10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2014

I was happy to read that the wood stork ( Mycteria Americana ), a bird near and dear to me, was down-sited from the status of endangered to threatened species. Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). As a biologist working for the U.S. Photo: U.S.

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North Carolina Bald Eagle South Carolina Florida 230

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Jean Keane lived in Home and one day she noticed a couple of eagles near her home, started to put out some fish for them and then several years later she’s a hot tourist attraction using a stockpile of freezer burned fish from a local company to feed over 200 Bald Eagles a day. Are you the local Goose Lady? Grackle Guy?

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Bald Eagle Deer Minnesota Eagles 261

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

It’s always tragic when a species goes extinct. But that tragedy is compounded when the species at risk is a country’s national bird. Americans of a certain age will recall how close their country came to losing the Bald Eagle.). Image of newly discovered juvenile Manumea by Moe Ulli).

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Samoa Bald Eagle Campaign Hunting 186

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

For mankind to snatch away a species’ very existence is wrong on so many levels that I can’t begin to explain them. However, despite our best efforts to wipe them off the face of the earth, some of the more vulnerable species have managed to hang on. this species breeds. Here are some U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 239

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2020

Over the years birding Willow Lake I had added nearly eighty eBird checklists at the preserve and netted myself 127 species, good for number two on the eBird hotspot list. Since the pandemic I’ve added one new species to my personal list for Willow Lake Preserve, a Field Sparrow.

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Bald Eagle New York City New York Birds 226

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2014

I was chatting with Gordon about this and we discussed how drones could be a safer way to get photos of birds or document birds for breeding surveys, but he was quick to point out, “You and I already have an idea of what a safe distance would be to test that out with an active bald eagle nest.

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Bald Eagle Mississippi Eagles Ducks 219

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2013

The only time that the joyous chaos of the coot flock is wielded in one common goal is when the resident Bald Eagles take flight and every single individual skitters away a short distance, as if the difference between free coot and eagle food is about 20 feet of waterspace. Even so, the eagles went hungry while we were there.

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Bald Eagle Florida Eagles Ducks 220

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Perhaps most striking, a pair of Bald Eagles looked down on us from a snag, eventually spreading their large, dark wings over the water. I not only appreciated the diversity of species, but also just how many birds there were. I not only appreciated the diversity of species, but also just how many birds there were.

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Bald Eagle Transported Eagles Birds 154

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2013

And so, these goats ate the flora of the island: unique species of Indian paintbrush and woodland star, bushmallow and wirelettuce and morning glory. Also, they were infested by a species of ear mite unknown to science. And so, the goats grew small and nimble, shy and drought-tolerant, through natural selection.

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Goats Bald Eagle Fox Feral 171

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2011

Before my trip to Washington the only species of puffin I had ever seen in the wild was the puffin of the Atlantic Ocean, the appropriately named Atlantic Puffin. The first obstacle was getting to the general range of the species, which is the west coast from northern California to Alaska and across to Russia.* I love puffins.

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Washington Protection Puffins Rhinoceros 186

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2013

Great Gray Owl , Northern Hawk Owl , Snowy Owl – this trinity captures the imagination of most birders with their imposing presence, unique adaptations, and beauty as among the most desired species of bird to see in the world. On the third day, we finally connected with the species I wanted to see the most and just could not miss.

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Minnesota Owls Bald Eagle Hoarding 218

Critter News

AUGUST 21, 2008

Michigan's removal of the bald eagle and gray wolf from the list will be the most significant change in species protection the state has seen in years. Tags: bald eagle Gray Wolf us endangered species. That's what Michigan's State Department of Natural Resources says.

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Michigan Wolves Eagles Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

In a recent case involving my own facility, an immature bald eagle was hit by a car. People passed the eagle often. A personal encounter with a wild species changes one’s perspective. As our population grows, so do the challenges we create for native avian species that coexist with us.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 190

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2019

Oh sure, you can go to Rock Creek Park or the Tidal Basin to seek out living avian species, or visitors can head to the Smithsonian museums for a dose of past and present bird lore from all over the world. In early June, I took note of each museum bird I spotted.

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DC Washington Bald Eagle Ostriches 187

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2015

Like my two previous visits I spent one day that I didn’t have to lead any field trips doing a run through central Florida looking for some of the specialty species of the region. On my previous trips I was successful on each and every species except for the crane. ” Was I? Yes, dear fisherman, yes!

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Cattle Bald Eagle Florida Endangered Species 230

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Like Syngenta’s “Talon,” “Jaguar”s active ingredient is brodifacoum, which has killed mountain lions, bobcats, and house cats, plus all of the species mentioned above.

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Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 269

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

And, there are 300+ species of birds in this breathtaking region of the northern Rockies. Bald Eagle. On a horseback ride into the mountains, I saw an off-season (unoccupied) eagle’s nest in a cave. Well, the 1,800+ square-mile county still has the cottonwood monsters that Lewis and Clark laid eyes on over 200 years ago.

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Montana Bald Eagle Birds Bears 183

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

While these birds are very much liked by Chinese birders, the species could unfortunately not be named the National Bird of China as the Latin species name of the bird is Grus Japonicus. Frankly, if the name of the Bald Eagle was North Korean Eagle ( Haliaeetus coreaseptentrionalis ?),

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Eggs Bald Eagle Birds Owls 246

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

Bald Eagles ,” I said encouragingly/defensively/lamely. Skye wore a long-suffering expression, while Bau-Hien – whose parents had settled in Texas after leaving Vietnam – regarded me with a mixture of fascination and alarm. said Bau-Hien. You’ve never seen one before?”. “We

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Puffins Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eggs 274

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2014

And who knows what else you can see at Viera – I’ve been lucky enough to see a Gray Kingbird there as well as a Bald Eagle catching and eating a Blue-winged Teal ! This Bald Eagle was a sight worth seeing! Sign up if you want the chance to see an enigmatic and charismatic species.

