10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

The Outer Banks are known for their spectacular sand beaches, and in the protected areas these sand expanses are wide and largely free of visitors during the early summer. Though we were almost rained out, my graduation Outer Banks trip will remain a highlight of my time in North Carolina. Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

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North Carolina Alligators Wildlife Woodpeckers 231

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

I also did not understand the centrality of the Delaware Bay to shorebird migration, how timing and geographic design and water quality and tidal streams, the rich salt marshes and protected beaches combine to make this specific area of New Jersey and Delaware “The Most Important Stopover of the Western Hemisphere.”

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Delaware New Jersey Eggs Research 237

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

Many winter in Florida, admittedly something of a freak state when it comes to overwintering passerines, but a few Orioles can be found up the coast as far north as North Carolina, and the odd bird finds its way into the Piedmont, the part of the state, well inland mind you, where I live. The proposal from U.S.

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North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

Meanwhile, forts were built to protect the island from invaders, war broke out between Spain and the United States, and the island became a U.S. In a few years they could only be found in El Yunque, a tropical rain forest in northeast Puerto Rico. And, the parrots almost, but not quite, disappear from the face of the earth.

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Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 247

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 26, 2011

In addition to the deployments in Missouri and Tennessee, American Humane Association has been providing emergency grants to states across the South and Midwest that have been hit by severe weather, including Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina. American Humane Association has been protecting children and animals since 1877.

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Missouri Rescue Memphis Alabama 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2018

Many were specifically established for migratory birds and are strategically positioned along one of the four major North American migration flyways. Others were established to protect specific bird species or subspecies. But they primary protect land, an essential but dwindling avian resource. Pea Island NWR (North Carolina).

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Wildlife Las Vegas Minnesota Texas 214

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2021

Every year they migrate down to this Gulf Coast protected area, giving me the opportunity to observed Redheads, Hooded Mergansers, scaups, Ring-necked Ducks , and more. Of course, Snow Geese are named for their appearance, not their proclivity for frozen places, and every year birders do spot the occasional white waterfowl. I arrived at St.

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Geese Florida Tampa North Carolina 245

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2018

Although the statistics do not address the quality of the land purchased or other qualitative factors, it is safe to assume that when it comes to protecting habitat, size matters. Pea Island NWR (North Carolina): 99.2%. The list of NWRs from 80-90% is impressive as well: Anahuac NWR in Texas (80.0%), Edwin B.

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Ducks Wildlife Texas Hawaii 203