10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Last Saturday, I was walking around the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, on a cloudy, gray 28F morning. One week later, I am strolling thru the Baja Sur Cactus Sanctuary, with a much more comfortable, sunny 86 degrees. This sanctuary has 60 of the worlds 153 cactus genera. Ahh, what a difference a week can make!

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Mexico Sanctuary Seattle Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2011

I spent this past weekend at the coast, travelling to Arcata for a Northern California Audubon Council meeting hosted by the Redwood Region Audubon Society. This area includes Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, part of Audubon’s Humboldt Bay Important Bird Area (IBA). Unfortunately, we were a tad early.

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Sanctuary North America Breeders Alaska 213

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JANUARY 3, 2016

Corey had a host of birds to choose from as his Best Bird of the Weekend as he spent Friday morning birding at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Orange County, California. Don’t worry… you have 51 more weeks to improve on your current best.

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2016 Sanctuary Birds California 103

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DECEMBER 31, 2019

I also spent a week in northwestern Costa Rica on a family vacation, a long weekend in Barbados, a week in Georgia, and two week-plus-long trips to visit relatives in southern California. For fifteen years, ever since I started visiting California as a birder, I’ve been hoping to see a Mountain Plover.

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2019 Barbados Uganda Costa Rica 144

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2013

If constructed properly, these facilities can be not only a boon to birders and other wildlife enthusiasts but an obvious benefit to their local communities. One of the best examples in the world is the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary on the northern California coast.

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Sacramento Sparrows Sanctuary Geese 168

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Every autumn, tens of thousands of Snow Geese arrive in California’s Sacramento Valley following their long journey from the Canadian Arctic (click on photos for full sized images). v=SeCKWKGhgR8 Currently, about 95 percent of all Ross’s Geese nest in the Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary in the central Canadian Arctic.

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Geese South Dakota Sacramento Arkansas 154

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Uganda Wildlife Education Centre. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. 02 Dec 2019.

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2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 183

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

So I asked seven wildlife rehabilitators, “Tell me your favorite (or one of your favorites) release story – the kind that makes you keep going, in spite of everything.”. “A Long story made some what short,” wrote Heather Merritt, with Birds in Flight Sanctuary in Warren, Ohio. “We Occasionally, youngsters fall from the weep holes.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Ohio Tulsa West Virginia 236

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2011

The snow stayed overnight, helped by further falls, and the following morning I went up to the path the runs along Karori Wildlife Sanctuary (or Zealandia) to see how it looked and how the birds were doing. On the grass at the edge of the fence was a large group of California Quail. A nearby playground.

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New Zealand Sanctuary North America Guinea 113

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MAY 30, 2019

such as California Condors and Passenger Pigeons. His parents moved where opportunity beckoned, taking him from San Angelo, Texas, to Columbus, New Mexico, then to Dallas, and finally on to California. Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds. She’s already written about Rachel Carson: Secret Birder.

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 193

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FEBRUARY 13, 2018

I haven’t even been to all of the best national wildlife refuges for birding. Ding Darling NWR, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Big Cypress National Preserve, Loxahatchee NWR, and Everglades National Park. Another is California Condor in the Grand Canyon.). Thus, my “good birds” are likely the opposite of an eastern birder.

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San Francisco Portland United States Puerto Rico 100

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JULY 6, 2019

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. 02 Jun 2019. 02 Jun 2019.

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2019 Jamaica Eggs Woodpeckers 123

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NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Ash Creek Wildlife Area (LAS Co.). Ash Creek Wildlife Area (LAS Co.). Ash Creek Wildlife Area (LAS Co.). Ash Creek Wildlife Area (LAS Co.). Ash Creek Wildlife Area (LAS Co.). 26 Oct 2019.

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2019 China Battery Jamaica 122

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

One such guided walk departs nightly from Wellington’s Karori Sanctuary (or Zealandia), another runs from the lodge on the end of Kapiti. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. He came into studying birds rather later in life, and could quit any time he wants to.

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New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 151

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service. They bred on a number of islands near Japan and Taiwan, and ranged widely and abundantly from the Aleutian Islands south through California. On the short list of wins for wildlife during the Bush II era, Short-tailed Albatross were officially listed as Endangered in 2000. Half Moon Bay, CA.

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Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 218

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Zealandia Karori Sanctuary. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Merritt Island NWR–Black Point Wildlife Dr. 08 Jan 2017. Zealandia Karori Sanctuary. California Quail – Callipepla californica. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Egyptian Goose – Alopochen aegyptiaca.

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2017

Zealandia Karori Sanctuary. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Merritt Island NWR–Black Point Wildlife Dr. 08 Jan 2017. Zealandia Karori Sanctuary. California Quail – Callipepla californica. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Egyptian Goose – Alopochen aegyptiaca.

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 133

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2017

Zealandia Karori Sanctuary. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Merritt Island NWR–Black Point Wildlife Dr. 08 Jan 2017. Zealandia Karori Sanctuary. California Quail – Callipepla californica. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Australian Shelduck – Tadorna tadornoides.

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Zealandia Karori Sanctuary. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Merritt Island NWR–Black Point Wildlife Dr. 08 Jan 2017. Zealandia Karori Sanctuary. California Quail – Callipepla californica. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Australian Shelduck – Tadorna tadornoides.

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. Zealandia Karori Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2016

Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. Zealandia Karori Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. Zealandia Karori Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 102

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AUGUST 6, 2016

Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. Zealandia Karori Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2016

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. California Gnatcatcher – Polioptila californica. California Quail – Callipepla californica. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2019

Montezuma NWR–Wildlife Drive. 24898 California 89, Burney, California, US (41.013, -121.65). Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. California Quail – Callipepla californica. Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary. Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary. California Gull – Larus californicus. Otham Fields.

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2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2016

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. Zealandia Karori Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2016

San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Zealandia Karori Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Wildlife 131

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2019

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. 01 Jan 2019. 01 Jan 2019.

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2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Trinidad Lake SP–Watchable Wildlife Trail. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. 28 Sep 2018. 27 Sep 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2020

But while I was visiting my in-laws in Orange County, California over the holidays I occasionally had some time to get out birding and on my second visit to San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, two days after Christmas, something magical happened. The bright California sun enabled high shutter speeds for my digiscoping rig.

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Sanctuary California 2019 Laws 221

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

California Quail – Callipepla californica. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. PN Volcán Irazú. 09 Feb 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

California Quail – Callipepla californica. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. PN Volcán Irazú. 09 Feb 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2017

Zealandia Karori Sanctuary. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Merritt Island NWR–Black Point Wildlife Dr. 08 Jan 2017. Zealandia Karori Sanctuary. California Quail – Callipepla californica. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Egyptian Goose – Alopochen aegyptiaca.

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2018

California Quail – Callipepla californica. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. California Gull – Larus californicus. 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. PN Volcán Irazú. 09 Feb 2018. 12 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2018

California Quail – Callipepla californica. Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. California Gull – Larus californicus. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge – Dendrortyx leucophrys.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Battle Creek Wildlife Area. 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). Kruger NP Central Park.

2018 102

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 102