10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2021

Birdathons are typically used by state programs and chapters to raise critical funding for conservation and research programs. The Red-bellied Woodpecker. Zooming in on the Orchard Oriole. 2021 marked the second year I participated in a Birdathon for Audubon Florida. The most common species we shared amongst our list?

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Florida 2020 Mexico Raised 159

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Next stops offered White-crowned Parrot and Barred Parakeets , Chestnut-sided and Canada Warblers , Collared Aracari , half a dozen Purple-throated Fruitcrows … I heard a strong double-nock of a huge Pale-billed Woodpecker , but the bird didn’t present itself to our eyes. A group (maybe 4-5 ex.)

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Costa Rica Nicaragua 2019 Farming 258

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2021

Once I observed a man walking his two small dogs here, passing by a perched White-tailed Eagle but looking down at grass and not noticing the largest raptor in Europe at all.

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Otters Protest Protesting Protesters 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2013

Over the last two weeks, we raised our faces and sniffed. Severe fires create snags, they germinate seeds and sprout fungus, and most of all they create food and habitat for insects that in turn feed birds like Black-backed Woodpecker and Olive-sided Flycatcher , and encourage even some generalists like other woodpeckers and wrens.

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Endangered Species South Dakota Woodpeckers Sheep 164

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2014

Among birds the Egyptian Vulture uses rocks to crack Ostrich eggs, the New Caledonian Crow and Woodpecker Finch (one of several Darwin Finches of the Galapagos Islands), uses sticks to extract grubs from inside a branch. Egyptian Vultures raised is isolation used rocks to crack eggs presented to them. Woodpecker Finch using a tool.

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Fish Woodpeckers Ostriches Eggs 164

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2015

Raising my binoculars, I picked out not only Turkey Vultures , with their red heads and silver flight feathers, but also Black Vultures , with gray heads and just their wing tips sporting silver. Intent on exploring a tree crevice, a Red-headed Woodpecker had landed only thirty feet above me! Red-headed Woodpecker.

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Fish North Carolina Woodpeckers Turkey 197

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

This was where I set up my bird feeders, just one at first, then expanding as everyone expressed delight in seeing the Carolina Chickadees, Dark-eyed Juncos, and Downy Woodpeckers. I picked up a Downy Woodpecker, an every-day visitor. I was shocked when I found the first body, a female Towhee. The window silhouettes were gone.

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

Project Nestwatch elaborates: “Violet-green Swallows nest in cliff crevices, natural tree cavities, woodpecker holes, in old nests of Bank and Cliff Swallow, under the eaves of buildings, and in nest boxes.” All About Birds describes the Violet-green Swallow as a cavity nester, seen in open woods at middle elevations.

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Montana Woodpeckers Eggs Raised 161

10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2023

Disinterested Gray Langurs await us in the next tree crown; one Black-rumped Flameback woodpecker is searching the branches, while one gorgeous Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher flies by. Gir comprises diverse habitats, from open scrubland to both dry deciduous and tropical thorn forest and evergreen corridors along the rivers.

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India Lions Boars Mammals 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2019

The raising of the bins took place along roads through semi-shaded coffee farms and on the grounds of Villa San Ignacio , a hotel with big old wonderful trees and regenerating forest. Hoffmann’s Woodpecker. This is one heck of a sweet urban bird.

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Costa Rica Birds Parrots Sparrows 203

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Owls and eagles and ducks and hummingbirds and parrots and woodpeckers are all things that a regular nonbirding joe or jane can, with time and a few color photographs, see the appeal of. a sea gull.''” Of course, that raises an important question – what is the most interesting gull in the world?

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Seals Lifestyle Turtles Parrots 244

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2020

Piney Z Lake is separated by Lake Lafayette by another raised berm – this time with no openings for paddlers. Common Gallinules camouflaged with the denser vegetation, and we were now so close to the woods that we heard Red-bellied Woodpeckers and Common Yellowthroats. Only one kayak and one canoe passed us as we explored.

