10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Clearly, author Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, the author of 24, soon to be 25, children’s books, is also a birder (and a little research brings up a presentation she gave at Ogeechee Audubon, Georgia with the biographical information and she and her family “love watching birds and wildlife seen near their lagoon on Skidaway Island.”

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New York City Pelicans Penguins New York 140

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Audubon’s Hog Island Audubon Camp attracts birders of all skills levels every summer and Acadia National Park, Monhegan Island, Machias Seal Island, and Scarborough Marsh are nationally known birding hotspots. I’ve missed this information, especially when I travel to Los Angeles to visit my daughter and her family.

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Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 182

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Even the names we give to some birds reflect their dependence on the cultivated landscape – we have Barn Owls ( Tyto alba ) and Barn Swallows ( Hirundo rustica ) over much of the world, and Orchard Orioles ( Icterus spurius ) in the Americas really do have a fondness for fruit groves.

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Belgium Vermont Farming Europe 117

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

There are owls in New York City. Big owls: Barred Owls on Riverside Drive and down the path from Harlem Meer, a Great Horned Owl in Central Park’s Ramble. The NYC owls have little to do with the book in front of me except that it too is about birds and people. But–is that it?

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New York City Fox Owls California Condor 177

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2019

Members of the family Caprimulgidae don’t rank very high on any list of visually charismatic birds, so I was surprised to finally find one depicted on this week’s wine, the Bota Box Nighthawk Black Red Wine Blend. Bota Box takes its name from the bota , a Spanish leather wineskin traditionally lined with a goat bladder and sealed with resin.

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Goats Seals 2003 South America 119

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners.Or The Islands hold important populations of Monk Seals as well as all the world’s Laysan Ducks and Laysan Finches. I see Kure was also badly hit. Wicked, right?

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2011 Deer Pro-Test Wildlife 172