10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2012

On this final day of 2012 it is time, just like it was on the final days of 2010 and 2011 , to share your Best Birds of the Year. Well, actually, your Best Bird of the Year will only be shared here if you took the time to respond to the post in which we here at 10,000 Birds shared our Best Birds of the Year.

2012 133

2012 Ghana Ireland Costa Rica 133

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

I have recently written about the American Birding Association, as it is currently searching for a new president. The 2011 , 2012 , and 2013 Financial Statements continued to note the increasing deficiencies and continued to state that the ABA had essentially the same plan of action as listed in the 2010 statement.

2020 176

2020 2007 2010 2019 176

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JANUARY 3, 2013

Yes, I understand you may feel that 2013 just began and its first weekend comes too quickly, but that is old-fashioned 2012 thinking. This weekend, Corey and I will both begin the cold, careful work of adding local birds to our burgeoning year lists. Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? Happy New Year!

2013 104

2013 2012 Canada Birds 104

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MAY 20, 2022

It doesn’t always offer the most interesting set of birds, but it is nearby. The voice isn’t very musical — it sounds a bit like the wind-up of a tornado alarm — but the bird who owns it is called a “spectacular, large vireo” by eBird, and I agree. The call belonged to a Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo.

2013 180

2013 2012 Birds Species 180

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Though no one from 10,000 Birds participated in this year’s Superbowl of Birding IX and the Bloggerhead Kingbirds did not field a team that doesn’t mean that you can’t read about what happened this year. Will the Bloggerhead Kingbirds ride again in 2013? Will the Bloggerhead Kingbirds ride again in 2013?

Massachusetts 158

Massachusetts 2012 2013 Birds 158

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APRIL 14, 2021

Among all the birding locations I have found, Pino Real was my first love. I was just getting back into birding, and had only gone to some urban sites, during 2012 and 2013. And this was once a wonderful patch of bird-rich understory. I honestly thought it was an entirely different bird! “Say what?”

2013 157

2013 Abandon Abandonment Abandoning 157

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Ron Pittaway has published his winter finch forecast for the winter of 2013-2014. Some redpolls should get south to usual southern parts of their winter range such as the Atlantic Provinces and Ontario’s Algonquin Park (Latitude 45.5), where redpolls have been recorded on 33 of 39 Algonquin Christmas Bird Counts. HOARY REDPOLL.

2013 161

2013 2014 Alaska Canada 161

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Birds of Belize by Steve N. Howell and Dale Dyer and Birds of Costa Rica by Dale Dyer and Steve N. Dale Dyer put in years working on his paintings for Birds of Central America , both in the field and in the museum. Howell utilizes the IOC World Bird List (v.11.2, Why are these issues? © 2023 by Steve N.

Costa Rica 200

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 200

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MARCH 25, 2014

You’ve no doubt heard about birds being put at risk by nonnative cats, rats, and even goats. Golden Crownbeard spreads like, well, weeds, in thick mats that crowd birds out of potential nesting sites. Between 2012 and 2013, populations of Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses at Midway reached near-record levels.

Albatross 185

Albatross Goats Rats Japan 185

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JUNE 19, 2019

But there is an old quote I always carry with me when I bird: “In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king” (Desiderius Erasmus). and I never bird on an empty stomach. I rarely bird more than an hour from my home, because my wife expects me back by 2 p.m. I am, you see, only a mediocre birder. or the U.K.;

Mexico 125

Mexico Birds Lamb 2013 125

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MARCH 17, 2019

Over the last ten years my average first phoebe has been the 22nd of March, meaning that this year’s bird was five days earlier than average and nearly two weeks earlier than last year’s. Hebron Cemetery (just above) but that was clearly a bird attempting to winter, not a two-month-early migrant. 2013 – 24 March.

2019 113

2019 2017 2010 Jamaica 113

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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. ©2012 Donna L.

