10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Bird bloggers from Wisconsin to Massachusetts. Check out this graph adapted from eBird that shows the frequency of sightings in the United States in 2012 – Red-breasted Nuthatches are showing up on birders’ checklists just over sixteen percent of the time! No lemmings left in the north? Thank a pine cone. Or a spruce cone.

United States 275

United States Owls Atlanta North Carolina 275

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

is going to have to go to Michigan or Wisconsin. Kirtland’s Warbler is a classic niche species; they breed in only very specific conditions, which occur in only a very specific area. That is a big difference compared to the 2,000+ singing males detected in 2012, well above the recovery goal for this species set by the U.S.

Albatross 253

Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 253

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

A lovely looking and distinctive sounding bird (so they say, I sadly have not seen one…yet), the Kirtland’s Warbler can only be found during its breeding season in Jack Pine forests 5 to 20 years old in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Jackson, 2012. The University of Michigan Press, 2012. photo by Lynn C.

Michigan 258

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 258