10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

The White’s Thrush will keep pretending to be a reptile. Tianmashan bonus mammal: a Raccoon Dog – though it looks a lot like a raccoon, it is actually more closely related to foxes than to raccoons.

Raccoons 221

Raccoons Birds Oregon China 221

10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2013

And of course, way too many chipmunks and squirrels and raccoons and turtles to count. Birding Lizards Mammals Reptiles Trips animals' In New York and Chicago, they’ve been pretty mundane—a White-tailed Deer here, an Eastern Cottontail rabbit there. How about you?

Nevada 179

Nevada Coyotes Rattlesnake Chicago 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2024

The reptiles in Parque Tomás Garrido were of the crocodilian variety. But this park’s flagship non-birds could be none other than the Coati, a tropical raccoon relative. Parque la Pólvora was crawling, literally, with small and large, rather prehistoric-looking, iguanas. I liked their attitude. Some were quite large.

Mexico 202

Mexico Birds Raccoons Baltimore 202

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Rehabbers see reptiles in glue traps, gulls entangled in fishing line, raccoons used as target practice, raptors dying from rodenticides, and songbirds shredded by domestic cats … cats like Puck. All of these afflictions are human-caused and largely preventable.

Cats 215

Cats Stray Cat Stray Wildlife Rehabilitation 215

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

By building nests out over the swamp, the birds benefit from the protection offered by the alligators in deterring predators such as raccoons and snakes. Boat-tailed Grackles count eggs and chicks as part of their diet and they were well represented here today.

2011 117

2011 Alligators Florida Deer 117