10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2023

I also saw a high percentage of the raptor species possible in Costa Rica. No, there weren’t any sightings of ultra mega Crested Eagle or missing Solitary Eagle , or king Harpy Eagle on my part but I did connect with most of the rest. I looked in some of the right places but failed to connect.

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Costa Rica Buffalo Birds Endangered Species 253

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2011

Bald Eagle image is by Francois Portmann and is used with permission You know, I’ve been thinking about this whole dustup over hunting cranes in Tennessee and now Kentucky. And while we’re at it, I think it’s time to open a limited season on Bald Eagles. We’ve always hunted Bald Eagles. I get it now, I really do.

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Bald Eagle Eagles Hunting Kentucky 250

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2022

In the grass, Desert and Isabelline Wheatears await us, together with Tawny Pipits and large flocks of Greater Short-toed Larks ; while Booted Eagle , Lesser Kestrel and even one Critically Endangered White-rumped Vulture fly above us. And the animals themselves?

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Gazelles India 2012 Pakistan 249

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2018

In Costa Rica, the growing local birding community likewise have their lists of most wanted species, both local and global. Bald Eagle. When I was a kid, I remember asking about the possibility of seeing a Bald Eagle around western New York. I’ll start with some global ones. Cedar Waxwing. A quetzal? A cotinga?

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Costa Rica Bald Eagle Eagles Birds 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2013

There are some seven birds among the 100 most endangered species on the planet on the list of fauna and flora listed as the rarest by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Zoological Society of London – and this morning, I am after one of those! And the animals themselves? Acknowledgements and other pieces.

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India Gazelles Endangered Species Pakistan 235

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

At the far end of the lake stands a tall, dry tree with an eagle that we are struggling to determine and it remains a dark silhouette far too far. Somewhere below that mysterious eagle, at the far shore of the lake, lies one Bengal Tiger … and further to the right – two more! He has earned his tip.

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Tigers India Killing 2012 238

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Here is a flock of endangered species. Ross Perot once said “Eagles don’t flock, you have to find them one at a time.” If you can somehow convince yourself there is a rare bird to be found in every flock you look through, it won’t be long before you start finding more so-called “good” birds.

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North Dakota LACS Oakland Falcons 161