10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2016

This began the rehabilitation of the first recorded sighting of a White-tailed Tropicbird in the state of Connecticut! The next call I made was to a very good friend who is a pilot, hoping that he would know someone willing to fly the bird from Connecticut to Florida. On Sunday morning things really started to get busy.

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Connecticut Florida Wildlife Rehabilitation Delaware 189

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

“Three hatchling American Robins in a plastic slice of pie container,” said Bonnie Alexander in Connecticut. Five hatchling House Sparrows in a Happy Meal box,” said Johanna Walton, also in Connecticut. “They brought us one in a box the size of a small refrigerator,” said Karen Lynn in Connecticut.

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Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Here in New York State Snowy Owls have been reported in more than ten counties, with most of those counties having birds being seen in multiple locations.

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Owls Rhode Island North Carolina New Hampshire 278

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AUGUST 9, 2013

A robot that feeds baby birds so I can take a nap,” wrote Jodi in Massachusetts. “A A filtration system that works on waterfowl pools without clogging,” wrote Linda in Connecticut. A massage therapist for an hour every morning, then I wouldn’t be so bitchy,” wrote Jodi in Massachusetts. Personal Things. “A

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma Michigan 255

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2021

There are several states with 100-199 species: North Carolina (172, unchanged), Washington (171, up from 144), Michigan (159, unchanged), Virginia (147, up from 122), North Dakota (141, unchanged), Idaho (129, up from 57); New Mexico (112, unchanged); Massachusetts (110, up from 81); Colorado (106, unchanged), and Pennsylvania (109, up from 102).

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West Virginia United States Puerto Rico Minnesota 260

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2012

It was Massachusetts Representative John Weeks who sponsored and fought for the 1911 Weeks Act, which authorized the use of federal funds for the purchase of forest lands for conservation. I had the pleasure of briefly meeting Kenn Kaufman several years ago at the Hampshire Bird Club, located, appropriately, in Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts Rhode Island North America Reptiles 214

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Listed as a Species of Special Concern in New York and as threatened or endangered in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, Poocetes gramineus is in trouble in the northeastern United States and, considering the decline shown in Ontario’s second breeding bird atlas, in eastern Canada as well.*

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Sparrows North Dakota Downers United States 165