10,000 Birds
APRIL 27, 2016
For the first time in 75 years, a pair has successfully nested in Louisiana , producing not one but two fuzzy, wild-born chicks. Louisiana’s last wild Whoopers disappeared just after World War II. A pair from the released batch set up housekeeping last month and lo and behold, eggs gave way to chicks.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 15, 2016
First, wildlife officials in Louisiana announced the first successful wild Whooping Crane nest in that state since 1939. Two different females among the captive group have laid eggs , and scientists are keeping a watchful eye on a few others. It’s a bang-up breeding year for super-endangered birds! Both photos by the WWT).
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 17, 2012
Oil washes ashore at Venice, Louisiana. Oil begins to wash up on the beaches throughout May and June of 2010 May 6, 2010 Oil washes ashore on the Chandeleur Islands off the Louisiana coast, an important nesting and breeding area for many bird species. May 19, 2010 Oil washes ashore on mainland Louisiana.
Critter News
MAY 24, 2010
Several pelicans were coated in oil on Barataria Bay off Louisiana, their usually brown and white feathers now jet black. Pelican eggs were glazed with rust-colored gunk, and new hatchlings and nests were also coated with crude. Pelicans unable to fly due to being coated with oil. It's the Exxon Valdez all over again.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 28, 2011
At least it made for a sunny Easter egg hunt… Get to Esopus Bend Nature Preserve. Now that is a bird that I had missed over our seemingly never-ending winter! It is a great little preserve and well worth a visit. Yeah, I am that much of an obsessive, thanks to the wonders of eBird.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
“Winter Sports in Northern Louisiana: Shooting Wild Pigeons.” How many eggs did a pigeon lay? He reasons out answers to both questions, finally stating that, despite what many eyewitnesses wrote, the birds had to have laid more than one egg and that the birds had to have nested more than once a breeding season.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2012
The specific geographic area covered is “east of the western boundaries of Ontario, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana”; the eastern United States and Canada is known for its diversity of odonates. Although designed as a field guide, it is a hefty book, 376 pages long, covering 336 species.
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