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FEBRUARY 19, 2012

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. Neither were the Pileated Woodpeckers we found nor the Orange-crowned Warbler.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

And it looks even better in my hands while I dream about a visit to regions of Brazil I had scarcely heard of before being provided with a review copy of the first volume of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil.* He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

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MARCH 2, 2011

After several minutes of this deep water foraging behavior, this White-faced Ibis made its way toward me into more shallow water Posed for a little while, and then began to preen I’m glad I took the time to visit Colusa National Wildlife Refuge on this day. You never know what you might see! Get yours today! The proposal from U.S.

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MARCH 2, 2011

This offering is actually hard to part with: a copy of Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil: The Pantanal and Cerrado of Central Brazil signed by both John Gwynne, who managed the project, and Guy Tudor, eminent neotropical bird artist and art director of the project. Time to give away a wonderful book on 10,000 Birds!

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

who can be found regularly at the bird and wildlife blog Birdland West. Today, he talks about a crazy woodpecker… A couple of years ago there was a big controversy on NPR about woodpeckers. Well, especially about one woodpecker — probably the most famous woodpecker in the world — Woody.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

An impressive combination of research and artwork, combined with a pragmatic organization aimed towards quick identification, and education, Baby Bird Identification extends the frontiers of bird identification guides and is an important contribution to wildlife rehabilitation literature. and three of the nine woodpeckers illustrated.

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OCTOBER 13, 2018

As one of our country’s most biodiverse rivers, this entire habitat is considered ‘high priority’ in the Wildlife Action Plan of the state Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Downy Woodpecker. Pileated Woodpecker. Photo by © Michael Todd. Indigo Bunting. Photo by © Michael Todd. Summer Tanager. Photo by © Michael Todd.

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AUGUST 9, 2018

So what do these facts mean for our wildlife? Fire can also cause wildlife to be burned, dehydrated and malnourished. In the months after a fire, wildlife populations can suffer substantial losses due to habitat alteration and destruction. Some animals are injured and killed by wildfires. More resources on this topic: Wildfire!

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JUNE 19, 2015

Okay, folks, today we will be discussing one of those internet pass-arounds which are meant to fill everyone with joy and inspiration, but which make wildlife rehabilitators look for the nearest wall against which to bang our heads. That’s why they’re birds of prey, and not woodpeckers. Wildlife rehabilitators endure.

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

So I asked seven wildlife rehabilitators, “Tell me your favorite (or one of your favorites) release story – the kind that makes you keep going, in spite of everything.”. “A Maggie Rufo, who works with Veronica at NSCC in Sebastopol, remembers a juvenile Pileated Woodpecker she agreed to release where it had been found in Mendocino. “I

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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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OCTOBER 19, 2017

A few weeks ago I led a field trip to Butte Valley Wildlife Area. It was a destination I had never experienced so I made a few phone calls and got some information from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife agent who actually runs both the Butte Valley and the Shasta Valley Wildlife Areas, which are about 25 miles apart.

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MARCH 15, 2021

That’s quite the list of charismatic and unique wildlife to add to your potential list of sightings. Giant anteaters are just one of the wildlife highlights of the Rupununi. This diminutive woodpecker has even been spotted in the botanical gardens in the city. A beautiful Blood-colored Woodpecker poses on a tree trunk.

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. The tour was organised by the Natural Greece ecotourism specialists from Athens, Greece, in collaboration with the Callisto wildlife charity which has done a lot of work on bears in this area.

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AUGUST 16, 2020

Red-headed Woodpeckers chattered to each other as they flew from tree to tree, and I marveled at just how many I spotted. Red-bellied Woodpeckers and Eastern Bluebirds rounded out the species near the pond, but in the distance I noted a Red-tailed Hawk , as well as the regular calls of a Northern Bobwhite.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2021

This natural space of almost a thousand acres – once a deforested area for extensive cattle ranching – has been restored for four decades, considering every detail in the aesthetics and functionality of the landscape, seeking the regeneration of bird and wildlife populations that inhabit the ecosystem.

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JULY 23, 2022

They can’t provide the same ecosystem value as natural forest and woodland but in places intensely modifed by people, hedges are vital sanctuaries for birds and other wildlife. Hoffmann’s Woodpecker. In Costa Rica, we have those living fences, these planted rivulets of green.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

Wildlife rehabilitators are a multi-tasking lot. People walk in and hand you a box, which you know will contain the wildlife and some bizarre food item. Baby birds/wildlife and milk is another entire blog, there are so many. The only source of good information is a well-established wildlife center. He had a big heart!”.

