10,000 Birds
JANUARY 10, 2014
The researchers theorize that these birds might not be strays from the Scandinavian Phalarope population, but instead perhaps originally from North America. Now, the results may have prompted more questions than answers, and suggest that the Phalaropes could be affected by South Pacific phenomena such as El Nino.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 3, 2011
I have taken refuge on the high ground as Irene batters the east coast of North America and Nanmadol swamps the Philipines, Taiwan and east China, but my thoughts and best wishes are with anyone who has been affected by the storms. Is nowhere safe?
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
As the story goes, way back in the late 19th Century and organization called the American Acclimitazation Society was working hard to introduce every one of the 600 species of birds mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays to North America.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 21, 2011
Second of all, Lewis’s Woodpeckers are birds of the west and they rarely stray to New York State. Melanerpes lewis is, to put it simply, a really cool bird. In fact, the bird is the fifth recorded in the history of the state,* and the first spotted in the Empire State since 2001.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 31, 2016
Many North American birders have, over the last few years, received a rare treat. Irruptions of Snowy Owls in 2011 and again in 2013 found these Arctic birds wintering well south of their usual range , in some cases straying down to Bermuda and even Hawaii. (I I know, I’m still scratching my head about that one.).
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 31, 2018
In North America, we tend to associate flamingoes with the tropics, and parched and sunny places in general, making it ironic that one would far more likely encounter these birds in the general vicinity of Leipzig than in Salt Lake City – especially considering the tendency of flamingoes to flock at large, alkaline bodies of water.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
Cats are domesticated animals that are not indigenous wildlife in North America. They may be “outdoor cats” with a specific owner, stray pets, feral, or may have originated in one household and are now fed or cared for by other households in the neighborhood.
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