New York City 244

New York City Illinois Science Killing 244

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JANUARY 1, 2018

Deming 101 – Theory of Knowledge/PDSA (This video has excerpts from Ian Bradbury’s presentation at our annual conference in 2013): 1,400 views (3 years – 4,900). excerpt from Bill Bellow’s presentation at the 2012 Deming Conference. How Did We Do on the Test? Edwards Deming: (3 years – 3,800 views).

2017 100

2017 PDSA 2015 2013 100

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DECEMBER 25, 2012

Tropical Kingbird is likely to be one of the last birds I see in 2012 and first I see in 2013. Not a hard bird to come by in Costa Rica. This confiding Central American bird was far away from its normal home, near Half Moon Bay, CA. That’s what you need to do to be Great. I will wave the white flag now.

Costa Rica 148

Costa Rica 2012 2013 Family 148

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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. The book focuses on two listing events: her 2012 Louisiana Big Year and her 2016 Louisiana 300 Year. ’ What was left to write about? ” I wondered.

Louisiana 264

Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

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MARCH 28, 2015

The actual bird is the one in all three images.). My average over the last ten years is now 21 March and it would be much later if not for the early bird I found in 2006 on 03 March. 2013 – 24 March. 2012 – 15 March. 2013 – 24 March. 2012 – 15 March. Birds Eastern Phoebe migration phoebes'

2015 167

2015 2006 2014 2007 167

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JANUARY 2, 2017

I know I will be doing my best to make it so, especially from a birding perspective. I’ll bird my butt off and see what happens… I will add at least three new birds to my Queens list. Seawatching, searching out birds in migration both spring and fall, and hoping for rarities is really all I can do. Who knows?

Puerto Rico 102

Puerto Rico 2017 Austria Bahamas 102

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APRIL 3, 2018

Two reactions on hearing that Steve Howell and Brian Sullivan have written a guide entitled Peterson Guide to Bird Identification–in 12 Steps : (1) What? In other words, you don’t even observe the bird closely until Step 7, and that is to observe behavior. Another identification guide?, (2) Howell and Brian L.

North America 133

North America Birds 2012 America 133

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MARCH 30, 2018

Over the last ten years my average first phoebe has been the 22nd of March, meaning that this year’s bird was a full eight days later than average and more than two weeks later than last year’s. 2013 – 24 March. 2012 – 15 March. The photo up above, by the way, is from October of 2015.). 2018 – 30 March.

2018 100

2018 2015 2017 2014 100

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MARCH 29, 2014

For me, the 29th is pretty late, though the late date might have more to do with my lack of time birding last weekend rather than phoebes showing up late. 2013 – 24 March. 2012 – 15 March. By the way, the picture at the top of the post is the bird that was my first of the year this year. 2011 – 19 March.

2014 182

2014 2006 2007 2008 182

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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.

Ohio 176

Ohio Birds 2013 Massachusetts 176

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MARCH 12, 2017

Over the last ten years my average first phoebe has been the 21st of March, meaning that this bird was a full nine days earlier than average and beat last year’s first phoebe by six days. Early first phoebe of the year is good but the predicted nor’easter might make it tough for early arriving birds to survive. 2013 – 24 March.

2017 107

2017 Jamaica 2008 2014 107

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MARCH 9, 2014

The majority of the individually marked birds in Broome are birds that have been marked locally with either a plain yellow flag, an engraved yellow flag or colour bands and a flag. I also have a Grey-tailed Tattler that visits us and was marked with a plain white and an engraved blue flag “35″ in Taiwan in August 2012.

Japan 173

Japan 2012 Taiwan China 173

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JANUARY 26, 2014

At this time of year in Broome there are often Swinhoe’s Snipe present at the Poo Ponds, but they are elusive and they did not make it onto my 2013 list. I did have the pleasure of finding a Latham’s Snipe in Queensland on February 14th 2013, though and a pair of Painted Snipe near Broome on August 4th 2013.

2013 165

2013 Australia 2012 Breeding 165

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

As of 27 August 2013 the California Bird Records Committee has voted to add the introduced Nutmeg Mannikin to the state checklist. Or, as Seagull Steve puts it : The dreaded Nutmeg Mannikin has been added to California’s official state list by the California Bird Records Committee (aka Bird Police).

