10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2012

I found the experience of authentically aggressive heat rather refreshing, but much prefer my moderate New York summers! Multiple groups of trogons with young in the United States seems surreal, but is entirely possible in the right place. Bad picture of a great bird… Elegant Trogon !! How about you?

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2012 United States New York Birds 169

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Not likely, right? Though Corey had a host of good birds to choose from (again) he has decided that his Best Bird of the Weekend was the one he found because he took the time to scope through a ginormous flock of Canada Geese : a diminutive Cackling Goose at Blue Chip Farm in southern Ulster County, New York.

Polar Bears 167

Polar Bears 2012 New York Geese 167

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2012

Happy New Year! I’m feeling pretty good about 2012 so far. Corey, of course, carried his phenomenal bird-finding fortune into the New Year with an improbable to the point of being unprecedented Grace’s Warbler in New York. Ugh, right? How about you?

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2011 2012 New York Birds 168

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Yet they also bring up questions, which I’m going to talk about right now before diving into the specifics of the guides themselves. Steve Howell has spent decades of experience in the field studying the birds of Belize, Costa Rica, and especially Mexico. Two issues came to mind immediately when I examined my reviewer copies.

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Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 214

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Check out this graph adapted from eBird that shows the frequency of sightings in the United States in 2012 – Red-breasted Nuthatches are showing up on birders’ checklists just over sixteen percent of the time! Thank a pine cone. Or a spruce cone. Or a larch cone.

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United States Owls Atlanta New York 266

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2011

May 2012 bring you even better best birds and lots of them! Kirby Adams had a magical experience with his Best Bird of the Year and he blogged about it on his blog, Sharp Tern. Susan Kailholz-Williams had raptors as her BBOTY: My best and thrilling bird of 2011: First confirmed nest of Mississippi Kites right here in Ohio.

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2011 Birds Ohio North Dakota 161

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Our experience on the ground confirms your reporting that this trade is increasingly tied to organized crime. This holds true whether it is in the Democratic Republic of Congo or right here in New York City, where Cyrus R. 4, 2012 The writer is vice president for species conservation at the Wildlife Conservation Society.

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New York Times New York South Korea New York City 40