10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
Seeing a species in New York that is much more common in Eurasia and that only has North American breeding grounds in far northeastern Canada was pretty awesome. And here, for the heck of it, is an image of the last Northern Wheatear I saw – a breeding plumaged bird in May of 2009 in Kazakhstan. … a.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 26, 2024
The black geese – Brent/Brant, Canada, Barnacle – show a little more variety, but there’s only one goose that really stands out for its striking plumage, and that’s the appropriately named Red-breasted. As the BTO notes, wild vagrants are usually found mixed in with Brent and Barnacle – both typical carrier species.
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