10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Among them are Federal Duck Stamps and related waterfowl conservation programs. There are several funding sources for the MBCF, but two predominate: (1) Duck Stamp sales, and (2) import duties on arms and ammunition. Thus, Duck Stamp money goes into the MBCF and the MBCC decides how to spend those funds.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 5, 2015
But this attempt by Congressmen Duncan of South Carolina to completely prevent any enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is beyond the pale, even for bird-hating Republicans. This is not the first time that I have pointed out the perfidy of Republicans in United States government as it relates to birds or conservation.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 23, 2011
Call it climate change, call it habitat restoration (in truth, it’s probably a little of both), but as far north as South Carolina you can find much of the same diversity in impressive concentrations, without the proximity to saccharine, nausea-inducing theme parks (though I’m told that proximity is actually a selling point for some.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
A weird mussel-eating duck. He discovered the little black-bibbed warbler in 1832 in the canebrakes of coastal South Carolina on one of his frequent outings, collected it, and sent the skins on to John James Audubon who eventually named the species he would never see after his friend. A slight, transhemispheric curlew.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2021
“This beautiful and singular bird, although a constant resident in the southern extremities of the peninsula of Florida, seldom extends its journeys in an eastern direction beyond the State of North Carolina. He once obtained a specimen in full plumage about ten miles north of Charleston.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2018
There are four scenic overlooks, a woodpecker viewing area, a migratory duck pond, and access to The Appalachian Trail. Table Rock State Park, South Carolina. Sky Meadows State Park, Virginia. This 1,864-acre park is rich with avian diversity across woodlands and pastures. American Kestrel. Photo by © Mike Blevins.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 10, 2012
My latest, and ongoing, project, akin in some ways to a Big Year, is the Carolina Century Project , in which I try to accumulate at least 100 species in as many of North and South Carolina’s combined 146 counties as I can. This has been a challenging, but immensely fun, endeavor.
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