article thumbnail

Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of June 2019)

10,000 Birds

Luckily, for birds, I didn’t have to, as a skulky Winter Wren sought shelter right outside my dining room window, adding a highly improbable third wren species to my yard list. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of June 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Still, I didn’t travel far afield this weekend.

2019 133
article thumbnail

Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of October 2019)

10,000 Birds

Lousy winds led to a lousy take, but we did happen upon a raft of waterfowl sheltering from rough weather. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of October 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. I’ll pick Gadwall out of that mix because they are so dapper.

2019 111
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Best Birds of my First Year with 10,000 Birds

10,000 Birds

So my favorites for 2019 includes a good number of birds that are rather common elsewhere, but were firsts for me. But the Kentish Plover was sheltering its young under its body, and the Little Ringed Plover was incubating an egg — right in the middle of downtown Madrid! But… Been there, done most of those.

Austria 152
article thumbnail

Looking for Waterfowl in Gulf Islands National Seashore

10,000 Birds

to sit on a freezing-cold boat, I still had not added any of my flippered friends to the 2019 year list. From his time hunting, Brian knew where rafts usually sheltered from the wind on the Santa Rosa Sound, and we strolled down the shore towards the black dots in the distance.

article thumbnail

Pied Oystercatcher chicks two weeks on….

10,000 Birds

We have observed the first Pied Oystercatcher chicks of 2019 over the past two weeks grow steadily. The wind was just too much and they sheltered together in the vegetation at the high tide mark. Pied Oystercatcher chick sheltering from the wind. The Pied Oystercatcher chicks are also quite well camouflaged in the vegetation.

Eggs 126
article thumbnail

How to Help Cerulean Warblers, Other Migrant Species, and Resident Birds in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Whatever the reason may be, we do know that Las Brisas provides a lot of food and shelter for Cerulean Warblers as they migrate south. In 2019, this event will help with conservation efforts in the Las Brisas Reserve and thus work at improving vital and increasingly scarce habitat for the Cerulean Warbler and many other species.

article thumbnail

What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Ackerman understands how to set a scene, fill it with charismatic real-life characters, and top it off with magic–the hoot of a distant Great Gray Owl, a Burrowing Owl evading capture, an old barn sheltering young Barn Owls, a tree full of Long-eared Owls in the middle of a small town in northern Serbia.

Owls 222