10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2020

It was over 90 degrees F on a Georgia afternoon, the humidity adding an extra dose of discomfort. In a rare afternoon to myself, I had driven across the Florida/Georgia border to pick up a few things in a nearby town (curbside + social distancing), and discovered a historic estate, open to the public, along the road on my way back.

Georgia 245

Georgia Mules Birds Connecticut 245

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2021

They will list ten or twenty or fifty titles, and will include, inevitably, Hunter Biden’s autobiography, and Volume 12 of Barack Obama’s, and other such works. In six or seven months, the “best books of the year” features will come out in the important print and web publications. For the next four years, the bird will not touch land.

West Virginia 204

West Virginia Rats Albatross Georgia 204

10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2011

The Ruffed Grouse is a bird of the forests across much of North America, from Alaska and the mountains of the west through Canada, and in the east down through the Appalachians to Georgia. It is a beautiful bird and well worth taking examining closely if such a situation can somehow be arranged.

Georgia 200

Georgia North America Alaska Hunters 200

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

There are two things you need to know about A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia , edited by Robert Burton and John Croxall, and produced by the South Georgia Heritage Trust. First, if you are, like me, geographically challenged, then you need to know that this is not about Georgia, the U.S.

Georgia 173

Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whales 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

So, one might surmise, it’s OK if they get shot by hunters thinking they’re sandhill cranes? Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. Do all hunters realize that?

2011 242

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2018

The argument is straightforward: birders (and others, including hunters) buy stamps and the federal government turns around and obtains important bird habitat. Harris Neck NWR (Georgia): 0.0%. In June, the 2018-2019 Federal Duck Stamp was released. Others are between 25.0% Bombay Hook NWR (Delaware): 95.2%. to 44.6%.

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Ducks Wildlife Texas Hawaii 203