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MARCH 12, 2017

I saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of 2017 this morning, 12 March, at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, thus kicking off spring for myself over a week early. As I have for the last several years, I will now ask the same question of midwesterners and northeasterners that I ask every year: When did you see your first Eastern Phoebe of 2017?

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JULY 19, 2019

Our feature this week is a 2017 Chardonnay from Blue Quail Wine of Hopland, California. Blue Quail Chardonnay (2017). The post Blue Quail Wine: Chardonnay (2017) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Just don’t dare serve it over ice! Stay cool out there – and good birding and happy drinking!

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JUNE 21, 2019

This week’s wine is a lovely 2017 rosé from the Chateau de Colombe produced under the Appellation Bordeaux Contrôlée. The 2017 bottling was the sixth vintage of the Château de Colombe rosé and the season is considered an especially good one by the estate, on account of an “Indian summer” that year. Good birding and happy drinking!

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JANUARY 2, 2017

Here’s hoping that 2017 is a much better year than 2016! Thank all that is good and holy in the world that the abomination that was 2016 is finally in the books. I know I will be doing my best to make it so, especially from a birding perspective. In order to keep my nose to the grindstone (eyes to the binoculars?)

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Our wine of the week – the 2017 Raimat Saira Albariño – features these graceful, long-necked birds on its label, where the storks take shape in a flying formation of lovely geometric abstractions reminiscent of the work of Charley Harper. Raimat Saira Albariño (2017). Good birding and happy drinking! Three out of five feathers (Good).

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AUGUST 6, 2020

Collared Kingfisher (Brisbane, Australia, Jan 2017). White-throated Kingfisher (Delhi and Mumbai, India, Feb and Apr 2019; Nabang, China, Mar 2017; Singapore, Nov 2015). Belted Kingfisher (Reno, USA, Jan 2015). Black-capped Kingfisher (Nanhui, China, May 2018). Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Bateleur and Mkuze, Nov 2018).

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OCTOBER 14, 2017

eBird your sightings : Always a worthwhile endeavor but especially for folks like me who want to identify more than 700 species during 2017. Such as the eye-pleasing Chestnut-colored Woodpecker.

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MARCH 9, 2017

If your part of the world is dealing with the levels of meteorological turmoil my part is, you’ll remember the wild weather of March 2017 for a long, long time. But even if your local breezes are balmy, let’s hope they’re blowing beautiful birds in.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

It was the month of March, 2017, when I went to Lake Cuitzeo to check up on our migratory waterfowl and shorebirds one last time before they travelled north to breed. Back in 2017 I was shocked to find only 15 ducks over the course of the morning, when I had hoped to find hundreds, or even thousands. This was once my lake.

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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. The best 12 images of the previous year.

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JANUARY 7, 2017

Wishing all birders who come to Costa Rica in 2017 the best of luck, hope to meet you while watching an antswarm! Seeing this shy, pretty uncommon species is a question of patience and luck in quality foothill and middle elevation forest. There are actually two Yellow-throated Toucans in this picture.

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JANUARY 8, 2019

In September of 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by two powerful hurricanes: it was grazed by Irma and then clobbered by Maria, a Category 4 storm that cut a devastating swath across the island. There have been two counts since Maria: on December 17, 2017, and December 16, 2018. The 2018 CBC tallied 2,492 birds of 87 species.

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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. Here’s hoping everyone has a wonderful 2017, full of amazing birds and experiences.

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DECEMBER 17, 2017

With only a few weeks left before we turn the page on 2017, birders around the world have been burning their proverbial candles at both ends to observe as many birds as possible. Did you partake in any Christmas Bird Count excitement this weekend?

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MAY 14, 2017

Global Big Day 2017 is in the books, with 15,954 participants submitting 40,698 checklists to eBird accounting for 6,068 species … so far. What a weekend for birders all over the world. I hope you were able to be a part of the festivities.

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MARCH 13, 2021

2017 – 12 March. As I have for years now, I will now ask the same question of midwesterners and northeasterners that I ask every year: When did you see your first Eastern Phoebe of 2021? And was it late or early? 2021 – 13 March. 2020 – 15 March. 2019 – 17 March. 2018 – 30 March. 2016 – 18 March. 2015 – 28 March. Enjoy spring!

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MARCH 15, 2020

2017 – 12 March. As I have for years now, I will now ask the same question of midwesterners and northeasterners that I ask every year: When did you see your first Eastern Phoebe of 2020? And was it late or early? 2020 – 15 March. 2019 – 17 March. 2018 – 30 March. 2016 – 18 March. 2015 – 28 March. 2014 – 29 March. 2013 – 24 March.

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APRIL 23, 2017

The World Health Organization declared April 7th, 2017 as World Health Day, a day focusing on mental health, but it’s also a year-long campaign which aims to educate, raise awareness and help people suffering from mental illness. Depression, Anxiety, and … Continue reading →

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JANUARY 18, 2018

With only a few more days left, 2017 was coming to a close. Focused on watching the eagle, I am deaf and blind to anything else, but Kostas warns me of the honking sounds made by Common Cranes , 18 of them in flight, then 7, plus 6 more, 31 cranes in total and my species #399 for 2017! The solution? The Kerkini Lake.

