10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

I reside in Costa Rica, the country is roughly the same size as West Virginia, but I rarely make it to some parts of this birdy nation. It’s not just wonderful because there’s all sorts of species to look for, including a few for which distributions in Costa Rica are more or less restricted to that region.

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Costa Rica West Virginia Birds Panama 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Birds of the West: An Artist’s Guide’s seven chapters are each focused on a specific western habitat: Backyard & City, Wetland & Pond, Shoreline & Beach, Meadow & Grassland, Desert & Sagebrush Steppe, Forest & Woodland, and Alpine & Tundra. Bird species are not capitalized. Western Scrub-Jay (pp.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2011

.&# Happy New River Birding Festival attendees moments after adding Swainson’s Warbler to their life lists The New River Birding & Nature Festival is in the mountains of south-central West Virginia. There have not been mountains around Lake Erie (either the Ohio part or the Canada part) since the glaciers came through.

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North Dakota Birds Ohio West Virginia 145

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

He describes his experience in his introduction to Birds & Words : I took my first good look at birds as subject matter. He started experimenting with silk screening to produce most of his designs, including the images in Birds & Art. White article on bird feeding stations. The chapter also gives hope.

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Betty Crocker Birds 2008 2007 170

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Although I didn’t make any efforts to chase birds or attain a big year list, regular guiding and birding in various parts of the country still rewarded me with more than 640 species in Costa Rica. I didn’t see many species actually. It’s not that often that I add a species to my country list. Shorebirds.

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Costa Rica 2018 Birds West Virginia 169

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Sadly, Gillette's experience is not unique. Never mind that the bulk of the fat in Starbucks's beverages comes from the milk -- yes, milk ! -- of another species. How sick and twisted is that. Consider Victoria's Secret, a company who makes much of its money by exposing women's breasts. Never mind all that.

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Animal Meat Cows District of Columbia 40