10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Corey had way too many birds to choose from for his Best Bird of the Weekend, with exactly 100 species for the four-day weeekend. The owl wasn’t really that rare, considering how many have been seen in New York over this past weekend. How about you? How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

2013 154

2013 Turkey New York Owls 154

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2013

The first Elegant Tern ever spotted in New York State is an amazingly good bird, especially when it is one of eight tern species for the weekend. One sighting that came right on schedule for me was that of Ospreys on their nests all along the perimeter of Montezuma NWR. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

2013 160

2013 New York Birds Experience 160

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2014

Steve Young of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, is the coordinator of the Long Island Invasive Species Management Area. He kindly agreed to share his knowledge of this new threat to the beaches of New York and the animals and plants that rely on them.

New Jersey 170

New Jersey New York New York City Japan 170

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2013

Early spring, which is still the season where I live, releases new species a few at a time. I’ll be scanning my local skies for Western New York’s newest arrivals. What is the state of migration where you are? Corey will be keeping it local too. How about you?

2013 140

2013 New York Mexico Birds 140

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2013

Corey had an absurd array of avians to choose from as his Best Bird of the Weekend considering that between Friday and Sunday he saw 148 species in his journeys around Queens, the Bronx, and Sullivan, Ulster, and Orange Counties.

New York City 156

New York City 2013 New York Birds 156

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2022

The taxonomy may have changed a bit since the guide was published in 2013, but the warblers are still the same, giving us extreme joy while driving us crazy as we try to identify them high in the canopy or zipping amongst lower branches. He has been birding since he was a kid, led birding trips across the U.S. But, then, aha!

United States 229

United States North America Species 2013 229

10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2014

Contest killing – where individuals or teams gun down as many of a single species as they can within a specific time period, with prizes going to the winner(s) – is legal all over the country. Since no one was vilified by gun club defenders more than Friends of Animals , I called its New York director, Edita Birnkrant.

Killing 260

Killing Hunting Hunters Possums 260

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Eventually everyone made it to their computer, and created the Summer of 2013 Rehabber’s Wish List: Money. As long as we’re dreaming,” wrote Erin in New York, “how about if the transmitter signals are received by our own personal TV sets, and each has its own channel so we can watch what’s going on through their eyes as a live feed?”.

Wildlife 251

Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma New York 251

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

Vegetation is a key ingredient, and Klem cites a 2013 study that found “bird strikes were correlated positively to window area and negatively to development. The more glass, the more bird kills. A greater number of buildings in a concentrated area without intervening green space results in fewer birds and fewer killed.”

New York City 261

New York City Birds Illinois Science 261

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

When a species as prolific as the passenger pigeon once was ultimately expires, and promptly so on March 24, 1900, I’m apt to consider the rare but exceptional future sighting as a possibility, simply because I like to believe birds, or other creatures for that matter, don’t necessarily die within our specific time frames. 211- 230.

Pennsylvania 205

Pennsylvania Indiana California Condor 2013 205

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2013

This morning – 26 October 2013 – at Jacob Riis Park in coastal Queens, New York, I was very pleased to see hordes of sparrows in every bit of brush, long grass, and anywhere else that you could fit a sparrow.

Sparrows 174

Sparrows 2013 New York Birds 174

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

It’s not clear how many of the plates have been touched up, redrawn or are new, and I hope we’ll learn more about the process, perhaps when the third book in the series by Howell and Dyer, a new guide to the birds of Mexico, is published.* Other species are splits and lumped and have had their names changed.

Costa Rica 227

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 227

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2013

Seeing 525 species was nice, as was the fact that I birded in four countries, nine of the fifty states in the United States, and fifty-one counties. I want to reach 500 birds in the ABA, get my Queens list to 295, see a total of at least 500 species, and get my World Life List to 1,100. But how did I see so many species this year?

2012 145

2012 Czech Republic Hedgehogs Hungary 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2014

However, I will pick a fight with the Rip Van Winkle Rod and Gun Club in Palenville, New York, which is sponsoring their fourth annual “Crow Down” March 29-30, 2014. A hero of the Rip Van Winkle Rod & Gun Club is – no doubt – Bob Aronsohn, who lives in Kansas and in December 2013 celebrated killing his 150,000th crow.

Killing 272

Killing Slaughter Slaughtered Animal Abuse 272

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Now my Queens list stands at a whopping 302, which means I have actually added thirteen species since my last predictions. Long-eared Owl – 25 Mar 2013 – This was another twitch which I managed to get on a drizzly morning before work where it roosted in a pine stand in Forest Park. It is pictured at the top of this post.).

2012 158

2012 2013 New York City Jamaica 158

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

The guide covers 520 species of birds regularly found in the eastern United States and southeastern Canada, including, interestingly, a number of exotic species. There is also a traditional index to bird species, by common and scientific name. Species Accounts are arranged taxonomically, grouped by family.

North America 178

North America America Birds New York 178

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

A professional hawkwatcher for many seasons, his passion and knowledge saw him invited to join the board of the Hawk Migration Association of North America in 2013. In many states the best chance you have of seeing many of these and other bird species are at a hawkwatch.

