10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2019

Costa Rica is well known for national parks and other protected areas than offer access to tropical ecosystems dripping with biodiversity. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. An owl by day? Euphonias, sparrows, warblers, and tanagers. Less common but still expected were looks at White-eared Ground-Sparrow and Red-crowned Ant-Tanager.

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Costa Rica Birds Parrots Sparrows 199

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JANUARY 1, 2019

Snowy Owl, Long Island, NYS. This was a special Snowy Owl encounter in a year of many Snowy Owls. It was, indeed, a Snowy Owl. I drove to the other end of the lot and watched the owl fly back to its meal, smack in the middle of the empty lot. How often does one have a Snowy Owl all to one’s self?

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2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 163

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Thanks mostly to David Lindo, The Urban Birder, there are a few British bird groups touring the country every year now, even the BBC came to film the world famous Long-eared Owl gathering in the town of Kikinda with more than 700 birds in some winters. In some years, Spanish Sparrows were reported breeding inside White Storks nests in Sakule.

Serbia 164

Serbia Birds Bulgaria Farming 164

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

Five hatchling House Sparrows in a Happy Meal box,” said Johanna Walton, also in Connecticut. The finders of an adult Barred Owl brought to Kathryn Dudeck in Georgia thought he had a wing fracture, so they wrapped the entire bird in the plastic protective wrap used by landscape companies and taped it up.

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Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. The proposal from U.S. The proposal from U.S. Wicked, right?

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2011 Deer Fish Cows 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2011

and Colombia respectively, have secured thirteen new conservation easements in Colombia with private landowners that will protect important habitat for the Cerulean Warbler – North America’s fastest declining neotropical migrant songbird. • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover? The proposal from U.S.

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Colombia 2011 Deer Brazil 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

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2011 Deer New York Cats 159

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DECEMBER 24, 2013

Calilegua is the only national park in the province of Jujuy that protects 76,000 ha of Yungas forest providing a bird sanctuary for many endemic species that live in this special forest. After descending from the tower and we found the Ferruginous Pigmy Owl only 50 ft away from the tower while the Antrens bugged him.

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Woodpeckers Birds Parrots Argentina 170

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2016

Check out these suggestions: The Zamora Estate : Not that far from the airport, this place protects some of the last remaining wetland habitat in the Central Valley. The gardens are lovely, have various common birds and occasional ground-sparrows, and a chance at roosting Tropical Screech-Owl.

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Costa Rica San Jose Liberia Birds 101

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Established in 1974 to protect the delta, which is formed where the fresh water of the Nisqually River meets to nutrient rich, tidal salt water of the Puget Sound. There were Song Sparrows, Spotted Towhees, American Robins , and of course the ever popular Yellow-rumped Warbler.

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Wildlife Seattle Bald Eagle Geese 106

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

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Experience 162

Experience Experiments Deer 2011 162

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MARCH 17, 2011

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2011 140

2011 Deer New York Owls 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

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Deer 2011 New York New York City 140

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OCTOBER 28, 2017

While birders up north are pishing up sparrows, digging the Autumn weekend at Cape May, or twitching vagrants, we are busy with kingbird flocks during our height of migration. Owls : From my cabin, during less than an hour, I heard Crested, Spectacled, Mottled, and Central American Pygmy owls as well as Great Potoo and Collared Forest-Falcon.

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Costa Rica Birds Parrots Farming 166

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

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2011 155

2011 Deer New York Owls 155

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

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2011 145

2011 Deer New York Birds 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2011

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Honduras 2011 Deer Denmark 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

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Deer 2011 New York New York Times 124

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

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2011 Deer New York Texas 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

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Deer 2011 Oklahoma New York 124

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

Even among the protected areas of Serbia, the Iron Gates National Park (in Serbian: Djerdap) stands out as better preserved. Keep in mind that the special nature reserves (dark green on the park map) enjoy the highest level of protection and are off limits to visitors (possible only with research permits issued by the park authorities).

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Serbia Turtles Birds Eagles 194

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

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Deer 2011 Birds New York 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Forgotten Owls When Is A Tanager A Spindalis? His recent focus is on bringing the Western Burrowing Owl back to life in California where he also monitors several bluebird trails. Share Your Thoughts « Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field? These Blasts From The Past The Beginning of a Magpie Tattoo What is a Merganser?

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Wildlife 2011 Sacramento Jordan 155

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

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Brazil Deer 2011 Peru 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Fortunately, there are some people working to protect the Scarlet Macaws of Honduras. Though Scarlet Macaws are threatened in Honduras there is hope that they will get protection and recover at least some of their numbers and former range. Their plumage is simply amazing and the colors are astounding. The proposal from U.S.

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Honduras 2011 Deer Birds 153

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

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DC Washington Deer 2011 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

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2011 145

2011 Deer Cuba Hunters 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

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Ethiopia 145

Ethiopia 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2011

VRinA2 Mar 4th, 2011 at 9:32 pm Heading to the Soo, looking for Snowy Owls. I am not a birder but one day I likely will be March here has been good so far though there was storm at the outset, it wasn’t as bad as expected. .) @ VRinA2 – where are you looking for Snowy Owls? And I am jealous of your Harris’s Sparrow.

2011 145

2011 Los Angeles Deer Birds 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

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2011 140

2011 Deer New York New York City 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

When I first saw it I thought it might be a snowy or a barn owl because it was almost white. 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. Once I looked at it through the binoculars I saw it was a male harrier.

2011 155

2011 New York Deer Birds 155

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

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2011 Deer New York Obama 133

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2012

Normally students on spring break wear sunglasses to protect their eyes from the bright tropical sun in some place like Cancun. She wore sunglasses to protect herself from going snow blind. While we were chatting I heard what sounded like a very large House Sparrow , which I had been told was what Evening Grosbeaks sound like.

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Oregon Birds 2007 Protection 166

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

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Squirrels 145

Squirrels 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. The proposal from U.S. Wicked, right?

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Ducks 2011 Deer Brazil 218

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

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2011 Deer New York Owls 151

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2017

Not a falcon, but a female Eurasian Sparrowhawk , drying its soaked feathers after the rain that was falling while we were protected by the trees. A heavily camouflaged woodpecker (like an owl or a nightjar), more often heard than seen, and even then, possible to see only when it moves. Little Owl – Athene noctua.

Romania 124

Romania Serbia Turtles Blackbirds 124