10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

The book focuses on two listing events: her 2012 Louisiana Big Year and her 2016 Louisiana 300 Year. Chapter One is all about Marybeth’s 2012 Big Year, an adventure she shares with Lynn, a fishing enthusiast who is probably the most supportive big year/300 year birding partner in the history of listing. Map by Lynn Hathaway.

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Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

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. It was a heart-pounding scene straight out of Jurassic Park, an odd experience for a laid-back pursuit like birding. I wrote about the experience here.

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2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 153

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2012

Plus, the time was finally right for me to savor a local slice of that southern Snowy Owl invasion. That magnificent predator was too distant for decent photos, so I snapped some of the Long-tailed Ducks on which the owl has been sustaining itself… As for Corey, his Space Coast experience is yielding ABA birds and lifers in buckets.

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2012 Birds Medical Owls 163

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2012

My best bird of the weekend was heard, not seen: I thrilled to the haunting whinny of an Eastern Screech-Owl somewhere in my neighborhood. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. The good news in that is that a season of migration is winging its way wherever you are. How about you?

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2012 Germany Birds Owls 154

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2012

Choosing among the hawks, eagles, and owls at the raptor residence (alas no rehab for these irreparably injured birds of prey) and the active late winter species in the park seemed impossible, until an impressive Pileated Woodpecker put on a powerful display of excavatory activity. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2012 ALA Woodpeckers Birds 165

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

But in 2020 I personally saw thousands of Waxwings in a dozen or so sites, and every one of my birder friends across the country had a similar experience. Certain kinds of birds, such as finches and Snowy Owls , may go for years without travelling outside of their normal ranges. This year, the sightings are less, so far. (I

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Mexico 2020 2012 Parrots 147

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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! Birders are delighted by Snowy Owls. No lemmings left in the north?

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United States Owls Atlanta New York 270

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a Barred Owl in Central Park, the only remaining one from the three that were discovered about a week ago. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2012 United States Laws Birds 113

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MARCH 29, 2012

Perhaps you don’t work in that kind of environment, but don’t let that stop you from immersing yourself in the experience of a world in flux. I’ve got an active schedule ahead of me this weekend, but hope for the chance to chase an owl or two. Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding?

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Portugal 2012 Birds Owls 140

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JANUARY 1, 2012

I’m feeling pretty good about 2012 so far. Too bad the Snowy Owl that dad been haunting the Waterloo outlet mall parking lot didn’t stick around! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Happy New Year! How about you?

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2011 2012 New York Birds 168

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2023

My book of choice for this time of year is Jerry Liguori’s Hawks At A Distance: Identification of Migrant Raptors, a brilliant tutorial on how to recognize raptors by shape and flight style, distilling years of experience and expertise into 216 pages. This was remedied in 2012, when I reviewed the second edition.

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2011 North America 2005 Eagles 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2012

Few experiences birding get me more excited than adding a new bird to my Queens list. Harlequin Duck - 01 January 2012 – A great way to start the year at Fort Tilden, and it made up for missing several the previous winter. The S nowy Owls at Breezy Point also ignited a firestorm on the state listserv.

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Connecticut 2011 2012 Jamaica 175

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

And, it shows us the birds in brief, non-captioned close-ups of songbirds and owls and soaring overhead pans of migrating hawks and waders. The experiences of children observing birds, touched on in the U.S. Still, this may account for the very specific, personal nature of Birders ‘ people scenes.

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Advocacy Mexico United States Texas 268

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. White-tailed Tropicbird by Nathan Swick Renato chose an impressive parrot: Birding is a wonderful experience in itself.

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2011 Birds South Korea North Dakota 188

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

As 2013 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 , 2011 , and 2012 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. It was easily one of the best birding experiences I’ve ever had, even impressing my nonbirder fiance. You can read more about his experience here.

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 167

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2013

In the past two years, our bookshelves have welcomed Jerry Liguori’s Hawks At A Distance (2011), the second edition of the classic Hawks in Flight (Dunne, Sutton, Sibley; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012), and Chris Earley’s updated edition of the excellent regional guide, Hawks and Owls of Eastern North America (2012).

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North America Bald Eagle Falcons Owls 218

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2014

The authors set June/July 2011 as the cut-off date, and were able to add noteworthy records up to November 2012, the date the manuscript was sent to the publisher. New species that were documented from Fall 2011 through Summer 2012 are listed in one of the appendices. ” It’s odd. We are fascinated by rare birds.

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North America America Birds United States 258

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Tara Tanaka described the experience of digiscoping this spoonbill as such: Tara Tanaka : Merritt Island NWR was the last stop on a 10-day Florida birding trip last winter. The 2012 Digiscoper of the Year competition will start in June, so there is plenty time to start looking for great digiscoping opportunities.

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2011 Eagles Bald Eagle Owls 237

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

NARITA, JAPAN, DECEMBER 2012 – The art and science of layover birding deserves more rigorous study and perhaps a federal grant. What I learned convinced me to block out a full day to experience my first taste of Japanese birding. From what airports should one sally forth during a layover of many hours? Back yet?

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Japan Birds Stud Ducks 121

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. Jackson, 2012. The University of Michigan Press, 2012. At several points in recent history, Kirtland’s Warbler appeared to be on the verge of extinction.

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 236

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

In addition to longtails and rats, Wingate battles developers (of course), a rare Snowy Owl that kills 5% of the cahow population (Wingate shoots the owl, to the dismay of many), and the U.S. These are magical experiences. photo of Elizabeth Gehrman: Ingrid Skousgard, 2012. Beacon Press, 2012. by Elizabeth Gehrman.

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Birds Rats Breeding 2012 170

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

There are no warblers here or small shorebirds or raptors, excepting Accipiters and Screech-Owls. To an intermediate-level birder like me, the material in Better Birding –highly focused, detailed, based on the latest research and years of field experience– is daunting, but also fascinating. Authors George L.

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Birds Groups 2015 North America 190

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2012

In the following four chapters, Lovitch talks about “Birding by Habitat”, “Birding with Geography”, “Birding and Weather”, and “Birding at Night” (which is about reading radar and listening to nocturnal flight calls, not owling). How to Be a Better Birder by Derek Lovitch Princeton University Press, 2012, 208p. 53 color illus.

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New Jersey Science United States Birds 242

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

.’ Not every species has a GV section, and the amount of description allocated in each section varies from a brief notation on color differences (most species) to the uncertainty of how voice variations relates to color morphs (Vermiculated Screech-Owl).

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America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 214

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

The Second Atlas’s logo, designed by bird carver Larry Barth, with its perched Scarlet Tanager, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Ruffed Grouse, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Common Raven, and Eastern Bluebird, gives a good idea of the diversity of birds that can be found in Pennsylvania. Images courtesy of Pennsylvania State University Press.

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