10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 13, 2015
” New Hampshire must have thought the same, for they voted the Purple Finch the state bird in 1957. Originally, the Purple Finch ran into opposition from proponents of the New Hampshire hen. You know a bird is beautiful when Robert Tory Peterson describes it as a “ sparrow dipped in raspberry juice.”
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2021
As of mid-November 2021, the Collaborative had submitted more than 4,200 checklists (up from 1,700 in 2018) and has observed 691 species in the United States (up from 618). Thus, there are now seven states with 200+ observed species. The state with the largest increase was Arizona , with 139 species added.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2020
And in April, he sees the return of the many species he has seen in that month in years past – but, also, weirdly, a Virginia Rail, a reclusive marsh bird, flopping around the sidewalk in downtown D.C. (the In addition to his D.C.
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).
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 4, 2017
Like a lot of people I know, the body blows of the news the world at large were tempered by a year that was personally rather good. I saw Painted Wolves again, my favourite species ever. In particular they evoke the New Hampshire lake my extended family descends upon each summer and has done so from before I was born.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
Though Ron is based in Ontario his reports are eagerly anticipated by birders across the northeastern United States and eastern Canada because it takes into account a vast array of data to figure out which irruptive species might show up where. Photo illustrations by yours truly have been added. GENERAL FORECAST.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2012
The following section on Habitats serves to provide the larger picture, frameworks in which to root the hundreds of individual species to follow. And, the concluding identification chapter on Beach and Tidepool Life, with entries on seashells, crustaceans, and seaweed, provides informative material on a unique part of New England.
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