10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

In 1938, they were reduced to only 18 birds in the Aransas-Wood Buffalo flock and only 11 remaining in the non-migratory Louisiana flock. By 1950, the Louisiana flock was gone. I have compiled the family trees of both birds below: Ancestry Chart of 1781, born in the wild in Central Florida.

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Florida Buffalo Louisiana 2004 224

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The refuge offers opportunities for hiking and biking trails, canoeing and kayaking on Swan Lake, bank fishing, and family friendly programs and events.” The Louisiana black bear’s threatened status warrants protection under sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act. 31 to provide inviolate sanctuary for migratory birds.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 143

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2011

3 rd word, 1 st syllable … what do Kirtland’s Warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush, Palm Warbler, American Pipit (and maybe others) ­­­­­have in common? … bird families, bee-eater, gnat-eater, honey-eater … “eater”. The “pump” their tails. 4 th word, What do bee, gnat and honey have in common? … The “pump” their tails.

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2011 Louisiana Florida Canada 158

Critter News

MARCH 18, 2010

These chimps are currently at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s New Iberia Research Center. Jeff Rowell, NIRC director, in an e-mail Wednesday} "said the nine remaining animals are being housed as a family group at the center with access to indoor-outdoor caging. Videos showed mistreatment of the lab animals. Accessed?"

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Biomedical Research Research Center Humane The Humane Society 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2011

Clark’s Nutcracker , sometimes called the Crow Woodpecker , will always be paired with Lewis’s Woodpecker , the woodpecker that acts like a crow, both because of their cross-family likenesses and because of their namesakes.

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United States Louisiana Woodpeckers 2011 174

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2013

Participating teams include the E-Birders from Cornell University, the Tigrisomas from Louisiana State University, the Forest Falcons from Great Britain, the Zululanders from South Africa, Team Tramuntana from Spain, and the Ararajubas from Brazil. Photo: Alex Duran.

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Peru 2013 Louisiana Birds 177

10,000 Birds

JULY 14, 2011

The relationships among these families have been pretty well sorted out, and the entire clade belongs in a clade of landbirds ( passerines, parrots, diurnal raptors, mousebirds, owls , etc.) A clade Mayr calls Picocoraciae is well-supported and includes rollers, kingfishers, bee-eaters, motmots, woodpeckers, hornbills , and hoopoes.

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Madagascar Birds Louisiana Groups 164

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

of Louisiana State University is a long-time member and currently Acting Chair of the SACC. Jon Fjeldså’s contributions include many of the ducks, yellow-finches, and many other families where his images of Birds of the High Andes could be used. This unfortunately happens with the large Tanager (Thraupidae) family here.

Bolivia 172

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 172

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

The Peru Birding Rally Challenge is a joint initiative between PromPeru and the Inkaterra Family of hotels. The Tigrisomas, comprising four doctoral students in ornithology at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, took top honors, having identified a staggering 493 bird species in 6 days.

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Peru 2012 Birds Falcons 224

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2011

This past weekend had the family and me visiting my folks for Easter in my hometown of Saugerties, New York, “Where,&# as the slogan says, “The Catskills Meet the Hudson.&# Because I am an absurdly early riser of late I had some time before breakfast on Sunday to get out for some birding.

Canada 161

Canada Birds Zoos Louisiana 161

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2012

Exotic bird species ( Common Hill Myna , Red-masked Parakeet , Chestnut-fronted Macaw , and others) take advantage of these dead trees like miniature condominiums with multiple species often nesting in the same tree at the same time, perhaps a defensive maneuever to prevent predation by the resident family of Cooper’s Hawks.

Miami 161

Miami Florida Birds Pelicans 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

That larger clade is in turn sister to a clade containing the four remaining totipalmate bird families, which do still seem to be related, and which needed a new order name once pelicans were removed. But meanwhile, let’s look at the four avian families that comprise the brand new order Suliformes.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 152

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

Other species such as Magnolia Warbler , Cape May Warbler , Yellow Warbler , Worm-eating Warbler , Wilson’s Warbler , Louisiana Waterthrush , and Yellow-breasted Chat are recorded annually in small numbers. In addition to these widespread species, Common Yellowthroat and Northern Waterthrush are reliably seen in the right habitats.

Florida 158

Florida Miami Cuba Bahamas 158

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

The specific geographic area covered is “east of the western boundaries of Ontario, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana”; the eastern United States and Canada is known for its diversity of odonates. Within families, species are organized by genus.

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United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 231

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2017

From 20 February through 25 February I was on a family-and-friends vacation on New Providence in the Bahamas. Though they are reported on occasion from the ponds I never had any luck and had to satisfy myself with La Sagra’s Flycatchers and Loggerhead Kingbirds as the only representatives of the flycatcher family that I would see.

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Bahamas Puerto Rico Birds Louisiana 102

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2019

And go ahead, bring the family. Not only does it show an interesting moment, either courtship or a challenge, but it taught me that the spots on the Spotted Wren can be lifted for display purposes: So, what are you waiting for? Come bird Morelia. The post Birding Morelia appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

Birds 159

Birds San Jose Los Angeles Fort Worth 159

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

I birded parks, landfills, fields, backyards, skies, oceans, lakes, ponds, and roads in 15 states–some familiar haunts and patches, some as part of family visits, some while passing through, some adventures with friends (three trips with N.J. In the meantime, it’s a good topic for holiday family gatherings. Did this happen?

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2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 155

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2015

We would listen to the spring migration chorus on the radio, have contests to see who could find the first Louisiana Waterthrush , and there would even be cartoons about wood-warblers for the kids. The fact that one or two families of nunbirds still occur at Luna Nueva is testament to the quality of the rainforest at this site.

Costa Rica 101

Costa Rica Farming Louisiana 2014 101

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Ken Ivory, when he was president of the American Lands Council, famously said of privatizing federal lands, “It’s like having your hands on the lever of a modern-day Louisiana Purchase.”.

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Hunters Utah Extremist Agenda 127

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla. Is it wrong of me to go birding to get away from the kids now that they are at home all day? August is the make or break month for relationships. Bravo if you have. 458 birds were seen by 7 beats in 8 countries.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100