10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2016
The five subspecies – Greater, Lesser, Mississippi, Florida, Cuban – show the genetic marks of what the species has had to do to survive. Featured image: a Mississippi Sandhill Crane egg begins to hatch, courtesy of the U.S. I’ve never seen a crane dance. Fish and Wildlife Service.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2012
Today, the species has all but disappeared east of the Mississippi River and has declined in western parts of its range, most likely caused by the expansion of the House Wren which destroys and removes their eggs from nest sites 1. A century ago, the Bewick’s Wren was beloved as the “house wren” of the Appalachians and the Midwest.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 29, 2014
Some abbreviations roll off your tongue and are thus quite helpful – Mourning Doves are MODOs, Peregrine Falcons are PEFAs, Mississippi Kites are MIKIs. Maureen Eiger categorizes any unidentifiable featherless nestlings as “ Tufted Puffins ;” to Letitia Labbie, they’re “Eggs With Legs.”.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2020
318 – Burrowing Owl , 16 May 2019: An unbelievable find and a thrilling chase, this bird at Big Egg Marsh was as as astonishing as it was unpredicted. Swallow-tailed Kite : I had a hard time deciding between this species and Mississippi Kite. And it was only one day after the shrike, which is always nice. (4 4 out of 5!).
10,000 Birds
APRIL 19, 2012
So, this pair (I assume there are two, though I only saw one today) of eagles has a territory including small dogs and stray children, baby coyotes, crows, but mainly squirrels and marmots right around its nest, and a major river backed up by a large dam about a mile or two away (the Mississippi) and several lakes.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Mississippi Kite – Ictinia mississippiensis. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. Clay-colored Sparrow – Spizella pallida. 28 May 2018.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2018
Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Mississippi Kite – Ictinia mississippiensis. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. Clay-colored Sparrow – Spizella pallida. 28 May 2018.
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