10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2013

… where the Spring Wings Festival will be held from March 17–19, 2013! In addition to kayak tours and birds of prey demos, Spring Wings has plenty to do for even the most casual birders, including a decoy-carving workshop, a photography seminar, and a chance to help band baby Wood Ducks (and who wouldn’t love that!).

Nevada 168

Nevada Las Vegas Jordan North America 168

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Therefore, I greatly expanded the structure of my year list in 2013 to include maps, statistics and a diary. Now, I really like the 2013 layout and am planning on keeping it, but I’ll make the diary shorter this year and will keep the list in chronologic order instead of systematic. Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula.

2017 100

2017 Germany 2012 2013 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2014

I am no different from other birders that keep a year list and while my 511 species in 2013 wasn’t an absurdly good year it also wasn’t half-bad. Ruddy Ducks almost invariably make me happy. I wish the Ruddy Duck had used this Canvasback as an role model. Click to embiggen.). Notice that it is rubber band free.

2014 169

2014 Fox Birds Owls 169

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Heading on the train from Katoomba to Blackheath, where we had observed Rock Warblers in the past, our search began on the miserable drizzly day. We then walked back to the train station and back to Katoomba to the walk back to our accommodation. We admitted defeat and decided to call it a day and try again the next day.

Transported 100

Transported 2013 Australia Parrots 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2013

We were able to add Wood Sandpiper, Galah, Pink-eared Duck, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Red-kneed Dotterel, Black Swans, Spinifex Pigeon and Variegated Fairywren to our year list at the Poo Ponds and there were numerous other waterbirds that we had already seen at the Broome Poo Ponds on New Year’s Day. Waiting for a long train!

Birds 150

Birds Industry Transported Ducks 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

I feel certain that, given Tennessee’s 18-year track record of celebrating cranes in a tremendously successful festival, the opposition will only be stronger in 2013. You don’t even have to have a duck stamp! TWRC’s response to the outcry was a two-year stay on the proposed season. Isn’t that neat?

2011 260

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 260

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

It turns out that duck nests tend to be so similar that you need to identify the feathers lining the nest, usually the breast feathers of the parent, to identify the user. The three authors have brought diverse talents to this project, which, they tell us, started in 2013.

Eggs 256

Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 256