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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. Whats in it for birds?

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Of all migratory birds breeding in North America, Swallow-tailed Kites are among the first to leave for the wintering grounds. The local kites at this time of the year are about to start breeding. Swallow-tailed Kites are also among the first migratory bird arriving to breed in the U.S. Photo Credits: Tim Kelly.

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Florida Cuba Colombia 2004 257

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Further down the road, we reach a derelict building with a large veranda hidden among the trees – an abandoned hunting lodge (if I were in a situation to invest, I would choose to upgrade this into a luxury wildlife lodge). To Nitin, this was a recce trip for his new wildlife photography tours enterprise.

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Tigers Dogs India Snow Leopard 252

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Even though the female lays only two eggs per nest attempt, they enjoy a protracted breeding season in which multiple nesting attempts can occur every 30 days, and in Southern locations, nearly year round. On federal wildlife refuges and many states’ wildlife management areas, non-toxic shot is required when hunting all game birds.

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Hunters Hunting North America Game 192

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OCTOBER 12, 2011

I found these beauties at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, one of the many locations the Black-necked Stilt breeds in the California Central Valley (map courtesy of Terry Sohl at South Dakota Birds ). References: 1 Birds of North America Online a.

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South Dakota Sacramento Jordan North America 213

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

The latter figure very significant when you remember that many breeding passerines depend on the humble caterpillar to feed themselves and their offspring. Please read Doug’s book and / or listen to him on one of the many podcasts or via Youtube and then get to work turning your backyard into a minor haven for nature and wildlife!

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North America Wildlife Mammals Breeding 264

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

These vociferous little birds can usually be heard throughout the freshwater and saltwater marshes in North America. The male shown in the video above, filmed at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, was in the process of gathering nesting material for what usually adds up to a dozen to two dozen nests!

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Green-winged Teal ( Anas crecca carolinensis ) is North America’s smallest dabbling duck and taken by hunters second only to the Mallard. Luckily for them, even though they nest on the ground, they usually breed far from human habitation, under heavy vegetative cover. Click on photos for full sized images.

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Ducks North America Hunters California 182

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At the top of those destinations is the stretch of Gulf Coast Texas barrier islands starting at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in the north, through Padre Island National Seashore, to South Padre Island near the country’s border. Of the 300 hummingbird species across the globe, North America only sees fewer than two dozen of them.

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Texas Alaska North America America 205

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JUNE 18, 2013

Also, these human-occupied area are probably full of toxins and other impediments to normal use by wildlife. Their remarkable survival skills, evolved over thousands of years, rely on a chain of stopover feeding grounds and habitats for breeding and raising young – but break any one link and the survival of the entire species is threatened.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Kirtland’s Warbler is a classic niche species; they breed in only very specific conditions, which occur in only a very specific area. Fish and Wildlife Service. this species breeds. Fortunately, there were still a handful of immature birds alive at sea, and a few years later they were back on Toroshima breeding again.

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Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 235

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JULY 20, 2011

They occur mainly in western and southern portions of North America, breeding inland in colonies on remote islands and wintering along warm southern coasts 1. In breeding plumage, adult American White Pelicans have a distinct “centerboard&# or “horn&# on the ridge of their bill. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEWUbe7ec4E

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Pelicans Fish California Condor North America 165

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JULY 5, 2011

I am used to seeing young Gadwall at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, sometimes under less-than-ideal circumstances , but I rarely get a chance to see an entire brood of ducklings close enough to get some pictures. Anas strepera is a common and widespread duck, breeding across northern Europe and Asia, as well as central North America.

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United States North America Jamaica Asia 162

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MARCH 8, 2011

What events transpire miles away that make a certain destination attractive to birds and wildlife in one way or another? Consider Estero Lagoon for example… In North America there are nine regular plover species, ten if you include the more vagrant Common Ringed Plover.

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Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 220

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MAY 20, 2015

The Western Kingbird is one of eight species of tyrant flycatchers that breed in North America. I was able to photograph this bird recently at Modoc National Wildlife Refuge as it began to rain. Western Kingbirds can often be seen perched on fences and wires along the roadside.

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2001 North America New York America 182

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JANUARY 29, 2015

State and Federal Agencies feared that if these two large constrictor snakes are allowed to breed they would produce a hybrid super-python. Photo Credit: Invasive and Exotic Species of North America (www.invasive.org). The impact that pythons are having on native wildlife is not well understood.

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Pythons Florida Mammals Reptiles 196

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DECEMBER 21, 2011

Waterfowl numbers at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex may exceed two million by December, after the wetland areas of the Klamath Basin and other areas to the north become frozen. The Ross’s Goose is the smallest variety of the white geese that breed in North America. www.youtube.com/watch?

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South Dakota Sacramento Geese Arkansas 157

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AUGUST 13, 2014

” The report continues: “Following the breeding season, most tricolors are found in the Sacramento Valley where they aggregate with red-winged and other blackbird species and feed, often in large flocks, on ripening rice. .” References: 1 Birds of North America Online. See Birdchick’s post here.

