10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

That is why it is such amazingly awesome news that the British Birdwatching Fair raised £242,000 to help conserve a species that could become the first recorded bird extinction in mainland Africa. Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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Ethiopia 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

That larger clade is in turn sister to a clade containing the four remaining totipalmate bird families, which do still seem to be related, and which needed a new order name once pelicans were removed. But meanwhile, let’s look at the four avian families that comprise the brand new order Suliformes.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Because of is huge range and large and growing population it is classified as a Species of Least Concern , great news for those who like to feel the gaze of the Bufflehead upon them. Tags: bufflehead, ducks, waterfowl • Camping tents – Check out our pop up tents, family [.] Duck Migration Mar 14th, 2011 at 12:01 pm [.]

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2011 Ducks Deer New York 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond. Tags: national wildlife refuge , north america , parks • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

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2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

The countryside too is full of signature European species like European Bee-eaters, European Rollers and Great-spotted Cuckoos … Within a shortish drive of the lodge is an unusual birding spot called Pulo do Lobo or The wolf’s Leap. This is worthwhile to pick up some rocky terrain species and the scenery is stunning.

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Portugal 2011 Deer Birds 183

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Pavonine Quetzal ( Pharomachrus pavoninus ) Tags: ecuador , quetzal • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! How lucky you are to live in a country with three different species. The picture below was obtained at Gareno Lodge which is now famous for being the easiest place to find the Rufous Potoo.

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Ecuador 2011 Deer New York 210

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

I briefly entertained the idea that I had found a rare species never before seen in New York but quickly came to my senses and realized that I was dealing with a leucistic individual. What I am getting at here is that I have seen lots and lots of Ruddy Ducks at Jamaica Bay but never one that looked like this particular individual.

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica Deer 156

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

On the grounds, Punta Cana has preserved a 1,500 acre Ecological Park that is an excellent place to view the local endemic bird species and enjoy nature. Tags: Dominican Republic , Worldwide Birding Adventures • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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Dominican Republic 2011 Birds Deer 200

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

When I began birding with people from parts farther north I became familiar with the term “ Half Hardy “, which refers to those species of birds who are generally present in small numbers during mild winters, but usually can’t handle the rough patches of extreme cold temperatures and snow that are less frequent.

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North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

On Sunday at Kissena Park I saw five species of sparrows. A mixed species flock of sparrows (american tree, field and chipping) was by the bike track parking lot. Tags: best bird , weekend • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! I see why people sometimes call them gray ghosts.

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2011 New York Deer Birds 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Among these white-headed/dark-winged gulls formerly lumped into the genus Larus , there were 18+ recognized species the last time I checked, sharing similarities that make telling them apart for the amateur birdwatcher very difficult. 1998), then the proper name for this species is L. fuscus – should be separated as species.

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2011 Cyprus Species Deer 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

We were driving up to northwestern Michigan from our homes in Ohio (me) and West ByGod Virginia (Geoff) in search of a bird species that would be a lifer for both of us: the Bohemian Waxwing. A wide-open field in a wind-protected spot, recently visited by both mechanical and living manure-spreaders. This was Snow Bunting heaven.

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2011 Birds Michigan Ohio 234

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JULY 6, 2021

If you had your choice of one bird family to pursue, to seek out and observe and photograph and kvell over, which one would you choose? A passion for one bird family is also very useful. Hummingbird species, on the other hand, number in the hundreds. So, when British natural history writer Jon Dunn (not to be confused with U.S.

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Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

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! Turkeys, 3 or 4 species of woodpeckers, all kinds of song birds grace our view constantly. Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend ! As I said, we are blessed.

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2011 Deer Birds South Dakota 150

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JULY 26, 2019

So, it just might be that pisco – the beloved South American grape brandy contentiously claimed by both Peru and Chile – is the only spirit named after birds. The name of the liquor is likely borrowed from the city of Pisco on Peru’s central coast, an important port for the pisco trade in the early days of the Spanish viceroyalty.

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Peru San Francisco Parrots Chile 128

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The book offers numerous facts about many species, findings of hundreds of research projects, notes on trends and exceptions from the norm, but little that captures the poetry of winter bird behavior or ignites a passion for change.

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Research Birds Hoarding Sweden 181

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

As part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil giveaway we asked readers of 10,000 Birds to name the bird in Brazil that they would like to see more than any other species. What follows are the responses that readers offered, a veritable aviary of sought after species. It is a really neat bird that I have not seen before.

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 222

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) small families putting less pressure on the adult members of the family). Davies et al. Ecological causes and reproductive conflicts. You disgust me.

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2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 225

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Hunting sandhill cranes in Kentucky is a bad idea from a public relations standpoint, considering the growing cadre of birders and nature enthusiasts for whom cranes are a touchstone species. Initiating a hunting season on a large, charismatic species like a crane is no way to resuscitate hunting.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 258

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

One such controversial bird is the Veraguan Mango , a small hummingbird species that was, until very recently, believed to be a Panamanian endemic. Veraguan Mango by Carlos Bethancourt Although the Neotropical region supports fewer bird families than Africa, there are considerably more bird species here than anywhere else on earth.

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Panama Costa Rica 2011 Cleveland 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. Birders know that the light’s not always perfect or even particularly good when you’re trying to tell one species from another. In the only state in the Central Flyway that protects cranes from hunting. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

A three-part trip report for Hong Kong including the Orange-headed Thrush and visiting Tai Mo Shan , Cheun Lung Family Walk, and Aberdeen Reservoirs, can be found on Redgannet. Very interesting species. The female and juvenile are browner on the back, though a female may resemble the male with age. Married to a Canon?

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2011 Deer India New York 197

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

For Corey, this was a weekend without a single standout species but with many birds that were pretty darn neat. 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. Enjoy the details and proof here.

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2011 Deer Birds Owls 133

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

In southern Africa, there are two species. … Tags: south-africa , Spotted Dikkop , stone curlews , thick-knees • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! I too am fascinated by the name of this species. … This post has been submitted to Bird Photography Weekly #134. Go check it out!

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2011 Deer Africa Peru 174

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

Orlando is so rich in roadside and overhead birds that I kept a list of species seen from the car which ran to 30+ on the first morning and included a Bald Eagle nonchalantly sitting on a street lamp by a Target store. I had to do all three as we headed to Universal’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

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2011 Alligators Florida Deer 118