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 Checking out Red-breasted Blackbirds at the Aripo Agricultural Research Station. Seriously, go to Trinidad and Tobago right now and see the ibis.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2015
That’s right, the overwhelming benefits to the environment and the economy are generated by non-consumptive uses of the refuges like wildlife photography, environmental education, wildlife observation and interpretation, not hunting and fishing. The refuge is already open to upland game hunting and sport fishing.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. A Great Backyard Bird Count Miracle Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of January 2011) What is the International Bird Rescue Research Center Anyway? Or These Blasts From The Past What’s In A Name? Isn’t that neat?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
Scientists all over the world are sounding the alarm about ecological disruptions already in motion, and birders in North America are already seeing changes in the distribution of species, from the 61 percent of bird species wintering farther north to expanding ranges of birds like Mississippi Kite and Great-tailed Grackle. What a horror!
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
The photo of the Tundra Swan at right is by Ken Behrens.) This is a great feature for those of us who tend to read up on a species quickly, right before a field trip. It is both discouraging and exciting to read that little is known about waterbird migration along the Mississippi River.
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2017
I never researched the resort, imagining that it lacked the amenities my family wanted, but visiting for dinner allowed us to rent its grandeur without forking over the considerable room rates. In fact, we saw two species of monkey, our only sloths, lots of coatis, and my rarest ever mammal sighting—a Jaguarundi —right on site.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 5, 2017
To be fair, I could and should have also grabbed The Shorebird Guide for the Greenshank and Collin’s Bird Guide, 2nd edition for both birds, but the Nat Geo was right there next to me, where your favorite field guides should be.). There are page references to and from the Species Accounts maps, which makes research transparently easy.
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