10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

There are two Painted Bunting populations, one that breeds along the Atlantic Coast from North Carolina to Florida and one that breeds in the interior United States and northern Mexico from southeastern New Mexico to western Mississippi. The Atlantic Coast population lingers on the breeding grounds after nesting to molt.

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Mississippi Mexico Alabama North Carolina 278

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

The key point is that Refuge System is perhaps the most important conservation program in the United States. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and they are located in every state as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and they are located in every state as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S.

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Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico United States 190

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Parking lots in Miami-Dade county offer a mostly standard assortment of birds compared to the rest of the United States. However, they do not settle down and setup breeding territories at my local inland locations until the latter half of April. Like many tyrant flycatchers, they have a distinct dawn song.

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Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Miami Florida 247

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2020

Those of us in the United States are celebrating Memorial Day Weekend, normally a time to gather with friends and family for barbecues, beach outings, and other fun group activities. Perhaps for those of us in the northeastern United States the number of birds this weekend has been a bit of a disappoint though.

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2020 United States Breeders New York 183

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

The Yellow-throated Warbler is a wood-warbler that breeds almost exclusively in the southeastern United States. In New York City we get them as migratory overshoots though they do stick around and attempt to find a mate on occasion (and there has been documented breeding of the species in the state).

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Florida New York City Dominica United States 192

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2011

While I often tease Corey about how many albatrosses we have down here in New Zealand, the fact is that the United States has three species of Albatross that breed within its boundaries, albeit one of them only very rarely, and visit the western shores of North America.

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Albatross Hawaii New Zealand Japan 195

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service , there are about 10 billion breeding birds in the US. The maximum population size may be closer to 20 billion in the fall, and 10 billion at the start of the Spring breeding season. How many birds to cats kill in the United States?

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Killing Cats Fish Feral Cats 274

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2011

I know these posts aren’t fun to read but the sheer volume of cases like this should indicate that the bird breeding business in the United States is a disgusting mess and should be strongly regulated if not shut down.

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Breeders United States Breeding Birds 168

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2013

But that’s not the case for many birds who live in or pass through the United States, a new report indicates. The State of the Birds 2013 , produced by the North American Bird Conservation Initiative , was introduced last week by the U.S. ” The answer to that question these days is, to put it bluntly, still dead.

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New York City United States 2013 New York 165

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2011

It’s also the hardiest, breeding as far north as the Alaskan arctic, much further north, in fact, than any other flycatcher. One might find it ironic that Say, considered the founder of descriptive entomology in the United States, has a bird named for him, but the fact that Say’s Phoebe is a flycatcher seems rather poetic.

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Argentina United States North America America 239

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The truth is that Lewis’s Woodpeckers , named after the famous explorer Meriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark fame a few years after being discovered in 1805, are found in the United States mainly west of the great plains (range map courtesy of Terry Sohl at South Dakota Birds ).

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Woodpeckers South Dakota Jordan United States 237

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2015

When birders in the eastern United States see a flash of red up in the canopy or deep inside nearby bushes, more likely than not those crimson feathers belong to the iconic Northern Cardinal. ” That same sentiment is probably true for us all!

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North Carolina West Virginia Legislature Virginia 205

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

If you live in the eastern United States, chances are you’re familiar with the clear, loud, teakettle teakettle teakettle song that reverberates through woods and thickets. This unique sound belongs to the Carolina Wren , who unsurprisingly is the state bird of South Carolina!

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South Carolina Legislation United States Birds 194

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

In 1952, the continental United States was looking pretty good actually on the extinction front. If you choose to consider 1944 the year, most people were a little busy right then. In 1952, at least in the US, no one wanted to be a Debbie Downer. We could do it! Then the 80s happened.

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California Condor Guam Whaling Whales 229

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2011

Unless you’re a big fan of your local breeding birds, you’ll find that this is the most boring time of the birding year. If you look for ducks in summer or warblers in winter, you’re very likely to be disappointed. Figure out your quarry before you step out and you’ll have a better chance of finding what you seek.

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United States Birds 2006 Breeders 232

10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2015

Mount Lassen erupted and exploded in May of 1915 sending ash and steam in a 6 mile (10 km) tall mushroom cloud, making it the largest recent eruption in the contiguous United States, until the explosion of Mount St. As the fifteenth national park established by Congress, it is one of the oldest national parks in the United States.

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United States Mammals Squirrels Bears 188

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2011

Anas strepera is a common and widespread duck, breeding across northern Europe and Asia, as well as central North America. Here in New York, as on most of the east coast of the United States, Gadwall are a year-round bird, breeding in appropriate marsh habitat.

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United States North America Jamaica Asia 162

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

We hypothesized that trends in waterfowl hunter numbers, as indicated by Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Conservation Stamp (duck stamp) sales, have become independent of breeding duck populations, and we assess the impacts on habitat conservation. 4 0.81) and 1995–2008 (r 1?4

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Ducks Hunters Hunting Wildlife 247

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2011

The bird we see in the northeastern United States, the rufa subspecies, is declining rapidly , “from a high count of 95,000 in the 80s and 90s to fewer than 10,000 earlier this year.&# Fortunately for both the birds and birders, the Red Knot is getting fast-tracked to Endangered Species protection.

