10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
Destroy the native prairies and lose Henslow’s Sparrows , Bobolinks , Upland Sandpipers , and Greater Prairie Chickens. In Abraham Lincoln’s day, Prairie Chickens were an incredibly abundant part of the Illinois prairie landscape. Today in Illinois, 68 males survive.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2020
On the northern birding calendar, October is a time for sparrows, cool weather, and tired fall leaves. It’s when Orange-crowned Warblers share the Goldenrod with lisping and chirping sparrows, when hardy Yellow-rumped Warblers dominate the Parulid scene. In Costa Rica, the tenth month is when birds pass through in droves.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2013
His name Makataimeshekiakiak meant Black Sparrow Hawk , which on this side of the Atlantic refers to the American Kestrel. But how many people know what a Blackhawk is? But he was a badass. However, even he wasn’t named for the Common Black Hawk.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 25, 2019
Focusing on an often under-appreciated portion of the continent, the book showcases forty species found in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio – but perhaps not for long.
10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2015
Musselman of Quincy Illinois is generally credited with originating the bluebird conservation movement that extended beyond local boundaries. The vegetable food consists chiefly of fruit pulp, only an insignificant portion are from cultivated varieties.” ” Nest Boxes (Bird Houses) from 1912. It was in 1926 that Thomas E.
10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2022
Over the next few days, I found increasing numbers, goldfinches, juncos, white-throated sparrows. More than concerned, he is dismayed and alarmed and has been since January 1974, when he first witnessed a Mourning Dove fly into a window and fall to the ground dead on the Southern Illinois University campus. I hoped it was an anomaly.
10,000 Birds
MAY 12, 2017
In order for introduced birds to become countable in the high-stakes world of official bird-counting, they must establish a self-sustaining breeding population (think everybody’s favorites, the European Starling and the House Sparrow ). New York is no more immune to such stunts than other cities.
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