10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

As a Northeast birder I am familiar with the alarming decrease in the number of Red Knots along Atlantic shores and have signed petitions and written e-mails calling for legislation and rules that will limit the overharvesting of the horseshoe crab, whose eggs Red Knots depend on. million in the late 1990’s. Should the gulls be controlled?

Delaware 176

Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 176

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Raised in and around the West Texas steppe country where temperatures reached 100 degrees with regularity, he began life as the Dust Bowl and Great Depression converged. The only reason he kept coming back was hidden from the rest of the world, except for those survivors too lethal to die. He came for the hawks.

Falcons 171

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 171

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

Even as a veteran wildlife rehabilitator, I could scarcely believe the sight before me. We all thought the kindest approach would be to end her suffering, but then…she raised her head and looked directly at me. Within a few hours we had cleaned it, picked it clean of maggots, and treated it for any residual maggots or their eggs.

Eagles 229

Eagles Wounded Bald Eagle Wisconsin 229

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

Kevin Ebi is a professional nature photographer whose work has appeared in a variety of magazines and books, including National Wildlife , Smithsonian , Outdoor Photographer , and Lonely Planet and Moon travel guides. I didn’t get to witness such cooperation in the second year of the project, as only one egg hatched.

Eagles 181

Eagles Bald Eagle Seattle Game 181

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2024

Being a westerner — raised in California, and now living in western Mexico — I was perhaps most excited about the migratory birds that breed in eastern North America. And then there was a Green Heron , not only showing us its nest, but also an egg. Then, around 4:00 p.m., And yet, there it was. But what could I do?

Mexico 185

Mexico Birds Raccoons Baltimore 185

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. A nest wasn’t found until 1903, which set off a craze for Kirtland’s Warbler skins, nests, and eggs. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S. The trust fund is a real possibility, part of a plan outlined by The U.S. Forest Service.

Michigan 221

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 221

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

From Hiro, we learn how Northern Pygmy Owls are “rule breakers,” not incubating eggs till all are hatched and then raising owlets that mature at the same rate even though the eggs were laid asynchronously (as most owl eggs are). I’m wondering if the subject of this book itself presented a challenge.

Owls 200

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 200

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

I once knew a guy who kept and raised cats. An abstract from a recent paper in Nature : Anthropogenic threats, such as collisions with man-made structures, vehicles, poisoning and predation by domestic pets, combine to kill billions of wildlife annually. But they don’t live in North America. Unless we put them there.

Feral Cats 252

Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 252

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2012

One day my wildlife rehabilitator friend Marilyn brought me a black shoebox decorated with 6 or 8 quarter-sized holes. He had two major strikes against him: one, he had been found and raised alone by someone with little knowledge of birds, and so was imprinted. He thinks he’s a cuckoo,” said Marilyn.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 177

Wildlife Rehabilitation Parrots Game Eggs 177

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service. On the short list of wins for wildlife during the Bush II era, Short-tailed Albatross were officially listed as Endangered in 2000. But within a couple of decades, it’s effects on both wildlife and humanity became apparent. It was thought of as a wonder-chemical, with no ill effects.

Albatross 198

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 198