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 252

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2019

In addition to spotting exciting new species in Florida, including the rare Snail Kite, travel across the country brought me into contact with birds in Oregon, California, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Alabama, and more. With my new job, I feel privileged to work towards protecting vulnerable species each and very day.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2011

They are also found in the mountainous interior west as far south as Arizona and New Mexico, as well as in the far northern reaches of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, and New England. Gray Jay is considered a Species of Least Concern by BirdLife International because of its large range and large and stable population.

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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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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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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 227

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 255

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 Birds 239

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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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 200

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

As of mid-October 2018, the Collaborative had submitted more than 1,700 checklists and observed 618 species in the United States. The heat map is revealing: Unsurprisingly for a site founded and run by two New Yorkers (one of whom literally wrote the book on birding New York), the Empire State boasts the highest number of species (316).

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10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2018

This fragile ecosystem is home to 344 feathered species, 300 fish species (salt- and freshwater), 50 species of reptiles, 40 mammal species, and 36 listed species (threatened and/or protected). It has been my privilege to bird in the ‘Glades – the largest US wilderness east of the Mississippi River. Again, really?

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Miami Las Vegas Alligators Minnesota 188

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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JUNE 17, 2015

The Refuge is now home to nearly 200 species of birds, over 50 species of mammals, 25 species of reptiles and amphibians, and a wide variety of insects, fish and plants. The Louisiana black bear’s threatened status warrants protection under sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Louisiana 185

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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 133

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2018

There are over 11,000 species of moths in North America. I have a hard enough time with the 1,103 bird species on the ABA Checklist. The Southeastern guide doesn’t; I imagine this was to save space in a book with 300 additional species. This is the first thing we learn in the Introduction of each guide. Let that sink in.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

Also, feral Cats on islands seem to be a serious problem, causing the extirpation of some indigenous species. A hungry feral Cat in Minnesota goes and finds new prey in an area it previously had not explored, leaving the last few of one or another bird species alone for a while. They are invasive species.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 257

10,000 Birds

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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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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Bats Dissection Minnesota Owls 258

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 252

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 244

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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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 233

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 Eagles 262

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

Although designed as a field guide, it is a hefty book, 376 pages long, covering 336 species. The specific geographic area covered is “east of the western boundaries of Ontario, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana”; the eastern United States and Canada is known for its diversity of odonates. Yes, 675 photographs.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2015

And, of course, the reputation of certain species of birds as troublemakers for humans is a problem in bird conservation, so this is worth watching. Close to 5% of turkeys being farmed in Minnesota have been or shortly will be destroyed , and the virus is also affecting chickens. This is the first finding in the Mississippi flyway.

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Mississippi Fowl Turkey Minnesota 226

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 254

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Costa Rica: A Field Guide covers 113 damselfly species and 170 dragonfly species, a total of 283 species. Wait–that adds up to 290 species, but the book only covers 283. .* Wait–that adds up to 290 species, but the book only covers 283. Paulson, William A. INTRODUCTION.

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Costa Rica North America Family America 264

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 249

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 224

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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