10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2021

Jayne Neville, a former wildlife rehabilitator specializing in songbirds, moved from Connecticut to Florida and immediately began making the acquaintance of all the birds in the area. Jayne had a pet carrier handy for wildlife rescue and the eagle was transported to Peace River Wildlife Center and treated for electrocution.

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JULY 17, 2011

As you’ll remember, Kentucky’s Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources unanimously passed its sandhill crane hunting proposal. Fish and Wildlife Service for final approval or denial. How can that be worth doing for wildlife departments looking to cultivate support from nonconsumptive wildlife observers and enthusiasts?

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MAY 21, 2011

As part of my effort to keep concerned wildlife enthusiasts informed about the proposal to hunt Eastern Flyway sandhill cranes, it is my duty to tell you that there’s another vote coming up. of Fish and Wildlife Resources—who will get together on June 3, 2011, to vote on whether to open season on Sandhill Cranes in Kentucky.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 25, 2009

This man is a meat-cutter from our home state of Washington. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says Wednesday that William A. Page, a meat cutter from Curlew, was sentenced to a year jail in Ferry County Superior Court after being convicted on six counts of unlawful trafficking in wildlife.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Engineers, airport managers, and wildlife authorities have devised a number of strategies. But studies are underway, and Sea-Tac airport in Washington state reports progress in refining its avian radar system, with hopes for a full rollout next year. Sometimes, the impact—literally and figuratively—is much, much more serious.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

I knew the wildlife. I have a book about injured wildlife coming out soon, and I couldn’t buy better publicity.”. The states which have essentially banned leghold traps are Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, California, and Washington. The trap had been set in the woods right next to my house.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 30, 2011

Desi chased these bunny rabbits in the West Hylebos Wetlands Park in the town of Federal Way, Washington, the same place we saw our first ever Banana Slug. With both Banana Slugs and bunnies this park was seriously awesome. But I digress.

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Rabbits Washington Game Fish 181

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MARCH 5, 2024

Birders know that some of the finest birding locations in the country are on federal land , which include national parks , wildlife refuges , forests , monuments , and seashores , among others. The eleven largest national wildlife refuges are also in Alaska, including Arctic NWR and Yukon Delta NWR , each more than 19 million acres.

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JULY 6, 2020

The travels in his most recent book Natural Encounters: Biking, Hiking, and Birding Through the Seasons are more limited — to the eastern part of the United States, mostly Washington, D.C. and environs, where he lives and works, and where access to nature is, he shows, surprisingly easy. In addition to his D.C.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Nisqually Wildlife Refuge. This wonderful piece of birding real estate can be found 8 miles east of Olympia, and an hour’s drive south of Seattle Washington, right along the I-5 corridor. This is not to say that there wasn’t a little birding time snuck in here and there.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

There are several states with 100-199 species: North Carolina (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).

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10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2018

I am something of an aficionado of National Wildlife Refuges. The new features are called “ Explore a National Wildlife Refuge ,” and they can be found in the “explore” tab under the “explore a region” sub-tab. As an example, we can use a refuge near me: Ridgefield NWR in Washington. I am also a dutiful eBirder.

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MARCH 26, 2014

In 1975 there were less than 35 of these birds remaining on the planet prompting the creation of the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge. One of the few Spring festivals is being held in Othello, Washington this coming weekend, March 28th through the 30th. I’m looking forward to that!

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Mississippi Endangered Species Florida Washington 178

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The end of this rather long road trip finds us here in Puyallup, Washington which is just south of Seattle. We pulled into the RV park next to the Washington State Fairgrounds on Saturday afternoon, and it promptly started snowing! It seems like the farther the north we go, the colder, and wetter, and a whole lot snowier it gets!

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JULY 21, 2014

So, I flew to Chicago, where my daughter directed me to Washington Park in New Hyde Park, the area of Chicago where the University is located. And, there I saw the famous Monk Parakeet nests saved by Mayor Harold Washington. She told me she originally was going to rent a beautiful apartment on the border of Washington Park.

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MAY 20, 2023

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.

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JUNE 11, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently proposed reintroducing California Condors in the Pacific Northwest. In 1806, Lewis and Clark saw condors near the Columbia River, which makes up much of the Washington-Oregon border.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Fish and Wildlife Service tells states when they may propose a hunting season on cranes, and has ultimate jurisdiction over whether the states get their seasons. So we can squawk at the state wildlife departments all we want, but the USFWS has the final say. Mail Stop 7060 Washington, D.C. Now, it’s time to go to the top.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

A checklist from Rock Creek Park in Washington D.C. The places I expected ( Pillar Point Harbor in California and Ridgefield NWR in Washington) are right at the top of the list, but even places I thought I’d been to countless times have modest numbers. was good for 11 lifers. Our honeymoon in the U.S Virgin Islands ( St. John and St.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

The addition of Hawaii eliminated any notion that the ABA Area is defined by geography or ecology and the inclusion of the territories of Washington D.C. Both territories are part of the United States and the residents are American citizens, which appears to be the key criteria for inclusion.

