10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. Ringer Anhingas and darters , cormorants and shags , frigatebirds , gannets and boobies , pelicans , and the tropicbirds all share a characteristic found in no other living bird: Their feet are totipalmate. The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea California 206

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2019

You will see hundreds of Green-winged and Blue-winged Teals , Western and Least Sandpipers , White Pelicans , American Avocets , Black-necked Stilts , Great and Snowy Egrets , White-faced Ibises , Ring-billed Gulls , and Caspian Terns. The same could be said of the White Pelicans, but Pelicans are just too amusing.

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Ducks Blackbirds Pelicans United States 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2015

A camera and my binoculars occupied a seat next to me, periodically protected with a Ziploc bag when we moved from place to place or when a passing shower threatened. Brown Pelicans and Neotropical Cormorants fished and sunned themselves perched on the low mangrove trees, and I treasured my long and close up looks at each.

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Belize Fish Pelicans Birds 182

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2021

Serengeti NP protects a huge swathe of almost 15,000 km2 / 6000 mi2 in north-west Tanzania. Due to its range of habitats, over 500 species (573 eBirded so far) have been recorded and it is often possible to see over 100 species in a day, including a good selection of pelicans, storks, waders, ducks, kingfishers and hornbills.

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Africa Kenya Uganda Tanzania 263

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2017

Taking my usual route along Okaloosa Island’s Beasley Park, I noted Laughing Gulls , Brown Pelicans , a Snowy Plover or two, and the usual packs of Sanderlings. Support beach and dune preservation – By protecting the dune ecosystems, we will protect critical nesting habitats for nesting terns.

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South America United States Protection Pelicans 140

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2015

Located at the end of a long public beach, the park features the beach but also a protected marsh – some areas of which are used by Least Terns and Wilson’s Plovers as nesting sites. After a late gathering at our rented house the night before with the bride to be, I was the only one up and at ’em at 8 a.m.,

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South Carolina Bats Pelicans Fish 154

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

This protected area is of special importance for migrating waders, of which some 27 species were reported here, including Pied Avocet , Temminck’s Stint , Red-necked Phalarope , Sanderling and Dunlin. Rusanda is a shallow natron lake by the village of Melenci, 80 km north of Belgrade. eBird bar chart.

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Serbia Bulgaria Farming Turtles 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

I didn’t really have time to stop, but as I was passing by, I saw hundreds of American White Pelicans fly up and thought I’d better take a drive through and see what else was there. I spotted a Eurasian Wigeon amongst the American Wigeon right out of the gate, but that wasn’t the best sighting of the day. Get yours today!

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Wildlife Sacramento 2011 Jordan 178

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Not many birds, two Ruddy Turnstones , one Willet , a fishing boat in front of the beach with a small flock of Brown Pelicans surrounding it, several Magnificent Frigatebirds above it… and several smaller flocks of noisy Scarlet Macaws above us. Brown Pelicans and Royal Terns abound. Anyway, I had no plans of swimming. Royal Terns.

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Costa Rica Pelicans Owls Woodpeckers 189

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2014

A range of hills protects the cove from the eastern wind, yet, the bushes are swaying in the rythm of it. In the next post: the pelican-covered lake Karkini. Still, we are sailing out of the marina soon and I should have some coffee before that. In the previous post: the outskirts of Athens. Trips Europe Greece seabirds'

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Greece Malta Croatia Italy 252

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. I was wearing the lead x-ray apron and heavy raptor gloves, so I thought I was protected. I was trying to give a Brown Pelican subcutaneous fluids with a 60 cc syringe and an 18 gauge needle by myself,” says Stephanie Whitbeck Kadletz. “I

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 189

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2013

In the first ten minutes we spotted new birds for the trip: Peruvian Booby, Peruvian Pelican, Inca Tern, Gray Gull, and many Kelp Gull ! After soaking-in the moment and gazing for a while, we walked a little toward the river to a more protected area where the incoming river formed a bay. Kelp Gull. Popular Bird Beach.

