10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2021

Do you have a list of people to call?” So: 1) Jump the gun. As Maggie discovered the hard way, when a company alerts you to impending cutting and says they’ll contact you, don’t wait. “We’ve never had any problem,” said the woman, whose job is to answer basic informational questions from customers. What if you did?”

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

I certainly can’t wait for 21 January 2015! Add to the avifauna an amazing array of speakers, guides, and exhibition booths loaded with optics, books, and everything else that birders want and you can understand why I can’t wait to return. Get my Florida list to 180 species. Be the best bird guide I can be.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

From June 1 to September 26, Hog Island offers week-long residential birding and nature programs for adults, teens, and families. Campers help with conservation projects, perfect their birding skills, add to their life lists, expand their knowledge, and hone their artistic skills (art, writing, photography, and video). There’s one!”.

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Puffins Eggs Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle 274

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2015

Instead of waiting for the spring to come to me, I prefer to travel south to greet it. One may also read this as “those who paddle their own canoe do not have to wait for their ship to come in.”) Picture 1: Siberian Greylag Goose – Anser anser rubrirostris. As it turned out, I was the only travel writer of the group.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2021

I mention this because that brief visit impacted my Best Birds of the Year list in several ways. Rufous-naped Wren: The lowest ranked 2020 lifer on my list, only because it is extremely common in tropical Mexico, and I was bound to see it eventually. They invited me, and I went. Boy, we were crazy kids back then, weren’t we?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2023

Indeed it is listed as Near Threatened, which is a pity as it is kind of a soulmate of mine (eBird: “Not as social as Reed and Pallas’s Buntings and doesn’t expose itself as often; usually solitary”). Wait, the study was not done with people but with Eurasian Siskins. Notes on colorblind ornithologists part 1.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2016

After five years of waiting and watching, we were so elated with this news of a successful breeding at the preserve that we applied for another grant from Audubon California. After all, the Western Burrowing Owl is listed as “ Climate Endangered ” by the Audubon Society. References: 1 Plumpton, D. v=TG4HxJ0pIp0.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2013

It sucks up huge quantities of water from local rivers, turns it into toxic waste and dumps the contaminated water into tailing ponds that now cover nearly 70 square miles 1. More than 1 million birds, including tundra swans, snow geese and countless ducks, stop to rest and gather strength in these undisturbed wetlands each autumn.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2022

Such ultra rare and imperiled biodiversity are the “ Critically Endangered “, species that, according to the IUCN, “have decreased, or will decrease by 80% within three generations” Five bird species on the Costa Rica bird list fall into this alarming category.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2014

I can’t wait until Space Coast! Add Nanday Parakeet and Budgerigar to my ABA Life List. Herons and raptors and rails and gulls and ducks and cranes and jays and owls and alligators are all awaiting me – and you – at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. You are going, right? Here are mine… 5.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

You have to be extra careful when on a bird race… Hey, wait, let’s play them back some other bird! Belonging to the Caribbean foothills biome, Rancho Naturalista has the fourth longest eBird list among the hotspots of Costa Rica: 478 species, including 36 raptors and 38 hummingbirds. White-necked Jacobin by Niklas Aronsson.

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Costa Rica Woodpeckers Farming Owls 160

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2016

It is fairly quick, I admit it, but once I finished and sent the list, I realised that I missed the line and have seen twice as many Barn Swallows than I entered, only to discover that I have to log into my eBird account online to make the changes… which I didn’t want to, so it is waiting for the end of a weekend, when I get home.

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Romania Sparrows Battery Turtles 133

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

There is also a major section on 180 bird species that is 123 pages long, about 1/3 of the book. But, while I wait, I’m very happy observing the way a chickadee selects its seed. Fish and Wildlife Service states that almost 59.1 million individuals in the U.S. I certainly do. by Jim Carpenter.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

I was thrilled to see more Scissor-tailed Flycatchers (my friends know this is one of my favorite birds) and spent some time on a second trip on my own trying to capture them in flight (no non-photographer birder wants to sit in a car waiting for a Scissor-tailed to fly up, so I thought I’d spare my friends the pain).

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 213

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2011

Click here to read part 1. After our slow start to the day we were amazed when, while waiting for Clay’s flat tire to be repaired, Brian counted up our list and realized we had tallied 94 species. Joining this story a post late?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2018

I mean, really, for the birding trip to make the grade, first and foremost, you have to make sure that 1) either every lodge has some form of 24 hour coffee availability, or 2) you can fit your own coffee making device into the luggage.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

We quickly ran into the lodge, and began our wait to see if it would let up. On my Face Book page, I made the comment that we might be waiting for Noah to come by, rather than getting to see some birds. After comparing notes, and bird wish lists, we decided to go outside that park and track down several birds that I needed.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

Many people find themselves with a few hours to kill during transit and could potentially add a few ticks to their trip list as they pass through. There are three stations at the airport, Terminal 1 , Terminal 2 and Emirates Terminal. Better still contact one of the guides from the UAE Birding contact list.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

