10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2012

Josh Vandermeulen is sitting pretty at 317 species for the year in Ontario, only 21 off the province’s record of 338, set by Glen Coady in 1996. Blake and Holly Wright are hoping to photograph 400 species in the lower 48 this year and have managed to make it to 351 thus far. It’s quite a list! Let us know in the comments.

South Dakota 199

South Dakota Houston Mammals Birds 199

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2012

The species was extinct, a vanished part of the vanishing prairie — and not for the first time. In the 1950s the species was unofficially regarded as extinct by most biologists, a small part lost in the general tumble and disarray of the entire ecosystem they’d inhabited. You couldn’t see it. But the ferrets kept dying.

Ferrets 184

Ferrets South Dakota Wyoming Captive Animal 184

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

But if you look at a bit of prairie in South Dakota during the dead of winter, you may see very few birds and a lot of bison. The data here are from the site of Manaus: All animals: 200 Mammals: 8.4 This is also because mammals are large. The top histogram is mammals, the bottom one birds. This is not a surprise.

Mammals 174

Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 174

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2022

While this already stretches credulity, the saying continues to state that seeing one mammal is better than seeing ten pheasants (Bella from Alpinebirding indeed confirmed that this saying exists and has not just come to me in a dream. North Dakota. South Dakota. Examples: California. Connecticut. New Jersey. Washington.

Rhode Island 147

Rhode Island Research South Dakota North Dakota 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2013

As of 15 December he had seen 744 species and it is unclear if that was his final total or if he added more since. Josh Vandermeulen set the Ontario Big Year record with 344 species, breaking the record of 338, set by Glen Coady in 1996. At 76 mammals and 431 birds they reached every single one of their goals!

2012 155

2012 South Dakota Costa Rica Houston 155