10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

In June, I visited North Dakota for the first time. The experience was marvelous — but it also weighed heavily on me. Like any birder visiting a new place, I had a target species list I was hoping to seek out during the one day I had available between business commitments. That’s one of my photos above.

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Species Los Angeles Science 2000 230

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2013

Indeed, can you truly experience the wonder of nature from the confines of a vehicle? This is one of many Black Terns flying low over a bridge at Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota. Always, always, have binoculars and camera within reach when you are driving around on a birding trip. Does that sound so bad?

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LACS North Dakota Costa Rica Idaho 157

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2011

I imagine these explorers had the same reaction as the Lewis and Clark expedition as they moved from the tallgrass prairies of North Dakota and Montana into the northern Rockies of western Montana. I learned early and often when I moved to Colorado that a birder will have to up their physical ante to experience some of these birds.

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Colorado North Dakota Montana Owls 166

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Written in the tradition of the classic Hawks in Flight , but very much a product of the experiences of its birder authors, this is a groundbreaking book that offers a new way of identifying migratory birds at sea to all of us who observe the waters of eastern North America with expectation and excitement. Some maps are quite busy.

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Ducks Groups North America Species 247

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The Refuge has also become a place where people can experience and learn about wildlife and the places they call home, whether through self-guided discovery or by participating in one of our many educational programs. The Service proposes opening the following refuges to sport fishing for the first time: North Dakota.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Louisiana 185

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2011

I photographed this Guianan Cock-of-the-rock at a lek site near Surama, deep in the rainforest zone of Guyana, and my incredible experience with Andean Cock-of-the-rocks was at a display lek on the edge of the town of Jardin, in the coffee-belt of Colombia, both just incredible birds that make the heart soar with joy!

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2011 Birds South Korea North Dakota 233

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Sadly, Gillette's experience is not unique. However, 12 states, namely, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming and Wisconsin [Imagine, The Dairy State doesn't protect a woman's right to nurse!], How sick and twisted is that.

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Animal Meat Cows District of Columbia 40