10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2016
As reported by the fine folks at The Dodo , after Hurricane Katrina forced Katrina “Kasia” Perkowska to evacuate, she started bringing her pet Wood Duck , Scooter, to her mother-in-law’s nursing home in Mississippi. She also brings the birds to schools and other community groups. But that’s a whole ’nother rant.)
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2019
In other words, eBird is effectively a complete history of my birding experiences. In just a few clicks I can determine that my 442nd Mallard sighting was a group of 50 at Steigerwald Lake NWR on October 25, 2019, that the checklist was started at 9:46 a.m For example, I’ve seen Bald Eagles in 15 states. GPS-tracked miles.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
In 1903, the distinguished Elliott Coues declared , “This is a definite and perfectly natural group, which will be immediately recognized by the foregoing characters, one of which, complete webbing of hallux, is not elsewhere observed among birds.&# He could not say the same today. almost everything about flamingos and grebes).
10,000 Birds
MAY 15, 2012
The name has always seemed to apply to a rather motley group of birds, from the exquisite Scissor-tailed Kite of east Africa, to the grotesque Hook-billed Kite of Central America, and various and sundry examples in between. It was soon joined by another, and another, until three birds circled lazily, kitely, over our heads.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
Written in the tradition of the classic Hawks in Flight , but very much a product of the experiences of its birder authors, this is a groundbreaking book that offers a new way of identifying migratory birds at sea to all of us who observe the waters of eastern North America with expectation and excitement. No rails or gallinules.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
The experience was marvelous — but it also weighed heavily on me. Butchart is head of science at BirdLife International and chairs the IUCN Red List Technical Working Group. That’s one of my photos above. You can read more about the study at The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times , among others.
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2017
The food was better than decent, which exceeds our experience of Panamanian cuisine at most other locations. Radisson Summit Hotel and Golf Panama really serves a superior birding experience, just by nature of the amazing forest surrounding it. Mississippi Kite. A group in the trees at Summit Ponds. BIRDING NOTES.
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