10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

Unlike other grouse species, the male Willow Ptarmigan remains with the female throughout the breeding season to help raise the chicks. Partners in Flight estimates that there are nearly 50 million breeding Willow Ptarmigan throughout the world. Willow Ptarmigan calls are apparently favorites with Steven Spielberg.

Alaska 102

Alaska Finland Indiana Russia 102

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

We let a one-eyed Bald Eagle go after a year of battling state officials in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky. 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.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 213

Wildlife Rehabilitation Ohio Tulsa West Virginia 213

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

mi (almost exactly the same size as Indiana), it is one of the smaller provinces of South Africa, but is the second most densely populated with over 10 million inhabitants. This bird breeds in the forests of the Transkei area and is only a winter visitor to KwaZulu-Natal. At 36,433 sq. Image by Hugh Chittenden.

Mozambique 182

Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 182