10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2015

My fiancé and I now fish and bird together frequently, and over my graduate program’s spring break turned our sights to Pisgah National Forest in the mountains of western North Carolina. Trips fishing North Carolina Pisgah National Forest' Another outdoor success for the birding and fishing duo!

Fish 178

Fish North Carolina Woodpeckers Turkey 178

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2013

Ali Iyoob is sitting pretty at 230 species in his North Carolina big year during which he is trying to break the state record of 351. He better watch out though, because another birder in North Carolina also has reported 230 species so far this year! As of the end of March they had already reached a whopping 652 species

2013 182

2013 New Jersey North Carolina Canada 182

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2013

Ali Iyoob is looking to break the North Carolina Big Year record of 351 this year. Greg Cantrell is doing a New Jersey Big Year, hoping for 300 species, and raising funds for the New Jersey Audubon Citizen Science program. Also, big year blogs are one of my favorite types of blog to read. Follow along at NC Big Year ’13.

2013 193

2013 New Jersey Los Angeles North Carolina 193

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

The ability of knots to successfully raise their chicks is very sensitive to snow conditions, the availability of insects as food, and the presence of predators, all of which are affected by climate change. From North Carolina south to Texas, just under half of beaches are developed. Birds in Delaware Bay. Birds in Delaware Bay.

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Endangered Species Protection Delaware Species 160

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber. Summer is high season.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma New York 243

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Here in the southeast, we get to watch as the flocks of sickle-winged midge tyrants funnel back south again every fall, pausing to congregate most evenings in the old smokestacks that tower above the empty tobacco factories in downtown Durham, North Carolina. I raised my camera. The conditions were perfect.

North Carolina 167

North Carolina Nashville South America Tennessee 167

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Get on the plane anywhere from North Carolina to Texas or Florida and we are talking three to four hours. We raised bins, and voila, Collared Forest-falcon ! All birders should say yes because the small country where I live is easier to visit than a lot of people think. A juvenile Collared Forest-falcon looks for prey.

Costa Rica 121

Costa Rica Falcons Birds North Carolina 121