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DECEMBER 23, 2019

and Canada. Birding trips to Florida , New Mexico , and Texas are obvious too. Texas and Florida round out the Top 5. According to eBird , I have been an eBirder since December 23, 2009, so today is my 10th eBird anniversary. During the decade, I submitted 1,219 checklists and observed 555 bird species, all in the U.S.

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Michigan Washington 143

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NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Oh to be in Texas admiring the celebrity bird du jour , an incredibly unexpected Amazon Kingfisher ! I visited Hamlin Beach in search of an errant Ross’s Goose mixed in with Canadas but found only Snow Geese. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a self-found Cackling Goose at Baisley Pond Park in Queens. How about you?

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2013 Geese Texas Birds 167

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APRIL 5, 2022

Today’s vagrant could be tomorrow’s resident, a change that is visibly happening with, for example, the Clay-colored Thrush in southern Texas. Copyright © 2022 Alexander Lees and James Gilroy. Next time, I’ll know why. Is the ship-assisted vagrant a ‘true’ vagrant?

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Birds Compassion Eagles Science 255

Critter News

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

San Antonio Zoo (Texas) Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada), Buttonwood Park Zoo (Mass.), This list was issued by In Defense of Animals last month. Here they are. Central Florida Zoo (Fla.), Niabi Zoo (Ill.), Topeka Zoo (Kan.), Honolulu Zoo (Hawaii), Wildlife Safari (Ore.), York's Wild Kingdom Zoo (Maine) tied with Southwick's Zoo (Mass.),

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Zoos San Antonio San Diego Honolulu 100

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

A half-century ago, this species might have been restricted to Iowa or New Jersey, but now it can be found throughout New England and even south-eastern Canada. This native of Oklahoma, Texas, and Mexico is now recognized as a separate species, but the two species will hybridize when they meet.

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Arizona Oklahoma Texas Mexico 261

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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. His parents moved where opportunity beckoned, taking him from San Angelo, Texas, to Columbus, New Mexico, then to Dallas, and finally on to California.

Falcons 171

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 171

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FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Northern Gulf Coast of Texas , with stops at Anahuac NWR, Brazoria NWR, and Aransas NWR. Lifers included Cape May, Tennessee, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Kentucky, Canada, and Blue-winged warblers. Rio Grande Valley of Texas , including stops at Santa Ana NWR and Laguna Atascosa NWR.

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San Francisco Portland United States Puerto Rico 100

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JUNE 27, 2012

Mary Beth Stowe is hoping to tick 350 species along the lower Texas Coast this year and has netter 307 so far. 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 195

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APRIL 25, 2011

Found from coast to coast in the United States and southern Canada, the White-breasted Nuthatch is missing only from portions of the Rocky Mountains and from a wide band that stretches from the Gulf of Mexico north through Texas into the Great Plains.

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United States Mexico Texas New York 154

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AUGUST 4, 2015

Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in. Baicich, Margaret A.

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America Industry Squirrels Birds 222

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

migration corridors from Argentina in the Southern tip of South America to Canada. From North Carolina south to Texas, just under half of beaches are developed. Arctic Canada face ongoing and proposed development. Red Knots have already lost more than 80 percent of their coastal habitat in Florida, New Jersey, and New York.

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Endangered Species Protection Delaware Species 160

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2024

Lee and Birch have co-authored field identification articles on birds that are not flycatchers, including dowitchers, loons, pipits, and orioles, for Birding and Texas Birds Annual. He is a co-illustrator of Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East (1996) and has illustrated many other magazines and articles.

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Los Angeles North America Species America 169

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JANUARY 4, 2020

Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Texas A&M Soltis Center. Texas A&M Soltis Center. Texas A&M Soltis Center. Texas A&M Soltis Center. Texas A&M Soltis Center. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. 27 Dec 2019. Brant – Branta bernicla. Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve.

2019 161

2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 161

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FEBRUARY 24, 2012

and Canada are funneled through the region. Happily, the park’s status and its many bird-obsessed visitors mean that it has decent funding even in small-government Texas – a share in the 300 million dollars a year that ecotourism brings to the Rio Grande Valley.

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Woodpeckers Texas Montana Blackbirds 155

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The Carolina grasshopper Dissosteira carolina ranges from sea to shining sea, into Canada and nearly to the tip of Texas. Surely they couldn’t be the same species, across a continent. But they are. Wherever they roam, they prefer weedy grasslands with areas of bare dirt where they can sun themselves.

Montana 164

Montana Cooking Texas Cattle 164

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MARCH 8, 2017

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), contain many of the nation’s most renowned birding locations, including Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico, Laguna Atascosa NWR in Texas, and J.N. Key waterfowl species include Redhead , Northern Shoveler , Blue-winged Teal , Mallard , Gadwall , Wood Duck , Canvasback , and Canada Goose.

