10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2014
2014 has been a good year for us at 10,000 Birds. Larry starts us off right with an owl that makes birders drool: I was able to see and photograph many great birds in 2014 but my Best Bird of the Year would have to be the Great Gray Owl , the largest Strix in North America. That’s Redgannet’s BBOTY at the top of the post.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2014
The Results of the 2014 Tricolored Blackbird Statewide Survey confirm that this species is in rapid decline. ” Blackbirds, among other species, are also killed every year for consuming sunflower seeds mostly in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Click on photos for full sized images. References: 1 Birds of North America Online.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
The recently released 2014 State of the Birds Report lists the Bank Swallow as one of the common birds in steep decline. The report identifies 33 species that do not meet the Watch List criteria but are declining rapidly in many areas. The main reason for this rapid decline, as in the case of most species, is loss of habitat.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2019
A Great Horned Owl illustrated in Game Birds: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy Birds of Prey, Game Birds and Water-Fowls by Neltje Blanchan. Though in general, if my team is game for owling, so am I – the comforts of a warm bed be damned. Considering all that, it’s no surprise that less hardy (or more sensible?)
10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2014
New Year’s Day 2014. With binoculars around my neck, I am leaving home, wondering which will be the first species on my year list. By contrast, the wild Rock Pigeon, Columba livia livia , is an ill-numbered species that I have seen only a few times, in mountain gorges or Mediterranean islands, further away from villages.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2019
And it had been awhile: my last visit there was in 2014!) To have a chance to see two species close up without vomiting was something I was looking forward to! This game of hide-and-seek played out for awhile until the elusive bird dove and didn’t come up anywhere I could find it.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Conservationists at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have been using remote controlled drones to watch the nests of endangered breeds and monitor the progress of reintroduced species. Even drone retailers and manufacturers are getting in on the game. Don’t get too close to birds — especially the territorial ones.
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