10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

Ontario is larger than Texas, more than 1 million square kilometers of forests, cities, wetlands, tundra, rivers and lakes. The official Ontario bird checklist, produced by Ontario Field Ornithologists , June 2022 listed 506 bird species**, putting it in the top tier of U.S. state and Canadian provinces. by 1 by 7.5

North America 197

North America Birds Owls Canada 197

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. His parents moved where opportunity beckoned, taking him from San Angelo, Texas, to Columbus, New Mexico, then to Dallas, and finally on to California.

Falcons 169

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

For example, essentially the entire population of the endangered Whooping Crane winters at Aransas NWR in Texas. The System also helps implement the Endangered Species Act and other federal conservation laws. Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. It’s not just for the birds.

Wildlife 188

Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico Alaska 188

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

That’s right, the overwhelming benefits to the environment and the economy are generated by non-consumptive uses of the refuges like wildlife photography, environmental education, wildlife observation and interpretation, not hunting and fishing. How many included wildlife listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)?

Fish 142

Fish Wildlife Hunting Louisiana 142

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Mike had just invited me to Nikon’s Prostaffer Retreat that was to be held at a ranch in south Texas. These wily and diminutive owls occur from Bolivia and Argentina northward through Central America (check out this post on Pico Bonito ) and only just occur in the United States in Arizona and south Texas. Right at the lodge.

Owls 143

Owls Texas Arizona Pigs 143

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

We’ll just have to take Jochen’s word that there had been swiftlets in this sky… Donna sure had a good time on her visit to Texas in November! It was my last day in Texas, still many birds and butterflies to see. I write about this and more of my Texas birding experiences in my blog, Queensgirl. Tragic, right?

2013 167

2013 Costa Rica Birds India 167

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2017

When the news broke about a possible border wall through Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in Texas, I decided to make plans to visit before it got bisected by a concrete barrier. Getting from Portland, Oregon to McAllen, Texas—one of the towns near Santa Ana NWR—is neither quick nor easy, but I arrived on Sunday, November 5, 2017.

Texas 182

Texas United States Mexico Laws 182