10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2019

Critically, NWRs preserve habitat and wildlife, often for endangered species. Minnesota Valley NWR (Minnesota): 274,000; $4.2 Of course, the study does not purport to rank refuges based on visitation-based economic output, as that is just one metric. Kilauea Point NWR (Hawaii): 1,148,000; $34.3 million; 293 jobs. million; 412.

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Wildlife Maryland San Francisco Minnesota 251

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MARCH 20, 2013

I was reminded this week as Minnesota received a few more inches of snow and some sub zero wind chills. Birds, especially those that return to spring earlier than other species or stay later are hardier than we expect. Birds, especially those that return to spring earlier than other species or stay later are hardier than we expect.

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Minnesota Coyotes Nashville Fox 205

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.

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Indiana Downers Iowa Illinois 130

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

I know humans as a whole are a powerful species, but really, we do not have that much control over hummingbird migration ( Trumpeter Swans , maybe, but not hummingbirds). It is possible to see birds like the above female Ruby-throated Hummingbird well into October in northern states like Minnesota. How does she know???

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Arizona Minnesota Compassion Welfare 250

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

I was born in Minnesota. Here in Morelia, it seems laughable that I once only had access to less species than I could count on one hand. While they are only a fraction of the 359 hummingbird species in the world, I have seen fully 20 of these within an hour of my current home.

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Minnesota ALA Mexico California 128

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2015

During the 1980s, the Pacific Coast Population swans became the source of eggs for several restoration programs in Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Iowa 2. However, even though this species restoration is often considered a classic conservation success, significant problems for some flocks still exist. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq1bx7Ic2FY.

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North America Iowa Wisconsin Michigan 176

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2013

My husband took me to task for not getting mad that it’s not a New Zealand bird, but I said, “Hey, it’s Middle Earth, anything goes species-wise there.” ” P.S. The Hobbit ruins the bird goodwill by having the Giant Eagles at the end scream like Red-tailed Hawks.

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New Zealand Wisconsin Minnesota Eagles 228

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2014

The Results of the 2014 Tricolored Blackbird Statewide Survey confirm that this species is in rapid decline. ” The report continues: “Following the breeding season, most tricolors are found in the Sacramento Valley where they aggregate with red-winged and other blackbird species and feed, often in large flocks, on ripening rice.

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Blackbirds California 2014 Sacramento 188

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2011

I work part time for the National Park Service (although, we’ll see what happens this weekend if there’s a federal government shutdown) and our visitor center is located in the Science Museum of Minnesota. Last week, I noticed a familiar site as I passed the museum’s fleet of vehicles. How about you?

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Minnesota Birds Science Woodpeckers 206

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2014

I’m working on a project in Florida–if living in Minnesota has taught me anything, it’s that finding work in warmer areas in mid-winter will go a long way to keep your sanity during the deep freeze from November through April. So spending a day in balmy Florida yielded lots of great birds.

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Otters Turkey Minnesota Florida 169

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Fun fact: only three species in the lower 48 states are not protected by that statute – the House Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, and Common Starling.). Like this, a Northern Harrier in 1940: or this, of Common Loons in Minnesota: And, really, what’s wrong with bird eye candy? A: nothing.

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Minnesota Protest Protesters Protesting 123

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2011

I’m in the middle of three different bird surveys for work and it’s been a fantastic way to watch the changes in fall migration in Minnesota. Can you make out any species in the above photo? One of them is a waterfowl usage survey over the upper Mississippi conducted by plane…or as I like to call it: Duckmaggedon!

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Mississippi Ducks Minnesota Science 215

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2014

Though hardly common, Great Gray sightings are a yearly occurrence in Western Montana, and it is one of the twelve species of owl known to breed in the state. I can’t speak to the species’ popularity in Eurasia, although Jochen’s reaction to its appearance on my year list makes me suspect that it is also prized highly there.

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Owls Minnesota Montana 2014 231

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

I stuffed it in my pocket and decided to take it to Richard Oehlenschlager at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Oehlenschlager apologized that he couldn’t say the exact species of bat. Who cares, the fact that he could narrow it down to 2 species was quite amazing to me. It was either a big brown bat or a hoary bat.

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Dissection Bats Minnesota Owls 208

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2015

The justification was ridiculously laughable: in order to further study the species. The unique behaviors this mysterious species might exhibit? If he were a Minnesota dentist, or a Texas veterinarian, or a beauty contestant posing with this trophy, would his argument for justifying this death be any different?

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Collecting Wildlife Rehabilitation Solomon Islands Texas 240

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2011

There was a man in Minnesota who was recently charged with a misdemeanor for violating Bloomington’s city code on feeding wildlife because he was scattering seed on the ground and he wasn’t just scattering a few handfuls, witnesses had video of him dumping bags out, even after being warned about the ordinance. She added more corn.

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Bald Eagle Deer Minnesota 2000 248

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2013

Both are non-native species in Minnesota and drive out native flickers, bluebirds and other cavity nesters to take over to raise their own young. This European Starling was actually in the process of clearing out an active House Sparrow nest in this photo. Here the male House Sparrow attacks the invading starling.

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Sparrows Squirrels Minnesota Pigs 170

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

Over the least couple of weeks the best view I’ve had of Minnesota has been out my northward facing window. The birds were too far away to identify, and I know more than one species does this, but if I had to guess they were starlings. But if half of the species of goatsuckers go extinct, you’ve got a lot less left.

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Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines Apes 181

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2016

Word is that Arizona is about to be released and Minnesota, North Carolina and other states are in the pipeline. Not only does each book offer excellent introductory materials but even in the species accounts you can learn a great deal about the specifics of finding the birds in the particular state covered by the guide you are reading.

