10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

First published in November of 1843 the tale of a baby swan, or cygnet, being raised among ducks strikes a chord with many people, but in Denmark the works of Hans Christian Andersen bring feelings of national pride. These Blasts From The Past Sanderlings Fish Crow at Cape May Ducklings! Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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Denmark 2011 Honduras Deer 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Fish and Wildlife Service desperately needs your feedback as they craft a new vision for our National Wildlife Refuge System. I’m extremely grateful to Paul for taking the initiative in raising awareness of this NWR campaign. More important, they WANT your feedback!

2011 140

2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

My standard joke – that nobody ever seems to find funny – when being asked if I am interested in fishing is to answer that I do not fish because I would be too afraid of catching a fish). (My Still, the poor sparrows … Advice to them: Avoid landfills and researchers. None other than W.S.

Birds 147

Birds Geese Fish Industry 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

He raised his binoculars above his head and cried out with courage and clarity, “I am Sparticus!” African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. White-browed Sparrow-Weaver – Plocepasser mahali. Shelley’s Rufous Sparrow – Passer shelleyi. Northern Gray-headed Sparrow – Passer griseus.

2019 137

2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 137

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Fish and Wildlife Service tells states when they may propose a hunting season on cranes, and has ultimate jurisdiction over whether the states get their seasons. Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life. Street, N.W.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 239

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Hunters and fish and wildlife departments having a stake in Sandhills is a great thing. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too. Kentucky Dept.

2011 239

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 239

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Those conditions shape entire ecological communities, which we birders tend to think of broadly as “habitat,” including the plants that birds need for shelter, nesting substrates, and food, and the other species that interact with birds in their environments, from predators to competitors to food sources like insects or fish.

Species 173

Species Science Los Angeles 2000 173

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2012

…………………………………………… Raymond the White-throated Sparrow called across from the top of the rock where he was taking advantage of the free handouts from the central park community feeders. Raymond’s problem; Hey you! Yeah you with the problems!

New York 182

New York Game Birds Raised 182

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Between staying warm/cool, finding food, avoiding predators, migrating thousands of miles every year, finding mates, raising chicks and doing all this at the mercy of the elements, it makes sense that they have more brainpower than just simple instinct to run on. What seeds does a Baird’s Sparrow eat?

Emotional 198

Emotional Science Birds Mammals 198

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

Harris’s Sparrow, Central Park, NYC. Now, if you know NYC geography and its transit system, you will know that it isn’t always easy to get from the East side to the West side, where the Harris’s Sparrow was located. Baird’s Sparrow, North Dakota. Another sparrow! This bird was a wonderful surprise. An eBird mystery.

2018 149

2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 149