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 It’s worth the click-through just to listen to the audio on the videos in the post.). a 17-Year Cicada. Getting my first-ever King Rail in my hometown.

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2013 New York City New York Trinidad 198

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Note in this 2010 video, birders, birdwatching and kayakers are mentioned, not hunters. 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. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk_5pt9OTLA. v=sk_5pt9OTLA.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 150

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?

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 263

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

There are page references to and from the Species Accounts maps, which makes research transparently easy. There is a delightful video of Alderfer drawing a Harlequin Duck while his voiceover describes his process for field guide illustrations available online from National Geographic. Mississippi Kite, for example.

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North America America 2017 Birds 189