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Chile California Argentina Chickens 214

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

PCBs have been banned by the Environmental Protection Agency since the 1970s, but due to their chemical makeup, can persist in the environment for many years. I think the modified Clark’s Nutcracker looks pretty rad, but the American White Pelican is a major bummer.

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United States Colorado Virginia Pelicans 145

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Today, the vast tract of land is protected, managed for science and conservation. At dawn, my feet hit one of the protected beaches with Wendy Allen, the manager of the North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, one of the science and outreach organizations working within Hobcaw. Allen’s turtle transect was 2.5

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South Carolina Turtles Costa Rica Belize 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Afraid that their ideas for the development of the area, including a ski centre, might be restricted by the nature protection regime, the officials rejected the idea. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. My tour list (late September… also, birders were a minority within a group): 1. Mute Swan – Cygnus olor.

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Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 271

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Units are located along both sides of the river and serve to protect and provide a wide variety of riparian habitats for birds, fish, and other wildlife.” It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Louisiana 185

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

With shore side access limited to the northern end of the lake, that protection allows for a large population of water based birds. The first was the presence of 10-12 American White Pelicans. Back in the late 1970’s, I was stationed there, working for the U.S. Forest Service, on a forest fire crew.

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Dogs Mules Deer Oregon 145

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The book serves as a model of how our environmental success stories can be presented to the non-birding public, the citizens and legislators who are responsible for funding conservation projects and habitat protection. When I first started birding New Jersey, I didn’t really know where the Meadowlands started and stopped.

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New Jersey Legislation Mammals Pigs 201

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Over 80 percent of North Dakota’s prairie has vanished, but there are still millions of acres in North Dakota, under both government protection and private ownership. Well, often there is one tree, situated in the middle of the grasses that edge over the horizon.

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North Dakota Sparrows Birds Blackbirds 197

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 30, 2015

Brown Pelican and Brandt’s Cormorant roost here and can be seen flying in and out all day. Bring gloves and a coat to protect you from the wind. Guano-covered rocks (called Seal Rocks I am told, but my guess is that a seal would struggle to get up here to bask) just off the beach will probably quickly catch your attention.

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San Francisco Seals Transported Ducks 133

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

Common Nightingales were singing, a squadron of Dalmatian Pelicans was in the air and everything was exactly where it should be, including myself. At mid-day, we took a boat tour of the heronries and the pelican islands with Nikos. Dalmatian Pelican © Dusanka Stokovic-Simic. Belles, rising steeply two kilometres (1.2

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 203

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

He’s talking about Brown Pelicans. “We He told me about last summer, when Bird Ally X received 246 Brown Pelicans covered not with petroleum, but with fish oil. Both the US Environmental Protection Agency and California state law define fish remains as sewage, and it must be disposed of properly.

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Pelicans Fish California Massachusetts 240

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The Brown Pelican and the Peruvian Pelican are closely related and once were considered the same species. They are indeed very similar in all plumage stages, but the Peruvian Pelican is nearly twice as big as its northern counterpart. Brown Pelicans in non-breeding plumage. Peruvian Pelican in non-breeding plumage.

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Pelicans North America Peru Chile 157

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

According to evidence presented at trial: “The agents found the carcasses of approximately 90 brown pelicans, 17 great blue herons, five great egrets, four black-crowned night herons, four turkey vultures, two osprey, two gulls and one scaup. ” Birds are protected and can’t be shot at will, even in Texas.

