10,000 Birds
MAY 14, 2016
This Yellow Warbler was looking fresh before it left Costa Rica. The Cornell team is no doubt having a fantastic day of birding up there in beautiful spring Colorado while they identify Cassin’s Sparrow, Prairie Falcon, Lazuli Bunting , and other western birds in some of the same places I surveyed in 1997 and 2001.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2017
Like Peterson’s Hawks of North America, 2nd edition (Houghton Mifflin, 2001), which Clark co-authored with Brain K. I am guessing that the term ‘raptor’ is used in the title to denote wider coverage than ‘hawk,’ which is sometimes limited in common usage to hawks and eagles, leaving out falcons, New World vultures, and Osprey.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
The two most prolific contributors, Pat and Tom, have been sharing their birding space in Costa Rica. During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. The beats have now contributed more checklists than birds.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2018
9 beats shared 100 checklists from 8 countries (Costa Rica, USA, UK, Brazil, Serbia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Australia. In an unusual turnaround during September, more birds were seen in USA than in Costa Rica. Please remember to give migrating birds the space that they need. Western Australia.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2019
In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. May I extend my thanks to all the beats. Lark Bunting – Calamospiza melanocorys. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2018
Tom and Pat were toe to toe in Costa Rica , so the numbers from there outshone anything else on the list for November, with over 60% of the month’s total shared between them. They birded 6 countries; USA, UK, Costa Rica, Serbia, Australia, and Mexico. 8 beats shared 126 checklists accounting for 704 species.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2016
Contributions this month have come from; Costa Rica, USA, Australia, Mexico, Serbia, South Africa, UK, Botswana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Redgannet missed an opportunity to contribute when he was completely washed out at Lekki Conservation Centre in Nigeria. 06 Mar 2016. Greensboro Bog Garden. 01 Jan 2016. 04 Aug 2016.
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