10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

After leaving behind a hectic cooking career in New York City’s fine-dining scene, Tristan moved inland to the New York’s Capital District, where the relative abundance of Pileated Woodpeckers almost makes up for the fact that he’s only seen a single Sanderling in Albany County ever. Who is Tristan Lowery?

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New York Cooking Jamaica 2010 164

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2021

There was an empty lot of land next to us until 2010 – I remember seeing a distraught Blue-black Grassquit sitting on the fence as the bulldozer cleared the land. This pair of Lineated Woodpeckers loves the termite-ridden branches of my neighbor’s avocado tree. Birds have also benefitted. I hope you choose our place!

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Opossums Barn Owls Hunting Reptiles 264

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JANUARY 2, 2017

I saw 425 in 2016, 510 in 2015, 560 in 2014, 517 in 2013, 529 in 2012, 375 in 2011, 601 in 2010, 609 in 2009, 313 in 2008, and 459 in 2007. I will see a Black Woodpecker. If I don’t get it this time the Black Woodpecker will become an official nemesis bird. I will see at least 500 species for the year.

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2017 Puerto Rico 2016 Austria 104

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Acorn Woodpeckers use both communal and cooperative breeding strategies which vary widely among family groups. He coauthored the second edition of Mammal Tracks and Sign: A Guide to North American Species (2019) with Mark Elbroch and Bird Feathers: A Guide to North American Species (2010) with S. David Scott.

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Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 239

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Back in the summer of ’09 I wrote a post on a Juvenile Nuttall’s Woodpecker that was foraging in an oak tree and an Anna’s Hummingbird that was feeding out of the sap wells in that tree. Here’s a portrait of a Red-breasted Sapsucker taken at Lema Ranch in January of 2010. References: 1 Birds Of North America Online a.

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North America Alaska Woodpeckers 2010 163

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

But I bet Eddie Shea, who reported the eight Gyrfalcons from Alaska in June of 2010, was pretty pleased to see them. Sharon Stiteler , the Birdchick , has the all time high count of Canvasback , in Iowa back in 2010. Some crazy guy reported eight of a mythical woodpecker (and even shared an obviously fabricated video of one of them ).

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Birds Louisiana Nicaragua Blackbirds 174

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Having written weekly for this website since late 2010 and this being my 642nd post I thought I could summarise some of the posts that I have done from various places around Australia that you might have missed over the years. In 2010 I had a very basic camera and I now own a Nikon B500 Coolpix. Sunda Pygmy Woodpeckers in Singapore.

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Australia Singapore Birds Battery 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

This year wasn’t so bad, especially compared to what had to be endured in the early to mid 2010’s. We here at 10,000 Birds have no shame and it was either this or lots of posts about woodcocks, boobies, and woodpeckers. All the posts in Come@Me Week are probably the opinions of the authors of said posts and no one else.

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Sparrows New York City New York 2011 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Relying on the Kindness of Birders (and Reflecting on the Muckrace) Coromandel and Miranda Our Top 10 Birding Moments of 2010 Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of December 2010? Exodus: The Migration of Saw-whet Owls in North America.Or Also, note your use of the word “promising candidates&# !

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Peru 2011 Deer Birds 202

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

Related to starlings, like woodpeckers they move over large mammals feeding on ticks, but also on their hosts’ blood. A few dozen shots later, I stop and reach for binoculars – I want to observe and enjoy them. They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. Sniffing us. A flock of Red-billed Oxpeckers is flying above.

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Africa South Africa Elephants Rhinos 197

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2012

Red-headed Woodpecker - 10 March 2012 – A bird that I had not predicted seeing, oddly, and the last of the expected woodpeckers of Queens to meet the business end of my binoculars. Snowy Owl - 04 February 2012 – A bird that was long overdue and one that I had predicted on my previous list but not on the most recent.

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Connecticut 2011 2012 Jamaica 175

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

” This lengthy essay was originally published in The New Yorker (“in somewhat different form,” as the “Credits” section says) in 2005 and can also be found in Franzen’s The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History (FSG, 2010).

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New York City Birds Owls Fox 194

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2018

Sadly this Nikon camera ceased to work at the end of November 2010 and I was already writing for this website and I couldn’t delay getting another camera that took AA batteries. We here at 10,000 Birds have no shame and it was either this or lots of posts about woodcocks, boobies, and woodpeckers. Well, except maybe you.

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Battery Kuwait Investigation Australia 104

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Other species of special significance are herons and egrets (this is very important foraging area), Ferruginous Duck, as well as Lesser Spotted and European Green Woodpeckers , Spotted Flycatcher and the Icterine Warbler. Among them are 3 to 4 breeding pairs of White-tailed Eagles, the largest density per square mile anywhere in Serbia.

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Serbia Protection Eagles Ducks 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Audubon Rebrand Don’t Be a Slob Birder First I and the Bird of 2010 is Coming… Liben Lark Gets a Lifeline “Science Versus Snake Oil&# About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens.

2011 145

2011 Deer New York Birds 145

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

As 2012 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 and 2011 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. an unhatched Red-throated Loon by Clare Kines Like Duncan, Larry Jordan had a difficult time picking his Best Bird of the Year but he eventually chose a woodpecker.

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2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 153

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

Pileated Woodpecker, for example. The chart of breeding bird survey data goes up, up, up, particularly for the period from 1990 to 2010. This map is limited to birds that meet the point-count criteria.) Looking at this combination of textual and graphic data, I learned a lot about each bird in a few minutes.

