10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2011

Back in 2006, Problogger Darren Rowse proposed a fun Group Writing Project challenging bloggers to put together a good “How To&# post. You’ll enjoy your earliest experiences of birding best if you allow the pros to do the heavy lifting for you: Let them find the birds and, more important, identify the birds for you.

Birds 208

Birds United States 2006 Breeders 208

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

I’m sure regular visitors to this area could tell you more about how the winds and tides affect the migrating birds and when the breeders start to nest. This was the High Island Experience, I was told. I was just happy to enjoy the show, one that apparently is just as good in winter as in spring. Anahuac NWR–Skillern Tract.

Houston 225

Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 225

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2024

They can be challenging to identify, especially if you haven’t seen one before, though with experience they are not really so difficult. The birds I saw there were most likely Asian breeders, for they don’t start to migrate north until March, by which time the European-breeding birds are already crossing the Mediterranean.

Falcons 210

Falcons Spain Europe 2012 210