10,000 Birds
JULY 8, 2018
Encountering exotics raises all manner of questions in birders, the toughest of which rarely center on identification. Seeing these birds in captivity obviously inspired desire to see them wild and free, but some birds like the peacock that strutted unfettered among visitors seemed as natural on site as the starlings and sparrows.
10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2022
Over the next few days, I found increasing numbers, goldfinches, juncos, white-throated sparrows. FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness. I was shocked when I found the first body, a female Towhee. I hoped it was an anomaly.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 24, 2018
For example, we might just enjoy the calls and antics of those White-throated Sparrows while searching for a Harris’s. Those who only raise binoculars within their own backyards might also decide one day to venture further afield to look for the ones in the field guides that aren’t making it into their limited sphere of birding.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2022
Seaside Sparrows were singing on both sides and occasionally popped up to give us a view before diving deep back into the Spartina grass, hopefully getting ready to nest. Seaside Sparrow. At the end of the road, we found two Nelson’s Sparrows who quickly flew out to a tiny bit of land in the channel. Eastern Meadowlark.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2013
The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. That more rehab centers would accept non-natives, like pigeons house sparrows, and starlings,” wrote Charis in Oregon. It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber. Summer is high season.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 14, 2011
During the filming of this production, I got to experience “dirt hawking&#. I will admit that there are legitimate concerns that have been raised about falconry – birds that are not native to an area sometimes escape and become feral; humans should minimize their influence on nature.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2011
I photographed this Guianan Cock-of-the-rock at a lek site near Surama, deep in the rainforest zone of Guyana, and my incredible experience with Andean Cock-of-the-rocks was at a display lek on the edge of the town of Jardin, in the coffee-belt of Colombia, both just incredible birds that make the heart soar with joy!
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