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MARCH 30, 2012

I love her Carolina Wrens , her Piping Plovers , her Chimney Swifts , her Ivory-billed Woodpeckers , and her Phoebes, both avian and human. The book is loaded with Julie’s art from rough sketches, often helpfully captioned in Julie’s own handwriting, to full-color, full-page reproductions of her wonderful watercolors.

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OCTOBER 9, 2015

Black-backed Woodpeckers. I am finally going to see a Black-backed Woodpecker , darn it. Black-Backed Woodpecker by Ryan Hagerty, courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Boreal Chickadees. Ruffed Grouse. Even in the off-season, a trip to the Adirondacks promises a bevy of delights for the downstate birder.

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AUGUST 24, 2011

She’s not really a birder, but having been friends with me she knows that they are there, watches some ( Red-bellied Woodpeckers are her favorite) and will even drink shade-grown coffee because she knows it’s good for migratory birds. According to US Fish and Wildlife domestic rural cats kill roughly 39 million birds annually.

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MAY 16, 2020

There will probably be environmental studies and enhancements to encourage wildlife. Blue T**s and Great T**s abound as do Greater Spotted Woodpeckers. Someone will need to print “Please don’t trample me” signs. Feeder stations! Likely all done by volunteers. Just try and stop me!

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MARCH 18, 2012

Watching a pristine Hairy Woodpecker working away at the tender core confirmed my decision. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was his first Osprey in New York State this year, seen perched on a nesting platform at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in early morning fog on Saturday. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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MAY 5, 2022

such as ducks, gulls, skuas, sandpipers, birds of prey (at least 4 spreads), woodpeckers, finches and sparrows, to list those double-spreads only (there are single-page spreads of crows, cranes and many others). Andy Swash, co-founder and managing director of WILDGuides, is an ecologist and well-known wildlife photographer and author.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

We had a snow storm approaching Minnesota last weekend and the day before I headed over to the bird feeders at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge to see if they were getting any Pine Siskins or Common Redpolls (surprisingly, no). The feeders were incredibly active which is to be expected before a snow storm.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Chickadees, woodpeckers, titmice (like the bird above) and nuthatches are considered “clinging type birds&# and can easily hang upside-down to get access to food. Here’s a Red-bellied Woodpecker on an upside down suet feeder made of recycled plastic. They are clinging birds and use the technique on branches and tree trunks.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2011

You are about to climb up onto the dike at Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area and witness the morning flight. Red-headed Woodpecker at Higbee Beach WMA … a. Once you get up there you are on hallowed ground for the birding world and you are facing some of the most challenging birding that you can find.

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MARCH 22, 2011

In fact Punta Cana is a shining example of how large hotels can conduct their operations in a sustainable manner whilst contributing significantly to the preservation of birds, wildlife and habitats. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Thanks for visiting!

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JUNE 3, 2021

There was a panel discussion too, where I gave the opening lecture on Reva’s wildlife and the value of this area for the polluted city with 2M people. Once I observed a man walking his two small dogs here, passing by a perched White-tailed Eagle but looking down at grass and not noticing the largest raptor in Europe at all.

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MAY 21, 2020

For 3-4 days, opt for the hills, Tresnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary and the nearby Tara Mountain National Park with 140 species (not too much, but with Hazel Grouse , Ural , Pygmy and Tengmalm’s Owls , White-backed and Three-toed Woodpeckers among them). You may have read about Kikinda in the Wall Street Journal or the BBC Wildlife Magazine.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2015

This year was my third year helping to lead trips at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. The list includes Bachmann’s Sparrow , Red-cockaded Woodpecker , Crested Caracara , Snail Kite , and, oddly, Whooping Crane. That is special, more so than any other sighting of any other bird that I’ve experienced. ….

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Share Your Thoughts « Mallard Ducklings: Manky and Not Review: Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil – The Pantanal & Cerrado of Central Brazil » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Save that for the duck butts.If The proposal from U.S.

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MARCH 14, 2011

link] Duncan Mar 14th, 2011 at 11:20 pm My boss from Tern has let me know that Laysan apparently suffered “significant loss of wildlife and some damage and loss of infrastructure and equipment.&# That said, given the history of the islands I imagine the wildlife will recover with time. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

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. Someone had told me a group of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers called this patch of forest home, and we were determined to find out if he was right.

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OCTOBER 27, 2018

Pileated Woodpecker. There are four scenic overlooks, a woodpecker viewing area, a migratory duck pond, and access to The Appalachian Trail. While a small park of only 1,050 acres, it’s surrounded by the massive Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area. Photo by © Mike Kendrick. Sky Meadows State Park, Virginia. Red Crossbill.

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