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 195

LACS Alaska Wildlife Connecticut 195

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

ALWAYS assume there is some other bird species in there that you have not found yet. Here is a flock of endangered species. 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. Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA.

North Dakota 163

North Dakota LACS Oakland Falcons 163

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

And, the whole question of subspecies, which in the Northeast tends to focus on the Cackling Goose, but which I’m sure is a topic of fascination with other waterfowl species in all other parts of the world. The publicity material says 84 species, but I counted and recounted, and I only see 83.

North America 161

North America Asia Europe America 161