10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2023
It is home to four diverse forest ecosystems (deciduous, mixed, boreal, and lowlands), experiences seasonal weather systems ranging from cold dry Arctic winters to humid, thunder-storm filled summers, and, according to the latest official checklist, hosts four professional sports teams with bird names.* state and Canadian provinces.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 9, 2019
Whilst many communal nesting birds (including cormorants, herons and ibis) use the rookery, the most obvious and spectacular are the Painted Storks , M ycteria leucocephala. There can be quite a gap between the early birds and the late brooders. It is possible that some birds were attempting a second brood after losing their first.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
In the mid-1970s, a local breeder was burglarized and a few of his birds escaped, after which the breeder released his remaining stock of about 50 birds 1. This is an animated map made from Christmas Bird Count data of Eurasian Collared-Dove sightings from 1987 through 1997 2. Click on photos for full sized images.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2022
Hannah Buschert was first exposed to birds and birding during a required ornithology course at Oregon State University and she quickly caught the birding bug. This is Hannah’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds. Hannah and Erik ready to see some birds! I love to go on cruises.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
Cook’s Petrel ( Pterodroma cookii ) is another range-restricted breeder that nests on Little Barrier Island. This week it emerged that the island is important for another rare New Zealand bird, the critically endangered New Zealand Petrel. The species was lost for over a hundred years before being rediscovered in 2003.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2015
From a global low of less than 300 birds in the late 80’s, the species has recovered to 2726, according to a survey in early 2014. Many of these potential breeders though will not nest. This happened in 2003 when 73 birds died from Avian Botulism. Birds Black-faced Spoonbill'
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2011
Happy birding, Dale Forbes Tags: accentors , Alpine Accentor , Birds , features , polygynandry • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds.
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