10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2016

You may have heard of nursing homes or assisted living facilities bringing in dogs and cats to give their residents a little “pet therapy.” But what about birds? One enterprising New Orleans-area bird rescuer is doing just that. Scooter is now getting on in years and has suffered health setbacks.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2019

But however much I may trust in the curative powers of “the hair of the dog”, I do not celebrate my annual corvine year bird with a tipple at daybreak on New Year’s Day. By my reckoning, 500 miles up the Mississippi River as the steamboat goes only gets you as far as the Mississippi-Louisiana-Arkansas tripoint.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2015

This common bird is also the state bird for Arkansas, Texas (another avian hot spot), Tennessee, and Mississippi, so Florida even misses points for originality. Florida went with the Northern Mockingbird , found in all lower 48 states. Okay, it’s true, Northern Mockingbirds are fascinating birds. Think as a human you are immune?

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Florida Legislature Arkansas Mississippi 168

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2012

So, this pair (I assume there are two, though I only saw one today) of eagles has a territory including small dogs and stray children, baby coyotes, crows, but mainly squirrels and marmots right around its nest, and a major river backed up by a large dam about a mile or two away (the Mississippi) and several lakes.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Coyotes Mississippi 181

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Mississippi Kite – Ictinia mississippiensis. Marathon Prairie Dog Town. Stormwater Treatment Area 5/6. 13 Jan 2018. Double-toothed Kite – Harpagus bidentatus. La Selva (OTS Reserve)–Road to Puerto Viejo River. 01 Jan 2018. 24 Apr 2018. Plumbeous Kite – Ictinia plumbea. 05 May 2018. 08 Jul 2018. 03 Dec 2018.

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