10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service is committed to strengthening and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities,” said Ashe. “The

Fish 142

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 142

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2019

The new Lifers are the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Short-tailed Hawk, Mississippi Kites, Juniper Titmouse and Painted Buntings! There is believed to be a very small breeding population of Mississippi Kites that occupy a small area that borders Pima and Cochise Counties.

Arizona 119

Arizona Tucson Mississippi Nashville 119

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2016

Swallow-tailed Kites, and their equally graceful but less ostentatious cousins from Mississippi, have been found in at least a half-dozen fields in North Carolina in the last couple weeks, including a field not more than an hour from my home. There was a pair of Mississippi Kites hanging around as well.

North Carolina 101

North Carolina Mississippi 2016 Charlotte 101

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

There are a lot in the Mississippi Flyway these days. They were heavily hunted as food, and for the feathers. Birds Conservation Cygnus buccinator hunting Minnesota Trumpeter Swan' Of course there were other Trumpeter Swans out there, but not many. Canada has more than the US. This problem is, of course not unique to Minnesota.

Minnesota 205

Minnesota Wounded Montana Wildlife Rehabilitation 205

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2014

I work part-time for the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area and here are some stunning views of our very urban park along the Mississippi River through the Twin Cities in Minnesota: This video is not only remarkable for the views, but also the places they take the small drone–behind waterfalls, are you kidding me?

Bald Eagle 191

Bald Eagle Mississippi Eagles Ducks 191

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

This morning, they have seen some 10,000 Broad-winged Hawks , mixed up with two dozen Swainson’s Hawks , several Mississippi Kites and one or two King Vultures , Swallow-tailed and Double-toothed Kites , Merlins and Peregrine Falcons. A river of raptors, to be more precise.

Costa Rica 132

Costa Rica Reptiles Farming Mississippi 132

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2012

The last time I saw a Mississippi Kite was way up in Root, New York, back in 2009. Many New York birders made the pilgrimage to Montgomery County that year and managed to check Mississippi Kite off of their state checklists. Nate also had s ome good shots of Mississippi Kites in North Carolina recently. I hope you enjoy them!

Mississippi 167

Mississippi New York North Carolina New Jersey 167