10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Birds, mammals and other wildlife, humans and landscapes are all rendered magnificently. But the main attraction of the book, it must be said, is not Clavreul’s prose but his artistry in watercolor. Maybe that’s so because he worked entirely from life and not photographs, he says.

Bald Eagle 147

Bald Eagle Louisville Pennsylvania Ohio 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Located between the Mississippi River and Illinois River, the refuge encompasses 9,225 acres of riverine and floodplain habitat scattered around the confluence of the rivers. Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge is designated as an Important Birding Area for Missouri. The refuge is already open to upland game hunting and sport fishing.

Fish 146

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 146

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The species disappeared from the record for several decades afterwards due to the war and all, but it popped up again in the mid-1880′s where it was reported to occur in decent numbers across much of the southeast all the way west to the Mississippi bottomlands of southeast Missouri’s bootheel. In Missouri in 1948.

South Carolina 184

South Carolina Cuba Missouri Mississippi 184