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Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 236

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

Or These Blasts From The Past A Birding High For Lowe’s Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of March 2011) Bird-Blogging Against Racism Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of March 2010) Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of December 2010? Turkeys, 3 or 4 species of woodpeckers, all kinds of song birds grace our view constantly.

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2011 Deer Birds South Dakota 150

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2012

The open area (“dog park”) filled with both exotic and native trees on the west side of Old Cutler Road has many dead Royal Palm stumps riddled with cavities dug out by busy woodpeckers ( Red-bellied and Pileated ).

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Miami Florida Birds Pelicans 162

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

While these groups were once considered two orders (Caprimulgiformes and Apodiformes), recent work (summarized in Mayr 2010 ) shows that swifts and hummingbirds emerged from within the night birds. Sister to this group is the Strisores : the “night birds” (excluding owls), swifts, and hummingbirds. Eight years ago, Ericson et al.

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Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2017

I picked up some amazing birds at Canopy Adventures back in 2010, but that was with a guide who knew his birds. In fact, I spent a week in Panama in 2010, exploring many of the hotspots in Gamboa and El Valle in the expert care of Canopy Tower and Lodge guides. Red-crowned Woodpecker. Lineated Woodpecker. Seen everywhere.

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Panama 2017 Monkeys Family 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of August 2010) Commence Project FeederWatch 2006 Best Bird of the Weekend (Halloween Edition) Discerning Distant Ducks About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. Community conservation – valuing what’s around us.Or

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Honduras 2011 Deer Birds 153

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Syrian Woodpecker – Dendrocopos syriacus. White-backed Woodpecker – Dendrocopos leucotos. Chestnut-colored Woodpecker – Celeus castaneus. Blond-crested Woodpecker – Celeus flavescens. Black-backed Woodpecker – Picoides arcticus. Gray-and-buff Woodpecker – Hemicircus concretus.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Gray-and-buff Woodpecker – Hemicircus concretus. Lewis’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes lewis. Red-headed Woodpecker – Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Golden-naped Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysauchen. Parque Ecológico do Tietê. 27 Dec 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Gray-and-buff Woodpecker – Hemicircus concretus. Lewis’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes lewis. Red-headed Woodpecker – Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Golden-naped Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysauchen. Bosque da Barra, Rio de Janeiro. 04 Jul 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Blond-crested Woodpecker – Celeus flavescens. Black-backed Woodpecker – Picoides arcticus. Gray-and-buff Woodpecker – Hemicircus concretus. Crimson-winged Woodpecker – Picus puniceus. Great Slaty Woodpecker – Mulleripicus pulverulentus. Laced Woodpecker – Picus vittatus.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Gray-and-buff Woodpecker – Hemicircus concretus. Crimson-winged Woodpecker – Picus puniceus. Great Slaty Woodpecker – Mulleripicus pulverulentus. Laced Woodpecker – Picus vittatus. Golden-tailed Woodpecker – Campethera abingoni. Cardinal Woodpecker – Dendropicos fuscescens.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Blond-crested Woodpecker – Celeus flavescens. Black-backed Woodpecker – Picoides arcticus. Gray-and-buff Woodpecker – Hemicircus concretus. Crimson-winged Woodpecker – Picus puniceus. Great Slaty Woodpecker – Mulleripicus pulverulentus. Laced Woodpecker – Picus vittatus.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Lewis’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes lewis. Red-headed Woodpecker – Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Golden-naped Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysauchen. Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. Downy Woodpecker – Picoides pubescens.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2011? OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

2011 155

2011 New York Deer Birds 155

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Reading much of the online discussion during the Summer of 2010, one might have reasonably concluded that the birding world was composed largely of staunch ABA critics and people interested in following the minutiae of its internal workings. What was the most surprising thing you learned upon taking the presidency?

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Delaware Colorado 2012 Advocacy 248

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

Though the third-most densely populated county in the United States (as of the 2010 census, thank you Wikipedia), about 25% of Bronx land is open, public space. ” This makes a lot more sense once you know a little more about the area and its history.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 154

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MARCH 11, 2011

Which, naturally, got me to thinking about the newly erected order Suliformes, a development I mentioned in my December column, 2010′s Top 10 Developments in Bird Taxonomy and Systematics , but which I thought deserved further examination, for it’s one of those stories that defines the era in which we are living and birding.

2011 154

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 154

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of January 2010? Or These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of February 2011? Make It to the Midwest Birding Symposium Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of September 2008? RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

2011 133

2011 Deer Birds Owls 133

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Waterfowl Without End Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of August 2010) About the Author Clare M Clare and her husband Grant have lived permanently in Broome, Western Australia since 1999 after living in various outback locations around Western Australia and Darwin. The Fine Art of Pishing What Is The Audubon Society Anyway?

2011 150

2011 Australia Deer China 150

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Lewis’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes lewis. Red-headed Woodpecker – Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Golden-naped Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysauchen. Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. Downy Woodpecker – Picoides pubescens.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Gulls in Larnaca, taken 22/02/2010 by ©Stavros Christodoulides Recognizing that gull identification is confusing doesn’t help your average birdwatcher however. Of course you could bring in here the debate over the whole subspecies concept: there are over 20 of these in the Herring gull-Lesser black-backed gull complex, so.

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157