10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Long-tailed Duck is one of my favorite birds that we see on the Christmas Bird Count. For thirty-five of those years the compiler was Bob Dieterich, who passed the reins to Ian Resnick in 2008, the year I did my first count. Participating in a Christmas Bird Count is tiring but essentially simple.

Birds 163

Birds New York City New York New Jersey 163

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

There are drawings comparing the hind claws on pipits, images of hybrid ducks, a table of key identification features of redpoll species, a table on the key features of Chiffchaff races, drawings of tails of Collared Dove, Turtle Dove, and Rufous Turtle Dove, comparisons of the bills of Rook, Carrion Crow, and Raven.

Ireland 143

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 143

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Hunting is on a steady downturn, and nonconsumptive wildlife pursuits are on a tremendous upswing. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too.

2011 246

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 246

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. West Indian Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arborea. West Indian Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arborea. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Trinidad Lake SP–Watchable Wildlife Trail. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata. Freckled Duck – Stictonetta naevosa.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata. Red-billed Duck – Anas erythrorhyncha.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata. Red-billed Duck – Anas erythrorhyncha. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Battle Creek Wildlife Area. Comb Duck – Sarkidiornis melanotos. Indian Spot-billed Duck – Anas poecilorhyncha. Rondevlei Nature Reserve.

2018 101

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary.

2016 101

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 101

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata. Red-billed Duck – Anas erythrorhyncha. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl covers every residential, migrating, vagrant, exotic, and introduced swan, goose, dabbling and diving duck in North America (Canada and the United States): 62 Species Accounts on four swan species and one vagrant subspecies; 15 goose species; 46 duck species; plus accounts for hybrid geese, ducks and exotics.

Ducks 118

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 118