10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

2020 will be remembered as a year that we’d like to forget. Our 2020 year list stands at 324 for Victoria and the north of Western Australia combined, so we are more than happy with that under current circumstances. Since three times is a charm, I nominate the Sparkling-tailed hummingbird for my 2020 BBOTY.

2020 241

2020 Birds Costa Rica Germany 241

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

There are charismatic birds like Barrow’s Goldeneye, Evening Grosbeak, Red and White-winged Crossbills; mysterious seabirds like Leach’s Storm-Petrel; ‘little brown jobs’ like Winter Wren and Nelson’s Sparrow; a treasury of warbler species, 27 in all, many state breeders.

Los Angeles 205

Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 205

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

The eggs are Peregrine Falcon eggs, stolen from aeries in Wales, though Lendrum keeps insisting they’re duck eggs. He interviews breeders about rumors of raptor trafficking and egg smuggling, activities that have supposedly been stopped. Simon & Schuster, February 2020, 336 pages. The Falcon Thief by Joshua Hammer.

Falcons 219

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 219

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Comb Duck – Sarkidiornis melanotos.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154