10,000 Birds
JUNE 21, 2013
All of these things can be found in Las Vegas, Nevada. He steered me right and there it was, my first life bird in Nevada! Trips Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve Las Vegas Nevada' All-you-can-eat Buffets. Sewage ponds. That is, all of them can be found in Las Vegas except the last one on the list.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
A week ago today, the federal government proposed a “threatened” listing for the Greater Sage Grouse in Nevada and California , as part of a larger study considering whether the species as a whole should be listed. I am a great lover of these gallinaceous birds, though my encounters with them have been but brief.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 31, 2013
I didn’t travel much this year, with a June family trip to California and Nevada and a four-day trip in July to Trinidad and Tobago being my only opportunities to get birds not in the northeastern United States. My first trip to Nevada since I became a birder was pretty awesome. But what were my top ten birding moments of 2013?
10,000 Birds
MAY 18, 2013
Finally we went past the Yerba Loca (National Park) entrance and then to the first road split which goes to Sierra Nevada Valley, to the right and to Farellones town to the left. From here we drove back down to take the road to Sierra Nevada Valley. We could see the towers and wires for the chair lifts in many places.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
There are whole regions of the country from the Great Lakes west to Nevada where official hawkwatching is essentially non-existent, due to lack of migration density, so If you live in one of the places it is possible to see this magical migration you need to grab that opportunity.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 10, 2012
His work on the color-coded “Sierra Birds: A Hiker’s Guide” and the follow-up “The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada” are testaments to his position as an artist, but his most recent book firmly establishes him as a teacher of art as well. Enter John Muir Laws.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2017
Spring is in the air, and all around the Baja desert I am seeing a plethora of species, all looking for love, in what appears to the right places. They frequent the dry, hot desert areas, which includes Arizona, Nevada and central mainland Mexico. I thoroughly enjoyed watching them swoop erratically from tree to tree to cactus.
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