10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Most years, there are no more than a few dozen reports of this species across the region. and Canada, Waxwings are clearly an irruptive species for Mexico. Indeed, it was not recorded on eBird in Morelia before 2010, but has been reported all over the city and surrounding area since then. My money is on a range extension.

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AUGUST 20, 2013

Twenty two species are distributed among six genera, depending on what happens to be extinct, and for the most part one grebe is like another. This makes Grebes vulnerable to climate change and the predation of invasive species. It is easy to see how Minks set lose in a welcoming habitat could eat an entire species.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This species qualifies as Critically Endangered because extensive habitat destruction and capture for the cagebird trade are causing extremely rapid and continuing population declines. 2010; Macaw Recovery Network 2019). Coming to Costa Rica, I needed only a few dozen species to cross my first big threshold: a thousand species.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Myers, a professional birding guide in “real life,” summarizes the etymology and history of all common bird names (of bird families and groups, not all 10,000-plus species). The guide covers 265 of Maine’s 461 bird species: common nesting species, common migrants, and wintering birds.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2012

Queens, New York, Spring 2010 This blog post has one purpose and one purpose only; to showcase the amazing array of wood-warblers that made their way to the Forest Park waterhole during spring migration in 2010. Some of the images here will have been used on other blog posts. ……… a.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

An associated issue is that the Belize and Costa Rica guides share many of the same descriptions of species, written by Howell. Similarly, descriptions of species repeated across volumes do not lose their accuracy with each publication. Other species are splits and lumped and have had their names changed. Why are these issues?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

In 2010 I started Jaguarundi Travel ( www.jaguarunditravel.com ) as a personal project where romanticism and passion have been a crucial part of this nature tourism company that specializes in bird observation.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

There’s a new proposal before the American Ornithologists’ Union’s North American Classification Committee to split Painted Bunting into two species (yay! — maybe, more later) and to name the new species “Eastern Painted Bunting” and “Western Painted Bunting” (no!). Photo by Andy Morffew.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2021

The initiative to protect this area was launched in 2010 within the “Wings Across the Balkans” project coordinated by BirdLife International and supported by the European Commission. It is a spacious floodplain between the River Danube and the levee, 2.1 mi at its widest point and some 9 km2 / 3.5 Young Roe Deer buck in Beljarica.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2021

There are numerous species of raptors around Broome including Black Kites and Whistling Kites. I have written a lot about the Pied Oystercatchers along the coast of Broome since 2010 and you can find posts via this link. The best they can do is make a run for the vegetation at the top of the beach or huddle down in a tyre track.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As a result, the bird has a long history with the Endangered Species Act. If it was not, there would be no listing, as the overall species was not in peril. If it was not, there would be no listing, as the overall species was not in peril. FWS released a 5-year review of the species in 2010.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2022

Wikipedia seems not too impressed with the species, stating that “the brown honeyeater is a medium-small, plain grey-brown honeyeater” The Latin species name indistincta (indistinct, obscure) sounds similarly underwhelming. The species was bred at the zoo of Memphis, Tennesee ( source ). ” ( source ).

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2019

What finally got me to lug my camera for a before work birding outing this morning was reports of a Prothonotary Warbler yesterday, a bird that was last reported in 2010 in Bryant Park and one which I never mind seeing. I did see one species of wood-warbler that’s yellow: in fact I saw four Common Yellowthroats !

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Being charismatic species, Snowy Owls are the focus of the nature-loving community during the winter. Species have value. Most arguments for conserving a species focus on things that we can measure in dollar amounts, such as ecotourism, medical benefits, etc. Snowy Owls have value. However, there is too much focus on “likes.”

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2013

They wanted to put together a book about The World’s Rarest Birds , but were finding that it was pretty difficult locating photographs of the 590 bird species considered Extinct in the Wild, Critically Endangered or Endangered. Hold not one, but two international photo contests, one in 2010 and one in 2012. The solution?

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

per year ; between 1966 and 2010 their numbers declined by almost 50%. ” House Finches are an invasive species, introduced to the Eastern United States in the 1940’s when they were released on Long Island, and their dominance over Purple Finches is a perfect illustrative story of the problems with invasive species. .”

