10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

First recorded in Florida in 1949, it has been gracing the mature yards and suburban parks of Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties for several decades, although it has recently experienced significant declines in its population perhaps due to Hurricane Wilma in October 2005 and the severe winter cold of 2010.

Miami 174

Miami Costa Rica Florida 2005 174

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Illustrations were created using diverse visual and physical source materials–skin collections from Australian museums and a database of over 300,000 photographs (plus, of course, the artists’ years of field experience). Each family group begins with a small box summarizing the characteristics of the family in Australia.

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Australia Birds Penguins 2015 106

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2011

On this final day of 2011 it is time, just like it was on the final day of 2010 , to share your Best Birds of the Year. Kirby Adams had a magical experience with his Best Bird of the Year and he blogged about it on his blog, Sharp Tern. My family also farms so that limits places we are able to go throughout the year.

2011 161

2011 Birds Ohio North Dakota 161

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2017

Can a family-focused trip—even to one of the world’s most biodiverse countries—deliver enough opportunities for avian observation to satisfy this serious world birder? With enough planning, you can enjoy a family-friendly, bird-rich vacation in the Panama Canal zone. If you have kids, you’re probably as curious as I was.

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Panama 2017 Monkeys Family 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Families that are endemic to the continent include such strange birds as Shoebill , Secretarybird , Hamerkop , mousebirds and rockfowl ( picathartes ) and delightful groups including bushshrikes, sugarbirds, rockjumpers, woodhoopoes, turacos and hyliotas. What are the must do destinations and what must one see?

Papua New Guinea 218

Papua New Guinea Madagascar Africa Equatorial Guinea 218

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of January 2010? I always choose a target bird for my trips to Florida, which are mainly to visit with family, but I never ever dreamed that one of my FL Life Birds would be a MacGillivray’s.

2011 133

2011 Deer Birds Owls 133

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

I strongly suspect that the rate of attrition on this Loon family is inversely proportionate to the abundance of ducklings in the bay. Non-bird watchers without binoculars and experience are notoriously bad sources of information. Deepwater Horizon, 2010; Paruk et al. And, every now and then one of the Loons disappears too.

Humane 205

Humane Eagles Investigation Research 205

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I should add that the Big Owls taking over NYC social and even hard print media, dominating conversations with my nonbirder friends and family, are not the only owls in the five boroughs, but like a musical, the closer you are to Broadway, the closer you are to fame and fortune (and maybe even a higher quality rodent for dinner, who knows?).

New York City 185

New York City Birds Owls Fox 185

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Within families, the species are arranged less taxonomically and more in line with “design and space considerations,” (Introduction), and on the plates themselves, species are arranged to facilitate comparison. Press, 2010), The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide, 2nd ed.by Text is on the left, plates are on the right.

America 213

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 213

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2016

Tawny Frogmouths are actually more closely related to the Nightjar family. We have only encountered a Tawny Frogmouth nest once before and that was at the Broome Poo Ponds in January 2010. It was nothing like the experience in September with literally hundreds of each species looking for water. Tawny Frogmouth becomes a branch!

Shelters 100

Shelters Geese Australia 2010 100

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Thanksgiving 2010 will be Baby Sky's first, and our opportunity to introduce her to the notion that our family doesn't eat animals (not to mention that other historical story we'll be correcting). Justice for beings who look very different from us but who, like us, experience pleasure and pain, boredom and frustration.

Greyhounds 100

Greyhounds Forced Molting Debeaking Vegan 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

Written by birders, it underlies a wealth of facts, trends, and events with a consciousness that the more knowledgeable we are about good bird feeding practices, based on history and experience, the more successful bird feeding will be at bringing people to birds and the more people will advocate for effective conservation policies and laws.

America 228

America Industry Squirrels Birds 228

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Experiments in the field (the famed Asa Wright Nature Center veranda) involving Bananaquits and bananas came up with numbers ranging from 7 to 16, but a tanager always came along to interfere with Bananaquits’ noisy appreciation of their namesake fruit. Richard ffrench died in 2010 at the age of 80.

Trinidad 194

Trinidad Birds South America Research 194

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

As 2013 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 , 2011 , and 2012 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. I was attending the 3rd Global Bird-watching Conference in Gujarat and suddenly surrounded not just be species that were completely new, but entire families of birds.

