10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

Osborn, a passionate field biologist who participates to the core of her being three re-introduction projects aimed at saving three very different, endangered species: Peregrine Falcon, Hawaiian Crow (‘Alala)*, and California Condor. As of 2024, the ‘Alala are extinct in the wild though they live on in captivity.

California Condor 168

California Condor Falcons California Birds 168

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Featured image: a Mississippi Sandhill Crane egg begins to hatch, courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Among the most famous of these is the Sandhill Crane – with its oldest confirmed remains dating back 2.5 million years to the Lower Paleolithic.

California Condor 155

California Condor Mississippi Florida Montana 155

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

such as California Condors and Passenger Pigeons. It was advisable to remove them at night, to keep them calm, to establish immediately a feeding board on which they would be fed chopped beef and egg to start, then fresh birds, rabbit or squirrel. Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds.

Falcons 170

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 170

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The nickel was placed in the nest for the photo to show me the size of the egg for identification purposes, then removed. Even though the female lays only two eggs per nest attempt, they enjoy a protracted breeding season in which multiple nesting attempts can occur every 30 days, and in Southern locations, nearly year round.

Hunters 173

Hunters Hunting North America Game 173

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

I haven’t even been to all of the best national wildlife refuges for birding. Another is California Condor in the Grand Canyon.). I particularly enjoy birding national wildlife refuges, so I try to include at least one on each trip. Thus, my “good birds” are likely the opposite of an eastern birder.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Portland United States Puerto Rico 100