10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

These lands support countless birds, either year-round, as migratory stopovers, or as breeding grounds. In fact, the overwhelming majority of federal land is in just 11 western states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). But what else should birders know?

Virgin Islands 261

Virgin Islands Alaska United States Endangered Species 261

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Although Henslow’s had been reliably found in nearby Sharon Springs for many years, the last documented sighting was in 2008, and the sighting startled longtime birders, waking them up to the fact that breeding sites in the state were rapidly being lost. birder, as in ‘who needs art?

Birds 264

Birds Sparrows Connecticut New York 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2012

When the South Dakota ferret numbers began dropping, they captured nine animals in hopes of starting a captive breeding population. Then, in Meeteese, Wyoming, the Hogg family’s ranch dog Shep found something. But the ferrets kept dying. Meanwhile, the black-footed ferret was declared finally, unambiguously, officially extinct.

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Ferrets South Dakota Wyoming Captive Animal 228