10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Cinnamon Teal ( Anas cyanoptera ) pair by Larry Jordan (click on photos for full sized images) Winter is the time to visit the National Wildlife Refuges in California. Fish and Wildlife Service; they serve as resting and feeding areas for nearly half the migratory birds on the Pacific Flyway.”

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Sacramento Wildlife United States North America 173

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Northern Pintails ( Anas acuta ) photos by Larry Jordan (click on images for full size) It was a dark and stormy night … OK, it was a dark and stormy morning when I got to the photo blind (also known as a hide) an hour before dawn, as is required by the refuge rules. References: 1 Birds of North America Online.

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Sacramento Wildlife North America Ducks 104

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Black-necked Stilt ( Himantopus mexicanus ) photos by Larry Jordan Click on photos for full sized images. The male of the species has the upper portion of the head, back of neck, back and wings all glossy black. References: 1 Birds of North America Online a. He also has longer legs than the female.

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South Dakota Jordan Sacramento North America 189

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2013

The group has a worldwide distribution; 28 species living and two additional extinct. Both extinct species were island-dwelling and flightless, suggesting a propensity of the group to disperse over long distances , a characteristic that any birder in late summer is familiar with. Scarlet Ibis , photo by Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela.

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Birds North America Charlotte New Jersey 217

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2013

And they absolutely do that, but there are few birds in north America, at least, for which the family seem less fitting. But for those of us in the Americas, the cup runs over with species of Troglodytes. Which is perhaps why the name wren is applied to several unrelated species in the old World.

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Jordan Birds North America Tenant 201