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JANUARY 24, 2015

If no signs of rats are found by 2017, the island will be determined rodent-free for the first time since humans set foot on it more than two centuries ago. The discovery of five chicks in an area once overrun by rats suggest that the South Georgia Heritage Trust’s “Team Rat” project is producing tangible success.

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JANUARY 11, 2022

The last full audit seems to have been in 2017 and the independent auditor’s report is alarming (emphasis added): “The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Association will continue as a going concern. Even with the auditor’s warning, it appears the ABA ran annual operating deficits in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

And so begins another New Year, another chance to start afresh. If you are the type to put together a list of resolutions, or goals, then the chance to make them a reality is upon you. I have never been much of a resolutions sort of guy, I just look back at the previous year make a mental note of what I liked, and what I didn’t.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Therefore, this year’s goal is simple: In 2017, I want to enjoy birds as much as possible. Furthermore, too much of my birding activity depends on the will and want of forces outside my sphere of influence, so even defining a minimum total number or a number of lifers is moot. 16 Jan : a boring train ride to attend a meeting in Bonn.

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APRIL 27, 2025

Blue-and-white Flycatcher, Nanhui, Shanghai, April 29, 2017 Black-crowned Night Heron, Jiangqiao, Shanghai, may 19, 2023 Brown Shrike, Nanhui, Shanghai, May 26, 2017 And yes, two more … Cattle Egret, Nanhui, Shanghai, June 24, 2016 Yellow Bittern, Nanhui, Shanghai, August 23, 2018 Photos by Kai Pflug… Source

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JUNE 25, 2020

Long-tailed Broadbill (Nabang, China, Mar 2017). Ground Woodpecker (Drakensberg, South Africa, Nov 2018). Hair-crested Drongo (Nanhui, China, Nov 2019). Discussing US politics, probably. I always think of these guys as the cartoon birds. Oriental Scops Owl (Nanhui, China, Oct 2019). Purple-crested Turaco (Mkuze, South Africa, Nov 2018).

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JANUARY 6, 2017

Since I traveled last weekend, I’m hoping to start logging 2017 birds soon, at least as soon as this polar freezeout blows over. And last Sunday, all of our year lists were wiped clean. Need I say more about the excitement of seeing all your birds, both local and far-flung, anew? How about you?

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MARCH 12, 2017

We may be mere weeks away from rolling over into a new season, but the one we’re mired in may feel a lot to you like a permanent climatic moment. This too, like everything else, will pass! Brutal cold kept me locked up, which offered a perfect opportunity to appreciate the fifty shades of Northern Cardinals hanging around my house.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In ten years of hardcore birding, I have seen Aztec Thrushes only four times, never twice in the same year (2017, 2018, 2019, and now, 2024). Only the 2017 and 2019 sighting were in the same general area; although the first sighting there was of a family unit, and the second was of a single bird.

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OCTOBER 1, 2017

Weatherwise around the world, this last weekend of September delivered a sneak preview of what each of us will likely enjoy or endure over the six months. We’re not fully into winter or summer yet, but the scent is in the air. Most of the birds you see these days, however, won’t be sticking around long, so take advantage while you can!

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JANUARY 15, 2017

Lucky are those, though, who have added new birds to their life list since 2017 began. Two weeks into January, most birders cannot help but have new birds on their new year list. New birds early in new years set an excellent tone for what is to come. But maybe that’s just my lifer buzz talking.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Don’t panic yet, but do plan for how you’ll spend the rest of 2017 making this birding year one to remember. At last, we flip to the final page of our antiquated paper calendars and are forced to confront the painful but inevitable reality: we only have one more month to pad our year lists! The denouement starts this weekend.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

If you live in the NYC Metro area, you might want to take up the Seatuck Environmental Association 2017 Birding Challenge. Corey will definitely be on the move as he participates in Long Island’s only island-wide birding competition. How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding?

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MARCH 25, 2014

These efforts appear to be paying off–most of the mature Verbesina plants on one of the atoll’s islands are history, and officials expect full eradication from Midway by 2017. It’s too soon to draw a concrete link to the eradication project, but atoll’s birdlife seems to be thriving in recent years.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

In 2017, my neighborhood, Aldea de Santa Fe, began a Juniper Titmouse Nesting Box Project in collaboration with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s NestWatch Program. A total of 79 fledged, which beat our 2017 count of 52. A busy bird, it’s skilled at acrobatics as it reaches for piñon nuts or hops around the trees outside my window.

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MARCH 26, 2017

Your first weekend of spring or fall may have been uneventful in terms of birds, but pace yourself. We still have months of blissful migration ahead of us! Rochester is still wintry, but bird activity among the common species has picked up quite a bit. My best sighting was a Hairy Woodpecker puffed up to fight the cold.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

It’s that time of the year again! Big cats are taking over Nat Geo WILD starting on Monday Feb. 20 at 9/8c. Big Cat Week is an extension of the Big Cats Initiative, which aims to halt the decline of … Continue reading →

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DECEMBER 30, 2017

So as you finish up the cold turkey and the last of the trimmings, here are the sweepings from 2017 that didn’t make it. Amongst the highlights that featured in published posts, we find the drafts that never quite got finished, or didn’t have enough photographic support to appear on the world wide web. The left-overs.

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