10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

There was a time when I thought each bird species had its own individual song. Then I found out that there was this vocalization called a ‘call,’ so I thought each bird species had its own individual song (but just the males) and individual call. Bird communication is a complex and evolving science.

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APRIL 5, 2022

Thank you, goddess of birding luck and text group people).* My inner self felt stuck in an area between disbelief and total joy and the voices near me were echoing this state of mind: “Oh My God,” “I never thought I would see this bird,” “Look at that bill!” “How did that bird get here?”

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Anyone lucky enough to be high and dry these days can surely appreciate how many birds are on the move. I was thrilled this weekend to see a bird I haven’t encountered in nearly a decade; maybe American Pipit is common in your parts, but I had to scour the East Spit of Braddock Bay to luck into one. How about you?

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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. Rochester is still wintry, but bird activity among the common species has picked up quite a bit. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was one of the easiest to decide that he can remember. ” How about you?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2018

With only a few more days left, 2017 was coming to a close. Birdwise, it turned out to be a good one and my year list was almost 400 species long, which made me happy… almost. I needed 4 more birds to round it up to 400, and as I said, I had only a few more days left. At home, I may find a new bird, perhaps two, but four?

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AUGUST 13, 2017

But any time of year is the right time to pay attention to uncommon avian behavior, even from common birds. For example, I saw all kinds of special species this weekend, but nothing impressed me more than displays of the tyranny of tiny birds. What was your best bird of the weekend? How about you?

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OCTOBER 2, 2022

The species is only in the north of Australia and they are often found in locations that are hard to get to year round. We have been able to observe Purple-crowned Fairy-wrens in a few locations across the north of Australia and they were quite easy to see in the car-park at Big Horse Creek in 2017. I will show you below where it is!

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AUGUST 27, 2017

However, the bird I was most surprised by was a Warbling Vireo that perched out in the open long enough for my young daughter to get a decent look. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was not an easy choice. What was your best bird of the weekend? Ivy and I went up to Braddock Bay, where some raptors lurk even in fall.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Birds are amazing for a host of reasons, but bringing luck to sports teams may not be their strong suit. Corey had five life birds this on Saturday in Austria and Lichtenstein but easily the best was a very cooperative Wallcreeper which was working the walls of an Austrian castle. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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JUNE 11, 2017

June may be the gateway to summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but the birding still delivers the thrills of spring migration when you have access to the right birds’ breeding grounds. Corey had a surprising wealth of birds to choose from for his Best Bird of the Weekend. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition by John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin gives the traveling naturalist the tools needed to fully appreciate and experience the Galápagos Islands. Where once there were 13 species of “Darwin’s finches,” there are now 17. There are changes in where to find the birds.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2017

No, what scares me is the idea that migration will be ending soon… Nonetheless, this time of year introduces a suite of seasonal birds. Some lakewatching at the Irondequot Bay Outlet was rewarded by my FOY Purple Sandpiper , a rather brown bird feeding on the rocks of the jetty. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Corey spent all day Saturday in one spot watching birds during the Queens County Bird Club’s Fourth Annual Big Sit and any one of the 74 species they spotted could be his Best Bird of the Weekend. What was your best bird of the weekend? Plus, I saw a Common Yellowthroat there. How about you?

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was easy to choose as he spotted a Buff-breasted Sandpiper out in the Rockaways, only the third he’s ever seen in Queens. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. How about you?

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JULY 23, 2017

But the advancement of the season does signal shifts in bird behavior, which is, in itself, pretty hot. I was excited to bring my daughter Ivy to see her first Sandhill Cranes , a rare but abiding species for Monroe County, NY. Sure, it’s an introduced species, but seeing a female pheasant so well is a treat!

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OCTOBER 22, 2017

I was fortunate to not only run into some tasty year birds like Pectoral Sandpiper but also some local birders I knew only by name. Corey had a great weekend in his hometown visiting his family and making a couple visits to local birding hotspots. What was your best bird of the weekend? How about you?

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

I know I neglected to ask you where you were birding this weekend, but don’t ever think that means I don’t want to know. Any good bird sighting deserves to be shared and enjoyed. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Remember not that long ago when I suggested those of you dealing with the first real blast of winter chill should ignore the numbness of your extremities to go birding? Most of you probably braved the cold without a second thought to pursue your birding bliss. What was your best bird of the weekend? Well, color me hypocritical.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2017

April is here, carrying with it the first waves of birds you may not have seen in a while. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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JANUARY 2, 2018

I had an amazing birding year in 2017 with tons of travel , lots of amazing birds , and some truly memorable experiences. I will add at least three new species to my Queens list. This will be very difficult as I have added a total of three species to the list in the last two years. I think I can do it!

