10,000 Birds
MARCH 5, 2024
Many refuges are strategically located along major flyways, allowing ducks and geese to hopscotch their way up the continent to northern breeding grounds and back down again. Several endangered species are (or have been) highly dependent on specific tracts of federal land.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2022
For example, I wrote about litigation involving the California Condor , Barred and Spotted Owls , Golden-cheeked Warbler , California Gnatcatcher , and Greater Sage-Grouse , among others. And I wrote several posts about the unsuccessful efforts of the Trump Administration to alter the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA).
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2022
For example, I wrote about litigation involving the California Condor , Barred and Spotted Owls , Golden-cheeked Warbler , California Gnatcatcher , and Greater Sage-Grouse , among others. And I wrote several posts about the unsuccessful efforts of the Trump Administration to alter the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA).
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 4, 2017
The Orange-fronted Parakeet is a critically endangered species that I came agonisingly close to seeing but didn’t. Southern White-faced Owl or African Scops Owl ? So I was particularly pleased when one of the last birds I saw was a Spot-billed Duck, a local bird and lifer. A new duck! Okay, context.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2011
This critically endangered species was presumed extinct for over 100 years, and was not discovered again until pelagic trips (run by the same people as mine) began chumming to attract other seabirds. We ended up staying out a long time, because there was one conspicuous no-show, the New Zealand Storm-petrel. Get yours today!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2011
What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism. It may be as simple as trying to hit the big white one.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 27, 2013
This ABA Code 4 bird was found hanging out with some Wood Ducks in Missoula, conveniently enough, by Radd Icenoggle. I was fortunate to rack up a number of lifers in 2013, both at home and abroad ( Varied Thrush in Washington, Brewer’s Blackbirds in California, Burrowing Owl in the Nevada desert). I chose the owl.
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