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Fish Texas Pelicans Farming 257

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Unlike many other estuaries in this part of Florida, Rookery Bay is protected by the Estuarine Research Reserve system, and remains almost entirely undeveloped. Rookery Bay is dominated by mangrove, a mix of Red, White, and Black varieties. Fed by the freshwater of Henderson Creek, the bay eventually flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Florida Mexico Protection Pelicans 198

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The next morning is for the Kerkini Lake, one of the youngest national parks of Greece, protected only ten years ago, in 2006 and inhabited by 11 amphibian, 27 reptilian, 44 mammal and 312 bird species. Among them are Dalmatian Pelicans , so big and lazy. Going even lower, we add a Cirl Bunting and a Syrian Woodpecker.

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Greece Boars Woodpeckers Eagles 259

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The Common Pochard is not just a scarce breeding bird, but the second most numerous wintering duck in Serbia and it will be a hard battle to protect it against the strong hunting lobby. Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus. Dalmatian Pelican by Sebastian Bugariu. (The IUCN/BirdLife International Red List).

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Serbia Montenegro Greece Bulgaria 203

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

Fortunately, as I found out over the next four days, High Island, the Bolivar Peninsula, the whole east Texan Gulf coast area is a place of diverse habitats, some protected, some accidental, all offering fantastic avian opportunities. Corps of Engineers to protect Galveston Bay at the end of the 19th-century.

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2014

The view from Sayer Road used to be very open and offered little protection many years ago and we contributed to the planting of small native trees in 1998 when we lived in Palmerston. There was only the one Australian Pelican present and a pair of Royal Spoonbills and the constant annoying racket from the Masked Lapwings! .

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Geese Pelicans Ducks Hunting 207

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

Sometimes they have to protect their catches from piratic African Fish Eagles who swoop down as soon as they that see a Saddle-bill has successfully caught a fish. This colossal bird is now placed in its own family Balaenicipitidae and it forms an ancient link between storks and pelicans. They also prey on frogs and crabs.

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Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 250

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2015

The birds were roosting on what rocky outcrops were available and were not keen to leave the protection of the taller rocks. The next rocky outcrop was busy with Australian Pelicans that appeared to have no intention of showing their bills due to the miserable weather. Pacific Gulls, Silver Gulls and Crested Terns at Ricketts Point.

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Pelicans Shelters Tigers Protection 178

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2021

There is a substantial drop-off, so we are protected from crocodiles too. We had not seen an Australian Pelican on our last visit, but now the water level had dropped there was one lone bird. The below photos also show you the new water level after two weeks. New water level of the Fitzroy River. Intermediate Egret. White-necked Heron.

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Pelicans Parrots Australia Eagles 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The recommendations will sound familiar to any birder or naturalist who wants to protect and improve her local patch: Immediately shut down cat feeding stations. ” I’m down as the observer of a White Pelican at the Whitestone Bridge on Dec. Which is true.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 227

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2012

Plenty of parks and forests have been protected even as the city grew. Anywhere you’re on the coast, and Sydeny has a lot of coast, you can find Silver Gulls , several kinds of cormorant, Australian Darters and Australian Pelicans. The city is a very green one. And you’ll hear, but maybe not see, the Eastern Whipbird.

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Australia Albatross Pelicans Parrots 206

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2016

Exploring one of the rugged, 4×4 side roads, my wife and I ran across a very nicely treed little valley that ended up against some steep protective rocks. There is very little fresh water, at least to be found year round, but the bird populations all seem to do just fine. There were several Phainopeplas as well.

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Zebras Pelicans Sparrows Mexico 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2021

Royal Spoonbill and Australian Pelicans. Regardless of the weather they were well protected! We had not found a single Royal Spoonbill on Christmas Day, but we did find a lone bird at the Poo Ponds on New Year’s Day and also a lone Little Curlew. It is a time of new life around Broome at the moment.

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Geese Ducks Breeding Zebras 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2013

There were plenty of Australian Pelicans, Royal Spoonbills, Black-winged Stilt and Gull-billed Terns, but the numbers were down on the Plumed Whistling Ducks which normally line the edge of the ponds in their thousands. Striated Heron. The obvious stop next was the Poo Ponds where we added a nice selection of birds to the list.

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