10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

My daughter was taking an evolutionary biology course at the University of Chicago and was given an assignment involving surveying Monk Parakeet nests in Hyde Park. Of course, the only thing my daughter knew was that she had to go out in the cold and look at birds. Parakeets in frozen Chicago? Sounded crazy. Till she heard the birds.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Two juvenile American Crows , undoubtedly begging for blackberries near Lake George in Washington County, New York. I’m certain Allagash used the familiar, cultivated blackberry in Uncommon Crow, but an unrelated “blackberry” found in northern climes more widely known as the crowberry is a favorite of many wildlife species.

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New York Portland Washington Geese 124

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2015

And, of course, the reputation of certain species of birds as troublemakers for humans is a problem in bird conservation, so this is worth watching. The big human and bird concern for H5N2 is, of course, that the virus will “mutate” into a novel highly virulent killer pandemic flu. Most viruses do not survive, or are not passed on.

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Mississippi Fowl Turkey Minnesota 176

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2017

Although some of the most popular Pacific pelagic trips depart from Monterey Bay in California, there are also regular trips out of Half Moon Bay, California; Newport, Oregon; and Westport, Washington. There are also smaller breeding colonies in Washington and Oregon, including Oregon Islands NWR. The target birds tend to be similar.

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Albatross Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico 139

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.

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Wildlife Maryland San Francisco Minnesota 253

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2018

Add to the fact that we have been living in Mexico, and are now going to stay in the US, at least for a little while, means new cell phones, new auto and RV insurance, banking, and of course, some place to live. And of course, the trees are to blame for my series of Cedar Waxwings shots that mostly don’t have much bird in them.

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New Zealand Seattle Qatar South Africa 115

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

” The birds appear to be starving to death, so experts don’t believe a toxin is the culprit, said Julia Burco, a wildlife veterinarian for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. In the US, of course, we have meteorologists for that. One of the birds most affected by this is Cassin’s Auklets.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2019

In the following year, American telegraph pioneer Samuel Morse encountered such difficulty in his original plan to lay underground telegraph cable between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. that he had several miles already buried dug up and the entire system strung overhead on poles.

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United States Game North America New York City 118

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2011

Before my trip to Washington the only species of puffin I had ever seen in the wild was the puffin of the Atlantic Ocean, the appropriately named Atlantic Puffin. Having flown to Washington State on a family vacation the first obstacle was easily out of the way, which you knew already if you ever read this blog. I love puffins.

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Washington Protection Puffins Rhinoceros 172

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

A Eurasian Dotterel had been reported from Ocean Shores, Washington. First he drove to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware to twitch a possible Little Egret that had showed up. Destination: Ilwaco, Washington. Of course, a few years later a Ross’s Gull turned up 400 meters from where he lived in Plymouth.

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Norway Delaware Pennsylvania Philadelphia 236

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Articles on the Bermuda petrel have appeared in scientific journals and popular birding magazines, and Wingate has been the subject of articles in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and has received the Linnaean Society’s of New York prestigious Eisenmann medal. But, it’s a new story to me, one that reads like a fairy tale.

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Birds Rats Breeding 2012 170

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

After those five, there are relative handful with over 100 species: North Carolina (172), Michigan (159), Arizona (155), Washington (144), North Dakota (141!), out of 51, including Washington, D.C.), Of course, the Collaborative will also continue to work on the global map (below) as well.

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Rhode Island United States West Virginia Puerto Rico 114

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

For the United States, the 50 states are included, as are Washington D.C. But other species have not been recorded in the ABA Area, including, of course, all 16 Puerto Rican endemics. Fish & Wildlife Service. But Washington D.C. The ABA Area includes all of Canada, which has both provinces and territories.

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States 159

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Hunting sandhill cranes in the Eastern flyway will put those 100 whooping cranes at even greater risk of being brought down by gunfire, hunter education courses and handy color brochures notwithstanding. So we can squawk at the state wildlife departments all we want, but the USFWS has the final say. Mail Stop 7060 Washington, D.C.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2012

Like any obsessive birder, of course, I’ve found a way to make birding part of the job. It’s a real shame, though, because these battlefields can be a real haven for wildlife and are often located in parts of the country that don’t otherwise have a lot of preserved land.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2011

Washington in New Hampshire in July. Contingency plans ahead of time just save time during the course of the year. Bicknell’s Thrush is a bird that is important to me because I grew up in New York’s Catskill Mountains, one of the places that it breeds. When and where did you see yours during your big year? And stay healthy.

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New York City New York New Hampshire Research Center 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2019

Montezuma NWR–Wildlife Drive. Willcox–Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course. Willcox–Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Savannah NWR–Laurel Hill Wildlife Dr. 22 Feb 2019. Oatland Island Wildlife Center. Otham Fields. 28 May 2019. Otham Fields.

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2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2008

Of course, the critics could be wrong, but if so, the responsibility for setting them right rests with one man: Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne. Carter Roberts President and Chief Executive World Wildlife Fund Washington, Jan. Critics in and out of Congress have been quick to question the motives for the delay.

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New York Times Polar Bears New York Endangered Species 40

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2018

Not long ago, I posted a list of the 25 best National Wildlife Refuges for birding. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has published a list of NWRs that have been created or expanded with Duck Stamp funds. Nisqually NWR (Washington): 56.3%. And the U.S. Others are between 25.0% Aransas NWR (Texas): 42.7%. Billy Frank Jr.

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