10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2017
Crotty is a birder and lawyer living in Portland, Oregon who loves to share thoughtful , in-depth conservation pieces with 10,000 Birds readers. The region has justifiably been referred to as the “Duck Factory of North America.” For birders, the easiest and most direct way to support WPAs (and NWRs) is to buy a Duck Stamp.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
Nisqually NWR is a major staging area for migratory birds , a wintering area for many ducks and geese, and a breeding area for numerous songbirds. There’s a $3 day-use fee, but it is free if you have a Duck Stamp. According to eBird , 278 bird species have been observed and approximately 14,000 checklists have been submitted.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 24, 2024
My family visited San Diego every year as part of a Disneyland-SoCal Road trip to escape the rainy Christmases at home near Portland, Oregon. There are beautiful beaches, a plethora of amazing food and drinks, a multitude of family fun locations, a world-renowned zoo, and one of the biggest birding festivals in the US.
10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2021
And I wanted to be able to fly directly from Portland, so I would not lose a day to travel. In mid-summer, the refuge is full of breeding birds, including Canada Goose, Mallard, Wood Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Virginia Rail, Sandhill Crane, Black Tern, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, etc.
10,000 Birds
JULY 14, 2020
I recently drove from my home in Portland to Conboy Lake NWR in southern Washington for a birding day-trip. Like many of the top NWRs for birding , much of Conboy Lake NWR was obtained with funds from the sale of the Federal Duck Stamp : 94.5% of its acreage was purchased with Duck Stamp funds.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Before I moved north to Portland, I lived in San Francisco. Pillar Point provided an easily accessible location to see a variety of shorebirds, scoters, loons, grebes, cormorants, ducks, and gulls, among others. But patches can also provide the unexpected. Sequoia Audubon Society has an excellent overview of the hotspot.)
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 29, 2017
miles around Portland’s Back Cove. We only encountered 10 species in total, but I ticked off 25 Canada Geese , nearly 150 American Black Ducks and Mallards , plus Common Eiders, Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Loons , and nearly 50 Bufflehead. We had no idea what we were in for. The car clock had just struck 2 p.m.
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