10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2014

That means, by logical progression, that in January the trip I am on will experience an actual sighting of a Black Rail ! … 10,000 Birds is a Scrub Jay level sponsor of the 2015 Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. In 2011, my first attempt at Black Rail was a failure when Black Rails neither called nor showed.

Wildlife 157

Wildlife 2015 Bald Eagle New York City 157

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2015

If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. The count totaled 119 species, which is historically a very good number. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed.

Bald Eagle 102

Bald Eagle 2015 Nashville Pelicans 102

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

Smith’s Longspurs, Vermillion Flycatchers, Burrowing Owls, Long-billed Curlews, Virginia Rails, Black Terns, Crested Caracaras–there’s a bird here for every taste. Louisiana is a magical place to bird. Map by Lynn Hathaway. Copyright @2019 by Louisiana State University Press.

Louisiana 264

Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

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. Larry’s BBOTY – Great Gray Owl. who knows what 2015 will bring!!! . What was yours?

2014 209

2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 209

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Have you heard of a small town in Serbia graced by the presence of its 700 communally roosting Long-eared Owls ? You may have read about them in the Wall Street Journal , the BBC Wildlife Magazine , or perhaps watched them on BBC, who filmed them here twice, for the Planet Earth II in 2015 and for the One Planet in 2018.

Owls 230

Owls Protest Protesting Protesters 230

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

It is the last day of 2015, time to select the bird of the year past and set goals for the bright open future, when everything is new again. There are no warblers here or small shorebirds or raptors, excepting Accipiters and Screech-Owls. Press, 2015), and has also written articles on eBird and bird identification. By George L.

Birds 190

Birds Groups 2015 North America 190

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The amount of knowledge gained from reading Mastering Bird Photography, the resulting improvement in your photographic images, the increase in your enjoyment of the experience–these are your probable gains. In other words, if you value this type of bird photography, it is most probably worth it. “What’s Next?

Birds 202

Birds Ethics 2019 Experience 202

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2018

Alex Martinez Matute, proprietor of El Rancho in El Cajon, Santa Cruz de Yojoa ( eBird hotspot ), might not have taken up birding until 2015 or so, but he’s certainly made up for lost time. In this case, Vermiculated Screech Owls ! Bang, bang, bang… just like that, we had three killer birds offering stunning views.

Honduras 161

Honduras Birds Farming America 161

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2017

The vireo image at the top of this post is actually from our camping trip in 2015.). ” of a Barred Owl was repeated several times before a second bird, much more distant, started in as well. Though not exactly a snazzy bird, the vireo’s closeness made up for its lack of bright colors.

St. Louis 100

St. Louis Cooking Bald Eagle Birds 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

The conversational writing style is punctuated by lists (Things to Consider When Going on a Bird Walk) and Tips to Remember (for finding waterfowl, raptors, shorebirds, gulls, owls, perching birds). Finding owls is the occasion to discuss the ethics of playback. September 15, 2015. The book starts with “Why Birds?”

Birds 263

Birds North Carolina North America Owls 263

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2018

The winter of 2015-16 was “exceptional” with record numbers of 144 LWfG for Greece and 118 for Kerkini alone (55 of them juveniles) (Source: “The Lesser White-fronted Goose in Greece” by Alehandra Demertzi, Christos Angelidis, Danae Portolou, Manolia Vougioukalou, Eleni Makrigianni & Theodoros Naziridis, 2017).

Greece 189

Greece 2017 Pelicans Geese 189

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Eight Owls Make a heart.’ in Neurobiology and Behavior from Cornell University and works for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, but this story clearly has its roots in personal experience birding with young children. PomegranateKids, 2015; Boardbook edition, 24 pages, 7 x 0.8 ‘Six Pelicans Rest at night. x 6 inches.

New York City 171

New York City Pelicans Birds New York 171

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2016

Nathan O’Reilly’s most memorable bird was one many birders from New York State and beyond drove to see in 2015. Brian Laben had a wonderful experience seeing this rarity in upstate New York (or, is that mid-state? Other entries included Long-eared Owl, all three Scoters, “all the wonderful warblers,” and Osprey.

New York 100

New York Bald Eagle Birds New York City 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

GISS—general impression, size, shape—is intuitive, the result of an unconscious cognitive process derived from experience in the field. Bird families that resemble each other are combined into one chapter, for example “Owls, Nightjars, and Nighthawks,” and are then treated separately within the chapter. Hardcover, 7 x 0.8

Birds 177

Birds New Jersey Science Groups 177

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

There are 28 chapters—“Waders,” “Large Waterside Birds,” “Owls and nightjars,” “Birds of prey” (pulling together vultures, hawks and falcons), “Aerial feeders” (swifts, swallows, martins), etc.—plus Britain’s Birds is organized in a very loose taxonomic order, with priority given to grouping together birds that are perceived as similar.

Ireland 160

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 160

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park. His participant observations connect to his own research experiences, providing history and perspective. Author Scott Weidensaul and a Snow Owl. birding tour company.

Cyprus 263

Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 263

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

With the easy-to-use platform offered by the Great Backyard Bird Count, birders of all ages and experience levels set out to find, tally, and document as many birds as possible within the boundaries of Miami-Dade. Barn Owl: 3. Eastern Screech-Owl: 5. Great Horned Owl: 3. Burrowing Owl: 3. Barred Owl: 1.

Miami 172

Miami 2015 United States Birds 172

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). Gallardo (2015). Richard Garrigues ands Robert Dean (Cornell Univ.

America 214

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 214

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2014

In my mind, nothing beats traveling to memorable destinations to experience the grandeur of both human culture and natural beauty. Naturalist Journeys is offering an enticing India: Wildlife and Birding Safari – Birds, Tigers & the Taj Mahal package in February 2015. If you’re open to ideas, might I suggest India?

Tigers 196

Tigers India Litter Asia 196