10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2013

The first batch of proposals for the 2013 American Ornithologists’ Union North American checklist supplement has hit the ‘tubes. Let’s take a look at some of what lurks inside: Pygmy-owl split. Proposal 2013-A-3 recommends adopting that split on the basis of a 2009 study (I wrote about it back in the day here ).

2013 190

2013 Sparrows Owls Stray 190

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2016

Snowy Owl at Breezy Point photographed by Corey. Irruptions of Snowy Owls in 2011 and again in 2013 found these Arctic birds wintering well south of their usual range , in some cases straying down to Bermuda and even Hawaii. (I Many North American birders have, over the last few years, received a rare treat.

Owls 100

Owls Hawaii Stray North America 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

For birds, this guide follows the Clements list (2007, with revisions through 2013), so it is mostly compatible with your eBird app. The intrepid could easily discover something totally unexpected if they stray from the beaten path…”. The endemics of the Albertine Rift Mountains are marked in bold, 10 mammals and 26 birds.

Rwanda 213

Rwanda Primates Wildlife Gorillas 213