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Critter News

JANUARY 25, 2010

Tags: elk wildlife crime State of Washington poaching national parks.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Here's the whole story from the Washington Post National. Washington wildlife officials say eight sea lions have been found dead in the Puget Sound region in recent weeks — all apparently shot. I don't know whether these are disgruntled fishermen or regular jerks.

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Critter News

JANUARY 15, 2010

So, it's not just rednecks in Washington State who are doing this. Tags: wildlife trafficking gall bladders bears. From the Seattle P-I: A Japanese psychiatrist with a home in Seattle is facing poaching and gun-possession charges following allegations that he poached several black bears and tried to smuggle gallbladders back to Japan.

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MARCH 16, 2011

Fish and Wildlife Service desperately needs your feedback as they craft a new vision for our National Wildlife Refuge System. The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

A Eurasian Dotterel had been reported from Ocean Shores, Washington. First he drove to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware to twitch a possible Little Egret that had showed up. Destination: Ilwaco, Washington. It was late October 1999 and Millennium Fever was in the air. And Gav had a severe dose of the latter.

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MARCH 13, 2018

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) generally creates a formal plan to guide recovery efforts. Fish & Wildlife Serv., Fish & Wildlife Serv. Photos: Spotted Owl by USFWS Endangered Species ; Table Rock Wilderness, Oregon by BLM Oregon and Washington. For species listed under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2012

She was clearly not a young bird and was banded, so once she was warm and fed, I called the Bird Banding Lab in Washington, D.C., One of the animal keepers brought her to me, and I put her in my clinic. She was tired, thin, and had several medical issues. to find out her actual age.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

District Court in Washington, D.C., Fish and Wildlife Service was not supported by the federal Endangered Species Act. It's in response to a lawsuit filed by several environmental groups, including The Humane Society of the United States. says the 2007 decision by the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

Kevin Ebi is a professional nature photographer whose work has appeared in a variety of magazines and books, including National Wildlife , Smithsonian , Outdoor Photographer , and Lonely Planet and Moon travel guides. Year of the Eagle is his third book. Growing up, you may have been told that a baby bird doesn’t need flying lessons.

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Critter News

JANUARY 4, 2012

Federal wildlife managers are fighting in court to take the unprecedented step of castrating 200 wild stallions in Nevada, in an effort to control surging populations of wild horses across the West. In response, the agency agreed to postpone the castration until a federal court in Washington, D.C., Read the whole story here.

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Critter News

JANUARY 30, 2009

Wildlife conservationists say the freeze will delay and possibly prevent the removal of gray wolves from the federal endangered species list in Montana, Idaho, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and also in portions of Washington, Oregon, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2012

It’s a real shame, though, because these battlefields can be a real haven for wildlife and are often located in parts of the country that don’t otherwise have a lot of preserved land. For example, the San Juan Islands National Historical Park in Washington State was an active Union camp throughout the war.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Corey encountered a bunch of winners, but 24 Common Redpolls at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, in almost the exact same spot he saw them a couple of years ago, feeding on birch inflorescence by the East Pond, were easily his best birds of the weekend. My first bird in Washington DC, where I am visiting for the weekend.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2017

The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) recently filed a lawsuit against the federal government arguing that a planned wind turbine near the famed birding hotspot of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge is illegal. The lawsuit was filed in federal district court in Washington, D.C.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2015

” The birds appear to be starving to death, so experts don’t believe a toxin is the culprit, said Julia Burco, a wildlife veterinarian for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. One of the birds most affected by this is Cassin’s Auklets. “We may be talking about 50,000 to 100,000 deaths.

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Science Iraq Oregon Charlotte 155

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APRIL 21, 2015

It is the same strain of avian influenza that has been confirmed in backyard and wild birds in Washington, Oregon and Idaho as part of the ongoing incident in the Pacific flyway. People should avoid contact with sick/dead poultry or wildlife. This is the first finding in the Mississippi flyway.

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Mississippi Fowl Turkey Minnesota 192

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

After those five, there are relative handful with over 100 species: North Carolina (172), Michigan (159), Arizona (155), Washington (144), North Dakota (141!), out of 51, including Washington, D.C.), California (297) is next, followed by Florida (227), Oregon (209), and New Jersey (199).

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