10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2012

The first bird we came across was the Brown Songlark and this was my 143rd bird for 2012. The Wedge-tailed Eagle has an unmistakenable wedge-shaped tail and is often seen on roadkill around Australia. It was happily sitting on the barbed wire and although it looks like it might be calling it was actually just hot… we all were!

Birds 163

Birds Falcons 2012 Eagles 163

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2014

Blue-winged Teal like these at Meritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in 2012 certainly count as good birds. Dixie Crossroads Seafood Restaurant is an Eagle-level sponsor of Space Coast and a delicious one at that. Black Rails failed me in 2012. Eat lots of good food at Dixie Crossroads. Yeah, that sounds like a plan.

Wildlife 183

Wildlife Tampa Alligators 2012 183

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

I haven’t been to Space Coast since 2012 and man did I miss it last year. With Red-shouldered Hawks like the one at the top of this post , Crested Caracaras and Snail Kites , and lots of Bald Eagles and Osprey around, it only makes sense to focus on those big predators. Will you be there? I sure as heck will!

2014 159

2014 Bald Eagle Florida Wildlife 159

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2014

When to bird: The best period birdwise is from November to February, because the Danube in Serbia seldom freezes; although it did so recently, in February 2012, when the 1000 m / 3300 ft wide river was frozen solid from bank to bank, causing a large mortality among waterbirds. In March and November, Common Cranes are a possibility.

Serbia 250

Serbia Birds Ducks Eagles 250

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

At the far end of the lake stands a tall, dry tree with an eagle that we are struggling to determine and it remains a dark silhouette far too far. Somewhere below that mysterious eagle, at the far shore of the lake, lies one Bengal Tiger … and further to the right – two more! He has earned his tip.

Tigers 257

Tigers India Killing 2012 257

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JULY 3, 2014

Since 2004, the three-year averages (2003 to 2012) for nesting pairs ranged from 7,086 to 10,147, all above the 6,000 three-year average identified in the 1997 recovery plan as the threshold to consider reclassifying the species to threatened status.

North Carolina 218

North Carolina Bald Eagle South Carolina Florida 218

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Yueh Yun Lin’s flying White-tailed Sea Eagle is a wonderful image, but the raptor enthusiast in me sees much more than great exposure and composition. A series of digiscoped photos of, say, wintering eagles may thus give a better idea of how many individuals are REALLY present, or track moult progress in birds on the breeding grounds.

2011 249

2011 Eagles Bald Eagle Owls 249

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

You will see everything from bald eagles, wolves and deer, to wild turtles, baby ducklings and other animals. The premiere miniseries event airs Sunday, February 12, 2012, 8 p.m. – The show covers an entire year along the Mississippi, and shows the many challenges that the wildlife in the area deal with.

Mississippi 100

Mississippi Bald Eagle Alligators Wolves 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2013

This new analysis again suggested that Snowy Owls (and the fascinating fish-owls ) are embedded within the eagle-owl complex. Snowy Owl , Breezy Point, New York, 2012 © Corey Finger. Banks et al. 2003 , PDF). In fact, in 2009, Wink et al. And that’s a marvelous gift. Birds owl owls Snowy Owl taxonomy and systematics'

Owls 174

Owls Indonesia 2002 North Carolina 174

10,000 Birds

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. White-tailed Eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla.

2017 100

2017 Germany 2012 2013 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Bald Eagle, Head Portraits, Birds of Prey of the East. Bald Eagle has been moved next to Golden Eagle. And, Eagles, surprisingly, don’t either, the emphasis being on their heads, tails, and how they look in flight. And, the Osprey and Eagle heads. Particularly the wing windows.

North America 202

North America Birds Mississippi Bald Eagle 202

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2013

SINGAPORE, DECEMBER 2012 – Ask any birder where you should go birding in Singapore and the short list will always include Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve , this city-state’s finest wetlands. I also pulled three species of tailorbird along with Asian Glossy Starling , Black-naped Oriole , and White-bellied Sea-Eagle en route.

