10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2024
As the image shows, it is an island of protected habitat in a sea of urban sprawl and agriculture. In April, when I recently visited, there are huge flocks of Snow Geese , with the occasional smaller groups of Canada Goose , Cacking Goose , and Greater White-Fronted Goose. My eBird checklists are here and here.)
10,000 Birds
JUNE 12, 2019
Now, I do hope you have stayed with me to this point, because there is a moral to this story: How much do you like your ducks, grebes, sandpipers, and plovers? Perhaps you like them enough to have supported legislation protecting wetlands in the United States and Canada. The post Who cares for your ducks in the winter?
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Gathering more detailed information about wintering populations, and which roost sites they rely on, will help us protect them and develop more effective conservation strategies.” These gulls are all of conservation concern, and their breeding populations are either Amber- or Red-listed in the UK.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 13, 2021
Marks National Wildlife refuge in search of water birds – ducks and mergansers in particular. Every year they migrate down to this Gulf Coast protected area, giving me the opportunity to observed Redheads, Hooded Mergansers, scaups, Ring-necked Ducks , and more. I arrived at St.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2018
By protecting 25 free-flowing Alaskan rivers in their natural state, we are almost doubling the size of our Wild and Scenic Rivers System. ANILCA created, consolidated, expanded, or otherwise protected numerous units of federal public land systems, including: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2022
The connections between human and animal perception are a fertile field; a piece in last month’s New York Review of Books [password protected] lists five recent books on that, or on related subjects, and there are others, as well. Atria Books, New York, $28 (U.S.); $37 (Canada). Sentient is a fine addition to that field. __.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2020
The potential for contagion through clicking on links has long been acknowledged and with a desire to protect our precious readers, the links have been discontinued. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis). Domestic type) x Canada Goose (hybrid) (Anser sp. Wood Duck (Aix sponsa). Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha).
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