Bald Eagle 246

Bald Eagle Los Angeles Connecticut Eagles 246

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

So, the 49 subject species include birds with interesting family behaviors that we might not see every day (Cedar Waxwing, Great Blue Heron, Peregrine Falcon), migrant songbirds (Tree and Barn Swallows, House Wren), and common, everyday birds (Northern Cardinal, Downy Woodpecker, and, yes, Rock Pigeon). Egg biology, from Part I.

Eggs 263

Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The vast majority of the 10,000+ living species of birds are passerines, and the vast majority of those have a similar system of breeding: Mom and dad bird make a nest and share parental responsibilities roughly equally, if not identically. Science (New York, N.Y.), There are variations on that theme, of course. Feeney, W.

Breeders 210

Breeders Breeding Birds Groups 210

10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2013

An exception is the 39-second vocalization of Yellow-breasted Chat, defined as a “similar non-warbler species” in the book.) Catherine is responsible for the book’s graphics, including, I assume, the crisp icons at the beginning of each species chapter. Video: [link] (July 26 2013). Booklet: [link].

Sparrows 227

Sparrows 2013 New Jersey New York 227

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2016

But, by December 2013, my eyes, and the eyes of birders across the country, were fixed on Neil and where he was headed next, and if—that huge if—he would see “The Bird.” Technically, Hayward ended 2013 with 747 ABA birds and 3 provisional birds. Note to self–next time you’re down or angry about dipping on a bird, think of Neil.)

2013 108

2013 Arizona Birds San Diego 108

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl covers every residential, migrating, vagrant, exotic, and introduced swan, goose, dabbling and diving duck in North America (Canada and the United States): 62 Species Accounts on four swan species and one vagrant subspecies; 15 goose species; 46 duck species; plus accounts for hybrid geese, ducks and exotics.

Ducks 124

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 124

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

These include Pennsylvania (George Armistead) and, the one we 10,000 Birds beat writers are really looking forward to, The ABA Field Guide to Birds of New York , by Corey Finger. Brit birder Goodie didn’t do an ordinary big year; he decided he would see every Pitta species in the world (32 at the time) in one year. Press, 2012).

Papua New Guinea 187

Papua New Guinea 2014 Penguins Birds 187

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2014

A good state bird guide needs to offer details about a bird’s look, sound, behavior and habitat in language that is specific enough to differentiate the bird from similar-looking species, but nonscientific enough not to intimidate novice birders. Species are organized in American Ornithologists’ Union taxonomic order.

New Jersey 251

New Jersey Birds 2014 Species 251

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

212) who trap, follow, and analyze the migration paths of Snowy Owls, a project founded in 2013, the magic year of the Snowy Owl irruption. It is early April as I write this, and migration is beginning to trickle through to New York City. Author Scott Weidensaul and a Snow Owl.

Cyprus 259

Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 259

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Potapov and Sale 2013). Snowy Owl , Breezy Point, New York, 2012 © Corey Finger. Genetic studies, however, indicate that it is closely related to Bubo (Sibley and Ahlquist 1990) and in fact is nested within the genus (Wink and Heidrich 1999). Banks et al. 2003 , PDF). And that’s a marvelous gift.

Owls 171

Owls Indonesia 2002 North Carolina 171

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2013

(Famously, the Blackburnian was the spark bird for notable birder Phoebe Snetsinger; it was also the spark bird for my friend Marylee,) Without warblers, migrant hotspots like the Ramble in New York City’s Central Park would be empty in May. Page two of each species account offers “Distinctive Views”, “Additional Photos” and notes.

United States 249

United States North America Species New York 249

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

There are 35 raptor species that have a presence in the United States and Canada, 56 (more or less) if you count by subspecies, and they are all covered in admirable, exhausting, unbelievable detail in B irds of Prey of the East: A Field Guide and Birds of Prey of the West: A Field Guide by Brian K. Species Accounts.

North America 198

North America Birds Mississippi Bald Eagle 198

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

Birding by Impression is a conscious, deliberate method of identifying and recognizing birds based on the study and evaluation of “distinctive structural features and behavioral movements” and comparison with nearby and similar species. It is not a handbook, though it approaches species from a collective viewpoint. “BBI

Birds 172

Birds New Jersey Science Groups 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

This week, a new study was published about Sparrows in Nebraska, that in some ways resembles the study by Bumpus and may well be a better example of Natural Selection in birds. House Sparrows were introduced to New York City in 1852 and later in other areas. and show off your bird identification prowess. __. 2013.02.023.

Killing 204

Killing South Africa Nebraska Collecting 204

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Hunting sandhill cranes in Kentucky is a bad idea from a public relations standpoint, considering the growing cadre of birders and nature enthusiasts for whom cranes are a touchstone species. Initiating a hunting season on a large, charismatic species like a crane is no way to resuscitate hunting.

2011 254

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 254

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. US-NY-New York-Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center – 40.6603x-73.9325. Finca Hamadryas. 09 Jan 2016. Cape May Warbler – Setophaga tigrina.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154