10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

managed to see it, his largest owl ever. How I managed to ID the Ural Owl so easily with such a short observation window, beats me. How I managed to ID the Ural Owl so easily with such a short observation window, beats me. Cover photo: Ural Owl Strix uralensis by Serge Serebro / Wikimedia Commons. Fortunately, B.

Owls 109

Owls Greece Serbia Woodpeckers 109

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2013

I wonder how many I’ll be able to add in 2013. I did finally get Snowy Owls in Queens , even if they did cause a bit of controversy. Whether it was hawks , terns , seabirds , wood-warblers , shorebirds , geese , falcons , finches , or songbirds and woodpeckers I was there with my camera. I even chased after a Barred Owl

2012 146

2012 Czech Republic Hedgehogs Hungary 146

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. Canada Geese and Crows can figure it out, so can Cranes. 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

MARCH 4, 2014

And, as we talked of Long-billed Murrelets and Pink-footed Geese and Nutting’s Flycatchers, questions came up. But, irruptive species like Blue-footed Booby, that may in some years, as we know from the invasion of 2013, show up in numbers greater than five, are included. What year was the Red-footed Falcon seen in Massachusetts?

North America 262

North America America Birds United States 262