Critter News
MARCH 19, 2012
A federal government decision to allow a Wyoming tribe to kill two bald eagles for a religious ceremony is a victory for American Indian sovereignty as well as for long-suppressed religious freedoms, the tribe says. The Northern Arapaho share the Wind River Indian Reservation in central Wyoming with the Eastern Shoshone Tribe.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Myers, a professional birding guide in “real life,” summarizes the etymology and history of all common bird names (of bird families and groups, not all 10,000-plus species). You don’t need to be a linguist to delight in the diversity and sometimes unexpectedness of these name origins.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2015
Suddenly a group of barn swallows hatched in a barn or underpass in North America decides to stay in the wintering grounds and start a breeding colony there. Some also suggest that additional birds hatched in north America appear to continue to stay and join the group of birds nesting in South America. Chicks in nest in Wyoming.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
The small group was a good counterpart to the large, convivial ABA Safari group of 98 birders. That’s a lot, and the organizers of the safari did an excellent job of creating an environment that offered small group birding during the day and a birders party every night. I am a birder, after all.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2011
Their range of breeding is literally only very southern Wyoming to very northern New Mexico. They will undoubtedly be flying in small groups so expect to hear a few of those together in succession. Try hiking a Colorado 14,000 foot mountain and your chances of having these guys at your feet rise exponentially.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 3, 2018
Last week we were in the Teton Valley, getting ready to head over to Wyoming, and Yellowstone National Park. We had stopped at one of the massive over-looks near Roosevelt Lodge, when a small group of Pine Siskins flew all the way across the canyon, and landed in the tree above me. There is a link from my Facebook page here.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2018
With Wyoming and South Dakota in our rear view mirror, we look toward Colorado, and a hot spot I have been anxious to visit. In the past, seeing some of these Ring-necked Ducks would have been rather scarce, so here is a shot of the small group that were on the larger pond. It was gone so quickly, there was no chance to get a photo.
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