10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Snow has touched down in some places up north, up there on the breeding grounds of Mourning Warblers , Baltimore Orioles , and Sharp-shinned Hawks. I still have faint hopes of hearing a calling Black-billed, but thanks to senor serendipity, no longer need to be concerned with adding the Yellow-billed for 2016. Can you find the cuckoo?

Costa Rica 136

Costa Rica Baltimore Illinois Honduras 136

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Overall, Wheeler follows the 2016 AOU/American Ornithologists’ Union (now AOS/American Ornithologists’ Society) Checklist (7th edition, 57th supplement), but there are exceptions. Both volumes only cover areas north of Mexico (though the distribution maps for some species in the Western book do go across the border).

North America 198

North America Birds Mississippi Bald Eagle 198

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2016

The 2016 tide chart is also useful if you want to see the dinosaur footprints at Gantheaume Point, because you need the tide to be below 2.16m for them to be visible and due care is required over slippery rocks. Most of the Red Knot are in very good breeding plumage now and they do stand out very well on the grey rocks.

Taiwan 100

Taiwan Breeding Japan 2017 100

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 So, how do you find the species account for Kestrel if falcons are not placed between woodpeckers and parakeet? 560pages, 6.3

Ireland 150

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 150

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Since the election in 2016, Merriam-Webster has experienced something of a cultural resurgence. Are Laysan and Midway, the two primary breeding locations, “adjacent” despite being hundreds of miles apart and separated by other islands? Is it really “found on” Laysan and adjacent islands? But I’m no lexicographer.

Albatross 106

Albatross Bears Ducks Bald Eagle 106

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

One of these days, Jeopardy will feature a category called “Field Guides” and the first clue will be: “This landlocked South American country finally got its own bird field guide in 2016, but it wasn’t available in the United State until 2019.” That’s pretty amazing–Bolivia has more bird species than India!

Bolivia 181

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 181

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2016

In addition to that warm, fuzzy feeling, here are some other highs and lows from March 29th, 2016 in southernmost Israel: No rain : Coming from deluge-prone Costa Rica, this was a personal highlight. The generous, friendly, loving nature of the Champions of the Flyway Race was one of the biggest highlights for me.

Costa Rica 181

Costa Rica Eagles Birds 181

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MAY 3, 2016

And, that falcons are about as far away from hawks as a bird family could get. Images show the bird in flight, both underside and upperside, and in juvenile and adult plumages– breeding and nonbreeding, and, where appropriate, male and female. Knopf; March 2016, 464 pages. Knopf; March 2016, 504 pages.

North America 171

North America 2003 Birds America 171

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The species was seemingly killed off by feather hunters, but then, after years, reappeared at the site of one of the deserted breeding colonies, Torishima Island in Japan. Rocky Mountain Books, July 2016. ” There are amazing stories here. At Sea with the Marine Birds of the Raincoast. by Caroline Fox. 304 pages or 272 p.

Fox 100

Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

“Ducks, Geese, and Swans” in the front, “Blackbirds” in the back; “Caracaras and Falcons” next to “Old World Parrots,” “Loons” about one-third of the way down the list, after “Tropicbirds” and before “Albatrosses.”

North America 187

North America America 2017 Birds 187