10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Though these plovers are common on the North Norfolk coast, their nearest breeding grounds are far to the north. A few do breed in Europe, on the extreme north-east of European Russia. Today many thousands spend much of their year there, arriving in September and not departing for their breeding grounds in arctic Russia until late May.

Geese 198

Geese Russia Breeding Unwanted 198

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota. Some birds breed in flocks, at least in part to avoid predation. Great Frigatebirds are infamous for assaulting boobies ( Red-footed Boobies , that is) in the air, but when perched they seem to get along just fine. Fort Baker, Sausalito, CA.

North Dakota 163

North Dakota LACS Oakland Falcons 163

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2014

First was an awesome stay in Iceland. And, as appears to be the case in most cities in Finland, wildlife and nature is only steps away! One of many signs in the park aimed at educating about wildlife. Between finishing one graduate program and beginning another, he embarked on a whirlwind tour of Europe.

Finland 173

Finland Estonia Birds Europe 173

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

A lovely looking and distinctive sounding bird (so they say, I sadly have not seen one…yet), the Kirtland’s Warbler can only be found during its breeding season in Jack Pine forests 5 to 20 years old in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. Forest Service.

Michigan 240

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 240

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

This bird spent the 2011-2012 winter at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge in northern California, migrated someplace exotic and distant in February, and returned to the same pond at the beginning of this month. Secretive, silent and undetectable outside of its breeding season, found only in the U.S.

2012 155

2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 155