10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2012

Not only that, but they are doing their big year to raise money for the Houston Audubon Society and the Katy Prairie Conservancy. She is also doing her big year to raise money to help a youngster, Peyton Behrens, in his fight against leukemia.

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South Dakota Houston Mammals Birds 201

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Mentioning New Jersey often raises a snicker or a run down of all the drama and negative stereotypes that swirl around the Garden State, most of which are typified by the MTV hit show, “Jersey Shore.” ” While certain New Jersey decisions may be dubious, their state bird, the American Goldfinch, is a beautiful choice.

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New Jersey United States Legislature Iowa 150

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2013

Matt Timpf is doing a Canada Big Year. I’m not at all sure what his goal is other than seeing lots of birds but Canada is a big country so I bet he succeeds! Greg Cantrell is doing a New Jersey Big Year, hoping for 300 species, and raising funds for the New Jersey Audubon Citizen Science program.

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2013 New Jersey North Carolina Canada 186

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

If you cannot find the nest or it’s too destroyed, do not try and raise a chick this young. It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. Above are Canada Goose goslings. Never raise a wild goose or duckling yourself.

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Birds Fox Raised Ducks 265

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Next stops offered White-crowned Parrot and Barred Parakeets , Chestnut-sided and Canada Warblers , Collared Aracari , half a dozen Purple-throated Fruitcrows … I heard a strong double-nock of a huge Pale-billed Woodpecker , but the bird didn’t present itself to our eyes.

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Costa Rica Nicaragua 2019 Farming 236

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JUNE 9, 2013

Now, some scientists have started expressing concerns about the North American population of the birds , which is concentrated along the coasts of Maine and Canada. For now, though, the Puffins have returned to Seal Island in Maine and are trying their best to raise healthy families. (That’s his snapshot of a victim above.).

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Puffins Seals Canada Breeding 176

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

The American tropics surely have their share of orioles, warblers, doves, jays, and other types of birds that birders as far north as Canada or even the Arctic Circle might encounter. Encountering this stunner, one of the largest passerines in South America, raises a number of questions.

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Colombia South America Argentina Ecuador 192

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2018

As her website attests: “This year I’ve also designed a knitted curlew for the RSPB to promote their Curlew Recovery Program , and a knitted sandpiper for the Net Loft in Alaska, for their Birds By Hand project, to raise awareness of the Cordova migration flyway.” Happy bird-knitting! The post Can’t go birding?

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Birds Puffins Alaska Canada 115

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

migration corridors from Argentina in the Southern tip of South America to Canada. The ability of knots to successfully raise their chicks is very sensitive to snow conditions, the availability of insects as food, and the presence of predators, all of which are affected by climate change. Birds in Delaware Bay.

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Endangered Species Protection Delaware Species 160

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APRIL 5, 2019

Unlike several other gamebird species commonly raised and released for hunting in North America, the Northern Bobwhite ( Collinus virginianus ) is, of course, a native of the continent, though its natural range lies mostly in the southeastern quarter of the continent, and south into Mexico and the Caribbean.

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North America Vermont America Farming 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2013

The Long-billed Duck , Clangula Hyemalis , can be seen on both coasts of the USA and Canada during the winter, but is seen most regularly in large numbers along the east coast and North Atlantic. I am unable to say why some of the ducks swim with their tails raised while others allow it to trail behind them in the water.

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Ducks Geese Suffering Canada 167

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JULY 5, 2022

FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness. But, yes, there are photographs of dead birds and x-ray images of the damage done to individual birds and photographs of the annual FLAP display, as shown below.

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 255

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

A beautiful series of raised boardwalks have been constructed, allowing year round access to the area, thru the marsh area, all the way out nearly a half mile into the tidal flats. In 1974, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge was established to protect the delta and its diversity of fish and wildlife habitats.

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Fox Washington Geese Sparrows 126

10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2016

It was organized to boost eBird use, raise funds for bird conservation, and just get more people out birding. How can we say that magic is a farce when the May blossoms are backdropping bright, breeding plumaged Canadas , Magnolias , Chestnut-sideds , chocolate Bay-breasteds , and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks ?

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Costa Rica 2016 2001 Battery 100

Animal Ethics

JUNE 7, 2016

This horrible incident has raised some tough questions indeed. Michelle Nadon, Aurora, Canada To the editor: Bars? Further, did those who reacted so strongly to Harambe’s killing go home and serve meat to their children? In my opinion, neither Harambe nor the child should ever have been at the zoo.

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Los Angeles Gorillas Zoos Non Human 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

If the home birding patch is in Canada or the United States of America, it’s not really that far. We raised bins, and voila, Collared Forest-falcon ! Coming to Costa Rica? Want to go to Costa Rica? All birders should say yes because the small country where I live is easier to visit than a lot of people think.

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Costa Rica Falcons Birds North Carolina 124

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2012

Predators that rely on lemmings, like the Snowy Owl , took advantage of the bounty and had great breeding success, raising large broods which, after the lemming population crashes, dispersed far and wide. Last summer saw lemmings at a high point in their population cycles.

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Rabbits Breeding Litter Raised 209

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2012

Which these days involves a frenzy to breed and raise a brood. Birds arrive, and immediately start the business of breeding, so they can raise a family and be gone before winter arrives. We’re about 3 days past midway through three months of 24 hour sun. In the last couple of weeks I’ve seen over 20 new species.

