10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2014

There are birds more prized by North American birders than the Great Gray Owl , but not many*. Like many cold-weather creatures, the Great Gray Owl can to some extent trade altitude for latitude. We made our way to the spot that the owl had, according to our guides, last been seen. The owl wasn’t there.

Owls 218

Owls Minnesota Montana 2014 218

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2019

There’s nothing to be afraid of: Landscape with Grave, Coffin, and Owl by Caspar David Friedrich. The name of this supernatural raven from Denmark makes an unlikely name for a California vintner, but Valravn Wines has been making wines in the heart of the Sonoma County wine country since 2014.

2015 107

2015 Denmark California Fowl 107

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In a review of Gorman’s book on woodpeckers, the reviewer (Koenig) suggests a woodpecker big year, as he reasons that the chance to encounter a wave of Buff-rumped Woodpeckers in his (presumably North American) backyard is very slim … Not only humans suffer from Harry Potter books. The Brown Boobook is sedentary, though.

Los Angeles 176

Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 176

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

.’ Not every species has a GV section, and the amount of description allocated in each section varies from a brief notation on color differences (most species) to the uncertainty of how voice variations relates to color morphs (Vermiculated Screech-Owl). Press, 2014); and Guide to the Birds of Honduras by Robert J.

America 211

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 211