10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2017

The year 2016 was not a particularly birdy year for me, mostly because I didn’t get to go on business trips to Indonesia or Kazakhstan, as was frequently the case during the last few years. I did not see any lifers whatsoever in 2016, making it my first lifer-free year since around 2010. 1, my best bird of the year… 10.

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2016 Germany Italy Netherlands 101

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DECEMBER 19, 2016

The year 2016 has been a pretty good year. The end of July and beginning of August featured an amazing trip across the American west with my family. Here’s hoping your 2016 was as full of great birds as mine was. Winter birding around New York City was just so-so but I did add one species to my Queens list. Or something.

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2016 Puerto Rico New York City New York 129

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JANUARY 3, 2017

Many sad and unfortunate things occurred in 2016, but the birding was good. I started the year in Florida, traveled to India with the ABA in February, combined family and birding in an August trip to California, and in-between saw very good birds in New York and New Jersey. I think this might be my best bird of 2016.

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2016 India Ducks Birds 110

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JULY 12, 2018

This frugal selection may seem like an inauspicious choice for our inaugural wine review, but its cost belies its pedigree: the entire line of La Vieille Ferm is blended and bottled by the Perrin family of the southern Rhone Valley, best known for producing Chateau de Beaucastel, a respected and long-lived Chateauneuf de Pape.

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2016 France Chickens Fowl 101

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JULY 21, 2021

I have now seen and photographed this species there in February of 2016, early August of 2020, and in July of 2015, 2016, 2018, and now, 2021. (In And we do, in fact, have some scrawny members of the family here in Morelia, but they hardly deserve the name. You might think that down here in Mexico we see tarantulas all the time.

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2016 2015 Nicaragua Mexico 262

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JANUARY 3, 2023

I am puzzled as to why Gulls and Terns are almost passed over, with less than two pages of text devoted to a family description and only six species accounts (four gulls, two terns). Family follows family with no page break, making this section a little dense. Woodpeckers are a family of focus for Tuttle-Adams.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Family Collecting 255

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MARCH 17, 2021

The most common one, Manila tamarind, is wildly inaccurate, since the tree is native to southwestern Mexico, not Manila, and its only connection to tamarind trees is that both are in different subfamilies of the huge legume family. I go there every year around this time, because in 2016 I saw Sinaloa Martins migrating north to breed.

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2016 2020 Mexico California 274

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MARCH 15, 2024

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. However, a drastic decline followed, and census results for 2016 and 2017 produced counts of around 2,500 pairs.

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Falcons Spain Europe 2012 195

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Checklist for Belize lists 622 species in 76 families, of which 104 are rare or accidental and four introduced. Checklist lists 955 species in 86 families, with 152 rare/accidental species, three extirpated species, five introduced species, and nine endemics). For context, the IOC version 13.1

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Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 213

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2016

For the sake of family peace, I left my bins at home, which meant that the tastiest species I could put a name to was Dark-eyed Junco , which I’ll be seeing a ton of over the coming months. This thought came to mind as I wondered how many of the people whose circles overlap mine put up their Christmas trees this weekend like we did.

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2016 Birds Owls Experience 124

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

I’m heading down to NYC for family festivities, though you won’t find me in Times Square rocking in the New Year. Will there be more in 2017–more birds, more places, more friends? As you take stock of your last 365 days, consider what would have made that span richer, then resolve to have more of that this year.

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2016 2017 Birds Family 112

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

I have lots of family visiting this weekend, which will likely curtail avian observation. Give to those organizations and work for those organizations. Last but not least, get out and enjoy nature… you never know who you’ll run into on the trail. How about you?

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2016 Birds America Protection 124

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JANUARY 4, 2017

In particular they evoke the New Hampshire lake my extended family descends upon each summer and has done so from before I was born. Common Loons , or Great Northern Divers, are one of those iconic birds that I remember vividly from days before being a birder.

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United Arab Emirates Ethiopia 2016 New Zealand 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2016

This weekend, I’ll be heading out to Lake Michigan to really soak in summer moods with extended family. Corey will be enjoying immediate family in the Capitol Region, so look for him at the Vly. Right glad to meet the evenings dewy veil. & & see the light fade into glooms around. How about you?

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2016 Michigan Birds Family 100

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DECEMBER 18, 2016

However, I did learn that the Carolina Wren that raises a family in my yard during warm months decided, perhaps unwisely, to stick around for the holidays; I hope my garage is providing enough cover! How did your Christmas Bird Count go this weekend?

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2016 Birds Raised Experience 100

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DECEMBER 23, 2016

Corey and family will be visiting his folks in New York’s Capitol Region. Whether you’re indulging in the delights of a Christmas Bird Count or anxiously awaiting your annual freight of nature-themed gifts, all of us at 10,000 Birds hope you fully enjoy this last full weekend of an eventful year. How about you?

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2016 New York Birds Family 100

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JANUARY 5, 2023

The photos in this post were taken in 2015 and 2016 – I was not only an amazingly attractive, almost young person then, but also a surprisingly bad photographer. I also only managed to see rather common bird species at Shennongjia, a nature reserve in Hubei province, China.

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China Birds Eggs Woodpeckers 172

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Said Blue-throated Barbet – maybe lacking an altimeter – indeed could be seen very close to its family member at Tongbiguan. The HBW has a helpful editor’s note dating from 2016 stating that the species account is still being edited. Does that mean that families in Florida should on average be larger than in Colorado?