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Georgia Transported Horses Fish 155

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2013

Disinterested Gray Langurs await us in the next tree crown; one Black-rumped Flameback woodpecker is searching the branches, while one gorgeous Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher flies by. Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker” Dinopium benghalense. Lesser Yellownape (-d Woodpecker) Picus chlorolophus.

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Lions India Mammals Boars 244

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

I raised them, banded them and released them back to their colony site that summer. Maggie Rufo, who works with Veronica at NSCC in Sebastopol, remembers a juvenile Pileated Woodpecker she agreed to release where it had been found in Mendocino. “I She returned for two more seasons.”. I set my camera up, then got him out.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Ohio Tulsa West Virginia 243

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

Current well-intentioned environmental pressures to emphasize harvesting large dead or dying trees, if realized, would have further adverse effects on such ecologically and esthetically important species as woodpeckers, swallows, wrens, nuthatches, and owls – to name a few 1.”

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North America America Barn Owls Falcons 238

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2013

In the last few months, Downy Woodpecker s and squirrels have added some holes to the cedar siding of the building. Both are non-native species in Minnesota and drive out native flickers, bluebirds and other cavity nesters to take over to raise their own young. ” Effective?

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Sparrows Squirrels Birds Minnesota 182

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2020

Luis Gonzalez is a Miami resident and IT major who was originally born and raised in Cuba. The bird family that got his attention was originally the herons, egrets and other wading birds, but as time went on New World warblers, woodpeckers and ducks fueled the passion further.

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Canada Cuba Miami Florida 182

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2014

This dirt road was the soybean truck-nightmare; about every 10 minutes we had large double-trailer trucks filled with soybeans drive very fast and raise a huge dust cloud that took another 5 minutes to settle. These were less than ideal bird-watching conditions so we drove up the road and got out of the car when the dust settled.

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Argentina Farming Chile Birds 208

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2018

Golden-browed Warbler , Guira Cuckoo , King Rail , Double-collared Seed-eater , Rufescent Tiger Heron , White-tufted Grebe , Spot-flanked Gallinule , Great Grebe , Green-barred Woodpecker , Chalk-browed Mockingbird , Rufous Hornero , The photographs in this post have come from my final visit.

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Argentina Tigers Raised Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2020

In addition to the species mentioned before, it is easy to have incredible looks at Red-crowned Woodpeckers , Barred Antshrikes , and Rufous-vented Chachalacas as they frequently are attracted to the fruit feeders. Be warned, staying at Cuffie River Nature Retreat may encourage you to cancel your other birding plans on the island.

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Trinidad Parrots Species Hunting 185

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2012

The females, having selected a mate, will raise the chicks on their own. Yes, where some people might get t**s, or cardinals, or woodpeckers or finches in their feeders, in northern Australia you can have birds-of-paradise as a backyard bird (along with cassowaries, obviously)! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VGongXYDGo

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Indonesia Birds Australia Guinea 211

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

A beautiful series of raised boardwalks have been constructed, allowing year round access to the area, thru the marsh area, all the way out nearly a half mile into the tidal flats. I am still looking for that elusive Hairy Woodpecker, but I did get to add a Red-breasted Sapsucker to the list.

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Fox Washington Geese Sparrows 146

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2017

They stay here in Mexico despite the heat, and raise their families. This Gila Woodpecker was one of the star attractions of last weeks posting. With that massive bill, it makes for a wonderful profile! We always have a few American Avocets that do not migrate back north. This has been a wonderful year for finding Varied Buntings.

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Seattle Mexico 2017 Falcons 116

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Sure, occasionally a bird has given me problems, like Black-backed Woodpeckers back in 2007 when I was doing an alleged Big Year in New York State, but not seeing a bird for a single year does not make it a nemesis. But Black Woodpecker ? Yet, here I am, back from Austria, minus one Black Woodpecker sighting. What happened?

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Woodpeckers Austria Europe Hungary 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2017

I was convinced that we would get a Puerto Rican Tody as our first endemic species while Mike was sure it would be a Puerto Rican Woodpecker. This Puerto Rican Woodpecker was our second sighting of an endemic for the day. I shall never grow tired of being in places with Man-O-War Birds.