California 188

California Los Angeles 2013 Eggs 188

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

While there are some two dozen birding spots in Belgrade, Serbia, that stand out, in this guideblog I will focus on the river Danube and its floodplain, inside the Important Bird Area “Confluence of the Sava and the Danube Rivers”. The next winter bird spot lies some 4.5 Bus: 79 & 24. eBird list.

Serbia 223

Serbia Ducks Birds Eagles 223

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APRIL 10, 2015

In February of 2013, I wrote a piece outlining my thoughts on which exotic bird species should be added to the American Bird Association (ABA) checklist. Egyptian Goose sightings submitted to eBird in 2011-2012. Egyptian Goose sightings submitted to eBird in 2013-2014. They are excellent parents! They were right!

Los Angeles 154

Los Angeles Miami San Francisco San Antonio 154

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JULY 7, 2013

Now, I presume that not all the readers of this blog post will be familiar with the reasons behind the Germans’ leaving Germany for a life in the northern Sahel zone, so I’ll quickly summarize the main events: The winter of 2012/2013 has been the darkest winter ever, since daily sunlight hours were recorded.

Algeria 147

Algeria Germany Mali 2013 147

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MARCH 21, 2016

Over the last ten years my average first phoebe has been the 23rd of March, meaning that this bird was five days earlier than average and beat last year’s first phoebe by ten days. 2013 – 24 March. 2012 – 15 March. That’s last year’s first phoebe in the image above.). 2015 – 28 March. 2014 – 29 March.

2016 102

2016 2007 2008 2014 102

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FEBRUARY 5, 2017

I started keeping year lists – not just blogging about them but really keeping track of what I see each year – as late as 2012, roughly 30 years into my birding career. Therefore, the 2012 list itself was never the focus of my year listing, it was competition and blogging. What was left? The blogging element.

2017 100

2017 Germany 2012 2013 100

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JANUARY 7, 2014

2013 was an excellent year for me as a birder. I reached two of my personal North Carolina birding goals this year. All the pelagic trips I could want and all I have to do is find birds, chat with people on board, and try not to throw up or fall asleep. ” And quickly, but without a ton of confidence, got Kate on the bird.

North Carolina 170

North Carolina Birds Hunting Albatross 170

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JULY 20, 2014

While the plants did stabilize the dunes, they also formed such dense stands that no other native dune plants or animals were able to live there including rare plants like seabeach amaranth and rare birds like piping plovers. The dense stands of leaves, with sawtooth edges, prevented people from walking through them as well.

New Jersey 169

New Jersey New York New York City Japan 169

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Twitching is a British term used to mean “the pursuit of a previously located rare bird.” Basically, I never had the time to chase birds. My second twitch, during the winter of 2011, was also in the area of McArthur where an American Tree Sparrow ( Spizella arborea ) was spotted during a Christmas Bird Count.

California 100

California North America Wildlife 2009 100

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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. Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation by Paul J. And conservation.

America 219

America Squirrels Industry Birds 219

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MARCH 3, 2013

Mike invented Corey a few years ago to firstly promote the idea of a multi-authored bird blog and secondly so he could make up extremely productive birding trips to make the blog more exciting to read. Of our January light – which isn’t the brightest during the course of the year anyway.

Germany 145

Germany Pandas Birds Kittens 145

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JUNE 3, 2014

Hugh, who years ago helped me find my first Pauraque in the Rio Grande Valley , visited Peru as part of the 2014 World Birding Rally, where he stopped thinking of himself as an experienced birder. This is his first contribution to 10,000 Birds. You can see the world’s smallest passerine and the Western Hemisphere’s biggest flying bird.

Peru 253

Peru South America Birds South Africa 253

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JULY 17, 2013

The Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act , which went into effect seventy-nine years ago on July 1, 1934, authorized the annual issuance of what is popularly known as the Duck Stamp. In 1976, Congress changed the official name to the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp , presumably to broaden its appeal to non-hunters.

Ducks 233

Ducks Wildlife Hunters Hunting 233