10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

Federal Lands are Vital to Birds Federal lands are vast and diverse, from the far north ( Arctic NWR in Alaska) to the Caribbean ( Virgin Islands NP in the U.S. Virgin Islands). Photo : Trunk Bay, Virgin Islands NP. Only FWS has the primary goal of conservation. The post A Birder’s Guide to U.S.

Virgin Islands 208

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

Virgin Islands , and the remote Pacific Ocean. These refuges support huge numbers of swans, geese, ducks, cranes, and shorebirds as they hopscotch their way to breeding grounds in the north. The combination is potent. There are approximately 560 NWRs managed by the U.S.

Wildlife 189

Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico United States 189

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Virgin Islands. Lifers includes Gambel’s Quail and Neotropic Cormorant, but the real highlights were the morning fly-out of Sandhill Cranes and the evening fly-in of Snow Geese. For example, not much can beat the experience of seeing a Bald Eagle scare up thousands of Snow Geese at Sacramento NWR.

San Francisco 100

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