10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Swallow-tailed Kite : I had a hard time deciding between this species and Mississippi Kite. I just have to be at the right place at the right time. And then I went and saw six new species so I should have managed to predict at least half of them, right? So, why not go for the gusto and choose Swallow-tailed ?

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New York City Birds New York Blackbirds 153

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2020

Great Shearwater – At this point, seabirds are my weakest family in Queens with the most species having reported in the borough that I have not seen. Western Tanager – Pretty unlikely but a guy can dream, right? Swallow-tailed Kite : I had a hard time deciding between this species and Mississippi Kite. Sandwich Tern : Why not?

2018 164

2018 2015 Birds 2019 164

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2019

We see a closer shot of the river itself, hawks flying across the span, and then we see that brown line again, close up, a wall of brown panels filling the right side of the screen, continuing into the distance, no end in sight, while a white pick-up truck drives parallel to it at the far left of the screen.

Advocacy 268

Advocacy Mexico United States Texas 268

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Feeding birds is generally regarded as a harmless past-time, a wholesome way for people to share nature and enjoy wildlife with the family. She lived on a stretch of the Mississippi River near a power plant that keeps the river open all winter long (even when it’s below zero). The amount spent on feed? She added more corn.

Bald Eagle 253

Bald Eagle Birds Deer Minnesota 253

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I didn’t travel much this year, with a June family trip to California and Nevada and a four-day trip in July to Trinidad and Tobago being my only opportunities to get birds not in the northeastern United States. Seriously, go to Trinidad and Tobago right now and see the ibis. But what were my top ten birding moments of 2013?

2013 179

2013 New York City New York Trinidad 179

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2013

For example, take the Mississippi Kite (above), photographed at the Dairy Mart Ponds in Tijuana River Valley, between San Diego and the Mexican border. Taxonomic tweakings and reshufflings of birds on the Family and Genus levels are too many to count. Let’s get to it then. 1) Rare bird reporting has come a long way.

San Diego 174

San Diego California Condor California Bald Eagle 174

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

That’s right, the overwhelming benefits to the environment and the economy are generated by non-consumptive uses of the refuges like wildlife photography, environmental education, wildlife observation and interpretation, not hunting and fishing. The refuge is already open to upland game hunting and sport fishing.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 145