10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It is a lovely, well-packaged, informative guide, created with thought and creativity. Forty-eight species. The information here is more extensive than what is offered in Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba by Orlando H. The concluding chapter offers a mix of resource materials and finding aids.

Cuba 224

Cuba Birds United States 2000 224

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2017

The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) recently filed a lawsuit against the federal government arguing that a planned wind turbine near the famed birding hotspot of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge is illegal. A handful of endangered species have been observed at the refuge (or in the vicinity) as well.

Ohio 104

Ohio Endangered Species 2016 Birds 104

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Very little information was available at the time, so we hired a car and off we went, following the few tips we had managed to gather but mostly our noses. According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008. And wow, what a trip we had! million hectares in 2007.

Ghana 188

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 188

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2017

One might assume that construction of a border wall through a sensitive national wildlife refuge would be prevented, or at least slowed, by a thicket of lawsuits under statutes such as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The more comprehensive answer requires background.

Laws 131

Laws San Diego United States Arizona 131