10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

Marybeth Lima’s ‘real life’ work is academic, she is a professor of biological and agricultural engineering as Louisiana State University with research interests in community-based design and service-learning in engineering. Louisiana is a magical place to bird. And there are the birds.

Louisiana 264

Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

There is a major difference: the Raptors guides are photographic and the Birds of Prey guides are illustrated with Wheeler’s paintings, over 1,000 images in each guide, organized with logical precision for reference, research, and comparison, with a self-evident side benefit–the portrayal of the beauty of raptors.

North America 184

North America Birds Mississippi Bald Eagle 184

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I had a great half-day out with Jeff in Staten Island enjoying one of the coolest natural phenomena that the New York City region has to offer. The Mississippi Kite certainly didn’t hurt either but it couldn’t top the awesomeness that is more insects than you can count all making eerie noises. (It’s a 17-Year Cicada.

2013 170

2013 New York City New York Trinidad 170

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Located between the Mississippi River and Illinois River, the refuge encompasses 9,225 acres of riverine and floodplain habitat scattered around the confluence of the rivers. New Jersey/New York. The refuge is already open to upland game hunting and sport fishing. Finley National Wildlife Refuge : Expand big game hunting.

Fish 142

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 142

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Forty-seven sites are described here, ranging from interior sites like Whitefish Point, Michigan and Conejohela Flats, Pennsylvania to coastal sites like the Cape May Avalon seawatch in New Jersey and Brier Island, Nova Scotia. This makes researching a species much more time consuming than it should be.

Ducks 224

Ducks Groups Species North America 224

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I grab my binoculars, camera, and field guide and drive 2-and-a-half hours to southern New Jersey. There are page references to and from the Species Accounts maps, which makes research transparently easy. Mississippi Kite, for example. The wonder of research? Forsythe NWR.

North America 177

North America America 2017 Birds 177