10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2020

There are very few reports from sites further afield although with all public and most private parks closed, a birder can’t go to such official protected areas anyways. Based on eBird and Facebook reports, it looks like most local birders are sticking to yard birding.

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Costa Rica Birds Mississippi Woodpeckers 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2018

It has been my privilege to bird in the ‘Glades – the largest US wilderness east of the Mississippi River. 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).

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Miami Las Vegas Alligators Minnesota 188

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Units are located along both sides of the river and serve to protect and provide a wide variety of riparian habitats for birds, fish, and other wildlife.” The refuge was established in 1958 to protect and enhance habitat for migratory birds. The refuge is already open to upland game hunting and sport fishing.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Louisiana 185

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The next two shots give the answer: a close-up of a stunningly beautiful Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and a long shot of hundreds of Mississippi Kites in flight. ” So, it is established: this is a film about migrant birds and the people who work to protect them in south Texas and northern Mexico.

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Advocacy Mexico United States Sanctuary 268

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2016

Birds in the 24 states east of the Mississippi River are now protected from mass culls by a recent court ruling. It’s a good day to be a Double-crested Cormorant —at least for those living in the eastern United States. The cormorants have long been targeted by those who fish—or who raise fish on farms—for depleting fish stocks.

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Culling Mississippi United States Fish 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2016

Fortunately, nowadays, there are protected areas and efforts to establish biological corridors that provide more hope for the endangered Great Green Macaw, and other species. We had looks at Semiplumbeous Hawk , White-necked Puffbird , toucans, parrots, hundreds of migrating Mississippi Kites , and several other birdies.

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Costa Rica San Jose Panama Nicaragua 178

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 18, 2011

The Cuban sandhill and Mississippi sandhill are both subspecies of cranes that are listed as endangered and are protected under the Endangered Species Act. SeaWorld Orlando’s Aviculture Team plans to release the adult and chick together, once the chick learns to fly and the adult is fully recovered.

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Rescue Mississippi Endangered Species Humane 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

His fascination with birds and nature began at the age of four or five, and he now works full time in conservation of Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi River birds and ecosystems. Ringer is exploring the world one bird at a time. The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea California 206

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2014

The Cuban Sandhill Crane , Grus canadensis nesiotes and the Mississippi Sandhill Crane , Grus canadensis pulla are listed as endangered species. This is a photo of a Mississippi Sandhill Crane colt being weighed at White Oak Conservation, photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.

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Mississippi Endangered Species Florida Washington 207

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. Additionally, sandhill cranes reproduce very slowly.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 263

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Maybe it was a version of the Mississippi River, maybe it was a version of the Warren River, likely both. The adults move to flocks, there may be two or three of them, that hang out mostly far off shore in the larger part of the lake, abandoning their embayments or otherwise protected areas. Then one day they are gone.

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Humane Eagles Investigation North America 261

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2015

He said the federal government’s and Alaska’s state rules were, for the most part, okay; they were consistent and generally made sense for the safety of both humans and wildlife, and in many respects, coincided with his own views of protecting the native environment. Astonished by this unexpected response, I asked for elaboration.

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Collecting Wildlife Rehabilitation Solomon Islands Texas 240

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2017

It seems that Donald Trump, Scott Pruitt, and his band of misfits, believe that we no longer need protection of our waterways and our environment. As stated in a recent New York Times article.

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Cleveland Oklahoma Alabama United States 185