10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2019

Although little-known, WPAs provide critical breeding, resting, and nesting habitat for millions of ducks, geese, and swans, as well as shorebirds and grassland species. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) estimates that 2-3 million geese and 7-9 million ducks use use the basin every spring as staging grounds on the journey north.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2019

Although little-known, WPAs provide critical breeding, resting, and nesting habitat for millions of ducks, geese, and swans, as well as shorebirds and grassland species. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) estimates that 2-3 million geese and 7-9 million ducks use use the basin every spring as staging grounds on the journey north.

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Nebraska Dissection Geese Ducks 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Greylag Geese. Soon I hit the brakes for a 60 strong flock of Greylag Geese of the Siberian race rubrirostris grazing near the road. Leaving the lake and driving up the mountains once more, at the top pass I was greeted by an eye-level trumpeting flock of Greylag Geese heading in the direction I had come from. Practicalities.

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Greece Pelicans Geese Breeding 252

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. Because many NWRs were established to protect migrating birds, they lie along one of the four primary flyways. These refuges support huge numbers of swans, geese, ducks, cranes, and shorebirds as they hopscotch their way to breeding grounds in the north.

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Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico United States 189

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

In 1974, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge was established to protect the delta and its diversity of fish and wildlife habitats. This cold weather and snow does not seem to have much effect on the huge number of ducks and geese, but the smaller song birds, all seem to wake up much later in the days, and only after it has warmed up a bit.

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Fox Washington Geese Sparrows 126

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

But if you want herons and ducks and shorebirds and geese and egrets and swans and rails the best bet is the famed Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge along State Route 2 in Oak Harbor, Ohio. While at the 2011 Midwest Birding Symposium I made two visits to the refuge, once at dawn and once early in the afternoon.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2017

The open plains are now busy with young Magpie Geese and numerous other waterbirds and the Sharp-tailed Sandpipers are busy feeding up before migration. The Masked Lapwing is one of the noisiest shorebirds in the north, especially when they are protecting a nest or young. Masked Lapwing protecting a nest.

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MARCH 25, 2012

Though they seem to be learning from other geese and often feed on plain old grass like a Canada Goose.) But first one and then a second Brant seemed to have no problem figuring out how to eat it, even managing to peel it back further to get at the sweet fruit protected by the peel.

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New York North America Geese Jamaica 189

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Established in 1974 to protect the delta, which is formed where the fresh water of the Nisqually River meets to nutrient rich, tidal salt water of the Puget Sound. Nearly 800 acres of wetlands and tidal flats provide diverse habitat for the local birds, as well as large numbers of migratory species, including thousands of ducks and geese.

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Wildlife Seattle Bald Eagle Geese 105

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

The world record holder is the town of Kikinda, further north, with 700 birds in their town square which has recently become an officially protected owl habitat – a small, urban nature reserve. The winter of 2014 is quite warm and the numbers are much lower, but the Opovo record, as counted by Vuckovic, is 250 owls.

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Serbia Owls Rodents Eagles 239

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2019

Lesser White-fronted Geese, of course. With one Black Stork near them, some 80 LWfG were foraging in the distance, where the sun was just now clearing the mist. Then 20 more joined them, so I entered 100 in my notebook. Great Bustard by Andrej Chudy/Wikimedia Commons.

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2018 Serbia Falcons Greece 117

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2023

Serendip Sanctuary is a 250 ha protected area that is near the You Yangs and the small town of Lara, Victoria. The Cape Barren Geese had goslings when I visited. You can easily get there via public transport by taking the train to Lara from either Geelong or Melbourne if you do not have access to a vehicle.

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Sanctuary Kangaroos Geese Transported 130

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2016

They manage a number of reserves around the UK to protect waterfowl, the most famous being Slimbridge (another iconic place I haven’t made it to yet). Also in evidence were a lot of the usual suspects, Common Moorhens, Eurasian Coots, Tufted Ducks, Mute Swans, Canadian Geese and Mallards.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

With shore side access limited to the northern end of the lake, that protection allows for a large population of water based birds. Located about 20 miles from Lakeview, Oregon, and sitting at an elevation of 5100 feet, this 208 acre lake is home to many species of fish, including Largemouth Bass, Crappie and Bluegill. It was good to be back!

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Dogs Mules Deer Oregon 103

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

PCBs have been banned by the Environmental Protection Agency since the 1970s, but due to their chemical makeup, can persist in the environment for many years.

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United States Colorado Virginia Pelicans 103

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Units are located along both sides of the river and serve to protect and provide a wide variety of riparian habitats for birds, fish, and other wildlife.” The refuge was established in 1958 to protect and enhance habitat for migratory birds. The refuge is already open to upland game hunting and sport fishing.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2018

En route, the first wintering flock of Greylag Geese is already here, followed by Crested Larks , Corn Buntings , Eurasian Linnet , Great Grey Shrike , Common Snipe , Pygmy Cormorant , and Eurasian Marsh Harrier close by. From there onwards, our attention was more on the Danube itself. million Euros in its still ongoing restoration.

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Serbia Woodpeckers Birds Bears 119

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2013

It’s kind of an odd spot, a mix of protected wetland and mangroves mixed with some manicured lawns and parking. Straight off the bat we found a Little Grebe and a small flock of distant Cotton Pygmy-geese ! After a successful morning’s birding and a very fine lunch, Peter and I made our way to our next site, Bang Poo.

