10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
The European Breeding Bird Atlas 2 makes interesting reading. Originally confined to the Arctic, breeding [of Barnacle Geese] is now confirmed throughout much of the Baltic coast S North Sea. The Atlas was published in 2020, so these numbers may have been grown since then.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2024
I photographed the Black-tailed Godwit in my photograph ( above ) on 18 September 2020. Black-tailed godwits winter in large numbers on the estuaries of both Norfolk and Suffolk, and we know that nearly all these birds breed in Iceland. In breeding plumage islandica godwits develop a deeper red plumage than their limosa cousins.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 25, 2020
I first saw this bird in 2018 and seek it out whenever I visit the city. I haven’t seen any kind of breeding activity from my bird, but my observations are few, far between and for short periods of time. Despite the breeding activity bit, it appears that both birds have habits in common. Despite my fears of predation, C.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2022
we learn) that are home to coveted boreal species, breeding wood-warblers, and two species of Grouse. The book roughly follows American Ornithological Society taxonomic order; a version date or number isn’t given, but it’s probably the 2020 version, before the Big Reshuffle of New World Warblers.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2021
Each of the dark marks in this photo from August, 2018 was a duck. And yet, less than halfway through our 2020-2021 winter dry season, Lake Cuitzeo had essentially dried up. The good news is that this summer central Mexico is experiencing its best rains since 2018. But mostly, there was just lots and lots of water.
10,000 Birds
MAY 5, 2020
Small images accompany many of the larger bird images–the bird in flight, juvenile form, breeding plumage–and there are separate plates for first-year and second-year gulls and for hawks as they look in flight, from below. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; April 2020. ” This is fascinating stuff if you collect books.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2020
The source of this ranking, BirdLife International, lists Bolivia as currently having 1,439 bird species, including 18 breeding endemics. Like most maps, colors are used to indicate seasonal status (breeding resident, Austral migrant/visitor, Boreal migrant, etc.). Distribution maps are also different from other field guides.
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