2013 167

2013 Birds Costa Rica India 167

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Whether you have bought a kitten, or your cat has given birth to a litter that you intend to keep, you will most likely want to bond with the new member of your family. Grooming is a fantastic bonding experience for you and your kitten. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on February 28, 2010. Bonding With Your Kitten.

Kittens 100

Kittens Cats Pets Litter 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

. … Tags: Lewiss Woodpecker , new york , woodpeckers • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2010? The Nuttall’s Woodpecker Tufted Duck at Cold Spring Harbor, New York The northern southern Woodpecker.Or

New York 191

New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 191

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Both Puerto Rico and the USVI have active birding communities that are currently excluded from full membership in the ABA family. According to the 2010 Census, the population was about 3.7 All Americans Should be Full Members of the ABA Family. Puerto Rico became a territory in 1898 and a commonwealth in 1952.

Puerto Rico 152

Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States 152

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Unfortunately, this morph is the dominant one at Fuzhou NFP”) that somehow survived the review process, possibly because the reviewer has had similar experiences. Luckily I wasn’t affected too severely by the current pandemic: I lost neither life nor family members to Covid, only my job which was replaced the same day I lost it.

2020 230

2020 Birds Germany Costa Rica 230

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

She is an excellent mother, managing not only to feed her four large cubs, but their visiting father One-eyed who comes by every now and then (he has two more families and being the good father he is, visits them all regularly, usually around lunch time). Very dusty Swarovski CLs. Telia, copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Tigers 243

Tigers India Killing 2012 243

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

It’s my fantasy and it’s yours: Quit the job, say good-bye to the family, and bird. how guides and drivers are found and where they live and what their families and homes look like, birder friends who accompany him on some legs of his quest, and the quirky people he ends up sharing beers with, in bars in huts on stilts.

Hunters 192

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 192

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Which, naturally, got me to thinking about the newly erected order Suliformes, a development I mentioned in my December column, 2010′s Top 10 Developments in Bird Taxonomy and Systematics , but which I thought deserved further examination, for it’s one of those stories that defines the era in which we are living and birding.

2011 152

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 152

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

As 2012 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 and 2011 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. It was a heart-pounding scene straight out of Jurassic Park, an odd experience for a laid-back pursuit like birding. I wrote about the experience here.

2012 147

2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

more migratory sky shots here ) Tags: march , weekend • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Stop by our blog for some nice shots and share the experience!! Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend ! Look to the skies for flocks of waterfowl on the wing!

2011 150

2011 Deer Birds South Dakota 150

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 18, 2010

Our working life together is framed by loss and urgency—a person missing, time passing, a family and community desperate for answers. Experience is the best teacher, we’re told, but sometimes past experience can be misleading. Past experience? We need it in the search field. Avoid Hasty Conclusions.

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Rescue Dogs Humane Dallas 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

Besides the urgent need to identify my dragonflies, I was interested in hands-on experience using these field guides. There are many more British species that resemble ours, but belong to different subfamilies or even families. High Brown Frit belongs to the Argynnis family and Variegated Frit is part of the Speyeria family.

Ireland 172

Ireland France Breeding Eggs 172

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

Furthermore we have another very special stork-like bird, the regal Shoebill , previously known as the Whale-headed Stork but now placed in its own family. It is quite a sight to experience hundreds of Abdim’s Stork dropping out of the skies from seemingly thin air, to gorge on burnt or fleeing insects and rodents.

Africa 239

Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 239

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Tags: best bird , weekend • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed.

2011 154

2011 New York Deer Birds 154

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

When I agreed to read and review Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson's THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING (Harper 2010), the regal Charles Hobson Booger, III was still with us. He was adopted by the Masson family and was apparently the most loving dog all who met him had ever had the pleasure of being licked by. And the crying would never stop.

Dogs 100

Dogs Pit Bulls Greyhounds Kennels 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The Refuge has also become a place where people can experience and learn about wildlife and the places they call home, whether through self-guided discovery or by participating in one of our many educational programs. Note in this 2010 video, birders, birdwatching and kayakers are mentioned, not hunters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk_5pt9OTLA.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 143