10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 22, 2014
It is in this habitat that birders seek out goodies like Red-cockaded Woodpecker and Bachmann’s Sparrow. In 2012 I was successful, with the help of Doug Gochfeld, in finding all of those species in and around Three Lakes , and I hoped for a repeat performance but with better views of Bachmann’s Sparrow.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 23, 2012
Tucson, AZ, August 2012 – When you get a bunch of bird bloggers together, which you do you imagine comes first: birds or blogs? Such an observation explains why the hottest bird of the day happened to be a sparrow, not even the most attractive one we spotted. I believe there’s a life lesson to be learned here.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 15, 2012
Two of the four Lark Sparrows I have seen in Queens Two out of ten is not good enough, leaving me smack-dab on the Mendoza Line. Here they are in chronological order: Grasshopper Sparrow - 21 May 2011 – A bird I wasn’t even thinking of until I found one singing at Edgemere Landfill. I must do better!
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2023
2012), and (4) Waterfowl of Eastern North America, 2nd ed. The American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Ontario covers 311 species (publicity material says 310, probably because Alder and Willow Flycatchers share one page), birds that author Chris Earley says, “are seen in the province most regularly” (p.
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. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Dendrocopos major.
10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2022
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. Over the next few days, I found increasing numbers, goldfinches, juncos, white-throated sparrows. I picked up a Downy Woodpecker, an every-day visitor.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2013
Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State. You can see the Species Account for Henslow’s Sparrow above, in the banner photo. Pileated Woodpecker, for example. Each bird found to be breeding in Pennsylvania during the period of the survey is accorded two pages.
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