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Gujarat, December 2010. The official definition of CR status says the species could be gone within ten years, or could lose 80 per cent of its population within three generations – whichever comes first. Trips endangered species India lapwings Sociable Lapwing' Sociable Lapwing photos by Chirag Solanki.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America covers 827 species, including resident, migratory, and common vagrant birds. The end result is that the whole “biographic” area (NCA plus southern Mexico and northern Nicaragua) is home to 41 endemic bird species.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2015

Another species of Python, the African Python ( Python sebae ) has established a small population in the 2,877-acre Bird Drive Area (BDA) in South Florida. Photo Credit: Invasive and Exotic Species of North America (www.invasive.org). The invasive Burmese Python ( Python molurus ) is well established in the Florida Everglade.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2015

Both species are notoriously aggressive, and out-competed bluebirds for the nesting cavities they needed to raise their young. With competition for nesting sites diminished, the bluebirds rebounded, and their populations have been growing by 2% every year between 1966 and 2010. Please do not pick up or touch wild birds.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2015

The official Florida checklist counts over 500 species, and thus Florida citizens had a wealth of State Bird candidates to choose from when they named the Florida state bird in 1927. Perhaps it was their relative rarity, compared to now, combined with their varied songs that prompted the Florida legislature to vote in this widespread species.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

There are probably not too many words that will allow you to use two y in the same word, and – I looked this up – ever since a Scrabble rule change in 2010, names of locations are allowed. This species seems to enjoy being in mixed flocks with the White-shouldered Starling.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2016

Since then their range has spread across the United States and southern Canada, and they remain a sought-after game species. While the females are much drabber by comparison, their gold/tan color and black spotting makes them stand out from other species as well. During some seasons, millions of male pheasants are killed.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2013

En route they will be “birding in nearly every country in mainland North and South America,” and, as they say on their excellent blog , “Our journey is about collecting valuable data on bird species, their status and distribution, current conservation issues, and more along the way.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2016

More than 30 different raptor species pass through this area, called the most vital flyway in the western Palearctic. As Director of SABUKO (the Society for Nature Conservation) , Rukhaia has led his colleagues in making a substantial impact, driving the number of birds killed in two villages down by 80% since 2010.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2017

It’s no surprise we confused Winter and Pacific Wrens; until 2010, they were considered the same species! In fact, the Winter Wren was split into three species: the Winter Wren, the Pacific Wren, and the Eurasian Wren.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2015

As a result, their populations have increased by over 1% per year since 1966, and as of 2010 their breeding population came in at around 14 million. It’s no surprise then that they are currently an IUCN species of Least Concern.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

During the summer breeding months, Lark Bunting males – a sparrow species – are jet black, their white wings contrasting beautifully with the dark bodies. annually from 1966 to 2010, for a total of 89%. Looking at the North American Breeding Survey, their numbers have decreased by 4.8%

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

These breeding colonies included other species of flamingos, but it was only the Andean Flamingo that appeared to have been the most affected, if indeed the egg extraction was one of the causes that led to the Andean Flamingo’s population decline. The Andean Flamingo is now protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2012

And while I’ve seen a number of different toucan species, every one is a thrill, even the toucanets! Aulacorhynchus species are considered the green toucanets , which suits this bird pretty well besides its blue-tinged breast and ruby-red rump. Look at that monstrous bill! ……… a.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2016

As I opined in my post back in 2010 (and continue to preach) the Western Burrowing Owl needs a conservation plan. This property is located in northern Butte County which is nearing the (dwindling) northern most historic range for this species in California.

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Critter News

JUNE 8, 2010

There are many animals that are "charisma species" that capture our attention, like pelicans and turtles, but what about the animals farther down on the food chain that we don't see. Tags: oil drilling marine animals 2010 oil spill. They may not be cute and charismatic, but they are the ones that support those that are.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

Queens, New York, May 2010 At one time there was an airport in northern Queens called Flushing Airport. In my two visits I have totaled eleven species, which is very impressive for May in Queens, and even more so for land that was an active runway twenty-six short years ago. And what shorebirds there are! ……… a.

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Critter News

MAY 4, 2010

Tags: louisiana 2010 oil spill Gulf of Mexico endangered species.

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Endangered Species Louisiana 2010 Wildlife 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The majority are clearly Mallards , followed by Garganeys , with one and possibly more Green-winged Teals , also Ferruginous Ducks … Surprises among them are one Common Shelduck , a species that most likely breeds some 15 mi from here (and my first shelduck of the year) and an even greater surprise: two Eurasian Wigeons.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2014

So what does all this mean — if anything — for how the birds are split or lumped at the species level? The AOU lumped everything into “Yellow-rumped Warbler” ( Dendroica coronata ) in 1973 and most recently reconsidered the complex in 2010 (see Proposal 2010-A-4 ) but voted 7-4 to maintain the status quo.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2020

Sedge Wren – There are records of this species in Queens, generally along the coast in fall. Great Shearwater – At this point, seabirds are my weakest family in Queens with the most species having reported in the borough that I have not seen. It leaves Barnacle Goose as the last remotely possible goose species for me to add. (0

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