10,000 Birds

JANUARY 25, 2019

Yet that is not the overall impression that I came away with while reading this solid and attractive new title from Indiana University Press. Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest by Matt Williams – Indiana University Press, $29.00.

Indiana 162

Indiana Downers Iowa Illinois 162

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The Collective added six new states in the past three years, but none have eclipsed the century mark: Wisconsin ( 74 ), Utah (55), Hawaii (38), Oklahoma (18), Rhode Island (9), and Connecticut (5).

United States 256

United States West Virginia Puerto Rico Minnesota 256

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

Jan Turner, in Indiana, had her own Happy Meal delivery: “Two infant cottontails brought by a father and son.” We had a fledgling Yellow-billed Cuckoo delivered in a glass of water,” said Marge Cahak Gibson in Wisconsin. “By Five hatchling House Sparrows in a Happy Meal box,” said Johanna Walton, also in Connecticut. By a lawyer.”

Transported 279

Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 279

Critter News

JANUARY 30, 2009

Wildlife conservationists say the freeze will delay and possibly prevent the removal of gray wolves from the federal endangered species list in Montana, Idaho, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and also in portions of Washington, Oregon, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

Obama 100

Obama Wolves South Dakota North Dakota 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Despite the absence of species, many of these are excellent birding states and/or have birding festivals ( e.g., the Biggest Week in American Birding in Ohio). Even some states that technically have checklists barely qualify: the great state of Illinois has just a single checklist with two species (from an airport). And so on….

Rhode Island 116

Rhode Island United States West Virginia Puerto Rico 116