10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Floyd’s writing style draws the reader in, including us in his experiences and observations, making the personal communal. National Geographic, March 2019, 304 pages, 6.3 The sections are also labeled according to the months of the year, the idea being that the book will take us through a year of birding. by Ted Floyd.

Birds 116

Birds North America Breeding America 116

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

I write this on the final day of the year, the last bit of 2019. If birders still fancied adding that Purple Finch, Ivory Gull, or Three-wattled Bellbird in 2019, December 31st would have been their final chance. The sleeping Long-billed Curlew that Mary and I espied at the salt ponds of Punta Morales.

Costa Rica 215

Costa Rica 2019 San Jose Eagles 215

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2019

Falconry Month at Birds and Booze: I’ve decided to dedicate this month of March 2019 to wines and beers related to the history of falconry – or hawking – for no other reason than that I’ve recently acquired several bottles adorned with mostly medieval European iconography relating to this “sport of kings”.

2015 113

2015 Italy Falcons Europe 113