10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Here are a bunch of his Eastern phoebes and House wrens surrounding Audubon’s house in Mill Grove, Pennsylvania (“ever to me a blessed spot,” Audubon called it); it’s now an adjunct of the John James Audubon Center. Maybe that’s so because he worked entirely from life and not photographs, he says.

Bald Eagle 147

Bald Eagle Louisville Pennsylvania Ohio 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2021

There are several states with 100-199 species: North Carolina (172, unchanged), Washington (171, up from 144), Michigan (159, unchanged), Virginia (147, up from 122), North Dakota (141, unchanged), Idaho (129, up from 57); New Mexico (112, unchanged); Massachusetts (110, up from 81); Colorado (106, unchanged), and Pennsylvania (109, up from 102).

United States 190

United States West Virginia Puerto Rico Minnesota 190

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2013

Even though it doesn’t show on the NatureServe range map above, Golden-crowned Sparrow vagrants have been recorded eastward to Ontario and Nova Scotia, Michigan, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey; also south to Alabama, Texas, Louisiana and Florida 1.

Sparrows 160

Sparrows Alabama North America New Jersey 160

Critter News

MARCH 15, 2009

This blogger, Earle Holland at Oregon State University, doesn't seem to believe the allegations coming out about the New Iberia Primate Center in Louisiana. Here's a PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania with an interesting post about the same issue, wondering how much we really need to experiment on chimps.

Experience 100

Experience Experiments Medical Research Animal Welfare 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Virginia (122), New Mexico (112); Texas (106); Colorado (106), and Pennsylvania (102). After those five, there are relative handful with over 100 species: North Carolina (172), Michigan (159), Arizona (155), Washington (144), North Dakota (141!), Citizens), it would do well, with 107 species.

Rhode Island 114

Rhode Island United States West Virginia Puerto Rico 114

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

“Winter Sports in Northern Louisiana: Shooting Wild Pigeons.” Avery’s trip through Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York holds more promise. These are arguments better presented in ornithological papers or a scientific monograph than in a popular book.

2014 159

2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 159

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla. Golden-breasted Bunting – Emberiza flaviventris. Kruger NP Malelane Gate to Pretoriuskop, via Afsaal. 19 Oct 2019. Dark-eyed Junco – Junco hyemalis. 19 Oct 2019. Japanese Scops-Owl – Otus semitorques. Nanhui Dongtan (????).

2019 112

2019 China Battery Jamaica 112