10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

Anyway, the story is not quite how I remembered it, to be honest, but fitting enough to describe the almost claustrophobic birding experience in ever-shrinking Nanhui. This is partly due to hunting in China, where about 90% of the species winter (HBW). And it does not even live in reeds.

Raccoons 214

Raccoons Birds Oregon China 214

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

What is important to this particular hawk, though, is not the color of the feathers on her body but of the bandages on her feet, as she was caught in a double leg hold trap set for raccoons. Wildlife centers depend heavily on the advice of veterinarians who work with wildlife, and who often exchange treatments and experiences with each other.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 195

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Birds Delaware 195

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Later, Harry Fuller, President of the Klamath Bird Observatory, led us to an open meadow where we saw a pair of Great Gray Owls hunting in a meadow. The experience, the place, and the bird combine to make this my BBOTY. I’d never heard raccoons make that particular weird noise before, but that was my best guess as to what it was.

2014 188

2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 188