10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 24, 2018
Not so with our visit to Bosque de Apache NWR in southern New Mexico. What a stop it turned out to be, as I got two new Lifers in a matter of minutes. My first ever Gamble’s Quail were feeding right next to the picnic area, and alongside the visitors center building, I spotted a thrasher. US species – 243.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 21, 2021
Give certain, special trees the right conditions and they also take root in the shallow mud of estuaries and other coastal situations. The trees that occur, that thrive in such places are various species of mangroves and as is typical of so many other tropical microhabitats, mangrove forests have their own suite of birds.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2019
During the decade, I submitted 1,219 checklists and observed 555 bird species, all in the U.S. After an initial period when all species are new, the lifers begin to follow a pattern. Thus, I can pinpoint my first pelagic trip, as it added 13 new species. and Canada. was good for 11 lifers. Our honeymoon in the U.S
10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2016
Rehabbers are very responsive, although constantly living under the gun makes us sometimes vent about species that aren’t necessarily the ones in question. Three: Why would anyone , no matter what their species, want to become tangled in human hair? So right from the beginning, none of this makes any sense. Feel free to vent!”.
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2011
Nine thousand pour into tiny Socorro, New Mexico, each November for Bosque del Apache’s Festival of the Cranes. Everywhere cranes gather, from New Mexico to Indiana to Tennessee, people come to watch them. The big gray feather in Kentucky’s cap, to my thinking, is more like a big old hole, shot right through the crown.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 15, 2014
Like leg hold traps, glue traps are indiscriminate, with non-targeted species making up a large proportion of their catch. The Barn Swallow at right was rescued by Rebecca Dmytryk of Wildlife Emergency Services in Moss Landing, California, and transferred to Native Songbird Care and Conservation in Sebastopol. See Safe Rodent Control.
10,000 Birds
MAY 30, 2019
His parents moved where opportunity beckoned, taking him from San Angelo, Texas, to Columbus, New Mexico, then to Dallas, and finally on to California. He had stalked the nest for days, waiting for just the right time when she would be on the verge of fledging, then took her into his care. And grow they did.
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