10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2013

This is one of many Black Terns flying low over a bridge at Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota. This impossible-looking Turqouise-browed Motmot is not only something that actually exists, but was shot out of a car window near Tarcoles, Costa Rica. Why limit ourselves to the U.S.?

LACS 135

LACS North Dakota Costa Rica Birds 135

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2011

For some reason Felonious Jive shared Seagull Steve’s Best Bird of the Year: One of the reasons Seagull Steve went to North Dakota last summer was to spend some time with Baird’s Sparrows. They may be drab, but their pleasant ringing song and close relationship to the prairie make for a very interesting bird.

2011 192

2011 Birds South Korea North Dakota 192

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The Bibliography is extremely brief, citing five books (two used as sources for the maps and measurements, three cited as sources for further information on hybrids, one by a co-author) and one government article (a North Dakota article on Franklin’s Gull).

North America 208

North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 208