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. Riding around Mission Bay and back to the headquarters along the San Diego River can garner us about sixty-five species over the 10-mile bike ride. San Diego has so much to see and do.
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.” This is Jason’s fifth contribution to the blog.
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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. According to eBird , 278 bird species have been observed and approximately 14,000 checklists have been submitted. There’s a $3 day-use fee, but it is free if you have a Duck Stamp.
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. On eBird, Horicon NWR has nearly 300 species observed, more than 18,000 checklists, and 13 hotspots. Like many of the best NWRs for birding, Horicon NWR (and most of the WPAs I visited), were purchased with funds from the sale of Duck Stamps.
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. According to eBird , just over 200 species have been observed at the refuge and just under 1,000 checklists have been submitted. 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. According to eBird, there have been approximately 270 species seen at the hotspot that includes the harbor.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2016
Crotty is a birder and lawyer living in Portland, Oregon. But when taken as a whole, the impact of the Refuge System is truly profound, supporting population-level numbers of numerous bird species. The System also helps implement the Endangered Species Act and other federal conservation laws. It’s not just for the birds.
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