10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2024

They can be challenging to identify, especially if you haven’t seen one before, though with experience they are not really so difficult. If you see a flock of kestrels in southern Europe, then the chances are that they will be Lessers, for the Common Kestrel never flocks, though occasionally in summer you will see a family hunting together.

Falcons 186

Falcons Spain Europe 2012 186

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2016

Mid-June has so much to offer in the temperate zones, with breeders in one half of the world and migrants in the other. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a Barn Swallow that kept him company in a bird blind while Seaside Sparrows sang and Common Terns hunted in Wildwood, NJ. And to those of you in the polar zones, just why ?

2016 100

2016 Breeders Birds Hunting 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

I’m sure regular visitors to this area could tell you more about how the winds and tides affect the migrating birds and when the breeders start to nest. This was the High Island Experience, I was told. I was just happy to enjoy the show, one that apparently is just as good in winter as in spring. Anahuac NWR–Skillern Tract.

Houston 201

Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 201