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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off NorthCarolina. Hidden by camera angle is hitch on back for wildlife trailer.). Change in Attitude.
Recently a baby was born in NorthCarolina with Trisomy 13, a chromosomal abnormality so severe most carriers die at birth. Environmentalists view helium–filled balloon releases as wildlife killers. He died four months later, and his parents called for a celebration of his life with a mass, world-wide balloon release.
This year, traveling in April instead of February, we decided to do a road trip to the Outer Banks of NorthCarolina. We broke the drive down into two segments: from New York to Delaware on 31 March and from Delaware to NorthCarolina on 1 April. This Red-throated Loon barely managed to avoid being squished by the ferry.
On Saturday, 28 January, while I was at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival, Doug Gochfeld and I made our way to central Florida for most of a day’s birding, looking for the specialty species of that region. … 10,000 Birds is a Scrub Jay-level sponsor of the 15th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. …
Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Fish and Wildlife Service, I was involved in various aspects of the species habitat protection largely on the regulatory arena. On June 25, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the U.S.
TE is practiced by state and federal wildlife managers; but municipal TE needs to happen if the annihilation of native wildlife is to be significantly slowed. Pretty standard. He also quoted a biologist pointing out how extreme the TNR people are and gave a few examples. But the TNR lobby has blocked its registration for this use.
“This beautiful and singular bird, although a constant resident in the southern extremities of the peninsula of Florida, seldom extends its journeys in an eastern direction beyond the State of NorthCarolina. I picked up a few bottles and we were off on our way home to Albany.
My friend Paul Taillie and I had to meet an intrepid bunch of birders for the inaugural Outer Banks Big Day field trip at the Wings Over Water festival in eastern NorthCarolina. We were setting the bar for what someone hitting all the good spots on NorthCarolina’s famous barrier islands could reasonably accomplish.
You do, however, see them in January in places like Florida and NorthCarolina. Images courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Is this a glitch, then, or part of a larger trend of later, lost-er, more lingering kingbirds? Obviously, one year cannot tell us.
Turns out, Monday brought more than a little rain, and we got soaked as we explored the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge and the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge along the ocean. Our last and final stop was the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, one of my favorite birding spots.
There are several states with 100-199 species: NorthCarolina (172, unchanged), Washington (171, up from 144), Michigan (159, unchanged), Virginia (147, up from 122), North Dakota (141, unchanged), Idaho (129, up from 57); New Mexico (112, unchanged); Massachusetts (110, up from 81); Colorado (106, unchanged), and Pennsylvania (109, up from 102).
My route is full of this I, of course, cannot be made to take the blame for either of these unfortunate “incidences” For the first, I blame the NorthCarolina Department of Transportation. Hardwood forest, some openings. I mean, really.
When I was reading up on Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge and realized that it is supposed to be the easiest place on the east coast to see Black Bears I was pretty excited. There’s an wildlife drive that allows you to explore large chunks of the refuge by car looking for bears (and, of course, birds).
The birding in NorthCarolina, for reasons both of my own making and the vagaries of southern “winter” weather, has been a bit slow. Because it’s Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in January, and that’s all any birder really needs to know.
Miracle upon miracle, I actually ran into my college friend at the visitor center, and now that that logistical snafu was taken care of I could actually focus on where I was and, even better, what wildlife we could see. The beauty of traveling lies in the unexpected.
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 NorthCarolina, 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.
One bird, the authors discovered, flew 5,000 miles nonstop from southern Brazil to NorthCarolina. Lawrence Niles was chief of New Jersey’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program for fifteen years and now works for the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, a sponsor of this book. Ah, the photographs!
After those five, there are relative handful with over 100 species: NorthCarolina (172), Michigan (159), Arizona (155), Washington (144), North Dakota (141!), California (297) is next, followed by Florida (227), Oregon (209), and New Jersey (199).
I turned, as I do from time to time, to the butterflies, particularly those species that I can’t see in NorthCarolina. The Heleconius genus is undeniably tropical, and this is about as far north as this species is seen with any regularity. One of my favorites is Zebra Longwing.
There are more than 550 national wildlife refuges in the United States, with at least one in every state and one within an hour drive of almost every major American city. Many were specifically established for migratory birds and are strategically positioned along one of the four major North American migration flyways.
Pelee National Park – Ohio Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge – Texas These locations offer a variety of habitats including marshes, wetlands, forests, coastal areas, and deserts, attracting numerous bird species throughout the year. Please note that the availability of specific bird species may vary depending on the season.
A pelagic out of Hatteras, NorthCarolina , the Biggest Week in American Birding in Ohio , and trip to Puerto Rico stand out as well. My profile page identifies the states that I have not eBirded, including Nebraska, North Dakota, Michigan, Mississippi, and Vermont. Our honeymoon in the U.S Virgin Islands ( St. John and St.
Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the “Rufa” population of Red Knot ( Calidris canutus rufa ) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). From NorthCarolina south to Texas, just under half of beaches are developed. Birds in Delaware Bay. Photo: Gregory Breese-USFWS.
I haven’t even been to all of the best national wildlife refuges for birding. I’ve also been on pelagic birding trips on both coasts, out of Half Moon Bay and Monterey, California; Newport, Oregon; and Hatteras, NorthCarolina. Indeed, eBird tells me that I have yet to submit a checklist from approximately 20 states.
I am really excited to say I’ll be heading down to Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival in Titusville, Florida, next month as a correspondent for 10,000 Birds. Corey let the cat out of the bag a couple days ago. It won’t be my first trip to Florida. In fact, I’ve visited the Sunshine State several times.
Marks National Wildlife refuge in search of water birds – ducks and mergansers in particular. 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. 2020 was that year for me! I arrived at St. A huge smile spread across my face.
Not long ago, I posted a list of the 25 best National Wildlife Refuges for birding. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has published a list of NWRs that have been created or expanded with Duck Stamp funds. Pea Island NWR (NorthCarolina): 99.2%. And the U.S. Lee Metcalf NWR (Montana): 96.3%. Malheur NWR (Oregon): 25.8%.
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