10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2024
My feelings about shorebirds came back to me a few days later, as I observed a mixed group of peeps and Dowitchers at Mecox Inlet, eastern Long Island, not far from where Peter Matthiessen once observed the shorebirds of Sagaponack, the stars of the first pages of his classic The Shorebirds of North America (1967). Pete Dunne and Kevin T.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2019
A lot more needs to be done to protect and sustainably utilise that biodiversity, although with the Brazil’s current president, it seems highly unlikely. Not surprisingly, ten of these 19 countries are in the Americas, but what does surprise me, there are just 4 in Africa and just 1 in Asia (2 if you count Indonesia).
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
It was not a kitty cat, even though all of its relatives in the Americas were. But they don’t live in North America. I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. In North America, you’ve got Bears at the large end, Cats in the middle, and at the smaller end, the Mustilids.
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2012
The wood duck was very scarce in many portions of its range, at least in part, for the same reason and probably owes its present status to provision of nest boxes and protection from overhunting 1.” The ivory-billed and red- cockaded woodpeckers are currently on the endangered list, primarily as a result of habitat destruction.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
And though the satellite transmitter let Machi be tracked it did not protect it from the hunters’ guns. This practice is a throwback to more than a century ago when gunners hunted shorebirds throughout the Americas. Conservation organizations continue to work toward some compromise that will reduce pressures on declining species.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 12, 2021
The short answer is that wilderness areas are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System and they are protected by the Wilderness Act of 1964. Simply put, wilderness areas are the most protected public lands in America. But what is “wilderness” and how does it differ from any other federal land?
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2020
Whether you happen to be more interested in music or birds, you may love “A Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean” Since this is a music project rather than an actual guide of bird vocalizations, there won’t be a catalog of antbird trills and toucan yelps. Oh, how nice that would be!
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
264 
Let's personalize your content