10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2021

Additionally, I have written about Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs), which are important but underappreciated parts of the National Wildlife Refuge System. In late June, I flew into O’Hare and drove north to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Horicon NWR covers the northern part of the marsh and the remainder is a state wildlife area.

Wisconsin 264

Wisconsin LACS Milwaukee Birds 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2013

This is what we have to remember: - Many species are easier to observe at close range from a vehicle than on foot. - Barbed wire fences are terrible for wildlife, snaring large birds and mammals alike…but for smaller passerines, they sure make good perches. This stoked Great Egret was at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, CA.

LACS 134

LACS North Dakota Costa Rica Birds 134

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2012

Photographed at Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge, MT. Most of them are essentially telling you what species they are when they talk, so just focusing on appearance may make the identification process more complicated than it has to be. Photographed at Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge, ND. See, it’s not so scary!

LACS 193

LACS Alaska Wildlife Connecticut 193

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

ALWAYS assume there is some other bird species in there that you have not found yet. Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Here is a flock of endangered species. Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota. Could a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper be mixed in with that flock of Pectorals ? Buldir Island, AK.

North Dakota 163

North Dakota LACS Oakland Falcons 163