10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

Injured wildlife are not the most cooperative of patients. Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. I was working at the Coastal Wildlife Rescue Center here in Alabama, and he had either been blown in during a storm or caught a ride on a ship.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 161

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Wildlife rehabilitators are not known for our bling. People who work with wildlife wearing nice clothes? People who work with wildlife wearing nice clothes? asked Marge Gibson, when I asked a group of bird rehabbers about their bling experiences. Earrings are toast with my Wood Duck and Wild Turkeys.

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Bald Eagle Wildlife Rehabilitation Vet Turkey 216

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

What I don’t understand is why animal rights organizations almost completely ignore wildlife. It seems that these people, who purport to claim to care so much about animals, are completely ignorant of the existence of any animal life beyond horses, cows, pigs, chickens and turkeys. on a daily basis, both legally and otherwise.

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Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Wildlife Rights 204

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

One good thing about birding during a pandemic–the forced restrictions on place and time translate into more time to observe what birds do. Bird behavior–endlessly fascinating, but so much still hidden and unknown. Extreme behaviors also push scientists to look at birds in new ways.

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Science Birds Costa Rica Research 216

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2019

A straight shot to my bird feeder. My yard is a birding hotspot. The feeder dangles from a clothesline between two pine trees, beckoning a range of bird varieties. Crudely put, bird-watchers look at birds; birders look for them. Crudely put, bird-watchers look at birds; birders look for them.

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Agenda Louisiana North America Birds 138

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AUGUST 17, 2019

Lots of birds, a lot of really cool birds! However, as with many other places throughout the globe, this small country also has its fair share of urban wildlife. Our birding was particularly productive for the Central Valley but still gives an idea of what can be found in and near urban areas of Costa Rica.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2014

When I saw a Turkey Vulture soaring serenely over the frozen tundra of Rochester last month, I took the sighting as an example of how confused, in a potentially fatal way, some birds can get. Still, the poor bird may be in for some frigid nights ere warm weather settles in. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2014 Geese Jamaica Turkey 181

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Do you ever have those moments when you’re supposed to be paying attention to something serious, but you’re immeasurably distracted by the bird species around you? There was only one problem: THERE WERE SO MANY BIRDS. For me, that experience encompassed an entire trip to Picayune Strand. Exploring with our Swamp Buggies.

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Birds Turkey Florida Experience 133

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2016

Back in 2012 when I made my first foray to the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival I put up back -to- back posts featuring up-close-and-personal shots of some of the cooperative birds I encountered. Every shot in this post was obtained using my Swarovski digiscoping rig, a pretty fun way to shoot wildlife!

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Every year from around January through the end of March, Anhinga Trail in Everglades National Park comes alive as water levels throughout the park drop and force birds to concentrate around more permanent water sources. Suddenly, the entire trail system comes alive as birds begin their day.

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Wildlife Alligators Miami Florida 127

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2012

Around thirty miles from Missoula in the Bitterroot Valley lies the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. Mounted swans and hawks swing from the ceiling, while ducks and smaller birds, as well as the skins and skulls used for the hands-on portions of the children’s programs, cover nearly all of the walls.

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Wildlife Montana Bald Eagle Geese 166

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

This story comes from Melissa Gillmer, a zookeeper and wildlife rehabilitator at the Bear Mountain Zoo. However, the gang of Turkey Vultures and Black Vultures who hang around the zoo were happy to oblige, and soon descended on the fish. Birds black vultures Ospreys Turkey Vultures wildlife rehabilitators'

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Fish Wildlife Rehabilitation Bears Zoos 181

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2013

A wildlife rehabilitator friend, newly licensed, recently called to ask if he could feed a recovering Turkey Vulture anything besides defrosted rodents. In any case: joining the already-packaged food items in my freezer are wild birds who didn’t make it. Birds raptors turkey vulture wildlife rehabilitators'

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Rodents Mice Chipmunks 189

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2018

The sun was out, the birds were singing, and I got to point out Northern Gannets patrolling offshore. We got off the ferry and, seeing as we only had about half-an-hour to drive before we were at our hotel, we decided to explore a bit at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Northern Gannet from the Cape May-Lewes Ferry.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

But “Hawk”’s active ingredient, a deadly second-generation anticoagulant, bromadialone, has been implicated in the deaths of Red-tailed Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawks, Cooper’s Hawks, and other raptors : American Kestrels, Barn Owls, Golden Eagles, Great Horned Owls, and Turkey Vultures. Thanks for your concern for wildlife, Syngenta.).

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Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 257

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

This is the lesson that Seaside Aquaculture owner Khan Vu has hopefully learned after being charged, found guilty, and sentenced under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Seaside’s employees denied shooting any birds; however, owner Vu admitted to shooting six pelicans to prevent them from eating his fish. How bad was Vu and company?

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Fish Texas Farming Pelicans 198

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

There is no excuse for putting a banner photo like this on a renowned birding site. It’s just that when summer is over and most wildlife rehabilitators are fried, this is the kind of thing that will make most of us fall to our knees, choking with laughter, tears spurting from our eyes. We do real birds.”. You raptor people!”

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Turtles Turkey Rodents 209

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2016

Today’s blog was written by Kathy Hershey, co-founder of Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators in Hope, Indiana. There’s a huge bird chasin’ the kids around the trailer park! Parker was an adult Turkey Vulture who enjoyed playing with children. By far, calls about the ‘big black bird” topped all the calls they received each day.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Mice Indiana Game 128

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2011

One of the things I like best is squeezing a little birding in on non-birding trips. In short, as ways of birding go, it’s low-impact. In short, as ways of birding go, it’s low-impact. Writing AND birding (AND, inevitably, a *ahem* few glasses of wine with fellow creative types)? Sign me up!

