10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

It stops those thousands of migrating birds flying across the Gulf of Mexico and directs them right onto the trees, fields, sanctuaries, beaches along the Bolivar Peninsula, where they hopefully find food and fresh water. 9-mile route that takes you down the prairie uplands and salt marshes that make up much of the Bolivar Sanctuary.

Houston 233

Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 233

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

That summer of 1938, when he was ten years old, Cade read of two brothers, Frank and John Craighead, who wrote of their experiences with falcons in National Geographic. Done properly, a young hawk is curtailed in a growing compulsion to fly greater distances and hunt for herself by a process sometimes called “manning.”

Falcons 196

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 196

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

North of Dunedin is Orokonui , a wildlife Sanctuary modeled on Karori with a fence to keep introduced mammals out. The Centre takes kiwi eggs from the wild, when they are vulnerable to introduced predators, and rears them until they are old enough to survive in the wild. And to the south are The Catlins, mentioned above.

New Zealand 157

New Zealand Penguins Sanctuary Birds 157

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Kitsissunnguit Is Greenland’s Bird Sanctuary. The eider is the most common bird for hunting and eating, it lives near all of Greenland’s coasts and breeds on small islands such as Kitsissunnguit. When their nests are ready the birds lay two eggs, and in rare occasions only one or three. Source: Shutterstock ).

North America 182

North America Eagles Breeding Fish 182

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2011

A big moon gives enough light for the gulls to hunt by, so the shearwaters seldom come onto land while the full moon is up. After mating, a single egg is laid and incubation duties are shared by both parents. The shearwaters make good subjects for homing experiments.

United Kingdom 162

United Kingdom Brazil Eggs Abandon 162