10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

After several minutes of this deep water foraging behavior, this White-faced Ibis made its way toward me into more shallow water Posed for a little while, and then began to preen I’m glad I took the time to visit Colusa National Wildlife Refuge on this day. You never know what you might see! Get yours today! Beautiful bird.

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Wildlife 2011 Sacramento Jordan 155

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2017

She is an expert identifier of marine invertebrates, sea grasses, and reef fish, but is just beginning to learn birds. I remember my first months of birding; the excitement when discovering a new species, the challenge of recognizing field marks in my Sibley guide, the novel way I began to look at the world. ” I wondered.

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Florida Fish 2013 Turkey 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2019

An expanse of habitat as vast as Murchison Falls NP in Uganda, as excessively generous in beauty and biodiversity, permits endless ways to experience both its birds and animals. We are incredibly grateful to the Uganda Tourism Board for so generously sharing the splendor of birding and wildlife watching in the Pearl of Africa.

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Uganda Senegal Africa Game 185

10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2013

Its amazing to me that there are still places on earth where wildlife is blissfully unafraid of humans. It comes as no surprise that this was one of Jacques Cousteau’s favorite places and he filmed the area and its wildlife extensively for his tv series. The island is half a mile wide and about three-quarters of a mile in length.

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Whales Whaling Sharks Marine Life 261

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

Water quality was good that day, and we could perfectly see the waving eelgrass, the freshwater fish species, the adorable turtles. In addition to interesting fish views, the glass-bottomed boat tour and clarity of the spring in general provided an unparalleled opportunity to see diving Double-crested Cormorants and Anhingas.

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Florida Fish Turtles Shelters 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2014

In fact, it’s hard to think of a wildlife watching activity I’m more conflicted about, other than perhaps alomost industrial levels of diving in fragile reefs (or the remains thereof). On the one hand it can be an outstanding opportunity to see wildlife you usually don’t, and if done carefully it doesn’t do any harm.

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Badgers Wildlife Reptiles Monkeys 154

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2017

Instead it’s one you’re likely to turn to on coming home after a long day to find out a bit more about one of the species you spotted – or to consult before a trip to learn the little quirks of a target species. Fish and Wildlife Service. Karlson, $26.00, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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North America Falcons America Eagles 102

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Based on his own experiences teaching ornithology to high school students in California, he believes that high school student often just need the spark of an interesting elective class that fills a graduation requirement. But once a week, they were “out the door by 8:05 a.m. And many become birders. Think about it for a minute.

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2018 Agenda Science Eggs 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Since 2009, International Bird Rescue has released over 1,100 California Brown Pelicans with blue bands from their wildlife hospitals! If you spot one of these blue banded birds, you can help by reporting it and contribute to this important citizen science project helping the conservation of this amazing species.

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Bird Rescue Pelicans Rescue Birds 195

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Newly surrounded by wildlife, he found his love of birds reignited. In my experience non-birders connect with the travel, visiting beautiful places and spectacle of birding and hawkwatching often entails all three. In many states the best chance you have of seeing many of these and other bird species are at a hawkwatch.

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Bald Eagle Los Angeles Connecticut Eagles 238

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2014

Among birders, wildlife photographers, and nature enthusiasts, it is renowned for its incredible concentrations of birds at the end of the dry season. During this time, the fish trapped in the shrinking pools of water attract hordes of herons, egrets, storks, and other wetland species. I must mention one thing.

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Brazil Birds Blackbirds Paraguay 165

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2017

If your CBC experience is anything like mine here in eastern New York, you’ll be counting an awful lot of crows. Now that Fish Crows ( Corvus ossifragus ) have established themselves as year-round residents of the Hudson Valley, we get a little more corvid variety, but even they ceased to qualify as rare birds some time ago.

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New York Portland Washington Geese 124

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2011

For many birders a highlight of birding the southeastern United States, maybe even the definitive birding experience of the region, is taking in the great numbers and diversity of long-legged wading birds. It was all to easy to catch opportunities for inter-species interactions, like the one below consisting of four species of fish-eaters.

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South Carolina Alligators Florida United States 157

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2011

Part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, it is an amazing place to take in the seabirds of the North Pacific. The most dominant tern species on Tern Island is the Sooty Tern. This species nests on the edges of the larger colonies and was much quieter. The largest species of noddy is the ground nesting Brown Noddy.

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Hawaii Breeding Wildlife Eggs 173

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Paging through a fieldguide, it’s always with a sense of dismay and sadness that I come across reference to an extinct species. Islands, for various reasons, experience more extinctions than continents (with Africa being the only continent not suffering a bird extinction!). This bird was kept in captivity until it died a year later.

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Madagascar Lemurs 2006 Owls 237

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

The Ross Sea is the most productive stretch of water in the Southern Ocean, teeming with large predatory fish, whales, seals, penguins and other animals that form the last intact marine ecosystem on Earth. There are 11 species of birds that breed in the Ross Sea region. Enough History – Back to the Future. Finally – the Seabirds.

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Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 171

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

If you happen to be there in summer the lake is a gorgeous place to take a quick dip, head out on a boat to take in the stunning scenery or to indulge in a little fishing. This is worthwhile to pick up some rocky terrain species and the scenery is stunning. PIP is situated right on a beautiful lake -- the place to be when its hot!

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Portugal 2011 Deer Birds 172

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2018

Now, dont get me wrong, there have been some nice birds, and locations in between, but these two experiences are just so hard to put out of my mind. While there were way less Puffins than any of the other species, they are still so much fun to see. Total Scotland Species – 105. Flying in formation. Mom and her baby.