These Blasts From The Past In Praise of Bionic Condors Just For Fun Avian ID Quiz #14 Feeder Watch 1 Just for Fun Avian ID Quiz #11 Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens About the Author Renato Renato was born in Quito, Ecuador and quickly flew to the USA to learn all about engineering and climbing company ladders. Wicked, right?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Pelicans and cormorants breeding at the Mikri often go to the Megali Prespa to fish the cold, deep waters – actually, cormorants to dive for fish and pelicans to wait for the cormorants at the surface to steal their prey. For longest lists, go there in May when migrants are still passing while the local breeders are active and visible.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

They have been waiting for the natural imperative that calls them outside and now the leash has been loosened. The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species. I hope that you have made it out too. Stay vigilant and safe.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds California 201

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Dinner back at Washi-no-yado was again superlative, and this time the owls didn’t even wait for dinner to be over to start the festivities! Red-crowned Crane is my favorite bird that I’ve seen, out of the almost 1/3 of the world’s species I’ve been lucky enough to encounter so far. There is no contest.

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Japan Massachusetts Birds Eagles 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2019

It may appear odd that this location had not been high on our list as a place to visit early on during our trip. We took the train from Kallang to Kranji before 07:45am and it took about an hour to get that far for S$1:43. The tide gradually came in and we were alone in the reserve as we walked all of the trails and watched and waited.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Back in those days, Pygmy Cormorants Microcarbo pygmeus were considered Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List and were quite uncommon, having just returned to the city after half a century of absence. What was I doing there? Their mortality was huge, but I realised how huge only when we did the December 2012 census to find only 1300 PCs.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2014

With the largest state list by a considerable margin and a mind-boggling diversity of habitats, I reckon we have some amazing birding to offer. The birds are waiting. When one thinks of taking a birdcation somewhere in the U.S., the same few states always come to mind first…Alaska, Arizona, Texas, and Florida. The Bay Area.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2013

1) Rare bird reporting has come a long way. Email lists, blogs, websites, forums, Facebook groups, and of course eBird (see below) has completely revolutionized the way birders get their business handled. it provides a fantastic way to store and organize your lists and spread the good word of rarities.

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San Diego California Condor California Bald Eagle 171

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

This field guide is an achievement and I can’t wait to see the next four in the series. Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Coreys 2011 Year List - 228 Copyright © 2011 10,000 Birds.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2015

Pranty takes a different approach, listing first Florida’s diverse habitats and the species likely to be found in each one, and then listing the state’s top 30 birding sites by geographic area, followed by a Birding Calendar, describing migration and breeding patterns month-by-month. Scott & Nix, Inc.,December

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

And we wait. Each bird, regardless of species, seems perfectly content to wait for the other to make the first move toward the colpa. Mar 7th, 2011 at 1:09 pm [.] Coreys 2011 Year List - 228 Copyright © 2011 10,000 Birds. We continue to monitor the lick for any unexpected visitors. in south-eastern Peru.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

We were doing the regular stuff; waiting for the mail truck, pointing at city buses, running hap-haphazardly across the lawn and up into neighbors patios. They are, for many birders in the eastern part of the continent, one of a short list of quintessential spring birds. Coreys 2011 Year List - 228 Copyright © 2011 10,000 Birds.

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North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2015

I viewed about a hundred terns on my Catalina trip, for example, but needed to wait till I got hold of a Sibley’s guide to confirm that I was seeing Elegant Terns. Additional reference material includes a map of the west coast on the inside back cover and a listing that combines Species Codes, Scientific Names and Index.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

I for one couldn’t wait to get my hands on this book, loved it at first sight, and appreciate it even more after a month’s study. Read on… 1. Coreys 2011 Year List - 228 Copyright © 2011 10,000 Birds. How about you… would you like to get your hands on the Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds ?

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2011 Deer Owls New York 225

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / The plovers of Estero Lagoon, Florida The plovers of Estero Lagoon, Florida By James • March 8, 2011 • 1 comment Tweet Share For as long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated by shorebirds.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

And well worth the wait… [link] Vinny OHare Mar 7th, 2011 at 3:22 am Didn’t really see anything special but a red tail hawk chasing prey in Jamaica Bay wildlife refuge. Laurent Fournier Mar 7th, 2011 at 1:09 pm Maybe not the best bird here, but the most exciting! Will Mar 7th, 2011 at 10:41 am Horned Lark. Wicked, right?

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Wait, let’s backtrack a bit. Adam told us about the Big Five (and scolded me for not reading his post about them ), and I think there were few birders in the group who did not finish the trip with all five on their lists. Both trips combined, I was away for 22 days, my longest birding trip ever.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 253

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

The book begins (after an excellent Prologue), not with young Etta making lists of women in her church who wore hats with feathers, nor with young Emmeline studying in Paris, but with the story of Alice Battershall, a 23-year old feather washer. Boase looks at this period through the lens of British female activism.

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Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 119

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2022

He lamented that he had barely been able to travel during the year — only one trip from New York to California, poor boy — and then went on to give an impressive list of vagrants and first-of-state birds. So here goes my 2021 Top Ten Birds list: Honorable mention: Lazuli Bunting. Corey, I can do you one better.

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