10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2012

That is, unless the good citizens of Raleigh start using a lot of water really soon. And not that I would encourage such irresponsible behavior, but people of Raleigh, just look at your neighbor’s yard. Isn’t it green? You should get on that… a.

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Raleigh North Carolina Falcons 2012 169

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2015

Way back last year, a whole two weeks ago, a sudden influx of Ross’s Geese in central North Carolina led to an unofficial competition between myself and some birders in the Raleigh-Durham Area. An informal goose competition can become a more formal regional competition.

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Game Raleigh North Carolina Gorillas 188

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2015

May 7, 2015 – I started the day in Raleigh, 100 miles from home, not expected to get any birding done. I finished my business in Raleigh, and headed home to grab my bins and camera, then headed out again. 10 minutes later I was on a Lincoln’s Sparrow.

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2016 North Carolina 2015 Raleigh 141

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

To donate, simply make a check out to the “Culture & Animals Foundation” and mail it to: Culture & Animals Foundation 3509 Eden Croft Dr. Raleigh, NC 27612 You can learn more about the Culture & Animals Foundation and its mission here. CAF’s grants help make possible the next generation of animal rights scholarship and artistry.

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2017 Raleigh Animal Advocacy Animal Rights 75

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Instead of heading out to my local patch, which abuts a section of gameland sure to disperse the migrants’ impact, I went to Lake Crabtree County Park which lies amidst the sprawl of north Raleigh, just under the airport.

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Raleigh Tennessee Canada Owls 186

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2014

I found this young Glaucous Gull at a Raleigh landfill among several thousand more common birds. I was confident in the identification but could not get photos, and I could not help but breathe a sigh of relief when the birds were refound later that afternoon by other birders.

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Raleigh 2008 Rights Raised 218

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2012

Last week I was leading a field trip for the spring meeting of the Carolina Bird Club at Howell Woods, a patch of bottomland hardwood forest in Johnston County just southeast of Raleigh.

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Mississippi North Carolina Raleigh Groups 160