10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

An impressive combination of research and artwork, combined with a pragmatic organization aimed towards quick identification, and education, Baby Bird Identification extends the frontiers of bird identification guides and is an important contribution to wildlife rehabilitation literature. Woodpeckers are a family of focus for Tuttle-Adams.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Family Collecting 290

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JUNE 17, 2015

Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. National wildlife refuges provide premier outdoor recreational opportunities across the Nation.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Louisiana 162

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2011

Astounding because she picked up birding before she could speak and surprising because this ability was definitely not inherited from anyone in my family, myself included. Reading to your kids before they go to bed is an easy and simple way to subtly put birding right into their sub-conscious. GAMES AND APPS. BIRD FEEDERS.

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Birds Game South Africa Wildlife 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

… Tags: brazil , giveaway • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Wicked, right? The proposal from U.S.

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Brazil Wildlife 2011 Deer 150

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2015

That place is the fabled home of shorebirds, both common and rare, the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. This year, what with family plans and other commitments, I didn’t get out on the pond until later than usual but it was worth the wait. American Avocet on Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s East Pond.

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Jamaica Wildlife New York City New York 162

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2013

There were snakes everywhere, they must have eaten his family!”. I called my wildlife rehabilitator friend Maggie Ciarcia, who, yes, has rehabbed baby wild mice before. Once a week I hike into the woods and leave them for the multi-generational family of Common Crows I’ve raised and released over the years. More on this later.

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Mice Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Raised 217

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2017

I have to say right off that taxonomic organization is imprinted in my brain. Both men lead trips for tour company Tropical Birding (Barnes is a founder), and they have also co-authored Wildlife of Madagascar (another WildGuide volume, 2016), Birding Ethiopia (with Christian Boix, 2010) and Wild Rwanda (with Christian Boix, 2015).

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Ecuador Wildlife Reptiles Mammals 189

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2021

There’s a ( Eurasian) Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus ) flitting around some flowers and butterflies, while what is likely another European member of the family Paridae – possibly either a Willow Tit ( Poecile montanus ) or Marsh Tit ( Poecile palustris ) – seems to alight on the letter “T” in “Natura”.

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2020 Chile Bald Eagle Europe 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

The last weekend of January found me in the frosty Pacific Northwest, meeting some long over due work and family obligations. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge. This wonderful piece of birding real estate can be found 8 miles east of Olympia, and an hour’s drive south of Seattle Washington, right along the I-5 corridor.

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Wildlife Seattle Bald Eagle Geese 131

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Whether you are traveling with your family, in a small group, or alone, our tours are customizable to suit your every need and wish. Our certified tour guides are local professionals who specialize in wildlife and are eager to share their passion for birdwatching and the wonders of their home countries’ natural heritage with you.

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Guatemala El Salvador Belize Honduras 264

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

–especially when reviewing books like A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia or Far from Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds. But, unlike most books focused on a bird family, this one is organized geographically. It is not always easy to get the right color in printed photographs. Press).

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Penguins Georgia Albatross New Zealand 279

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2018

I saw my first in Utah back in 2010 right around the time I first started birding but didn’t see one in California proper until a visit to Point Reyes National Seashore in October of last year. Sand Point Family Vineyards: Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 (Lodi Appellation). One wonders how they ever find the time to make wine!

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2015 San Diego California Condor Family 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2012

Photographed at Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge, MT. Once you accept this basic fact, you will be surprised at the ease in which you will find yourself identifying peeps and plovers, left and right. Black Oystercatcher … right? Photographed at Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge, ND. Birders are a timid bunch.

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LACS Alaska Connecticut Wildlife 240

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Either way, it was a heck of a sight and another example of why Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is the best place in New York City to see amazing wildlife spectacles. … Tags: ducks , features , jamaica bay , migration , queens • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Wicked, right?

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica Deer 209

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

As part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil giveaway we asked readers of 10,000 Birds to name the bird in Brazil that they would like to see more than any other species. Green-and-rufous Kingfisher is the only Cholorceryle species I haven’t seen, so observing one would complete a genus in this fascinating family.

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Brazil 2011 Birds Penguins 246

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

link] Duncan Mar 14th, 2011 at 11:20 pm My boss from Tern has let me know that Laysan apparently suffered “significant loss of wildlife and some damage and loss of infrastructure and equipment.&# That said, given the history of the islands I imagine the wildlife will recover with time. Wicked, right? The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Deer Pro-Test Wildlife 220

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

On the contrary, if you are a traveling birder, you might just find your next birding destination right here on 10,000 Birds. PIP is situated right on a beautiful lake -- the place to be when its hot! Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. The proposal from U.S.