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Birds China Woodpeckers Breeding 174

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JULY 24, 2016

Corey spent the weekend camping in the northern Catskills Mountains and was extremely pleased to have a family of fledged Eastern Kingbirds in and around the campsite. But if I have to pick a living bird, American Kestrels hunting along farm roads always work for me. Tyrannus tyrannus is an exemplary Best Bird of the Weekend. How about you?

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2016 Birds Farming Hunting 100

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JULY 4, 2016

The ability to relax, enjoy time with friends and family, travel, watch birds, or indulge in any expression of recreation derives from liberty from oppression few of us really understand. Every moment of leisure implies a celebration of freedom.

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Cuba 2016 Jamaica Birds 100

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MARCH 6, 2016

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was either of a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers that he saw at the Ramshorn Livingston Sanctuary in Catskill, New York, while he was on a walk with his family.

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2016 Sanctuary New York Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

My family and I indulged this weekend in the kind of deep-fried treats you can only find at the New York State Fair… bacon-wrapped corn dog, anyone? And while this scorching season may technically be rolling on until the equinox, today serves as the official unofficial last day of summer in the U.S.

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New York City 2016 New York Birds 100

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MARCH 24, 2016

I’m driving south as well this weekend, but only as far as the NYC area for family fun. No matter what direction you are headed, take advantage of the opportunity to see a different suite of birds. Corey will buck the trend by traveling north to the Capitol region for similar reasons. How about you?

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2016 Florida Birds Family 104

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APRIL 29, 2016

I have family visiting this weekend, which means my chances of getting out into the field seem slim. The last weekend of April may as well be May, which we know is a major month of migration. Don’t miss it! Wish me luck!

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2016 Birds Family 100

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

For the last several years, I have produced a small run of calendars for my fiends and family. While I am not going to post all twelve, here are my favorite 6 images ( including the feature image above) from the first 10 months of 2016. The best 12 images of the previous year. Least Grebe. Varied Bunting. Mangrove Warbler.

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2017 Culling 2016 Birds 125

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2016

Corey and his family are absorbing as much of the American West as they can fit in as they drive from Colorado to the West Coast. I’ve been engaged in a series of home improvement projects that have kept me out of the field. However, I’m really hoping to get into nature this weekend. Expect plenty of photos! How about you?

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Colorado 2016 United States Birds 100

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MARCH 4, 2016

Corey and family will be visiting central New York and enjoying what avifauna the Capital Region has to offer. March forth, my friends, to birds and greatness! March marks the time when raptors and owls begin to migrate through western New York; with hope, I’ll find a few this weekend. How about you?

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New York 2016 Birds Owls 100

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JANUARY 15, 2016

This weekend, I’m headed down to Philadelphia for family fun. But for many birders, MLK Day offers an extra day to chase birds. Just be sure to think about the reason for our three day weekend! Corey will be warming up for Florida fun at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. How about you?

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Philadelphia 2016 Florida Birds 100

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APRIL 30, 2017

Rheindt: Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago (2016): based on current taxonomy (see above). The figures show the order of bird families in the four field guides mentioned above. Order of bird families, non-songbirds. Order of bird families, songbirds. van Balen, N. Brickle & F. Do you see a problem? I see a problem.

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Brunei 2009 2016 2014 155

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Species are organized by family and families are arranged in taxonomic order according to American Ornithological Society’s Checklist of North American Birds , 7th edition through the 59th Supplement (2018). The organization varies, and there are sometimes more than one Group Accounts for a family. Species Accounts.

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Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 229

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

She started guiding at Rancho in 2016, only to embark upon a Costa Rica Big Year in the next, 2017. My other guide, Mercedes Alpizar, grew up near the Rancho in the Turrialba area, graduated in Ecological Tourism and studied English at the University of Costa Rica. Why go that far?

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Costa Rica Rats Parrots Raccoons 247

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2018

Before (May 2016, by Zeljko Stanimirovic)…. There is not a slightest trace of asphalt, nor the promised sewage ponds, which may be good for the two Little Ringed Plover families incubating their eggs at the site as we speak, but is far from good for the people living there. Only the future of that picture worries me.

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2016 Eagles Birds Otters 170

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

A logical and outstanding successor to The Genius of Birds (2016), Ackerman’s award-winning book about bird cognition, The Bird Way explores the diversity of bird behavior, the norm and the extremes, with an emphasis on cutting-edge research and findings that explode assumptions. Superb Lyrebird by John Burgoyne ©2020 .

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Research Birds Science Costa Rica 222

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JANUARY 1, 2017

The year 2016 is done and gone and 2017 beckons us onward, bright and new and shiny, hopefully full of birds. I had a bunch of birds to choose from this weekend as I spent the afternoon hiking upstate with the family and all morning on Sunday building up my new year list.

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2017 2016 New York Birds 124

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APRIL 25, 2022

All photos were taken in Australia in December 2016 – locations included Brisbane and surroundings, Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, Melbourne, and the coast near Melbourne. The Australasian Figbird is a member of the Oriole family despite not being yellow. When there are no streetlights around, they grudgingly accept trees as well.

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Australia Birds Koalas Parrots 186

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2022

It starts as follows: “Historical variations (1966–2016) in the exposure to inorganic elements in raptors of South West Spain have been little studied.” ” Given that the current account was prepared in 2016, I am not holding my breath though. Family ties are important. And to end this post, a mammal.

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Finland Birds 2016 McDonalds 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2021

A brief personal digression: I moved back into the house I grew up in back in 2014, my parents vacated at the end of 2016. Whether it is birding tourism or simply spreading awareness about biodiversity, it is always with the aim of getting us humanoids to treat nature a little (ideally, a lot) better.

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Opossums Barn Owls Hunting Reptiles 264