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JANUARY 8, 2012

No doubt the weather has something to do with it; Rochester, NY may historically be one of the United States’ snowiest metropolitan areas, but we’ve been basking in almost vernal weather. Corey’s newest gaudy vagrant and Best Bird of the Weekend™ was a Barnacle Goose in Eastport, Suffolk County, Long Island.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

The shadow of Halloween is falling over the United States as we speak, foreboding haunted hijinks for celebrants, especially the junior set. Have you ever seen anyone birding in costume or even done it yourself? Corey will be birding somewhere all day on Sunday, but has no earthly idea where.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

November has arrived, which means many of us in the United States are trying to figure out where we’ll be taking our turkey dinners towards the end of the month. Neither Corey nor I expect to do much birding this weekend, although I’m considering options for exciting autumnal avifauna.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

If you live in the United States, the fourth weekend of November is the only time of year your relatives might be interested in your ornithological information about Meleagris gallopavo , so be sure to trot out these turkey facts around the Thanksgiving table. What are you doing this weekend and will you be birding?

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JUNE 23, 2011

Here in the United States, bird migration may be over but people are now on the move. Where are you flocking to this weekend and will you be birding? Corey plans to hit the beach, specifically Cupsogue Beach County Park on Long Island where the summer birding is sweet. Share your plans in the comments below!

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JUNE 30, 2011

Here in the United States, we’re looking at a long and hopefully lovely Independence Day weekend. So how are you spending your July 4th weekend and will you be birding? Birds may be seen. Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend ! Share your plans in the comments below.

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MAY 26, 2011

Here in the United States, we’re celebrating Memorial Day and its attending rites of Americana from parades to barbecues. For example, I’m headed down to NYC for a full house of family events, which will alas mean no birding. Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding?

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JULY 5, 2022

In 2007 I was working in a university building that was just begging for bird feeders. This was where I set up my bird feeders, just one at first, then expanding as everyone expressed delight in seeing the Carolina Chickadees, Dark-eyed Juncos, and Downy Woodpeckers. There were no dead birds for weeks. I hoped it was an anomaly.

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APRIL 10, 2011

When the Great Lakes region of the United States enjoys a long-awaited weekend of warmth and sunshine, it is fair to say that spring has finally sprung or is at least in the act of springing! My best bird of this wonderful weekend was a Brown Creeper , the first I’ve seen in a long while.

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2011 United States Birds Breeding 145

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

Everywhere you look in the United States around this time of year, giant orange squashes are just loafing around, killing time until their inevitable trip to the mulch pile on November 1. More important, what are you doing this weekend and will you be birding? Do you know what I love about October? What do you do with yours?

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Costa Rica Stud 2011 United States 158

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JULY 31, 2011

Far too many Americans live in ignorance of the fact that these United States are home to more than one crow species. This bird was the size of an American Crow, consorting with an American Crow, and in an area only frequented by American Crows. If you love to learn new things, nature will never let you down.

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2011 United States Fish Birds 157

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JANUARY 26, 2014

The Yellow-rumped Warbler ( Setophaga coronata ) complex is one of the most abundant and widespread representatives of the New World warbler family in North America, present in many parts of the United States even through the winter months, when the birds feed on small fruits and other foods, including sap. 2011; Milá et al.

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MARCH 4, 2014

Any doubt I had about the need for a book about rare birds in the United States And Canada were wiped out on a Sunday evening in early February with two birding friends. My friends had many more years of birding on me and had many stories to tell. I kept wishing I had Rare Birds of North America , by Steve N.

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APRIL 10, 2013

All four major flyways in North America — the aerial migration routes traveled by billions of birds each year — converge in one spot in Canada’s boreal forest, the Peace-Athabasca Delta in northeastern Alberta. About three billion birds fly north to the Boreal Forest each spring to build nests and lay eggs. Water withdrawals.

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

Our late autumn has been absurdly warm in the northeastern United States and though winter is only days away it seems no one has notified the weather. That is, no one had notified the weather until this past Sunday, the day of the Queens County Christmas Bird Count. What was worrisome, though, was a lack of ducks.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

When in northwest Ohio there are many options from which to choose a birding site. But if you want herons and ducks and shorebirds and geese and egrets and swans and rails the best bet is the famed Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge along State Route 2 in Oak Harbor, Ohio.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

By the time you read this post I will still be in New York but I’ll be looking forward to leaving for the 2011 Midwest Birding Symposium in Lakeside, Ohio. CON – Though Ohio joined the United States in 1803 Congress forgot to pass a resolution formally admitting the state. One little four-letter word.

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MAY 5, 2020

The April arrival of the Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, Second Edition was a supremely happy moment in a very difficult, sad month. A companion regional guide, Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America was published in 1941; its fifth edition will be coming out in early September.

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MARCH 25, 2013

My first sighting of Sayornis phoebe is always a harbinger of spring for me and this one was especially sweet as harbingers of spring have been noticeably absent this year across much of the northern United States. And if you want to check out what happened in 2012 or 2011 feel free!