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Mules Bald Eagle ALA Turkey 159

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

There are some birds looking to be fed on the label of this week’s beer, too, which is an excellent collaboration from Baltimore brewers Stillwater Artisanal and Oliver Brewing Company called Tuppence (Feed the Birds). Come feed the little birds, show them you care. And you’ll be glad if you do. Their nests are so bare.

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New York Baltimore Turkey Birds 110

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2015

And where all those birds are? This map shows the distribution of the World’s bird species, based on overlying the breeding and wintering ranges of all known species. And it raises a question: if all the birds are having a party over there, am I in the wrong spot? I am talking 600 or 700+ bird species. Why am I here?

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Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 257

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2012

Anhinga , otherwise known as Snakebird , Water Turkey , or American Darter * – and more formally as Anhinga anhinga – is a bird I have long wanted to see in New York State. In fact, he pointed out the exact same bird as the bird below. In fact, he pointed out the exact same bird as the bird below.

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Florida Honduras Turkey Wildlife 172

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Moving means finding your new birding haunts. We all have them: our favorite places to take friends and family when they visit, the bird-friendly areas we pop in on when we have the chance, the landscapes that entrance us. Wakulla holds such bird delights because it is completely protected. We opted for the 12:30 p.m.

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Alligators Turkey Hunting Raised 117

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2015

H5N2 is a bird influenza virus that is making news. This mainly affects domestic fowl, and in this sense is not a topic central to 10,000 Birds. But, wild birds are part of the story, and the virus itself has changed and has been known to make wild birds ill. There will be a Turkey for every table for the US Thanksgiving.

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Mississippi Fowl Minnesota Turkey 174

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

This 90 acre lake, managed by Arizona Fish and Wildlife is about a 45 mile drive from Tucson, and 9 miles from Mexico, as the Chihuahuan Raven flies. Certainly what I would consider to be an under birded area, eBird.com lists 232 species on 397 total check lists. One raft along had over 380 birds in it.

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Mexico Tucson Arizona Ducks 131

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2019

But every Monday, he explores the wonderful habitats and birds found within an hour of his house. This is Paul’s first post for 10,000 Birds. My first birding period was over 40 years ago, in the San Francisco Bay Area. I continued to bird off and on through my university years in Santa Barbara.

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San Francisco Mexico Turkey California 116

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

My rehabber friend Lisa Acton, who is with Animal Kingdom USA Wildlife Rehabilitation , picked up her phone and heard the voice of an elderly lady. Get away, before he and all his psycho bird friends tear the roof off your house!” Lisa reports that for a bird taking its first real flight, this vulture did a heck of a job.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Turkey Humane Wildlife 187

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2017

We spent a day on the beach, a morning on Turkey Creek, and took walks around the neighborhood. She is an expert identifier of marine invertebrates, sea grasses, and reef fish, but is just beginning to learn birds. Plus, I usually bird alone, so sharing the experience with a friend is that much better. ” I wondered.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2013

The upside of rehabbing Turkey Vultures is they’re smart, funny, cool, fascinating birds. She made the 10 or 14 calls it usually takes to find a wildlife rehabilitator, finally finding me. She made the 10 or 14 calls it usually takes to find a wildlife rehabilitator, finally finding me. It’s a small price to pay.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Soreing Turkey Suffering 193

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2012

Nick Lund , formerly at birdDC and then the Birdist , should be no stranger to readers of 10,000 Birds. He’s previously shared his surprisingly strong feelings about the bird logos of NFL and MLB teams. Like any obsessive birder, of course, I’ve found a way to make birding part of the job.

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Mississippi Vermont Birds Nebraska 171

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2013

We here at 10,000 Birds are pleased to announce that two new Beat Writers have agreed to risk their spare time, their reputations, and their credibility by agreeing to blog here on 10,000 Birds! Dragan will be writing about “Eastern Europe and Beyond” while Alfredo will cover “Neotropical Birds and Ecology.”

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Europe Florida Spain Serbia 150

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2013

Two-thousand-twelve was a pretty darn good year for me birding-wise and otherwise. Seeing 525 species was nice, as was the fact that I birded in four countries, nine of the fifty states in the United States, and fifty-one counties. I went to the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival in Titusville, Florida.

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2012 Czech Republic Hedgehogs Hungary 143

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

And so ended the birding day of the W. We survived mosquitoes, poison ivy, arguments about the route, traffic, and everything else that was thrown at us and we managed to break the record for the Seatuck Birding Challenge, which had stood at 117. On the way out Stephane spotted the silhouette of a large bird perched on a bare stub.

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Bald Eagle Jamaica Birds Eagles 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

We had already planned on at least one night in Eugene, and spending a day at Fern Ridge Wildlife Area. It turned out that my sister was going to be just fine, which meant that we might be able to pick up a few coastal birds earlier in my year than planned. A new lifer for me, and a bird that was never ever on any of my wish lists.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2013

In July of 2010, I checked into a bed and breakfast on Lafayette Square, a little frustrated because I hadn’t yet had a life bird on my epic journey across most of America. Eastern) territory, and birding from a speeding car on the interstate is not really conducive to identifying the finer points of sparrows.

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St. Louis Sparrows Kansas City Kansas 164

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2017

When you find an area that has a year round water supply, especially at the surface, a huge commodity in any desert, you are sure to find an abundant amount of wildlife. This just happens to be the exact combination that provides for many species of birds, including the exceptional Acorn Woodpeckers , Melanerpes formicivorus, subspecies M.

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Camels Woodpeckers Mexico Turkey 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2011

I was lucky enough to get off work early the other day and thought I would head out toward Battle Creek Wildlife Area and try to get some better photos of the Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk I’ve seen on Dersch Road. A bird I seldom see in the valley. I watched the interaction of these birds for quite awhile.

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