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 ! Great Shearwater – At this point, seabirds are my weakest family in Queens with the most species having reported in the borough that I have not seen. And for it to come one day after the owl was nuts!

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2018 2015 Birds 2019 164

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds (Storey Publishing, 2015) by photographer Marie Read and writer Laura Erickson, documents the procreative and parenting lives of 49 species through beautiful images and readable, knowledgeable text. So, Happy Holidays to all!

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Papua New Guinea 2014 Penguins Birds 187

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Eastern Screech-Owl – There are many just outside of Queens in Nassau County. Since I saw my first in February of 2014 at Breezy Point I have had two more encounters, both in February of 2015, both at Jacob Riis Park. Long-eared Owl, 3 Jul 2010, 25 Mar 2013. Short-eared Owl, 31 Oct 2010, 0 1 Mar 2011.

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MAY 4, 2021

Marybeth learns as she birds, embraces listing goals as a means of engaging with community, unabashedly enjoys a little competition, struggles to balance her absolute joy in birding with unexpected, life-and-death family obligations. Louisiana is a magical place to bird. Map by Lynn Hathaway.

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Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

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JUNE 2, 2015

I’m happy to say that Laura Erickson and Marie Read have written a book, Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds , that is not too cute and that does not anthropomorphize. Part Two: The Family Live of Selected Species” describes and illustrates the family lives of 49 species in 25 chapters.

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Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

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DECEMBER 30, 2013

Cory’s Shearwater* Snowy Owl * Purple Martin* Cory’s Shearwater*. Eurasian Wigeon* Short-eared Owl* Eurasian Wigeon* Greater Shearwater. Yellow-breasted Chat* Long-eared Owl* Cory’s Shearwater* White Ibis.

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2012 2013 New York City Jamaica 158

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

For example, on finding gulls: Close study of gulls is not for everyone, and birders shouldn’t feel obligated to get deep into it if you prefer colorful, less-confusing, families of birds. Finding owls is the occasion to discuss the ethics of playback. September 15, 2015. The book starts with “Why Birds?”

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Birds North Carolina North America Owls 263

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Clearly, author Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, the author of 24, soon to be 25, children’s books, is also a birder (and a little research brings up a presentation she gave at Ogeechee Audubon, Georgia with the biographical information and she and her family “love watching birds and wildlife seen near their lagoon on Skidaway Island.”

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New York City Pelicans Birds New York 158

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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 ! That is how the saying goes, right? What sounds spooky at night?

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Honduras Birds Farming America 148

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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. So take your non-birding family, friends, and acquaintances camping and let them see and hear the natural world through your senses.

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St. Louis Cooking Bald Eagle Birds 100

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The chapter on “Capturing Bird Behavior” (my favorite) gives detailed examples of behavior cues and sound cues to look and listen for in anticipation of interesting preening, courtship, and family behavior.

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Birds Ethics 2019 Experience 199

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MAY 30, 2015

The real Gung-Ho, Kung-Fu birders would have drove to this site at midnight and just slept in the car or looked for owls until the dawn chorus in excellent middle elevation rainforest but since we have families, and I hate being exhausted and zombie-eyed from lack of sleep, more leisurely birding was just peachy.

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MAY 5, 2015

The bird family accounts are wonderfully informative, especially if you are a birder (like me) who knows enough to know what family a bird belongs to, but still has trouble differentiating amongst specific species within the family. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 2015. by Kevin Karlson and Dale Rosselet.

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Birds New Jersey Science Groups 172

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

Robert Gallardo’s self-published Guide to the Birds of Honduras came out in 2015, and is the first bird field guide dedicated to that country. (I This means, amongst other things, that Nightjars and Potoos are still between owls and trogons and not following cuckoos, which really seems more appropriate to me.).

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El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 234

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2017

Most of these are common/abundant residential and migratory birds (and, this being Kruger, that includes five Hornbill species, four Sunbird species, a Trogon, five Owl species, and many other goodies); uncommon and striking-but-rare species are also included, so we have Storks, Martial Eagle, and Pel’s Fishing-Owl.

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Ecuador Wildlife Reptiles Birds 180

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Within families, the species are arranged less taxonomically and more in line with “design and space considerations,” (Introduction), and on the plates themselves, species are arranged to facilitate comparison. Gallardo (2015). Text is on the left, plates are on the right. Both genus names and species names are listed.

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America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 214

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MAY 16, 2015

Well, that, and the fact that my previous Big Day attempt in 2015 got rained out. “I hope the rain stops by dawn” : I probably said this after trying once more for owls and being treated to the same wet sound of dripping water, windy leaves, and vocalizing frogs. A nice, family-owned place, I will always recommend it.

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Costa Rica Species Owls 2015 157

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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.

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Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 150

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. 13 Jun 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100