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Thailand New Zealand Family Bats 102

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

New Zealand had, once upon a time, some fairly spectacular game birds, including massive flightless geese, massive flightles rails, and really enormous moa. Conservation, as I have observed before, is interested in protecting the population and the ecosystem over the individual.

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Species New Zealand Ducks Game 166

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Requiem For The Rock Dove Domestic or Ganky Geese Birds at the Feeders in Saugerties Cardinal King Usurped The Sharpie: A Love-Hate Relationship About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. at Gloucester Harbor.Or

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Gathering more detailed information about wintering populations, and which roost sites they rely on, will help us protect them and develop more effective conservation strategies.” In the nearby river valley I did find a reasonable flock of Lapwings, along with a small flock of Greylag and Egyptian Geese, but not a lot else.

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Ireland Turtles Geese Farming 218

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Share Your Thoughts « Domestic or Ganky Geese The Bluebird by John Burroughs » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Pat ODonnell Mar 9th, 2011 at 10:09 am My Bbest bird for the weekend was a Long-tailed Woodcreeper seen at Carara National Park in Costa Rica.

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2011 New York Deer Birds 154

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The next morning is for the Kerkini Lake, one of the youngest national parks of Greece, protected only ten years ago, in 2006 and inhabited by 11 amphibian, 27 reptilian, 44 mammal and 312 bird species. Going even lower, we add a Cirl Bunting and a Syrian Woodpecker. Enough of the mountains. Should I add, a lifer, too.

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Greece Woodpeckers Boars Eagles 253

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Other birds with webbed feet, including ducks and geese, have only three webbed toes; the hallux (which in birds is usually the “hind toe&# and in humans, the “big toe&# ) is free. That is to say, all four of their toes are webbed. The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 152

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2014

The view from Sayer Road used to be very open and offered little protection many years ago and we contributed to the planting of small native trees in 1998 when we lived in Palmerston. There were good numbers of Green Pygmy-geese, Comb-crested Jacana, Great and Intermediate Egrets, Magpie Geese and a family of Black-necked Storks.

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Geese Pelicans Ducks Hunting 161

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

Ducks, swans, and geese may initially appear easy to identify. And, it is a guide based on scholarship as well as field work (author Reeber has monitored the birds of the Lac of Grand-Lieu, France, for the National Society for Nature Protection (SNPN) since 1994). Or, a Tufted Duck or Cackling Goose.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Here is her description of migrating Snow Geese: I’d seen snow geese at great distances offshore or far overhead, but here they are passing me by, low on the water, where the wind speed is lessened. Ahead on the water, I see roughly 200 tired snow geese settled together in a single, densely packed group.

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Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2012

Now, he’s sharing some information sure to improve your experience of American historical sites… When I’m not writing about sports teams and bird logos , birding ephemera , or stumbling into first state records , I’m helping protect Civil War-related national parks with the non-profit National Parks Conservation Association in DC.

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Birds Mississippi Vermont Texas 172

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The Lesser White-fronted Goose is not only rare in Serbia, but also overlooked among numerous Greater White-fronted Geese. The Common Pochard is not just a scarce breeding bird, but the second most numerous wintering duck in Serbia and it will be a hard battle to protect it against the strong hunting lobby.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. Canada Geese and Crows can figure it out, so can Cranes.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 246

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2017

Looking at the river, I cannot believe my memories of the same place this January – frozen solid, with just a small opening in the ice – and 26,000 geese in it! Not a falcon, but a female Eurasian Sparrowhawk , drying its soaked feathers after the rain that was falling while we were protected by the trees.

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Romania Serbia Turtles Blackbirds 120

10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2012

Mareeba Wetlands Just north of the town of Mareeba are the Mareeba Wetlands , a large lake reserve that protects both wetlands and northern savannah. There were ducks and their relatives, including Pacific Black Ducks (or Grey Ducks as we call them in NZ), more Green Pygmy Geese , and Magpie Geese.

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Geese Ducks Australia Pelicans 167

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2017

The standout was the Cape Barren Goose , which not only has an awesome name but is also thought to be the last survivor of a lineage of geese that used to forage the grasslands of Antarctica before the whole place got all icy. Singapore is a densely populated city-state which still manages to protect a number of species.

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United Arab Emirates Ethiopia 2016 New Zealand 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Share Your Thoughts « A long way from nowhere Domestic or Ganky Geese » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Take a look at the link below. link] flowergirl Mar 17th, 2011 at 6:28 am Thank you! flowergirl Mar 17th, 2011 at 11:35 am Thanks! Thanks for visiting!

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2011 Deer India New York 182

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

The Snow Geese at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge will soon be winging their way north, so he spent some quality time with them, his best birds of the weekend. Moved by an unseasonable bout of optimism, I went owl-chasing this weekend and actually encountered what has been a true nemesis bird for me: Northern Saw-whet Owl ! The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Deer Birds Owls 133

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2018

By protecting 25 free-flowing Alaskan rivers in their natural state, we are almost doubling the size of our Wild and Scenic Rivers System. ANILCA created, consolidated, expanded, or otherwise protected numerous units of federal public land systems, including: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.

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Alaska United States Puffins Wildlife 210

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2021

Regardless of the weather they were well protected! A bit further from town we soon added Wandering Whistling Ducks and Magpie Geese to the list, but no longer were there a handful of birds. The numbers have grown exponentially in the last week and there were over four hundred Magpie Geese. Magpie Geese.

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