10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Visiting from California, he had visited local gardens and trails with me, spent time by the pool, and took a few mini-canoe trips. And it’s true, I know that the Pied-billed Grebes show up around the same time the Mississippi Kites leave, because I make a note of both and it sticks in my memory. “Why do you always keep a list?”
10,000 Birds
JUNE 13, 2021
For instance, you can own a lion in Alabama, but not in California. In Mississippi you can own an ocelot, but not a wolverine. One’s ability to own an exotic species varies from state to state. You can own a gorilla in Indiana, but not a bear in Michigan. You can own a yak in Kentucky, but not a cheetah in Maine.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2021
Not far behind is California (348, up from 297), followed by Arizona (294, up from 155), Florida (233, up from 227), New Jersey (223, up from 199), Oregon (221, up from 209), and Texas (218, up from 106). Some are all three ( e.g. , New York, California, and Florida). Even the nation’s capital has been ignored.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 26, 2014
The Cuban Sandhill Crane , Grus canadensis nesiotes and the Mississippi Sandhill Crane , Grus canadensis pulla are listed as endangered species. This is a photo of a Mississippi Sandhill Crane colt being weighed at White Oak Conservation, photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2016
The five subspecies – Greater, Lesser, Mississippi, Florida, Cuban – show the genetic marks of what the species has had to do to survive. Featured image: a Mississippi Sandhill Crane egg begins to hatch, courtesy of the U.S. million years to the Lower Paleolithic. I’ve never seen a crane dance.
Critter News
JANUARY 3, 2011
BEST STATES California (best-yay!) New Jersey Illinois Massachusetts Colorado Maine WORST STATES Ohio Hawaii Alabama North Dakota Mississippi Idaho South Dakota (worst) According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the states fell this way.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2019
For me, there was the Limpkin in Loxahatchee NWR in Florida, the Atlantic Puffin at Petit Manan NWR in Maine, the Falcated Duck at Colusa NWR in California. Predictably, the states I have lived in (California and Oregon) have the most species, as does nearby Washington. Naturally, a walk through one’s life lists triggers memories.
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