Recently it has also been documented as breeding in Wisconsin, Ontario, and the Upper Michigan Peninsula, but those birds are few and not always accessible. If you are a birder, you say “Kirtland’s Warbler!”

Michigan 240

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 240

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Finally my colleague Doty worked her magic in Michigan, and we let him go there. Their population is in serious decline, so their breeding colonies are monitored by biologists. I raised them, banded them and released them back to their colony site that summer. It was like they said, “You reek of humans, go wash.”.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 233

Wildlife Rehabilitation Ohio Tulsa West Virginia 233

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

is going to have to go to Michigan or Wisconsin. Kirtland’s Warbler is a classic niche species; they breed in only very specific conditions, which occur in only a very specific area. this species breeds. Photographed in Crawford County, MI, by Chris McCreedy. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Albatross 215

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 215

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

We immediately get a sense of the pigeons’ abundance, beauty, and danger to human activity. She portrays humans merged with Passenger Pigeons; the images are then framed to look like 19th century calling cards. Avery’s trip through Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York holds more promise.

2014 161

2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 161

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

Evening Grosbeak, Michigan. There is a wonderful place in the lower peninsula of Michigan called Hartwick Pines State Park. It’s one of the only places in Michigan where you can walk under old growth white pines. Kirtland’s Warbler, NYC & Michigan. It has always been a difficult bird to find, even when abundant.

2018 167

2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 167