10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2020
African Pygmy Kingfisher (Mkuze, South Africa, Nov 2018). Belted Kingfisher (Reno, USA, Jan 2015). Black-capped Kingfisher (Nanhui, China, May 2018). Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Bateleur and Mkuze, Nov 2018). Crested Kingfisher (HongAn, China, Jun 2015). Ruddy Kingfisher (Singapore, Nov 2015).
10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2018
I saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of 2018 this afternoon at Forest Park, thus kicking off spring for myself over a week after spring actually started. The photo up above, by the way, is from October of 2015.). 2018 – 30 March. 2015 – 28 March. And was it late or early? 2017 – 12 March. 2016 – 18 March.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 25, 2020
African Penguin (Cape Town, South Africa, Nov 2018). African Pygmy Kingfisher (Mkuze, South Africa, Nov 2018). Blue Tit (Visselhoevede, Germany, Jul 2018). Collared Finchbill (Zhenjiang, China, Oct 2015). European Bee-eater (Hluluwe, South Africa, Nov 2018). Ground Woodpecker (Drakensberg, South Africa, Nov 2018).
10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2021
2018 – 30 March. 2015 – 28 March. As I have for years now, I will now ask the same question of midwesterners and northeasterners that I ask every year: When did you see your first Eastern Phoebe of 2021? And was it late or early? 2021 – 13 March. 2020 – 15 March. 2019 – 17 March. 2017 – 12 March. 2016 – 18 March.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2020
2018 – 30 March. 2015 – 28 March. As I have for years now, I will now ask the same question of midwesterners and northeasterners that I ask every year: When did you see your first Eastern Phoebe of 2020? And was it late or early? 2020 – 15 March. 2019 – 17 March. 2017 – 12 March. 2016 – 18 March. 2014 – 29 March. Enjoy spring!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2020
The last ten birds have taken a very long time: when I last asked what I would add to my Queens list it was September 21, 2015 ! So what were the actual ten birds that I added between September of 2015 and two Fridays ago? Not only did I not predict it in 2015 but I never predicted one. That’s long time! 0 out of 1!). .
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 23, 2023
Then, in 2018, other researchers did DNA testing on the sample specimen and found it was just an ordinary Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird with some kind of slight color mutation ( source ). But the text was last updated in 2015 while the DNA research was done in 2018. It must be frustrating. But the same species was never found again.
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