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Puerto Rico Birds Woodpeckers 2017 112

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2015

The list includes Bachmann’s Sparrow , Red-cockaded Woodpecker , Crested Caracara , Snail Kite , and, oddly, Whooping Crane. From 1993 to 2004, biologists released 289 captive-raised whooping cranes into central Florida. On my previous trips I was successful on each and every species except for the crane.

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Cattle Florida Bald Eagle Endangered Species 218

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

Female Imperial Woodpecker in flight, Mexico, a still from recently found film made by William Rhein, p. They would pause over them and just gaze, sometimes even raising the book towards their eyes in the vain hope that this action would allow them to see more.—more And, in a strange way, it’s a book about hope.

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Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 270

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Attempting to bluff the bear in believing that they were even bigger bears, Hoshino suggested raising their hands, to appear taller. Finally, the list of birds mentioned in the examples include: Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus. From the behavioural point of view, what has happened? Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea.

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Animal Bears Stray Dog Blackbirds 116

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2019

We stop again and search the leaves: Rufous Treepie (a rather handsome forest crow), Greater Racket-tailed Drongo with its long streamers, Lesser Goldenback woodpecker… We’re winding through the forest. Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. Several more Langurs, but not a trace of an owlet. Humbly, we approach on foot.

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India Owls Tigers Cows 199

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2017

This large woodpecker is one of Cuba’s rarest birds, with a small population of 600-800 individuals, who are mostly seen on the Zapata Peninsula.** The bird flies around our group, alights onto a bush and, just as I raise my camera, dives into the bush. The wren comes in! Then up and around us to the other side. Then back again.

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Cuba Birds 2015 Bahamas 183

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

Are you going to help “raise public awareness about the decline of the house sparrow and throw light on the problems faced by the species&# or are you in the camp that hates the lowly House Sparrow ? In response to the decline last year saw the first ever World Sparrow Day and tomorrow, 20 March, is the second annual World Sparrow Day.

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Sparrows 2011 Deer New York 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

It was decreed a national symbol of Honduras on 28 June 1993 by the National Congress of Honduras as a way to raise awareness of the varied avifauna of Honduras. By Corey • March 18, 2011 • 1 comment Tweet Share The national bird of Honduras is the Scarlet Macaw. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Honduras 2011 Deer Birds 158

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

When the cotingas were elsewhere, we had fun with point blank views of gorgeous Shining Honeycreepers, Riverside Wren, Black-hooded Antshrike, Charming Hummingbird , Golden-naped Woodpecker , and dozens of other species. Riverside Wrens are nearly endemic to Costa Rica. A pair of Shining Honeycreepers.

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Costa Rica San Jose Sharks Monkeys 255

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Aptly called the tube-nosed birds, on account of their raised and highly visible nostrils, these species are able to hone in on oceanic food from several miles away, based on smell alone. Following oceanic surface smells that are carried by winds, they are often able to locate valuable food sources – like krill and zooplankton.

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Birds Mammals Mozambique New Zealand 239

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Get there early and you might hear those species, Brown-billed Scythebill , Golden-olive and Smoky-brown Woodpeckers , and maybe even rarities like White-fronted (Zeledon’s) Tyrannulet , and Lanceolated Monklet. We raised bins, and voila, Collared Forest-falcon ! A juvenile Collared Forest-falcon looks for prey.

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Costa Rica Birds Falcons North Carolina 143

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2024

Being a westerner — raised in California, and now living in western Mexico — I was perhaps most excited about the migratory birds that breed in eastern North America. A Golden-fronted Woodpecker , or Velazquez’s Woodpecker , depending on your preferred taxonomy. Then, around 4:00 p.m.,

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Mexico Birds Raccoons Baltimore 225

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Lead to Calls for a Lights Out Program By Corey • March 16, 2011 • No comments yet Tweet Share City Wildife , an organization in Washington D.C. that is dedicated to conserving wildlife in the U.S. capital, has released a report on the deadliest buildings in Washington D.C. for migratory birds. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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