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Portugal 2011 Deer Africa 223

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

yanked the steering wheel to the right, slammed on my brakes, grabbed my binoculars, and threw myself out of the car. The mission of wildlife rehabilitators is to return injured birds to the sky, or the sea, or wherever it is they came from. En route, the teenagers were chatting away when suddenly I screamed “Eagles!”,

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Puffins Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eggs 274

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

In fact Punta Cana is a shining example of how large hotels can conduct their operations in a sustainable manner whilst contributing significantly to the preservation of birds, wildlife and habitats. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right?

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Dominican Republic 2011 Deer Kuwait 239

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Just yesterday the FBI was able to complete its evidence gathering and clearing of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, returning the refuge back to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and freeing the seventeen refuge employees to go back to work. So far the cost of the Malheur NWR occupation is estimated at over $3.3

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Extremist Hunters Utah Nevada 181

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right? Save that for the duck butts.If

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Ducks 2011 Deer Brazil 235

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Filming the plovers of Estero Lagoon Plovers are a significant part of the shorebird family, comprising 66 species worldwide. What events transpire miles away that make a certain destination attractive to birds and wildlife in one way or another? Wicked, right? I am often guilty of neglecting “place&# when birding.

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Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 238

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Collins Birds of the World is “ a must for the travelling birder ,” as the BBC Wildlife Magazine reviewer has put it. of January 2019, which resulted in 10,711 species, 40 orders, 246 families and 2,313 genera. And the paintings are just the right thing to dream over on long winter evenings. And I cannot agree more.

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Botswana Africa Birds Ecuador 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2015

He yelled a relatively unintelligible explanation as he ran to the car, abandoning his family, and sped to Jamaica Bay where he parked and ran out to the breach of the West Pond where he relied upon the kindness of other birders, who let him use their scopes while he got his breath back.

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Jamaica 2015 Abandon Abandoning 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right? The proposal from U.S. Hat-tip to Stella.

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Experience Experiments Deer 2011 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Mike McDowell. Hat-tip to Stella.

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Deer 2011 Cats New York 181

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right? The proposal from U.S. Hat-tip to Stella.

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2011 Deer Cats Owls 188

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

Local farmers view it as a threat to domesticated wildlife. We then switch to Andy McWilliam, a genial investigator with the National Wildlife Crime Unit, who combines the skill of a life doing police work with a deep appreciation for the importance of Great Britain’s wildlife laws.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2019

We see a closer shot of the river itself, hawks flying across the span, and then we see that brown line again, close up, a wall of brown panels filling the right side of the screen, continuing into the distance, no end in sight, while a white pick-up truck drives parallel to it at the far left of the screen.

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Advocacy Mexico United States Sanctuary 268

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

Turns out, Monday brought more than a little rain, and we got soaked as we explored the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge and the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge along the ocean. Someone had told me a group of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers called this patch of forest home, and we were determined to find out if he was right.

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North Carolina Alligators Wildlife Woodpeckers 217

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

The subject is one that comes up a lot in this blog and other bird blogs, the subject of cats and their effect on wildlife. As most people know cats, both feral and domestic, have a pretty big impact on wild birds and other wildlife, and the effect of mammals is particularly profound in New Zealand.

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New Zealand Possums SPCA Hedgehogs 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

Mixed macaws in flight (c) Tim Ryan Chris wanted me (and you) to know about Fauna Forever Tambopata (FFT), a long-term wildlife, ecotourism and biodiversity monitoring project based in the Madre de Dios region of the Peruvian Amazon. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity.

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Peru 2011 Deer 2010 244

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity.

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Deer 2011 Fish Cows 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right? The proposal from U.S. Hat-tip to Stella.

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Denmark 2011 Honduras Deer 200

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

.* So, it’s a good thing that Ediciones Nuevos Mundo, the publishing arm of The Friendship Association, published Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Comprehensive Guide by Nils Navarro, Cuban wildlife artist and naturalist , earlier this year. and Cuba.). There is even room for notes. Except for the extinct Cuban Macaw.) by Nils Navarro.

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Cuba Birds 2000 United States 244

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2019

Birding even close to home didn’t even appeal to me, as the extra movement added to the dry heaves (pregnancy is super fun, am I right ladies?). Marks National Wildlife Refuge replenished by naturalist spirit, but remained all I could manage. And the third trimester?

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Bald Eagle Alabama Kansas Wisconsin 205

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The Birder’s Guide to Africa was written by Michael Mills (left) and illustrated with photographs by Tasso Leventis (right). Leventis is a businessman from London involved in wildlife conservation in Africa, including the establishment of an avian research institute in Nigeria and an amateur photographer.

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