10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Fish and Wildlife Service. Among the most famous of these is the Sandhill Crane – with its oldest confirmed remains dating back 2.5 million years to the Lower Paleolithic. But soft mud can become stone sooner than we think, and there’s no excuse to be careless.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2014

Images courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. It was not mine, and I couldn’t miss what I had never had. Because sometimes a Bullock’s Oriole just flies over your head, on a day when you’re only vaguely expecting any such thing, and then perches at the tip of a pathside tree and starts singing.

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Baltimore California Condor Montana Cleveland 170

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

such as California Condors and Passenger Pigeons. He was the founder of both and a devoted keeper of the spirit of threatened raptors the world over, including the California Condor , which also underwent captivity in order to survive. Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2011

With an 8 to 9 1/2 foot wingspan and weighing in at up to 30 pounds, it rivals the California Condor for size and weight. I was lucky enough to catch this photo of an adult in flight at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge back in February showing the horn and their distinctive black and white plumage.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2014

I have been to 11 countries to watch wildlife that this species lives in. California Condor. Looking over my list, it seems I’m a fairly shallow wildlife watcher interested in spectacle. This isn’t a target for this trip that I am aiming for, because this is a nemesis species for me. Is that so much to ask?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

I haven’t even been to all of the best national wildlife refuges for birding. Another is California Condor in the Grand Canyon.). I particularly enjoy birding national wildlife refuges, so I try to include at least one on each trip. Thus, my “good birds” are likely the opposite of an eastern birder.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Because ingestion of spent lead shot has been documented to cause acute health problems in wildlife (most notably death), use of lead shot has been increasingly restricted over the past few decades. 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 175

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2012

The new edition adds 11 species, birds such as Zone-tailed Hawk, Short-tailed Hawk, and California Condor that are only seen in specific areas of North America. Pat and Clay also have a blog that you may want to pursue, especially if you are interested in butterflies and wildlife gardening.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2022

For example, in reading about the re-introduction of the California Condor into the Pacific Northwest, the press releases referred to a “non-essential experimental” group of condors. The post entitled “ Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding ” is likely second. The answer sometimes result in a post.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2022

For example, in reading about the re-introduction of the California Condor into the Pacific Northwest, the press releases referred to a “non-essential experimental” group of condors. The post entitled “ Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding ” is likely second. The answer sometimes result in a post.

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