10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2018

The header photo shows the remains of Marlgu Billabong on November 10th 2018 looking left from the shelter. Marlgu Billabong looking right from the shelter. We soon positioned ourselves in the shelter to watch the birdlife and there was no denying it was a hot and dry day and the shade was appreciated.

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Shelters Geese 2018 Ducks 114

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2019

Luckily, for birds, I didn’t have to, as a skulky Winter Wren sought shelter right outside my dining room window, adding a highly improbable third wren species to my yard list. This month may have brought uncommon cold and rain to Upstate New York, but June went out on an exceedingly high note for us. How about you?

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2019 New York Shelters Birds 134

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The layout of the lake has many small fingers that provide shelter, shallow water and many dense areas of Willow and Cottonwood trees. On my last couple of visits, California Gulls, Ring-billed Gulls, Ruddy Ducks, Common Gallinule, Western Grebe, Eared Grebe and Pied-billed Grebes were on the water.

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Mexico Tucson Arizona Ducks 135

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2020

Mandarin Ducks, Munich, Germany. And they aren’t nearly as famous as the vagrant/escaped Mandarin Duck of Central Park. But they were still Mandarin Ducks! But the Kentish Plover was sheltering its young under its body, and the Little Ringed Plover was incubating an egg — right in the middle of downtown Madrid!

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Austria Spain 2019 Birds 153

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MAY 8, 2019

Cattails line parts of the ponds, all of this giving shelter to a very nice variety of birds. This winter the waters were consistently holding Ring-neck Ducks, Buffleheads, Northern Shovelers, American Wigeon, Green-wing and Cinnamon Teal, Gadwalls, Ruddy Ducks and Common Mergansers.

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Tucson Arizona Ducks Shelters 133

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MAY 25, 2020

By the time migration rolled around, we were all sheltering in place. A Wood Stork, Glossy Ibis, and Wood Ducks were all counted towards my Birdathon list. Typically, team members fan out across their region, counting as many species as they possibly can from 12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. Of course, nothing is typical about 2020.

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Florida 2020 Shelters Species 186

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MARCH 14, 2016

This barrier beach habitat is often where Snowy Owls , Horned Larks , Snow Buntings , and other winter birds find food and shelter and it also serves as nesting grounds for American Oystercatchers and Piping Plovers , both of which arrive in March. Instead, I focused on the ducks and shorebirds, of which there were plenty!

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Ducks Birds Killing Shelters 103

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JANUARY 30, 2019

As a duck hunter, he had seen Redheads and scaups and mergansers throughout the winter, but as I did not relish getting up at 3:30 a.m. From his time hunting, Brian knew where rafts usually sheltered from the wind on the Santa Rosa Sound, and we strolled down the shore towards the black dots in the distance.

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Bald Eagle 2019 Florida Hunters 113

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DECEMBER 15, 2013

In the face of endless snow, all I want to do is seek shelter, warmth, and booze. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend could have been either his first Harlequin Duck or his first Glaucous Gull of the year. To all you hardy naturalists who have already logged Christmas Bird Count hours in service to citizen science, I salute you!

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2013 Shelters Birds Science 167

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OCTOBER 27, 2018

There are four scenic overlooks, a woodpecker viewing area, a migratory duck pond, and access to The Appalachian Trail. Accommodations (100-room lodge, 30 cottages, 105 tent/RV/trailer campsites, and 16 shelters) make for relaxed birding on 12 miles of trails and lakeside. Sky Meadows State Park, Virginia. American Kestrel.

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West Virginia Virginia Kentucky South Carolina 188

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2020

There is a small shelter and picnic bench at this location and depending on visibility you may or may not be able to see the coast! There are very few benches along the route, but one marked short trail about half-way between Foster and Fish Creek offers views of Wilson’s Promontory.

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Fish Koalas Ducks Litter 136

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2017

Many of the ducks will be familiar to Nearctic birders, but Common Pochard , Tufted Ducks and Spot-billed Ducks may be new. Reeds attract Meadow Buntings and Reed Buntings and provide shelter for little fish which, in their turn attract Great Egrets , Little Egrets and Grey Herons.

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Birds Ducks Shelters Falcons 100

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JUNE 21, 2013

That’s all well and good if I want to be the world’s premier duck-watcher (and why not? Ducks are great!) The Rose-breasted Grosbeaks chose a more sheltered location but that meant they had to fly farther for their meals; they would arrive with slick head-feathers and fill up before retreating again.

