10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Plume hunting raged supreme 150 years ago, when egret feathers were part of a worldwide trade in feathers and other bird parts, used for women’s hats and other articles of clothing (but mostly hats), delighting the upper classes and practically wiping out bird species. A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2016

This began the rehabilitation of the first recorded sighting of a White-tailed Tropicbird in the state of Connecticut! I called Dr. Erica Miller from Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research in Delaware for some advice. After the bird had been stabilized, I needed to decide what my next step was.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2018

According to the study, since 1984 heightened temperatures and resulting aridity have caused fires to spread across an additional 16,000 square miles than they otherwise would have—an area larger than the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut combined 1. But at least in the Western forests that U.S.

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