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10,000 Birds
MARCH 12, 2017
I saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of 2017 this morning, 12 March, at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, thus kicking off spring for myself over a week early. Early first phoebe of the year is good but the predicted nor’easter might make it tough for early arriving birds to survive. 2017 – 12 March. 2015 – 28 March.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 26, 2018
At last count, there are 25 species of birds named for U.S. But only two states have more than one bird named for them: Hawaii and California, with nine and seven extant and eponymous species, respectively. My first California Quail in California, at Point Reyes National Seashore in October 2017.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2017
Birds of Kruger National Park covers the 259 species most frequently seen in the park, about half of the total number of birds documented there. Regular readers of 10,000 Birds may remember Jochen’s posts about keeping taxonomy out of field guides. It sounds simple, but I wonder how it works in practice.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 17, 2019
I saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of 2019 this morning at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Over the last ten years my average first phoebe has been the 22nd of March, meaning that this year’s bird was five days earlier than average and nearly two weeks earlier than last year’s. 2017 – 12 March. 2015 – 28 March.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2022
Thank you, goddess of birding luck and text group people).* My inner self felt stuck in an area between disbelief and total joy and the voices near me were echoing this state of mind: “Oh My God,” “I never thought I would see this bird,” “Look at that bill!” “How did that bird get here?”
10,000 Birds
MARCH 12, 2019
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered ” under the Endangered Species Act. In 2015, a group submitted a petition to FWS to delist the warbler , relying on a study conducted by Texas A&M University that reported a far larger population and much more appropriate habitat than prior studies.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2020
Happy New Year, 10,000 Birds readers and writers! Everyone is looking back on their best birds of 2019, so I thought it would be a good idea to look at a book that looks back a little further: Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City , by P. The Bronx also has a special place in birding history. “Wait!”
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