10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2024
It was a beautiful day to be out on the water, and in no time, we were cruising around Craigleith with Atlantic Puffins , Razorbills , Common Murres , and Black-legged Kittiwakes. The birds on this island face their own challenges with Tree Mallow, a non-native plant that has endangered the puffin colony.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
He is also a serious birder (and a birding friend), and his birding observations and adventures are used throughout the book to introduce evolutionary questions and illustrate the mental interplay between personal experience and scientific curiosity. The book is smartly organized into 12 chapters. that’s three birds). ” (p.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 21, 2016
The depth of knowledge, and experience shown here, as well as the writing skills leave me in awe most every week, as I scroll thru the weekly entries. The first of many new species on that trip, but still the first! #7 There were 17 new birds that week, but the Horned Puffins remain my favorite. #1
10,000 Birds
JULY 11, 2018
Now, dont get me wrong, there have been some nice birds, and locations in between, but these two experiences are just so hard to put out of my mind. At Dunnet Head, we got to see a couple of Atlantic Puffins, a few Razorbills, some Guillemots and gulls. Total Scotland Species – 105. Flying in formation. Mom and her baby.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2019
During the decade, I submitted 1,219 checklists and observed 555 bird species, all in the U.S. In other words, eBird is effectively a complete history of my birding experiences. After an initial period when all species are new, the lifers begin to follow a pattern. and Canada. Texas and Florida round out the Top 5.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 29, 2013
The hotel owner told us that visiting them in the evening had the best showing of puffins as they returned to the cliffs from the sea. I can hardly begin to describe the surreal experience that unfolded before me. It is truly a magical place, an experience like none other. A great meal but I was eager to get to the bird cliffs.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2022
There is no place that compares to Maine with its rocky shorelines, freezing waters populated by wintering alcids, offshore islands filled with nesting Atlantic Puffins, mixed and boreal forests (the most forested state in the U.S., we learn) that are home to coveted boreal species, breeding wood-warblers, and two species of Grouse.
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