10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
Back in January, when I was enjoying my attendance at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival down in Florida, I had an enchanting encounter with our national bird , the Bald Eagle. Also, note the eagle’s nictating membranes protecting its eyes from damage. If not, it definitely was by the time the video below is over.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2016
I have seen dozens of Snowy Plovers and other shorebirds along the Emerald Coast of Florida, but until last week I had never seen their chicks! Peeping and dragging one or both wings along the sand, they definitely attracted attention. When we arrived at the first nest, they immediately commenced with their broken-wing display.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 7, 2021
The account omits the important information that Burrowing Owls in Florida, and probably those in the Caribbean, “usually excavate their own burrows” (Birds of the World*). I understand that the species accounts needed to be abbreviated, and the authors talk about this in the introduction.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2015
Units are located along both sides of the river and serve to protect and provide a wide variety of riparian habitats for birds, fish, and other wildlife.” It encompasses over 70,000 acres spread out between Wakulla, Jefferson, and Taylor counties, and includes about 43 miles along the Gulf Coast of northwest Florida.” v=sk_5pt9OTLA.
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 21, 2010
The part that I definitely believe is laudable, and I can get behind, is in the final chapter: "Exploited to Extinction.". For only $450,000, we could buy almost all of the habitat neded to protect Ecuador's remaining frogs. But he constantly wonders where and when and how much we should intervene, which I suppose is laudable.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2016
And, it is a guide based on scholarship as well as field work (author Reeber has monitored the birds of the Lac of Grand-Lieu, France, for the National Society for Nature Protection (SNPN) since 1994). Cackling Goose, 2 of the 3 pages of photos.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2011
“Definitely!&# A wide-open field in a wind-protected spot, recently visited by both mechanical and living manure-spreaders. Geoff looks out the open truck window, glances upwards, and shouts: “I think a huge flock of snow buntings just flew over the road!&# “Black and white?&# he concurs. “I doubt it.
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