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Puffins Wildlife Reserve 2003 Farming 100

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 11, 2011

Steve travels to Namibia, a land of rolling dunes, sand and plenty of dangerous wildlife. Steve dons a camouflage suit for a once-in-a-lifetime experience that gets him closer to a wild leopard than he ever hoped. Monday, July 11 at 10PM ET/PT on Nat Geo WILD! Africa’s big cats are among the most iconic predators.

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Cats Leopards Namibia Lions 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2011

Or maybe, after my experiences with the Scott’s Oriole in Union Square earlier that year, the Tanager just seemed unconfiding and hard to see. Even though on the whole, this species seems more inclined to get close than the Scarlet and Summer Tanagers I was used to in New York. Parks, street trees, the riverfront trail.

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New York Montana Breeding Fish 166

Reddit Animals

APRIL 11, 2023

New England Reptile Distributers just released a video explaining a terrible incident involving the FWC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission). He had a legal permit to own them (Conditional Species Permit), and had legally microchipped them according to FWC guidelines.

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Pythons illegal Florida Killing 40

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) attempts to calculate the economic contribution of National Wildlife Refuge visitation to local communities. Rather, birding and other wildlife observation ( e.g., photography) are lumped together as “non-consumptive” uses of a refuge. Every few years, the U.S. Estimated to generate over 3.5

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Wildlife Maryland San Francisco Minnesota 245

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2012

Birding has been an all-consuming interest for Patrick Cardwell since boyhood days spent in a wildlife-rich environment. It is indeed an awesome and wonderfully spectacular sight, so aptly described by Sir Francis Drake on his epic voyage in 1580, as by for the’ Fairest Cape in all the World’.

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Albatross Penguins Dolphins Whales 181

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2013

Even people with no other interest in wildlife, who couldn’t tell a sparrow from an ostrich (or even a dolphin from a fish) love dolphins. I had my first swim with Inshore Bottlenose Dolphins in Northland’s Bay of Islands back in 2000, and it was a tripy experience. Which has always mystified me slightly.

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Dolphins Sharks New Zealand Albatross 155

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

In fact Punta Cana is a shining example of how large hotels can conduct their operations in a sustainable manner whilst contributing significantly to the preservation of birds, wildlife and habitats. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. The proposal from U.S.

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Dominican Republic 2011 Birds Deer 184

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Corey encountered a bunch of winners, but 24 Common Redpolls at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, in almost the exact same spot he saw them a couple of years ago, feeding on birch inflorescence by the East Pond, were easily his best birds of the weekend. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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2011 New York Deer Birds 154

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

He brings to this book an academic background in biology and horticulture and, more importantly, decades of experience developing strategies for the best backyard bird feeding practices. There is also a major section on 180 bird species that is 123 pages long, about 1/3 of the book. Fish and Wildlife Service states that almost 59.1

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Birds New York City Squirrels New York 172

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. The warbler is on the road to being delisted from the Endangered Species List.

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 227

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2012

I even managed to shoot a video with hands trembling of excitement, probably a first of the species. To finally connect with the species and to do so in such subtle light and with two very confiding individuals makes them my Best Bird of the Year! I have chronicled the experience on my blog. Thainamu chose a snipe !

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2012 Ghana Ireland Birds 133

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

The chapter “Horseshoe Crabs” illustrates why this is THE keystone species of the Delaware Bay. Lawrence Niles was chief of New Jersey’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program for fifteen years and now works for the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, a sponsor of this book. Ah, the photographs!

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Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 179

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

That’s a threatened habitat, and one much sought after by wildlife enthusiasts. There wasn’t much around, and aside from a lifer Yellow-bellied Bulbul the two most impressive species were heard not seen – a Blue-headed Pitta an a Banded Kingfisher. Oh, there were Buffy Fish-owls. Black-and-yellow Broadbill.

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Lemurs Family Rhinoceros Fish 158

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

They are all primarily fish-eaters adapted for life in the water and the air. Frigatebirds (Fregatidae) Five species of frigatebird ply the planet’s tropical skies and seas. Ringer Anhinga and Darters (Anhingidae) The Anhinga and three darter species inhabit warm, freshwater regions of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 152

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2011

Also, I somehow doubt that whether I am stuck at work or not really influences how everyone else experiences spring but this is my blog post so I can use whatever criteria I want to measure how well spring has gone. Spotting 57 species of birds in the couple of hours we put in to seeking out birds was never so ho-hum in my life.

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New York City New York Walruses Birds 163

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

Birders often venture into various habitats, such as forests, wetlands, grasslands, or coastal areas, to encounter different bird species. The primary objective of birding is to identify bird species based on their physical characteristics, behavior, and vocalizations.

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United States North America Birds America 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

Turkeys, 3 or 4 species of woodpeckers, all kinds of song birds grace our view constantly. Jochen the swallows have arrived at NYC at Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge too. Stop by our blog for some nice shots and share the experience!! Almost time for hummers to make there appearance. As I said, we are blessed.

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2011 Deer Birds South Dakota 150

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

From the time he can remember, every camping, hiking, or simple trip outside was focused on finding wildlife with herps, mammals, birds and native fish as his primary interests. Once on our own, Jess and I decided to try a fun experiment. Andy Avram is a lifelong resident of northeastern Ohio, just east of Cleveland.

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Salamander Germany Birds Blackbirds 138

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

It was Thursday when we arrived and every Thursday at Chrisochorafa square is a fish-free evening at two fish taverns. It is a popular event with the locals and the foreigners alike, where you pay for the drinks and salads, while the main dish, well prepared lake fish, is free.

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 193