10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2012
They inhabit the grasslands, shrub steppes, and deserts of western and central North America. They are often seen on the ground since their prey consists mainly of rabbit, prairie dog and, you guessed it, ground squirrel. Fish and Wildlife Service and as a Sensitive Species by the Bureau of Land Management 1. Raptor Res.
10,000 Birds
JULY 27, 2012
Just before Thanksgiving, 2010, a driver spotted a Red-tailed hawk sitting on a dead rabbit in the middle of the road. She wasn’t about to leave her rabbit, and the driver figured something was wrong, so he picked her up. And to prove it, there’s The Queen. When she didn’t fly off, he stopped his car and approached her.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 30, 2019
It was advisable to remove them at night, to keep them calm, to establish immediately a feeding board on which they would be fed chopped beef and egg to start, then fresh birds, rabbit or squirrel. Except for the falconer’s jesses and bell, they were to be allowed freedom to pursue life in the wild, life with minimal human contact.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
Fish and Wildlife Service. On the short list of wins for wildlife during the Bush II era, Short-tailed Albatross were officially listed as Endangered in 2000. Most birders are familiar with this story; back in the day, the pesticide DDT was in widespread use all over North America. Somebody won a Nobel Prize.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2015
Targets acquired, we piled into cars and headed south to Pea Island National Wildlife Refuges, the jewel of the Outer Banks, where we were likely to cross paths with the vast majority of our species for the day. This is one of the most impressive sights in North Carolina, and one of my favorite places in the whole of North America.
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