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Blackbirds Ponies Branding Ducks 169

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

From spring hole to spring hole we slowly moved, our captain providing running commentary on the number of gallons flowing from Silver Springs, the number of movies that had been shot here, and the wildlife seeking shelter within the cool waters. Of course, Anhingas have caught on to their hiding techniques.

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Florida Fish Turtles Shelters 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 10, 2017

The only shelter is at the Sailing Club and there are also picnic tables there too. The reservoir offered Tufted Ducks , Eurasian Wigeon , Gadwall , Northern Shoveler , Common Pochard , Eurasian Teal , Eurasian Coots , Great Crested Grebes , Little Grebes , Canada Geese and Greylag Geese. kilometres/2.25

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Geese Ducks Canada Shelters 101

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DECEMBER 6, 2013

So does protecting the extremities, as ducks do with the counter-current heat exchange in their feet and ptarmigans do with their feather-shaggy slippers. Beyond this, many birds who are routinely exposed to great cold have adaptations that help them limit their heat loss.

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Montana Shelters Suffering Ducks 174

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Also on the ground you’ll see your first Finsch’s Duck. This attractive relative of Australia’s Maned Duck is the most common duck you’ll see on the tour, but visitors always love seeing them and their ubiquity doesn’t detract from their attractiveness. It certainly has no known relatives.

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New Zealand Ducks Australia Mountain Goats 211

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2013

The National Park is unusual because it offers very few facilities compared to most, but there is a sealed road right into the small car park and a shade shelter with a table and chairs and information about the park. The Silver Gulls, Caspian, Gull-billed and Whiskered Terns were further away and the variety of ducks was incredible.

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Feral Pelicans Ducks Pigs 150

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JANUARY 13, 2013

Wallaby seeks shelter beside an excavator. There were 6 Royal Spoonbills and numerous Hardhead and Pacific Black Ducks. This wallaby had been sitting in the bucket as we approached and then hopped out and remained in the shade near the tracks. Bird life in a pool on the Maitland River.

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Birds Industry Transported Ducks 150

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JULY 31, 2013

It was also then that I managed to work out what the weird looking distant ducks were, they weren’t ducks, they were huge rafts of Fluttering Shearwaters. I’ve never seen so many petrels so close to shore in such sheltered waters – petrels are birds I associate with large bodies of open water.

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New Zealand Charlotte Hunting Family 165

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2012

This encourages the small fish to seek shelter below the shadow and the bird then pounces on the fish. Our wide expanses of water will soon become smaller and the ducks will return! We have both the white and grey morph of Eastern Reef Egret in Broome, but the grey is more common.

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Fish Breeding Shelters Collecting 176

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FEBRUARY 10, 2016

During high tide the island is cut off, but people will deliberately strand themselves on the island to engage in six hours of solid sea watching in the hope of picking up species like Northern Fulmar, Leach’s Storm-petrels , skuas, sea ducks, loons and Manx Shearwaters.

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Geese Seals Shelters Collecting 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The nests can also serve as shelter for newly fledged young and for adults, especially during winter in resident populations like those in the California central valley. According to Birds of North America Online , there may be several reasons. A large number of nests could also serve as decoys for predators. .”

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Sacramento North America Wildlife Defenders Of Wildlife 162

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

The eggs are Peregrine Falcon eggs, stolen from aeries in Wales, though Lendrum keeps insisting they’re duck eggs. If you are looking for a ‘good read’ while you are sheltering in place, this is a very good choice–entertaining, part true crime thriller, part journalistic puzzle, part educational.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 224

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2011

Even the most barren habitat shelters enough stealthy, confusing, downright frustrating species to scare off newbies. If you look for ducks in summer or warblers in winter, you’re very likely to be disappointed. Too many steps in a process can seem daunting, so always keep it as simple as possible.

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Birds United States 2006 Breeders 208

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2016

It is a sheltered area with numerous picnic tables for the people visiting and bird feeders for the feathered variety of visitors. Arriving late morning on a Saturday we had no problem parking on Dryham Lane and there were a few people taking the trail around the fields. Our first stop was the area marked Wild Bird Cafe next to the car-park.

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Geese Wildlife 2001 Woodpeckers 101

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

Let’s explore some of these far-off places and the birds that find shelter here. Its numbers are declining rapidly due to feral cats and this duck is currently listed as vulnerable. Two of the remotest islands in the world are Easter Island in the South-eastern Pacific and Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic.

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Birds South Africa South America Feral Cats 215