10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
Here in North Carolina, I’ve managed to avoid seeing the dreaded Juncos for the last few days, though their presence has been noted on the local listserv. I mean, once the Dark-eyed Junco s start showing up there’s really no denying it, is there? You’re done.
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2012
As a Northeast birder I am familiar with the alarming decrease in the number of Red Knots along Atlantic shores and have signed petitions and written e-mails calling for legislation and rules that will limit the overharvesting of the horseshoe crab, whose eggs Red Knots depend on. million in the late 1990’s. Should the gulls be controlled?
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2015
Shorebirds were around in small numbers as well: I believe most of them were probably out feeding on Horseshoe Crab eggs in better locations. But the bird that most reminded me that I was south of home was the Brown-headed Nuthatch , which I had only seen before in North Carolina and Florida. I have rarely seen so many.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2014
For example, in the Delaware Bay, warming coastal waters can cause horseshoe crabs to lay their eggs earlier than normal; conversely, more intense and frequent coastal storms can cause late spawning. In both cases, knots, which feed on the crabs’ eggs, can miss their peak refueling opportunity. Birds in Delaware Bay.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2014
There were ten students in total that had signed up for the spring break “Seabirds” course in Dry Tortugas National Park, and after long drives down from North Carolina we had all made it right on time. Birds were everywhere, soaring through the air, walking on the beach, and landing in the low level of vegetation.
10,000 Birds
JULY 1, 2014
They cut down the trees the parrots used for nesting and brought black rats, who ate their eggs, and honeybees who swarmed into their nests, and by 1937 there were only about 2,000 Puerto Rican Parrots left. Spanish settlers arrived in 1493 and called the birds Coterras. Other Europeans came. Africans were brought over as slaves.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2021
The authors themselves, Barbara Ballentine and Jeremy Hyman, are professors at Western Carolina University, a state university in Cullowhee, North Carolina. I find it fascinating tracing the publishing roots of these titles.
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