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Wildlife Bald Eagle 2015 New York City 157

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2019

In addition to spotting exciting new species in Florida, including the rare Snail Kite, travel across the country brought me into contact with birds in Oregon, California, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Alabama, and more. With my new job, I feel privileged to work towards protecting vulnerable species each and very day.

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Bald Eagle Alabama Kansas Wisconsin 173

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2011

He has a couple of clickers to keep count of the more numerous birds and is constantly noting down other species. On my visit, which was on Sunday morning, 23 October 2011, the most common birds were yellow-rumps, robins, and flickers.

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Bald Eagle Woodpeckers Blackbirds 2011 225

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

And we did , for the Peregrine Falcon and Osprey , the Brown Pelican and Bald Eagle. A species, wiped off the earth, never to exist again. Extinction is what befalls the species that fails to adapt, to survive, to thrive. Most species go extinct. We could do it! Then the 80s happened. What a horror! What a wrong!

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California Condor Guam Whaling Whales 227

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2019

Of what he did see, a pair of Bald Eagles at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge was the highlight, a species that didn’t used to be around in June in Queens at all. So, Bald Eagles as his Best Bird of the Weekend. Corey only birded for a bit on Saturday afternoon and didn’t see much that was terribly exciting.

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2019 Bald Eagle Jamaica Eagles 117

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2015

For those who don’t know, Christmas Bird Count compilation dinners usually involve the compiler for the count, in this case me, going through each species on the checklist. Each group yells out the number of each species seen. Here are the Bald Eagles where they’ve been spending their time, at Willow Lake.

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Bald Eagle Sparrows Pelicans Turkey 108

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

The local Bald Eagles are getting busy, I suspect there is an egg in the nest. The birds were too far away to identify, and I know more than one species does this, but if I had to guess they were starlings. If half the Warblers go extinct, that would be a lot of species but you’d still pretty much have Warbler DNA.

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Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines Birds 202

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2014

Other Rocky Mountain species I’d like to round up, in a perfect world, include Boreal Chickadee, Spruce Grouse, and Varied Thrush. Bald Eagle Jan 7 – Dunrovin Ranch, MT. Up until now, though, I’ve never put my year list on 10,000 Birds. This year, I’m taking the plunge. Birding year list'

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2014 Las Vegas Bald Eagle Nevada 167

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2015

Many species that are currently common may stay that way, and some species will likely increase…and hopefully species besides House Sparrows , European Starlings , Rock Pigeons and Eurasian Collared-Doves , which those in North America know as the four avian horsemen of the apocalypse.

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North America San Francisco California Suffering 250

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

There were once two species of goose, a merganser, and a pair of raven species. Once upon a time there was a much larger forest harrier, Forbes’ Harrier , and the all-time ultimate bird-of-prey, the Haast’s Eagle. This massive eagle, with a wingspan on up to 2.6

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Eagles New Zealand Bald Eagle Collecting 105

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Now, this is a bird species that is declining, and the eight we saw made up twice the total number of Red-headed Woodpeckers I have ever seen before my day on the Backcountry Trail. I was thirsting for some of the species I hadn’t seen yet, and I knew my window was closing for 2015. The birding wasn’t half bad either.

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Alabama Bald Eagle North Carolina Woodpeckers 150

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

I can imagine how you hate to see a Bald Eagle in a movie and hear the Red-tailed Hawk screech. A sound of a species never before recorded in the wilds of Serbia. Yet, at least, the two of them can be found at the same place. Hence, it is not impossible to see one and hear the other at the same time.

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Bald Eagle Serbia Eagles Species 128

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2012

We started early, walking the trails through weedy fields and reveling in the sheer number of sparrows (I saw nine species), Pine Siskins (everywhere), kinglets, Palm Warblers , and Yellow-rumped Warblers. The habitat was great and the birds were abundant which is a great recipe for a fun morning.

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Bald Eagle Connecticut Turkey New York 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

Bald Eagle. Think dozens and dozens of wood Warbler species. And, there are a number of species including Downy , Hairy , Red-bellied , Red-headed (increasingly difficult to find here), and Pileated Woodpeckers. Photo by © Mike Blevins. Photo by © Mike Blevins. Northern Harrier. Photo by © Mike Blevins. ~. Visitor Center.

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Louisiana Tennessee Bald Eagle Bears 186

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 10, 2012

On our way to Elizabethtown Will spotted a large raptor, definitely an eagle, flying high along a ridge top. We pulled over with visions of Golden Eagle because of location, time of year, and behavior, but the bird ended up being a Bald Eagle. This is a disgusting picture of a Bald Eagle.

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Bald Eagle Eagles Owls Birds 126

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The upside for me, not to take away from my day with 27 different bears, was the next 6 days all by myself on Kodiak Island, recording as many new bird species as I could find. I am sure there is a regulation that requires any article that covers Alaska, must include a Bald Eagle , so here is mine. Common Redpoll. Emperor Goose.

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Grizzly Bear Alaska Bears Puffins 154

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Among the diurnal raptors the Ospreys are mostly gone now, but Bald Eagles are starting to congregate, and no matter how many times you see it, it’s hard to get bored of a mass occupation of Bald Eagles (although I will defer to my Alaskan comrades if they claim this is possible.)

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Bald Eagle Montana Italy Owls 121

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Besides, I didn’t need a still image to identify my familiar Florida species. My husband remained more interested in the species below the surface. We watched a Bald Eagle soar on the warm updrafts over the marsh, while another actually stood on a mudflat, looking for prey.

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Bald Eagle Florida Alligators Pelicans 154