10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The conference timed nicely with sparrow migration and everyone was anxious to get views of reported Nelson’s Sparrows that were obligingly hanging out in some mud along a beaver pond. The spot to view the sparrows and pipit is right on a beaver dam surrounded by mud, it’s pretty cool. Have we all gone completely mental?

Family 193

Family Beavers Minnesota Sparrows 193

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2024

The rooms are floating in a pond and the pond provides a home for a Eurasian Beaver family. Just across the bridge, some kind climate change people had invested a lot of money in a climate forest which to me looked like beaver food. The beavers agreed. Skeins of Greylag Geese completed the picture.

Beavers 166

Beavers Netherlands Eagles Geese 166

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2017

You might think it would have been no big deal to take off to the Adirondacks for a day chasing a rare gull a couple of days before leaving your family for a week while you gallivant around Austria but you probably live alone and will continue to do so. I, on the other hand, enjoy living with my family and would like to keep doing that.

New York 104

New York Owls Beavers Puerto Rico 104

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

Examples are wolf, beaver, otter, domestic cat, wolverine, wild boar, elk (moose), and reindeer. As a matter of fact, the photos were one of the biggest initial obstacles to review “Tracks and Signs” because my family refused to give the book back to me once I got it out of the packaging.

Europe 167

Europe Mammals Animal Reindeer 167

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds. The refuge offers opportunities for hiking and biking trails, canoeing and kayaking on Swan Lake, bank fishing, and family friendly programs and events.”

Fish 152

Fish Wildlife Hunting Louisiana 152