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North America North Carolina New Jersey Minnesota 107

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

About 15 million birds are killed annually by hunters, and of course this is distributed among a very small number of species. The difference is, if you pick 1 billion, the dead birds will be randomly distributed among the most common 10 species. Clearly the second choice will cause some species to go extinct, most likely.

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Killing Cats Fish Feral Cats 274

10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2015

Nest at Blue Mounds State Park, Minnesota. There are other species of migratory birds that have a breeding population in the Neotropics and a separate migratory population. They are still among the coolest birds on my list. Photo Alfredo Begazo. I later learned about the Barn Swallow’s amazing annual migration.

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South Dakota South America North America Wyoming 169

Critter News

JANUARY 30, 2009

Wildlife conservationists say the freeze will delay and possibly prevent the removal of gray wolves from the federal endangered species list in Montana, Idaho, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and also in portions of Washington, Oregon, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

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Wolves Obama South Dakota North Dakota 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2018

And an eBird user can readily see the total number of species observed, the number of observations, the top birders by species and number of checklists, etc. On the overview page , eBird reports that there have been 242 species observed and nearly 6,000 checklists submitted. 25 eBirder at the refuge as to species (133) and No.

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Wildlife United States 2018 Nebraska 102

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

TRAVERSE CITY - State officials say they're not pleased with a federal court's ruling overturning the government's decision to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list for the Great Lakes region. The ruling today affects wolves in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. District Court in Washington, D.C.,

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Humane Society Of The United States Wolves The Humane Society Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2011

I can certainly speak about the Midwest where states like Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, etc. While we continue to decimate our short and tall grass prairies many species reach their inevitable peril. Here in Colorado many species are affected, but perhaps none more than our beautiful Mountain Plovers and Ferruginous Hawks.

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Prairie Dogs Colorado North Dakota Soreing 163

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2014

I work part-time for the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area and here are some stunning views of our very urban park along the Mississippi River through the Twin Cities in Minnesota: This video is not only remarkable for the views, but also the places they take the small drone–behind waterfalls, are you kidding me?

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Bald Eagle Mississippi Eagles Ducks 197

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2011

I moved to San Francisco from Minnesota 12 years ago. My photographs are my field notes and I spend most of my time learning behaviour and sitting with certain species. You can find his work on the first and third Fridays of each month starting this coming Friday. As a result, my numbers aren’t high.

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San Francisco California Condor Coyotes Iceland 208

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2012

That made me wonder why someone would put so much energy into a species that is regular in New York and not a lifer. As of Friday, 11 May, Anthony had already seen 283 species in New York State, a blistering and likely record-setting pace ( Richard Fried is the current record-holder with 352 species seen in 2011 ).

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New York Stray Vermont Marine Life 176

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The other day, Minneapolis, Minnesota passed a feral cat ordinance. … Matthew Anderson [of Audubon] said proponents of colonies are putting the interests of one invasive species — cats — over the hundreds of other native ones that are their prey. This got me wondering what other cities were doing.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 213

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

After getting his engineering degree from the University of Minnesota he worked in the Standard-American-Rat-Race-Company for fifteen years. How lucky you are to live in a country with three different species. 7 Responses to “Quetzals of Ecuador&# Mike Mar 12th, 2011 at 10:33 am Awesome! Everybody loves quetzals.

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Ecuador 2011 Deer New York 198

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

They are a commensal species, meaning that they are a wild animal that lives in close association with humans, not as a pet or as a farm animal but more like a parasite, to the extent that it is hard to find them in truely wild settings, and it is hard to find human settlements without them. in Minnesota.

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South Africa Killing Nebraska Cape Verde 198

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

To a birder, migration means that you can live in Minnesota, New York, Paris or Moscow and see exotic tropical birds such as Piranga olivacea and Icterus galbula on a regular basis without buying a plane ticket. Because the ancestor of this species of bird migrated, and the migratory adaptation and all that entails were passed on.

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Compassion Humane Research Egypt 195

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2011

All the info I needed came in an e-mail from a Minnesota birder named Peder. I mumble the species’ name over and over something like this: that’s a *&$#^ Great Gray Owl! I contacted my pal Dave Lambeth, ace birder of Grand Forks, North Dakota and he made some inquiries on my behalf.

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Connecticut North Dakota Ohio Owls 173

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2018

Others were established to protect specific bird species or subspecies. Minnesota Valley NWR (Minnesota). according to eBird , including: Aransas (368 species); Bosque del Apache (360); Parker River (359); Laguna Atascosa (356); Santa Ana (342); Anahuac (329); Pea Island (326); and Edwin B. John Heinz NWR (Pennsylvania).

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Wildlife Las Vegas Minnesota Texas 214

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2017

The resulting properties—WPAs—are small ponds, wetlands, and associated grasslands, primarily in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana, but also in Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Iowa. Established in 1962, Fergus Falls WMD is located in western central Minnesota. But taken as a whole, WPAs total almost 3.8

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Factory Ducks North Dakota Nebraska 117

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

And buildings without thought for birdlife, significant buildings like the Minnesota Vikings shiny “death trap” for birds, are still being built.** Although the Minnesota Vikings stadium (officially the U.S. Dr. Daniel Klem, Jr.,

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New York City Illinois Science Killing 257

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2022

The Latin species name of the Kalij Pheasant is leucomelanos , meaning “white” (leukos) and “black” (melanos, both Greek words). As a popular game bird, the Ring-necked Pheasant seems to have such high importance in the US that there are several papers just discussing the species in individual US states.

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Rhode Island South Dakota North Dakota Maryland 147