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Bald Eagle Breeding Raised Whales 171

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Raised in and around the West Texas steppe country where temperatures reached 100 degrees with regularity, he began life as the Dust Bowl and Great Depression converged. Between 1974 and 2005, more than 7000 young Peregrines were hacked in the United States and Canada. He came for the hawks. And grow they did.

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 180

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JUNE 2, 2015

Most of these species can be found throughout the United States and Canada, and when they’re not, pains are taken to balance each Eastern species with a Western species. American Crows live in extended families, with sons and daughters from previous years helping to raise the current brood. Northern Flicker eggs in nest and nestlings.

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Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2012

I’ve family to raise and no time for modeling.” But then all hell will break loose, and much of the activity will be driven by one of my favourite summer visitors, the Baird’s Sandpiper ( Calidris bairdii ). “Do you mind? ” The Baird’s Sandpiper is by far our most numerous shorebird here in Arctic Bay.

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South America Eggs Family Raised 160

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. The National Audubon Society Birds of North America covers all species seen in mainland United States, Canada and Baja California. I didn’t.). This is a fairly large book: 907 pages; 7.38

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North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. It was when Hélène says to Ned, “And when the stakes were the highest, you raised an eagle on your glove.”.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 257

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AUGUST 26, 2012

It watched me, calmly, until I sat down about 7 feet away (almost at minimum focusing distance) and we both regarded each other, and I occasionally raised the camera and snapped off another frame. This was taken almost at minimum focusing distance. This uncropped photo, shows the rough in Rough-legged.

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Falcons Killing Fur Owls 168

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it sometimes takes a “village” of rehabbers to save threatened wildlife. What turned out to be an epic journey began in Nova Scotia, one of Canada’s Atlantic provinces. Pilots ‘n Paws Canada stepped up to the plate and volunteered to fly the little birds to Quebec.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Canada Wildlife South America 207

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

There were plenty of birds on the water to keep me entertained, with close to 60 Greylag geese, 50 Canada Geese, 80 Wigeon, 250 Coots, plus a good assortment of Tufted Ducks, Gadwall, Shoveler and Mallard. Not really a hardship, but it made the count less enjoyable. I arrived, equipped with my telescope, long before dusk.

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Ireland Turtles Geese Farming 219

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2011

But the young of all three – Mallard ducklings, Canada Goose goslings, and Mute Swan cygnets – are almost universally “squeed&# over because they are undeniably adorable. Pity the hen Mallard that gets abandoned by her mate and left to raise a nest full of ducklings completely on her own.

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Canada Geese United States Abandon 165

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Raised among birders, he was once sculpting an abstract duck figure when he happened upon Hope Is the Thing With Feathers , Christopher Cokinos’ elegy for extinct birds. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every.

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Birds Ducks DC Jordan 205

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MAY 23, 2023

They engage in advocacy efforts, raise awareness about conservation issues, and collaborate with other organizations and initiatives to preserve and restore bird populations and their environments. They maintain a checklist of bird species recorded in the ABA area, which includes the United States, Canada, and certain territories.

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United States North America Birds America 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life. The Sandhill Crane is no different than the Aleutian strain of Canada goose.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 246

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2012

You can argue that large waders of Florida are flashier or that the secretive Bachman’s Sparrow elicit more respect, and sure, Pine Warblers nest as far north as southern Canada so how can they really be southeastern, but if you raise these points I think you fail to realize how truly prolific Pine Warblers are in the south.

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North Carolina Jordan Raised North America 140

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

It shows that of 588 species assessed, 314 species in the continental United States and Canada will lose half or more of their current ranges by 2080 if global warming continues at its current pace (which is approximately 8 degrees F of warming by the end of the century).

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Species Science Los Angeles 2000 175

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

The specific geographic area covered is “east of the western boundaries of Ontario, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana”; the eastern United States and Canada is known for its diversity of odonates. Although designed as a field guide, it is a hefty book, 376 pages long, covering 336 species.

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United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 233

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

The guide covers 520 species of birds regularly found in the eastern United States and southeastern Canada, including, interestingly, a number of exotic species. Pieplow has here expanded the scope and raised the bar, making the spectrogram THE core of the field guide.

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North America America Birds New York 169

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2011

If they each raised nine owlets, the owlets alone would have eaten over 25,000 lemmings from that valley. A brood of nine chicks will be fed something in the order of 1500 lemmings from the time they are hatched until they are independent. Remember that friend of mine that saw 17 breeding pairs of Snowy Owls in a single valley?

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Owls Fox Oklahoma Soreing 235

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2012

No human can divine what a mated pair of geese or eagles may feel for one another, but stories abound of birds,especially Canada Geese , who spurned all offers from members of the opposite sex for years after a mate was killed. Needless to say, this makes them quite pleasant to raise. Did Vanna love his cage partner?

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Birds Parrots 2003 Raised 273

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2017

Seriously, Panama raises the art of under-communication to new, deplorable heights. Canada Warbler. Let’s be honest: driving around Panama sucks. The main problem, one that makes no sense to those accustomed to well-designed road systems, is an appalling lack of signage. Singles at Canopy Adventure and Summit Ponds. Yellow Warbler.

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Panama 2017 Monkeys Family 100