10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2019

As a test of endurance, as a physical ordeal, it’s both miraculous and monstrous.” Eastern red bats, for only one example, may actually be attracted to wind turbines; and unlike birds, they are often killed by “barotrauma” – their inner organs explode from the drop in air pressure as the blade sweeps past.).

Ohio 191

Ohio Bats Legislature Ducks 191

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Kentucky Dept.

2011 236

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 236

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2021

As sad as I am to say it, I must: 2021 was one of my worst years for birding since I started looking at feathered creatures with intent in 2006. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck , 11 July, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, New York (2nd Queens sighting). Gray Kingbird, 02 December, Great Kills Park, Staten Island, New York.

New York 248

New York California Birds Owls 248