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Endangered Species United States Protection Breeding 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2012

They are found in South America, the Caribbean, and the gulf coast states in the southeastern United States. They do tend to wander after breeding which explains my first encounter with that New Jersey bird.

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Wildlife New Jersey South America United States 211

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2011

Just like last year when I spent a goodly chunk of a Saturday at the end of May at Jamaica Bay I spent this past Saturday birding one of the premiere birding destinations of the northeastern United States, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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Jamaica United States Birds Wildlife 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The breeding season is longer, starts earlier. “Many long-distance migrants arrive so late on the breeding grounds that they have little opportunity to respond to warming conditions by nesting earlier.” The mechanism by which this is happening in at least some species of birds is very interesting. ” GannetCam.

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Taiwan Iceland United States Chickens 215

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2013

For birders heading off the coast of the eastern United States and attempting to tackle the mess that is the Band-rumped Storm-Petrel complex, a group of up to four cryptic species, this is a very real possibility. Breeding, migration (twice a year), and molting. When one is breeding, the other is not. The four actions?

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Breeding United States Bears Africa 189

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Zone-tailed Hawks breed in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, but they winter from Mexico to Brazil. They even tend to fly among Turkey Vultures , soaring with their wings held in the same slightly-V-shaped position. Then they drop out of the flock, and pounce.

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California Condor Turkey Mexico Meat 240

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Birding in Mexico is not like birding in the United States… especially when it comes to interpreting unusual sightings. Howell does not place the White-tailed Hawk anywhere near Morelia, but I have seen it in every cuadrant of the city, and know for a fact that it breeds near the church I pastor.

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Mexico Science Breeders United States 299

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2019

It is a collaboration of Rogue and the Oregon Zoo , one of a handful of condor breeding facilities in the United States ( review here ). Visitors to the Pacific Northwest who appreciate craft beer might sample Condor Kolsch from Rogue Ale & Spirits of Newport, Oregon.

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California Condor California Endangered Species Oregon 248

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Whatever you call them, they are near ubiquitous along the coast in the northeastern United States this time of year as they feed up on a variety of berries including bayberries, from whose genus, Myrica , the Myrtle Warbler gets its name. Personally, I prefer to call them Butterbutts. Ever wonder why they are called Butterbutts?

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United States Breeding Humane Birds 167

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2015

The Purple Finch officially became the state bird on April 25th. Most of the United States only sees Purple Finches in the winter months, when they migrate south. Though they breed in coniferous or mixed woods, during the winter they can be found in fields, shrublands, and even backyards.

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New Hampshire United States 2010 Birds 150

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2014

Many birders are aware that the Caribbean specialties, tropical seabird colonies, and even the menagerie of exotics are a unique feature of this part of the United States. These rarities tend to come from three main sources: the northern United States, western United States, and Caribbean.

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Florida Miami Stray United States 174

10,000 Birds

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. .” See Birdchick’s post here.

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Blackbirds California 2014 Sacramento 204

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2014

I had seen one in the same location earlier in the year and was hoping to bump into it again before it headed north to it’s breeding grounds in the Arctic. It has a plain grey back in all plumages and a heavily barred underside as breeding colours. The bill is medium length and straight.

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San Francisco United States California Australia 165

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2013

We here in New York City (and in much of the northeastern United States) are dealing with a pretty major cold snap for late May, with temperatures last night falling down to 46 degrees Fahrenheit (8 degrees Celsius). Strong wind and lots of rain has only added to the misery.

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Suffering New York City United States New York 201

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2012

It was a warm winter day and the bird seemed to be practicing its song for the breeding season to come. This is the time of year that Hermit Thrush move through the northeastern United States on the way to their distant breeding grounds. Many naturalists, writers, and poets have felt the same way. … a.

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New York United States Oregon Compassion 202

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2011

When the Great Lakes region of the United States enjoys a long-awaited weekend of warmth and sunshine, it is fair to say that spring has finally sprung or is at least in the act of springing! Which domestic breeds do you think are represented below? Have you been brushing up on your manky mallards ?

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2011 United States Birds Breeding 145

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Within a total of 301 tightly-packed but well organised plates, illustrated are all male breeding plumages, as well as females – where significantly different. 656 pages, 301 colour plates with 25,000 illustrations HarperCollins Publishers, London, September 2021 (in United States: Princeton University Press, 2021) ISBN 9780008173999.

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Botswana Africa Birds Ecuador 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2012

Superficially, it resembled the Black-chinned Sparrow of the southwestern United States with its gray chest and chestnut streaked with black back. The bird was a sparrow, that much was clear, but it didn’t seem to fit any of the easily boxes the other North American sparrows can be fairly easily sorted into.

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New Jersey North Carolina Sparrows Connecticut 251

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2012

Until the late 1950s they were exceedingly rare in the region, being a bird, as you can probably guess by the scientific name, of the southern United States. They breed in all five boroughs and can be readily identified in flight by their flashing yellow underwings and white rump. ……… a.

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New York City New York Woodpeckers New Jersey 261