10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 28, 2019
In addition to spotting exciting new species in Florida, including the rare Snail Kite, travel across the country brought me into contact with birds in Oregon, California, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Alabama, and more. 2018 proved to be one of my best birding years ever.
Critter News
APRIL 22, 2010
An animal rights activist has offered $30,000 to anyone who facilitates the freeing of primates, or the end of vivisection, at the University of Kansas, a place cited for numerous animal welfare violations. Tags: University of Kansas animal research vivisection primates. He does not condone violent or illegal acts.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 8, 2018
I would add new sightings to my current year list, which has stood at 250 since the Bell’s Vireo I spotted in Kansas on September 7th. Still, after a week of bad news, environmental disasters, and a hurricane aiming right for my house, it felt good to watch a pair of Willets flying across the water. But it was not to be.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2019
The places I expected ( Pillar Point Harbor in California and Ridgefield NWR in Washington) are right at the top of the list, but even places I thought I’d been to countless times have modest numbers. I don’t think I have added any new species, but I did add Alaska, Kansas, and Oklahoma to the group state list.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 15, 2011
Everything is coming to a head in Kansas. Editing, at least when it’s done right, can cost a pretty penny. How can we find a balance which allows ranchers to earn a living and yet accommodates the wildlife of these sweeping native grasslands?
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 5, 2017
It only takes a few looks at some of the jays in Mexico to know that Kansas is definitely on the far side of some distant rainbow, and if we go birding in the Amazon, Borneo, or New Guinea, you might wonder if you are still on the same bird planet. Watch for it at any number of lowland and foothill sites.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2020
But before we get into new predictions, let’s take a look at what I predicted would be my next ten birds way back in 2015 when Barack Obama was still president, the Kansas City Royals were working their way to a World Series victory, and I was still on the young side of forty. I just have to be at the right place at the right time.
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