Singapore 146

Singapore Zebras Zoos Owls 146

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2013

Our sunlight hours have been well below average since November 2012, but January and February have been particularly gloomy with many regions, like mine, barely reaching one third of the average sunlight hours per month. Of our January light – which isn’t the brightest during the course of the year anyway.

Germany 145

Germany Birds Pandas Kittens 145

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2012

The original organization of chapters on Buteos, Accipiters, Falcons, Kites, Northern Harrier, Eagles and Vultures, and Osprey has been kept, with additional chapters on Crested Caracara, Southwestern Buteos and Kin, Florida Specialties, Regional Specialties. Yes, I saw the bird and it was incredible.) Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company, Sept.

North America 246

North America Bald Eagle Birds Eagles 246

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2013

In the grass, Desert (bellow) and Isabelline Wheatears await us, together with Tawny Pipits and large flocks of Greater Short-toed Larks ; while Booted Eagle , Lesser Kestrel and even one Critically Endangered White-rumped Vulture fly above us. Off the tarmac we go, into dry turf intercepted by bare ground, where we follow wheel tracks.

India 251

India Gazelles Endangered Species Pakistan 251

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

However very few birders ever venture to areas off this well-beaten track, so with this in mind, I decided to explore a fascinating but ornithologically little known corner of Ethiopia in January 2012, to see what surprises awaited me.

Ethiopia 253

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 253

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2011

2011 is about to become 2012 and birders the world over are taking a look at their year lists and reminiscing about the awesome sightings and devastating dips that they have experienced. Rest assured that those 10,000 Beat Writers who did not submit a Best Bird of the Year will see only coal in their stockings and nary a life bird in 2012!

2011 205

2011 Birds South Korea North Dakota 205

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2014

I wrote of some birding areas around Derby in August 2012 and we hoped that we would be able to get to some of those this last week. It didn’t take long to work out that a White-bellied Sea-Eagle had decided to enter the area and gave us another opportunity to identify any bird species that may have been hiding in the shade.

Birds 145

Birds Ducks 2015 2014 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2024

However, the appearance of a Peregrine or Booted Eagle “causes widespread panic at the colony, birds circling up high into the sky to avoid them”. The population in Andalucia in 2012 was 5,057 pairs – over one third of the Spanish population. However, the Lesser Kestrel has received help.

Falcons 226

Falcons Spain Europe 2012 226

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Golden Eagle – Two weeks to the day after the Say’s Phoebe I was once again at Edgemere with my family and picked up a Golden Eagle flying past , a surprise bird for sure! I am amused that I have Golden Eagle in Queens before Black Vulture or Northern Goshawk. Purple Martin, 3 Jul 2010, 11 Apr 2011, 26 May 2012.

2013 160

2013 2010 2012 2011 160

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This was remedied in 2012, when I reviewed the second edition. American Kestrels in Flight, plate AK03; © 2011 Princeton University Press There are photographs of buteos soaring overhead and harriers gliding low, of eagles coming at you head-on and flying away with only the tail in focus, of falcons backlit and kites in shadows.

2011 100

2011 North America 2005 Eagles 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2013

JOHOR, MALAYSIA, DECEMBER 2012 – If you’re traveling to Singapore for birding, you might want to think outside the box or, in this case, the island. We saw a number of these distinctive raptors, along with Crested Serpent Eagles and Oriental or Crested Honey Buzzards. Malaysian raptor clinic photo courtesy of Con Foley.

Malaysia 191

Malaysia Singapore Monkeys Birds 191

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

That is a big difference compared to the 2,000+ singing males detected in 2012, well above the recovery goal for this species set by the U.S. Raptors and other predatory birds have largely rebounded, and there seems to be be no shortage of Brown Pelicans, Peregrine Falcons and Bald Eagles. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Albatross 228

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 228

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2011

May 2012 bring you even better best birds and lots of them! Amy loves the eagles: I moved from the Chicago area to Florida – the state that has the most Bald Eagles in the lower 48. But in November I flew back north to Illinois to see a special pair of eagles, my best bird(s) of the year. I blogged about them here.