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Factory Ducks North Dakota Nebraska 116

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Some things still seemed out of reach ( Texas , for instance, seemed about as likely a destination as the moon) but I began to do things with the purpose of “building my list” in earnest around this time, not so much for the sake of the list itself, but to see these birds that I’d always wondered about.

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Pythons Litter Montana 2006 179

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

If the home birding patch is in Canada or the United States of America, it’s not really that far. Get on the plane anywhere from North Carolina to Texas or Florida and we are talking three to four hours. 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 119

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MAY 1, 2018

The Southeastern guide goes a bit more west, to eastern Oklahoma and Texas, so its northern borders lie at the north boundaries of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. The Southeastern guide has many more contributed photographs, which makes sense since the authors are from Canada. Organization and Content.

North America 100

North America America Oklahoma Missouri 100

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JUNE 17, 2015

The Louisiana Black Bear (shown above) was listed as threatened within its historic range (defined as southern Mississippi, Louisiana, and east Texas) under the Endangered Species Act on January 7, 1992 (57 FR 588), due to extensive habitat loss and modification, as well as human-related mortality. Established in 1964, the William L.

Fish 142

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 142

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JULY 21, 2014

Monk Parakeets are established not only in New York City, but in at least seven states (Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Texas), Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and Quebec, Canada in North America; Belgium, Italy, England, and Spain in Europe; cities in South America (where they are considered introduced since these are not (..)

Chicago 195

Chicago New York City New York Illinois 195

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MAY 19, 2011

Brian Bielfelt is a birding biologist who has birded and lived all over the United States but currently calls Texas home. Clay was the driving force behind the Triathlon Hawks and put the whole weekend together. He knows his stuff and, with the exception of the occasional Red-winged Blackbird call, is rarely fooled by a bird.

New Jersey 161

New Jersey Bald Eagle Birds United States 161

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

A few breed in Texas’ Big Bend area.) and Canada, and winter in Mexico, or breed in Mexico, and winter in Central and South America. All of our other migratory species either breed mostly in the U.S.

Mexico 155

Mexico Birds South America Turkey 155

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MARCH 8, 2012

Fort Davis National Historic Site, in west Texas, just north of Big Bend National Park, served as a crucial supply depot for the Confederate’s Second Texas Mounted Rifles before being retaken by Union troops in 1862. Both of these places, as you can imagine, had some great birds to see.

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Birds Mississippi Vermont Texas 170

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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 225

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

After our brief trip thru the great state of Texas, we were headed back into New Mexico, a state I was quite excited to explore. A small group of Canada Geese fly over, and out in front of their formation was a pair of Sandhill Cranes. I have been all around the western states, here and there, but never spent any time in New Mexico.

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Albuquerque New Mexico Mexico Sparrows 120

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MARCH 14, 2011

Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. The Sandhill Crane is no different than the Aleutian strain of Canada goose. Canada Geese and Crows can figure it out, so can Cranes.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 239

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

For comparison, Aransas NWR in Texas is about 115,000 acres and Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico is under 60,000 acres. million) of waterfowl, including American Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Mallard, Lesser Scaup, Canvasback, as well as Canada and Greater White-fronted Goose, and Tundra and Trumpeter Swan.

Alaska 203

Alaska United States Puffins Wildlife 203

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Every year, the top birders in Mexico surpass the species totals of their counterparts in the United States, and double the totals of Canada’s best. In general, eastern Mexico has more species, but the majority are shared with Texas, Central America, or both. And as for me, would I change countries just for the birds?

Mexico 207

Mexico Birds Costa Rica Alabama 207

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2013

Mary Beth Stowe hoped to tick 350 species along the lower Texas Coast this year and came up a bit short with 332. She also did her big year to raise money, but in her case it was to help a youngster, Peyton Behrens, in his fight against leukemia.

2012 151

2012 South Dakota Costa Rica Houston 151

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

There are several renamed species, including Scaly-breasted Munia (formerly Nutmeg Mannikin), Blue-throated Mountain-gem (formerly Blue-throated Hummingbird) and Canada Jay (aka Gray Jay). The book went to publication before the most recent change of McCowan’s Longspur to Thick-billed Longspur, so ink that in.

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North America America 2020 Hawaii 218

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Sunshine State isn’t known for its massive snow drifts, nor for the massive flocks of Snow Geese that grace states like Texas and New Mexico every winter. By their very name, most would assume you can’t spot Snow Geese in Florida. 2020 was that year for me! I love them so much my boss gifted me a Snow Goose holiday ornament.

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Geese Florida Tampa New Mexico 164

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl covers every residential, migrating, vagrant, exotic, and introduced swan, goose, dabbling and diving duck in North America (Canada and the United States): 62 Species Accounts on four swan species and one vagrant subspecies; 15 goose species; 46 duck species; plus accounts for hybrid geese, ducks and exotics.

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Ducks North America Geese Hunters 114