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APRIL 13, 2021

The survey also sought to identify “the key attributes important to birding experiences” and learn more about “decisions to participate in birdwatching and level of identity as birdwatcher.”. For example, the survey (of eBirders) found: “Nearly all respondents (99%) indicated they participate in birdwatching or birding.”.

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APRIL 16, 2017

The third weekend in April, when we birders in the northeastern United States start to go stir crazy, convinced that the wood-warblers should all be back by now and lamenting the species that we have not yet seen. Of those migrating birds my best was actually one that doesn’t generally winter in the neotropics. How about you?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2017

You believe in birthday birds , right? If you haven’t yet embraced the theory or practice of birthday birds, I recommend that, next time your special day rolls around, you make it a point to pursue a seasonally appropriate species you don’t regularly see. What was your best bird of the weekend? How about you?

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JANUARY 8, 2017

Don’t think we’ve noticed that most of you don’t play along with this game of sharing the best–meaning the coolest, rarest, fanciest, or dearest–bird species you’ve spotted in a given weekend. What was your best bird of the weekend? Your year will be much better for it! How about you?

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OCTOBER 23, 2017

Birders derive “value” from birding. But does the value of a particular trip come from the number of birds seen, viewing a particular species, seeing an endangered species, catching a glimpse of a rarity, adding a lifer, or something else? How much do birders value a birding experience?

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MARCH 14, 2022

Hannah Buschert was first exposed to birds and birding during a required ornithology course at Oregon State University and she quickly caught the birding bug. This is Hannah’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds. Hannah and Erik ready to see some birds! I love to go on cruises.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Most serious bird photographers dislike taking pictures of birds wearing rings (or what on the other side of the Atlantic you call bands). I can sympathise, as a shiny new ring, clamped to a bird’s leg, rarely enhances its portrait. The information I received didn’t indicate the age of the bird.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

We’ll be attending the 3rd African Birding Expo and the pre-Expo familiarity tour. You may remember back in 2017 when Nate participated in this trip or maybe you followed along in 2018 as the Birdchick dazzled us with her experiences there. appeared first on 10,000 Birds. ” That helped, right?).

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

Happy Second Day of the New Year, 10,000 Birds friends! I came late to bird feeding. Jim Carpenter is the founder of Wild Birds Unlimited, the popular bird feeder and seed franchise. There is a lot of information out there about feeding birds—web pages, pamphlets from bird feed retail stores and Audubon centers.

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MAY 15, 2023

I visited Tengchong in late 2020 and wrote about it – but I also went there earlier, in 2017, and this post shows some photos I took during that trip, along with the usual comments that seem to be much more about ridiculing my fellow humans (especially ornithologists and the like) than providing useful information on birds.

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MAY 4, 2017

Written by an ornithologist who is also a birder and who embraces the world from an ecological viewpoint that sees birds as part of larger systems of evolution, succession, and mutualism, The New Neotropical Companion is the textbook-that-is-not-a-textbook you always wanted to read, though you may not know it yet.

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JUNE 2, 2020

Be careful how you Google ‘bird of paradise’! It’s the bird family that most people don’t know is a bird family. It’s the bird family that most people don’t know is a bird family. For many years it was thought the two bird families were related taxonomically.

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APRIL 10, 2016

I will also give you the link here for 2017 in case you are reading this next year or want to plan a trip for next year! From our experience the greatest risk is when the shorebirds take off in a panic flight and clip each other’s wings and several fall into the sea.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

It actually makes a lot of sense, the geographic features of the isthmus between North America (including Mexico, because Mexico is part of North America) and South America cut across political lines, as do birds. It is the first bird field guide to every country of Central America (plus the islands governed by those countries).

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2024

A first-winter Red-breasted Goose at Cley, North Norfolk As a general rule, geese are birds of subtle, even dull, plumage. All the so-called grey geese – Greylag, Bean, White-front, Lesser White-front, Swan – look very much alike, and it takes experience to identify them by their calls and their shape and size.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

I’ve never been to the Indonesian Archipelago, but I really like the birds there. Lynx Edicions, the ornithological (and now mammal) publisher that gave us the Handbook of the Birds of the World , has now published Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea , by James A. So, this is no ordinary bird guide.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Did you participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count ? I counted birds not at my own feeders but at those of my mother-in-law, where my best sighting was a single Northern Raven that croaked back and forth for hours in the unexpectedly warm winter sun. What was your best bird of the weekend? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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