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MAY 15, 2011

Wood-Warbler Week is finally over for 2011. And, as a bonus question, from what blog post on 10,000 Birds is the picture taken? Good luck and may you see a flock of wood-warblers today! ———————————————————————————————————————————————— This week, 8 May – 14 May 2011, is Wood-Warbler Week on 10,000 Birds! Below is the logo.

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AUGUST 4, 2015

I came late to bird feeding, and when I was finally able to put out a “thistle” sock and a seed feeder (or two or six), I was amazed by the learning curve. There is a long list of articles and books on how to feed birds in your yard. in 2011*) came about. It turned out, many people. million people in the U.S. And conservation.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Fish and Wildlife Service; they serve as resting and feeding areas for nearly half the migratory birds on the Pacific Flyway.” Historical data indicated that since the first settlers arrived 53 percent of the original 221 million wetland acres found in the contiguous United States had been destroyed.

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MARCH 12, 2011

As part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil giveaway we asked readers of 10,000 Birds to name the bird in Brazil that they would like to see more than any other species. It is a really neat bird that I have not seen before. It would mean that I was birding in a really cool place! Come quickly!”

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 216

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MAY 7, 2011

The next seven days, today until the fourteenth, are hereby declared Wood-Warbler Week on 10,000 Birds! Parulidae is just too great a family of birds and our only debate here was whether we would have Wood-Warbler Week or Wood-Warbler Month! Are you excited as we are? Read about them here but also get out and experience them.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It’s probably on your mind too, especially if you live in the United States. Cuban Trogon, the national bird who wears the colors of the Cuban flag! There is an island of fascinating birds out there, and I want to see them all. ” birding destination.* 26 endemics! and Cuba.). Forty-eight species.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

The volume and variety of wood-warblers that are regularly seen in spring migration there rival or best anywhere else in the world that the birds are seen. No, in fall there are less birds, mostly those caught out over the lake as dawn broke. Wood-warblers drip from the trees, feed on the boardwalk, and sing at close range.

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AUGUST 14, 2011

Lewis and Clark explored large swaths of the Louisiana Purchase for the United States and I can think of no higher honor for their efforts than having two such becoming birds named for intrepid explorers. But the focus here is on the one bird, Nucifraga columbiana , and a charming and entertaining creature it is.

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APRIL 8, 2011

Bird races, as anyone who’s competed in one knows, can be big fun. The addition of a competitive component adds a thrilling edge of urgency to the normally relaxed act of chasing birds. Even sitting around watching birds can be charged with adrenaline when team pride is on the line. Yee-haw!

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MARCH 7, 2013

The United States built Fort Jefferson on Garden Key between 1846 to 1875 to protect its interests in the Gulf of Mexico, but was later abandoned without ever being fully completed. In 2011, I had the opportunity to visit Dry Tortugas National Park and remain for several days.

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MAY 4, 2021

Louisiana is a magical place to bird. At the same time I was ogling Scissor-tailed Flycatchers and Upland Sandpipers, Marybeth Lima was also birding Louisiana. Chapter Two is a potpourri of stories about nemesis birds, birding by ear, birding for science, under the rubric of birding ‘for the love of it.’

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

There are 35 raptor species that have a presence in the United States and Canada, 56 (more or less) if you count by subspecies, and they are all covered in admirable, exhausting, unbelievable detail in B irds of Prey of the East: A Field Guide and Birds of Prey of the West: A Field Guide by Brian K. Structure & Organization.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Hummingbirds are one of the joys of wintertime birding here in Louisiana. Ringer) Calliope Hummingbirds are marvelous little birds — the smallest in the United States and Canada at just over three inches in length. Photo © David J.

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APRIL 4, 2023

The second thing to note is that this is an excellent and courageous book that tackles a group of birds whose field identification has stumped the most skilled birders. ” This builds and expands on a classic series of articles by Bret Whitney and Kenn Kaufman that appeared Birding magazine between 1985 and 1987.* known-identity).”**

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

In fact, this is the source for the statistic — that approximately 71 million Americans are “bird watchers” — that has been a veritable iceberg to the Titanic of any birding-industry company that took the number at face value. economy than either hunters or anglers: 2011 Fishing Expenditures: $41.8

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

And Flamingos and Hornbills and a Secretarybird and birds with names like Hamerkop and Thick-knee and Eremomela (which I know is a scientific term, but which, when pronounced correctly, reminds me of a Yiddish term of endearment my grandmother used). And so, I went on the American Birding Association Safari to South Africa.

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MAY 21, 2011

of Fish and Wildlife Resources—who will get together on June 3, 2011, to vote on whether to open season on Sandhill Cranes in Kentucky. Gassett, replying to a letter questioning the hunt, opens thus: “ Sandhill cranes are considered to be one of the best tasting of all migratory birds. The full commission meets June 3, 2011.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2014

There are two Painted Bunting populations, one that breeds along the Atlantic Coast from North Carolina to Florida and one that breeds in the interior United States and northern Mexico from southeastern New Mexico to western Mississippi. Birds AOU names Painted Bunting taxonomy and systematics' Photo by Andy Morffew.

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