10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2021
A few states still have no checklists at all: Nebraska , Minnesota , Iowa , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , and Alabama. The Collective added six new states in the past three years, but none have eclipsed the century mark: Wisconsin ( 74 ), Utah (55), Hawaii (38), Oklahoma (18), Rhode Island (9), and Connecticut (5).
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Whether there is one Sandhill Crane in a camas field in Montana or 1,000 in a flock on their wintering grounds, they put the charismatic AND the mega in charismatic megafauna. The five subspecies – Greater, Lesser, Mississippi, Florida, Cuban – show the genetic marks of what the species has had to do to survive.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
Many years ago, back in the 1970s, I visited my sister, who lived in West Yellowstone, Montana, in the dead of winter. There are a lot in the Mississippi Flyway these days. We rented snow mobiles and drove into Yellowstone. That was the only way to get into Yellowstone in the winter (other than walking). Canada has more than the US.
Critter News
DECEMBER 26, 2008
And the worst: Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arkansas, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, South Dakota, Wyoming You can check out the whole report on their web site. Among the best: California, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Oregon.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2013
Besides the owls themselves, I promised them the best pie in Montana, which is to be found in the Ronan Cafe. None of these people were birdwatchers, as such, before coming to Montana, although one of the poets was outdoorsy in a hiking and skiing way. If you are ever in Ronan, Montana, try the pie. And the pie.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Some states have no species at all, not even a pigeon, crow, or sparrow: Hawaii , Utah , Nebraska , Oklahoma , Minnesota , Iowa , Wisconsin , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , Alabama , Connecticut , and Rhode Island. Even the nation’s capital has been ignored.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2019
Ruddy Quail-Dove – Geotrygon montana. Mississippi Kite – Ictinia mississippiensis. Common Ground Dove – Columbina passerina. Honnas Pond (31.585, -111.349). 17 Aug 2019. Ruddy Ground Dove – Columbina talpacoti. Cerro Lodge. 15 Aug 2019. Hotel Tierras Enamoradas. 03 Aug 2019. Hotel Tierras Enamoradas.
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