10,000 Birds
MAY 16, 2017
A New York City Parks Department contractor just wiped out a breeding population of sparrows in tons of trouble already, on land owned by the parks department that was supposed to be protected as “Forever Wild.” It looks to me like they drove a crane straight through this section of what’s called Four Sparrow Marsh. Not anymore.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 12, 2012
Multiple groups of trogons with young in the United States seems surreal, but is entirely possible in the right place. Corey’s best bird of the weekend was a Lark Sparrow , highly unusual at his current coordinates. The real highlight of my weekend, out of many worthy contenders, had to be Elegant Trogon. How about you?
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2023
2012), and (4) Waterfowl of Eastern North America, 2nd ed. “Nothing is more humbling,” he sighs, “than spending a few hours in a boat or on a riverbank, unsuccessfully trying to catch a fish, and then seeing an Osprey dive and catch one right in front of you” (p. Photographs, most by co-author Brian E.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 18, 2012
The 2012 event was held at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. The conference timed nicely with sparrow migration and everyone was anxious to get views of reported Nelson’s Sparrows that were obligingly hanging out in some mud along a beaver pond. It’s a pleasant way to spend and hour on the refuge.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 29, 2014
Just don’t embarrass yourself by hearing a Chipping Sparrow and confidently declaring that you just got your first Pine Warbler of the year. I feel like they never get their due as beautiful in their own right. April birding often consists of sifting through a flock of Butterbutts trying to find another species.
10,000 Birds
MAY 1, 2012
Now before any of you think that I must be really old or dying to have a bucket-list I must assure you that before April 9th 2012 I was still in my thirties. An unusual bird that is seldom seen on the Dry Tortugas was a solitary Lincoln’s Sparrow. That means I used to be very young. Almost infantile. Now I’m just young.
10,000 Birds
MAY 1, 2018
Looking through this compact yet extensive guide, I realized that I have been amiss in not reviewing the first book of this series, the Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America by David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie (same authors, order reversed), published in 2012. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, April 2012, $29.
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