10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The Collective added six new states in the past three years, but none have eclipsed the century mark: Wisconsin ( 74 ), Utah (55), Hawaii (38), Oklahoma (18), Rhode Island (9), and Connecticut (5). For example, my list of the Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for birding includes an excellent location in Minnesota ( Minnesota Valley NWR ).

United States 220

United States West Virginia Puerto Rico Minnesota 220

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2017

Because these lands include a variety of different habitats and range from Alaska to Puerto Rico and Hawaii to Maine, it is difficult to make generalizations about their impact on birds. But if one focuses on specific types of birds, the results can be both illuminating and surprising. The target birds tend to be similar.

Albatross 142

Albatross Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico 142

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

And we do feel like we know them, not as intimately as Sophie Osborn, of course, but stories create connections, especially when they are lively stories about birds with names and personalities. Familiar subjects to many of us, but ones that take on a new intensity when discussed in connection to birds that you feel you know.

California Condor 199

California Condor Falcons California Birds 199

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2011

Part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, it is an amazing place to take in the seabirds of the North Pacific. Black Noddy ( Anous minutus ) Everyone’s favourite tern is of course the beautify White Tern , famous for nesting in the most lunatic of locations such as on bare branches.

Hawaii 177

Hawaii Breeding Wildlife Eggs 177

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) attempts to calculate the economic contribution of National Wildlife Refuge visitation to local communities. Rather, birding and other wildlife observation ( e.g., photography) are lumped together as “non-consumptive” uses of a refuge. Every few years, the U.S. billion for local communities.

Wildlife 264

Wildlife Maryland San Francisco Minnesota 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Now that Hawaii is in the ABA Area , the next additions should be Puerto Rico and the U.S. The Hawaii vote made it clear that that the ABA Area is about political borders, not geographical or ecological ones, and the two Caribbean territories have long been part of the United States. But even with Hawaii, there are many U.S.

Puerto Rico 170

Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States 170

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2018

Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed downlisting it from “endangered” to “threatened.”. Habitat has been improved and conserved in some areas, though Hawaii’s increasing human population has made that a challenge. Several national parks, national wildlife refuges, and state lands host significant populations.

Endangered Species 103

Endangered Species Species Hawaii 2018 103