2011 163

2011 Birds Ohio North Dakota 163

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2013

It’s a Bald Eagle, a hawk. The publication of this new title is again an occasion for excitement (how can you can you not get excited when looking at photographic layouts like the one of Bald Eagles shown above?) Families do not hike up mountains to sit all day on pointy rocks to watch woodpeckers. It’s hawks they pant and wait to see.

North America 235

North America Bald Eagle Falcons Owls 235

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2022

For the next five years, it must also implement an Eagle Management Plan. The company, ESI Energy LLC, built facilities in high-risk locations, failed to obtain permits, and its wind turbines killed approximately 150 eagles. But if it was built, ESI should obtain an eagle take permit. It further alleges that the U.S.

Wyoming 187

Wyoming Eagles Wounded Birds 187

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2018

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently decided that the Sonoran Desert population of Bald Eagle is not a listable taxon under the Endangered Species Act. The Bald Eagle is one of the true American conservation success stories: the iconic national bird was listed in 1967 when there were less than 500 breeding pairs in the lower 48.

Bald Eagle 101

Bald Eagle Eagles Endangered Species 2017 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2012

On previous visits we have not had the opportunity to go birding and we were looking forward to some day walks and adding to my 2012 list. He is fond of nature programmes and has 10000birds in his “favourites” He is hoping for some eagle pictures in upcoming posts, as he has seen some in nature films and they impress him!

Birds 215

Birds Geese 2012 Collecting 215

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2015

We had not done “year lists” until we started here in 2012 , because a few other Beat Writers had decided to and really…why not! We had thought we had completed our year list for 2014, until we had a surprise encounter with a Little Eagle on 28th December. Little Eagle- Hieraaetus morphnoides -Broome, January 1st.

2015 202

2015 2014 Ducks Ponies 202

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2018

This all started way back in 2012 and several of us continued on in 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016. Wedge-tailed Eagle – Aquila audax -Broome, January 9th. White-bellied Sea Eagle – Haliaeetus leucogaster- Broome, January 1st. Eastern Osprey – Pandion cristatus -Broome, January 1st.

2018 100

2018 Ducks Barn Owls Falcons 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

A good way up one of the tallest pines is an Eagle’s nest. Every year there manage to be two eagles up there in that nest. Ducks are easier prey for the Eagle. You can tell when the Eagle is aloft because the Loons alarm call. Every now and then you see an Eagle and a Loon interact a bit. So, no Eagles maybe.

Humane 228

Humane Eagles Investigation Research 228

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2017

This all started way back in 2012 and several of us continued on in 2013 , 2014 , 2015 and 2016. Wedge-tailed Eagle – Aquila audax -Broome, January 1st. White-bellied Sea Eagle – Haliaeetus leucogaster- Broome, January 1st. Black-breasted Buzzard – Hamirostra melanostemon- Broome, January 5th.

2017 100

2017 Zebras Ducks Australia 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2016

This all started way back in 2012 and several of us continued on in 2013 , 2014 and 2015. Wedge-tailed Eagle – Aquila audax -Broome, January 1st. White-bellied Sea Eagle – Haliaeetus leucogaster- Broome, January 1st. Australian Darter- Anhinga novaehollandiae -Broome, January 6th.

2016 102

2016 Ducks Australia Eagles 102

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2019

This all started way back in 2012 and several of us continued on in 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016, 2017 and 2018. White-bellied Sea Eagle – Haliaeetus leucogaster- Broome, January 1st. Well, another New Year crept up on us once again and once again I will commit to listing on the website!

2019 113

2019 Ducks Parrots Falcons 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Black Eagle – Ictinaetus malaiensis. Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus alboniger. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle – Hieraaetus ayresii. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. 16 Jun 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Black Eagle – Ictinaetus malaiensis. Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus alboniger. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle – Hieraaetus ayresii. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. 16 Jun 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Black Eagle – Ictinaetus malaiensis. Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus alboniger. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle – Hieraaetus ayresii. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. 16 Jun 2018.

2018 102

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 102