10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2021
With two of North America’s major flyways, Mississippi and Central, overhead, and with almost 400 miles of coastline Louisiana is one of those states where you can see Eastern and Western birds and a hell of a lot of shorebirds and waterfowl. Louisiana is a magical place to bird. And there are the birds. Map by Lynn Hathaway.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2015
For example, including falcons and excluding owls, I have seen 34 species and still have a chance at several more. With regular birding in the right places, the most likely additions will be White-tailed Hawk, Pearl Kite, Mississippi Kite, Bicolored Hawk, and Black Hawk-Eagle (should have had that one already!). Speaking of owls. :
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2013
I cajoled my friends into a trip up to Polson to see the Snowy Owls. Besides the owls themselves, I promised them the best pie in Montana, which is to be found in the Ronan Cafe. But what we wanted was owls, so we set out for the open fields on the southern end of town. We saw not an owl either. Alas, it was not to be.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 8, 2014
I work part-time for the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area and here are some stunning views of our very urban park along the Mississippi River through the Twin Cities in Minnesota: This video is not only remarkable for the views, but also the places they take the small drone–behind waterfalls, are you kidding me?
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2019
The next two shots give the answer: a close-up of a stunningly beautiful Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and a long shot of hundreds of Mississippi Kites in flight. And, it shows us the birds in brief, non-captioned close-ups of songbirds and owls and soaring overhead pans of migrating hawks and waders.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 31, 2013
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 The Snowy Owl invasion and everything that came with it. Not only that, but I learned that Snowy Owls can fly ! Snowy Owl in flight.
10,000 Birds
MAY 1, 2011
However, that wasn’t fancy enough, so I finally tallied up my new life and ABA birds from the Great Texas Birding Classic: Muscovy Duck Scaled Quail Reddish Egret Mississippi Kite Swainson’s Hawk King Rail Franklin’s Gull Green Parakeet Red-crowned Amazon Elf Owl Lesser Nighthawk Common Poorwill Nelson’s Sparrow Clay-colored (..)
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