10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Red-billed Curassow ( Crax blumenbachii ), a large, ground-dwelling bird belonging to the same family as the more familiar Plain Chachalaca of southern Texas, was never a very widespread species. This is a short series that brings attention to these incredible birds, and my various adventures to try and see them.

Brazil 229

Brazil California Condor Parrots Texas 229

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. I learned of the trip right as it had been delayed and made a vow that I would be on that ship. and seabirders.

South Africa 264

South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Several members of the Audubon Society said the plan fails to answer questions about how cats will be managed and what rights neighbors will have if the cats become a nuisance. But it’s something in the right direction.”. First Amendment rights are in question here,” Moriarty said. First amendment rights? No,” he said.

Feral Cats 226

Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 226

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Sometimes it was just a matter of looking harder — walking a little further into the woods to get my first glimpse of a Blackburnian Warbler or being in just the right place at the right time to spot an elusive Yellow-billed Cuckoo. And living my life in the same place, I’d find them. Well, eventually.

Pythons 196

Pythons Litter Montana 2006 196

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

After all, it’s just another swallow, right? Just another swallow, yes, but Cave Swallows breed no closer to New York State than the southern tip of Florida, though that is not the population that supplies New York birders with our Petrochelidon fulva fix. And one that isn’t even that different from Cliff Swallows ?

New York 110

New York Florida Texas Breeding 110

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 2, 2012

The right app can provide more focused, reputable information than a Google search, and they’re available on hand, whenever you need them. You can search by breed, age, gender, and size, so you can easily narrow down to animals that are more likely to fit with your home and family.

Pets 100

Pets Medical Adoptable Shelters 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

There were birders from a wide cross-section of the United States: Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, Iowa, Wyoming, Washington State, Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida. And so, I went on the American Birding Association Safari to South Africa. I’m sure there are states that I missed, but you get the idea.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 255

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

That’s right, the overwhelming benefits to the environment and the economy are generated by non-consumptive uses of the refuges like wildlife photography, environmental education, wildlife observation and interpretation, not hunting and fishing. Visitors are encouraged to wear hunter orange during hunting seasons for safety.

Fish 146

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 146

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2020

If conditions are right, the Palm Beach Agricultural Area can be teaming with various shorebird species such as Spotted, Solitary, Upland, Buff-breasted, Least, Semipalmated, Western, and Pectoral Sandpiper, Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plover, Long-billed Dowitcher, and Black-necked Stilt.

Florida 263

Florida Miami Birds Falcons 263

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The guide covers the all–1194 species in the Species Accounts, including 959 native breeding species, 219 Nearctic migrants, 8 breeding visiting species, and 5 introduced species. Of the native breeding species, 112 are endemic or “very nearly endemic.” (Can Text is on the left, plates are on the right.

America 214

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 214

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2023

There are also two pages illustrating the “Holistic Approach,” silhouettes of each species (Western birds on the left, Eastern birds on the right), that allow for comparison of structure, size, and shape. The maps are fairly complex, showing breeding range, winter range, year-round range, migration routes, times, and directions.

Los Angeles 233

Los Angeles North America America Species 233

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.

United States 273

United States Owls Atlanta New York 273

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

We’ll just have to take Jochen’s word that there had been swiftlets in this sky… Donna sure had a good time on her visit to Texas in November! It was my last day in Texas, still many birds and butterflies to see. I write about this and more of my Texas birding experiences in my blog, Queensgirl. Tragic, right?

2013 168

2013 Birds Costa Rica India 168

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

A column entitled "Ag Industry Threatened by Animal Rights" appeared in today's High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal [ HPMAJ ]. Consider Charlie Stenholm, a former Texas Congressman turned agricultural lobbyist. The full text of the amendment is available here. Doublespeak at its worst.

Factory 40

Factory Factory Farm Factory Farming Gestation Crates 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. There is evidence that a unique Canadian prairie population of lesser sandhill cranes is being selectively wiped out, since they migrate over the most heavily hunted areas of Texas. Additionally, sandhill cranes reproduce very slowly.

2011 258

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 258

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2020

and plumage terms such as “breeding” and “nonbreeding” have been replaced with “spring/summer” and “fall/winter.” Text for the species accounts are on the right-hand page.

North America 241

North America America 2020 Hawaii 241

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

.” It is a relief to eventually reach the chapter on The Life of Waterfowl, written in a much more conversational style and unashamedly fascinated with waterfowl’s unique breeding behaviors. And, let’s face it, he is right. “The numbers don’t lie,” he told me. Barker and Carrol L.

Ducks 128

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 128