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. Like the Red-ruffed Fruitcrow.

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Colombia South America Argentina Ecuador 187

10,000 Birds

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

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2012

I’ve family to raise and no time for modeling.” Some of these birds, breeding up here at 73 degrees north will winter at the tip of South America, Tierra Del Fuego, 54 degrees south or so. “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 159

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JUNE 1, 2021

If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. And now we have the third iteration in Audubon’s guide book history: National Audubon Society Birds of North America. I didn’t.). This is a fairly large book: 907 pages; 7.38

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North America America Birds California Condor 278

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 199

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2015

I just flew nonstop from Canada to South America and boy, are my arms tired.” Indiana teacher raises the bar for newbie birders everywhere by finding the state’s first record of a Black-tailed Godwit. Even more thought-provoking is the original article from which it sprang.) Props on the sweet Barred Owl call, too. “I

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Malta Barn Owls Cyprus Fowl 180

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

We are familiar with the story, birds flying north in the boreal summer, taking advantage of the warmth, long days, and abundant insect life, to raise their young. Birds Africa Arctic Canada migration Northern Wheatear' And for the most part it is. In the High Arctic we find several migrating species that break that mould.

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Africa Somalia North America Nigeria 192