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Blackbirds California 2014 Sacramento 200

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JUNE 20, 2012

Cliff Swallows migrate to North America from their wintering grounds in South America to nest in large colonies, sometimes numbering in the thousands. In addition to their homing tendency, breeding swallows are attracted to old nests. Fish and Wildlife Service. Authors: T.

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San Diego illegal California South America 165

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MARCH 21, 2024

Being a westerner — raised in California, and now living in western Mexico — I was perhaps most excited about the migratory birds that breed in eastern North America. Still, this sort of wildlife experience is available in pretty much any Mexican city. Then, around 4:00 p.m.,

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MARCH 3, 2011

and Colombia respectively, have secured thirteen new conservation easements in Colombia with private landowners that will protect important habitat for the Cerulean Warbler – North America’s fastest declining neotropical migrant songbird. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. The proposal from U.S.

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Colombia Deer 2011 Brazil 145

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MAY 11, 2013

Speaking of birds in nests, five Chilean Flamingo chicks who were raised by a human “surrogate dad” at a British wildlife center have now graduated to joining the adults in the center’s colony. The hope is that their presence while inspire the grown-ups to breeding success.

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Michigan Chile Tennessee North America 150

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The problem of free-roaming cats — and their predation on birds and other wildlife — is hotly contested in communities across the country, and it triggered a lively exchange in the hearing room. Cats are domesticated animals that are not indigenous wildlife in North America.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 239

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JULY 17, 2020

As the only breeding hummingbird east of the Mississippi River in the North America, could they have helped pollinate the apple trees of Neversink Spirits? Read Wildlife Sanctuary and the Marshlands Conservancy , for anyone who wants to combine some birding with a distillery visit.

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New York Connecticut Mississippi North America 181

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JANUARY 30, 2013

Now you know why the most numerous and widespread of the two swan species in North America used to be known as the Whistling Swan. That is where I found this group of nearly 100 Tundra Swans northeast of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge as they flew in to the flooded agricultural fields.

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South Dakota California Sacramento North America 117

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MARCH 21, 2011

Here’s hoping this bird makes it back to its home turf to breed and comes back to spend another winter in New York State! Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Many thanks to Fred Jordan for being a wonderful host with great enthusiasm for his awesome avian visitor.

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New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 223

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MARCH 17, 2011

The variety of plumages that they show and the way different individuals molt at different times is interesting to me and I have stopped being surprised at seeing a small flock of ruddies with some nearly in full breeding, or alternate plumage, while others are still in their basic, or non-breeding plumage. The proposal from U.S.

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Ducks 2011 New York New York City 147

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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. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. Forest Service.

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 254

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

In the Peterson field guide tradition, text and range maps are on the left and illustrations are on the right (though, unlike the tradition Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America there are no arrows pointing to field marks). Range maps accompany each species account—small but specific.

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El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 235

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FEBRUARY 17, 2015

If this was America, we might not be concerned because starlings are an invasive species, at least in North America. ” The birds appear to be starving to death, so experts don’t believe a toxin is the culprit, said Julia Burco, a wildlife veterinarian for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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Science Iraq Oregon Charlotte 153

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AUGUST 17, 2011

Combined with New Zealand’s isolation this means there are not the strong seasonal shifts in birdlife here that you’d find in an equivalent area in North America or Europe. The fence is the predator-fence used to keep the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, or Zealandia , safe from mammals. A nearby playground.

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New Zealand Sanctuary North America Guinea 113

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FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Likewise the Xantus’s Murrelet , named for John Xantus de Vesey, a Hungarian exile who discovered a number of birds in western North America. The southern species of what was the Xantus’s Murrelet is now called the Guadalupe Murrelet , a soothing name derived from the island where the bulk of the population breeds.

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North America Science Collecting Fish 117

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

It actually makes a lot of sense, the geographic features of the isthmus between North America (including Mexico, because Mexico is part of North America) and South America cut across political lines, as do birds. Of the native breeding species, 112 are endemic or “very nearly endemic.” (Can

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MAY 2, 2023

Flight Paths traces the history of migratory research in nine chapters, starting with the earliest attempts to track birds, bird banding/ringing (which she traces back to Audubon), and ending with ‘community science’ projects such as Breeding Bird Surveys and eBird. Geological Survey.

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Science Illinois Investigation 2006 225

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JANUARY 2, 2018

The section is dominated by large portraits of the 180 birds that have been documented by Project FeederWatch as visiting feeders across North America (most of which do not come to my feeders, so reading it made me a little sad and jealous). Fish and Wildlife Service states that almost 59.1 million individuals in the U.S.

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New York City Birds Squirrels Woodpeckers 189

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MARCH 22, 2018

One of my wildlife rehabber friends had received a legacy gift and contacted me regarding the prospect of building a nesting platform to place at the top of the utility pole. The shape of the Osprey nest changes during the breeding cycle. References: 1 Birds of North America Online.

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Eggs North America Fish America 121

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MARCH 4, 2011

It is also familiar at inland sites in winter, especially reservoirs and refuse tips, and breeds in the relatively-Northerly regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. Yellow-Legged Gull These gulls breed around the Mediterranean and have yellow, rather than flesh-coloured legs. Get yours today! I am clearly not.

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