10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2020

Birders who submit their checklists to eBird likely know that their data may be used to conduct research on avian migration, range, or population. It has also been used by researchers from other fields, such as economists. Its eastern border is Lake Michigan, one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world.

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Chicago Research Illinois Michigan 279

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

What do you say when someone tells you they will be spending the summer in the Lower Michigan Peninsula? Recently it has also been documented as breeding in Wisconsin, Ontario, and the Upper Michigan Peninsula, but those birds are few and not always accessible. If you are a birder, you say “Kirtland’s Warbler!”

Michigan 236

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 236

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2013

Speaking of birds in nests, five Chilean Flamingo chicks who were raised by a human “surrogate dad” at a British wildlife center have now graduated to joining the adults in the center’s colony. Finally, identifying gulls can be tricky, but there’s one in Michigan that seems to have everyone stumped.

Michigan 148

Michigan Chile Tennessee North America 148

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

We immediately get a sense of the pigeons’ abundance, beauty, and danger to human activity. She portrays humans merged with Passenger Pigeons; the images are then framed to look like 19th century calling cards. Avery’s trip through Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York holds more promise.

2014 161

2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 161

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The Louisiana Black Bear (shown above) was listed as threatened within its historic range (defined as southern Mississippi, Louisiana, and east Texas) under the Endangered Species Act on January 7, 1992 (57 FR 588), due to extensive habitat loss and modification, as well as human-related mortality. The refuge is already open to sport fishing.

Fish 144

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 144

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Researchers have also learned that the cancer-causing chemicals that form in beef as it cooks also tend to form in chicken. That animal product is human breast milk. Human breast milk is a near perfect food for human newborns and infants. 105-6) Dr. Spock is not alone in his endorsement of breast-feeding human infants.

Animal 40

Animal Meat Cows District of Columbia 40