10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota. Shorebirds, of course, are one of the groups of birds most known and loved for their social tendencies. I don’t believe in perpetual optimism (I’m just not wired for it), but I think it will do you good in this situation. Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA.

North Dakota 161

North Dakota LACS Oakland Falcons 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2012

The thought of identifying certain groups of birds can incapacitate them. Once you accept this basic fact, you will be surprised at the ease in which you will find yourself identifying peeps and plovers, left and right. Black Oystercatcher … right? Photographed at Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, ND. Do you see?

LACS 181

LACS Alaska Wildlife Connecticut 181

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

A minor item, but I like to get these things right.) 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). Looking further, the book itself says ‘83’ in the introduction.

North America 142

North America Asia Europe America 142