10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2017
The region has justifiably been referred to as the “Duck Factory of North America.” WPAs provide critical breeding, resting, and nesting habitat for millions of ducks, geese, and swans, as well as shorebirds and grassland birds. For birders, the easiest and most direct way to support WPAs (and NWRs) is to buy a Duck Stamp.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
I am still tired from the long drive, but it was great to play with the very best toys for birders, to be able to share experiences and to ask the factory staff all sorts of silly questions. At the end of the 20th century (and before the ELs were born), the factory hired consultants to help it restructure and maximise profits.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 29, 2013
And the magic factories are two neighbors, Green Cay Wetlands and Wakodahatchee Wetlands. Green Cay Wetlands at sunrise for the specials – Limpkin, Purple Gallinule, Black-bellied Whistling Ducks and of course the ever-reliable (at this time of year) male Painted Buntings. We exit the car and enter magic factory number two.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2022
The Common Pochard is listed as Vulnerable – not because it is particularly rare, but because of the rapid decline in its numbers (a decline of 50% within 10 years means a species is listed as Vulnerable – and a 50% loss in 10 years sounds quite dramatic and frightening indeed). And it does not even live in reeds.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
Without adequate funding, habitats are not restored, invasive species are left unchecked, poaching and other illegal activities occur and our nation’s wildlife suffers 1. ” Elizabeth Jackson of the Duck Stamp Program is not optimistic about birders or non-hunters embracing the Duck Stamp as hunters have.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2012
But how birds use these different senses, like the diversity in bill size and shape, varies almost as much from species to species. Chickens come in at around 24, pigeons have around 40-50 and some duck species may have a whopping 400. And again, there is great variation amongst different species.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2011
This year will be tough on many birds as further mudflat destruction to construct factories in China means that they may not be able to feed in areas that they have known in the past. Here is a little test-there are 6 species of shorebird in the photo-can you identify them? How did you go with the shorebird identification?
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