10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2013
On the less feel-good front, ducks have been taking an awful beating lately. Insert your Peking Duck jokes here.) Some ducks have succumbed to the oil, while others have been rushed to rehab facilities. Some ducks have succumbed to the oil, while others have been rushed to rehab facilities. And here in the U.S.,
10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2021
In mid-summer, the refuge is full of breeding birds, including Canada Goose, Mallard, Wood Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Virginia Rail, Sandhill Crane, Black Tern, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, etc. of Horicon NWR was purchased with MBCF funds ( i.e., Duck Stamp funds). Indeed, 98.7%
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Steve Spitzer, a photographer well-known in Chicago’s birding community for his light-filled and lively portraits of (usually) shorebirds near his home, was strolling his usual stomping grounds at Loyola Beach on the city’s North Side. He spotted something swimming in Lake Michigan, but it wasn’t a gull or winter duck.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2014
” The protagonist of this game is the Wood Duck, Aix sponsa and this adventure is called “Mallard Mayhem” There is more than one Woody in each picture and the challenge is to find as many as you can. Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago was the scene for this madness. competitions ducks Wood Duck'
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2019
Creating a dozen jobs in a small rural community is far more important to that community than creation of a dozen jobs is to San Francisco or Chicago. Of course, birders interested in contributing more concretely to the National Wildlife Refuge System should buy a Duck Stamp every year.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 6, 2014
It’s cold enough in Chicago—where our high temperature for the day was –2 degrees Farenheit—that the polar bear at the zoo spent the day inside. Should you worry about their well-being as Holden Caulfield worries about the Central Park ducks ? Glad you asked. It’s cold enough to freeze vodka.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
The birds on display at Audubon through next April are just one of a number of traveling sets; others can be seen at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago, the Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisc., and elsewhere. And one set of the sculptures is broken up, scattered.
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