10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2021

If you wish to see a full list for 2020, you can find it here. . December’s beats found 609 birds after submitting 116 checklists from 8 countries (USA, UK, Costa Rica, China, Mexico, Serbia and Australia). The year list ends on a provisional 1803 species from 1608 checklists submitted by 12 beats from 16 countries.

2020 253

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots 253

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2020

20 Nuttall’s Woodpecker – Dryobates nuttallii. 30 Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. 72 Black Woodpecker – Dryocopus martius. 94 Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos major. 205 Lineated Woodpecker – Dryocopus lineatus. 4 Pearl Kite – Gampsonyx swainsonii.

2020 198

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds 198

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2020

This was the month we (in the northern hemisphere) had all been waiting for, but what a strange month May 2020 has been. Hoffmann’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii). Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus). Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major). Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens).

2020 158

2020 Sparrows Niger Woodpeckers 158

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2020

Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Golden-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysogenys. Hoffmann’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmannii. Golden-fronted Woodpecker – Melanerpes aurifrons. Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus. Eurasian Hobby – Falco subbuteo.

2020 162

2020 Sparrows Blackbirds Woodpeckers 162

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2020

Black-tailed Godwit (Nanhui, China, May 2020). Ground Woodpecker (Drakensberg, South Africa, Nov 2018). Reed Parrotbill (Nanhui, China, Jun 2020). Rufous Woodpecker (Fuzhou, China, Mar 2019). Sunda Woodpecker (Singapore, Dec 2015). Walking back to their beach towels. Hiking up a tree. Almost abstract bird patterns.

South Africa 237

South Africa 2018 2019 China 237

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2024

I’d love to have known where and when the Great Spotted Woodpecker in my photograph below was ringed, but though the ring is clearly visible, the number stamped on it isn’t. I photographed the Black-tailed Godwit in my photograph ( above ) on 18 September 2020. With luck you will get a speedy reply, telling you the bird’s history.

Lithuania 130

Lithuania Iceland Morocco Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

Species Accounts are organized by family according to the 61st Supplement (2020) of the AOS Checklist of North and Middle American Birds (the 62nd Supplement came out while the book was in production, which is to be expected). and three of the nine woodpeckers illustrated. Woodpeckers are a family of focus for Tuttle-Adams.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 283

Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Family Collecting 283

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

In a spring week it is possible to observe more than 150 species — Black-headed and Rock Buntings , Isabelline Wheatear , Calandra Lark , Tawny Pipit , Rock Nuthatch , Sombre Tit , Masked and Woodchat Shrikes ; Grey-headed and Syrian Woodpeckers among them. In 2020, due to Covid19, your presence was missing.

Greece 264

Greece Wildlife Boars Otters 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

So does this Mexican Duck (NOT a Mallard sub-race, according to the 2020 AOS decision): Note the (lack of) depth of this water. Some lucky Golden-fronted Woodpecker or Curve-billed Thrasher must have been feeling very satisfied. Still, as the header photo shows, even an almost-dry lake can offer some unusual beauty.

South America 254

South America Ducks 2020 Mexico 254

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2021

He found some solace when, at age eleven, he became entranced with birds – specifically, with a Green Woodpecker — and that sighting, he says, “took me to another, safer world.” . Pathfinder UK, 2020, 220 pp., A cheeky lad, Geoffrey McMullan was regularly subjected to brutal discipline at his English boarding school. UK, $18.99

Fox 202

Fox Kuwait Bosnia Afghanistan 202

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2021

In 2020, our Birdathon efforts came in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, when lockdowns and restrictions remained common. The Red-bellied Woodpecker. It is super fun – a way to get out there and bird with friends and co-workers. The most common species we shared amongst our list?

Florida 160

Florida 2020 Mexico Raised 160

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2021

Last March (2020), only a few days before the famous virus has reached Serbia, the Ministry of Construction and Traffic stated: “No, we gave up on the Beljarica locality, the harbour will be built somewhere farther upstream.” It is a spacious floodplain between the River Danube and the levee, 2.1 mi at its widest point and some 9 km2 / 3.5

Serbia 278

Serbia Protection Deer Boars 278

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2020

279 Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. 280 Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. 281 Hoffmann’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmannii. 282 Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus. 283 Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos major.

2020 298

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds 298

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

For 2020, the list will only contain the relevant month’s sightings to avoid huge, bulky posts as the year progresses. These are the opening stats for 2020. 17 Jan 2020. 05 Jan 2020. 28 Jan 2020. 05 Jan 2020. 05 Jan 2020. 10 Jan 2020. 01 Jan 2020. 25 Jan 2020. 05 Jan 2020.

2020 169

2020 Wildlife Reserve Tigers Wildlife 169

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2020

For 3-4 days, opt for the hills, Tresnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary and the nearby Tara Mountain National Park with 140 species (not too much, but with Hazel Grouse , Ural , Pygmy and Tengmalm’s Owls , White-backed and Three-toed Woodpeckers among them). Serbia – the big picture. Birding overview.

Serbia 317

Serbia Sanctuary Birds Bosnia 317

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

2020, all also published by Firefly); children’s books and books on bird feeding. Lengthy captions point out key identification features, mostly plumage-based, sometimes including behavior, size, and structure. The text descriptions encapsulate everything else and they are a delight.

North America 238

North America Birds Owls America 238

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

Red-crowned Woodpecker – Melanerpes rubricapillus. Red-rumped Woodpecker – Dryobates kirkii. Golden-olive Woodpecker – Colaptes rubiginosus. Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus. Golden-fronted Woodpecker – Melanerpes aurifrons. Downy Woodpecker – Dryobates pubescens.

2020 153

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds 153

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

20 Cinnamon Woodpecker – Celeus loricatus. 30 Pale-billed Woodpecker – Campephilus guatemalensis. 72 Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. 100 Pileated Woodpecker – Dryocopus pileatus. 110 Golden-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysogenys. 316 Mew Gull – Larus canus.

2020 134

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots 134

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2020

But it wasn’t four months ago, it was mid-June, 2020, mid-COVID-19 pandemic. Common Gallinules camouflaged with the denser vegetation, and we were now so close to the woods that we heard Red-bellied Woodpeckers and Common Yellowthroats. Only one kayak and one canoe passed us as we explored.

Georgia 155

Georgia Transported Horses Fish 155

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

It does seem like the order is concurrent with the 61st Supplement, which came out in 2020, but Northwestern Crow is included as a full species. It was actually a very easy count since each species account is one page long except for Red-tailed Hawk and Dark-eyed Junco, which get two pages each.

North America 279

North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Her first birding book, When Birds are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers (2020), is a smartly curated collection of essays from new and experienced writers. birder, as in ‘who needs art? In Learning the Birds: A Midlife Adventure she creates her own world of stories and meditations about nature.

Birds 264

Birds Sparrows Connecticut New York 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2020

129 Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. 130 Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus. 131 Sunda Woodpecker – Yungipicus moluccensis. 132 Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos major. 133 Downy Woodpecker – Dryobates pubescens. 2 Graylag Goose – Anser anser.

2020 169

2020 Costa Rica Blackbirds Sparrows 169

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2020

Extinct birds, such as Ivory-billed Woodpecker, are included. Then again, try explaining to a new birder why falcons come after woodpeckers and before parrots! The groupings of the images on each plate can strike the eye as graceful (loons, warblers) or jumbled (banded plovers, woodpeckers). Flexibound; 6 x 1.2

North America 242

North America America Hawaii Birds 242

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

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. So, expect to find warblers before sparrows if you are browsing.

Los Angeles 228

Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 228

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2021

The idea being that putting December and the 2020 year review in the same post may prove to be listing overload for some. This year you get two listy posts for the price of one. You lucky, lucky birders! So this is the list for the complete year and the December list can be seen here.

2020 247

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Ducks 247

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2019

We finally heard a Downy Woodpecker , a bird we had never missed on the Big Sit. It was a true team effort and I can’t wait to see if we can do even better on 10 October 2020 when we will be out for the Seventh Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit! Our eBird checklist for the day is here.

Pelicans 147

Pelicans New York Whales Whaling 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. ” copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. The Portfolio of Birds is comprised of 87 2-page spreads. 167, Meadowlark line of sight–not p.67).

2020 264

2020 Birds Groups North America 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

Bill length is given separately for Toucans and Hummingbirds, based on the reasoning that it’s an important identification feature for the first and an important identification feature for the second, but not for kingfishers or woodpeckers. Tintaya’s woodpeckers also nicely feature tree (and cactus!)

Bolivia 196

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 196

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

A big thank you goes out to The Management and beats for their contributions and may you all have a happy and productive 2020. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. Hoffmann’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmannii. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

2019 197

2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 197

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

The Eurasian Wryneck is the woodpecker that doesn’t look like a woodpecker, the bird with the portmanteau name that is also a medical condition (and which may remind some people of a Nora Ephron essay). But they are woodpeckers: the genus Jynx of the subfamily Jynginae of the Picidae family. It’s an open question.

Woodpeckers 259

Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 259

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Related to starlings, like woodpeckers they move over large mammals feeding on ticks, but also on their hosts’ blood. From 2020 to 2022, that figure was lower, about 500 animals per year, but is it because of better safety measures or fewer and consequently harder to locate quarries? They raise their trunks, sniffing the air.

South Africa 251

South Africa Africa Game Elephants 251

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2023

I achieved five lifers in Michoacán in 2019, four in 2020, three in 2021, and only two in 2022. … or Golden-cheeked Woodpeckers. When you have birded a single area as much and for as long as I have birded Michoacán, it becomes progressively harder to find first-time species (“lifers”) there. … or Green Herons.

Bats 130

Bats Mexico ALA 2020 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2023

Reading this chapter, I thought back to the emotional conversations I, a white Jewish woman, had with birding friends back in May 2020, mostly online (remember, it was still the pandemic). It’s powerful writing. Shockingly, not everybody supported Chris. Some didn’t want to talk about racism and focused on the dog issues.

Emotional 229

Emotional Birds Minneapolis Nepal 229

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Press, 2020, 304p. The bird names have changed some, the essay format has broadened, the authors are more diverse, but the ecstasy in writing about the intersection of human and bird remains intact. When Birds Are Near: Dispatches from Contemporary Writers , edited by Susan Fox Rogers. Comstock Publishing/Cornell Univ.

New York City 217

New York City Birds Owls Fox 217

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2020

08 Feb 2020. 09 Feb 2020. 23 Feb 2020. 09 Feb 2020. 01 Feb 2020. 18 Feb 2020. 14 Feb 2020. 23 Feb 2020. 01 Feb 2020. 01 Feb 2020. 01 Feb 2020. 08 Feb 2020. 23 Feb 2020. 02 Feb 2020. 11 Feb 2020. 01 Feb 2020. 10 Feb 2020.

2020 162

2020 Sanctuary Australia Sparrows 162

10,000 Birds

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.

China 210

China 2017 Birds Indonesia 210

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Gray-and-buff Woodpecker – Hemicircus concretus. Lewis’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes lewis. Red-headed Woodpecker – Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Golden-naped Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysauchen. Parque Ecológico do Tietê. 27 Dec 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113