10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2014

Last year, 4,000 young Peregrine Falcons swept through the Keys on their way north. KWWC captures injured, sick or orphaned wild chickens, then adopts them out to homes on the mainland. They see a lot of young Brown Pelicans ; they see a lot of juvenile birds in general, all of whom tend to hug the coast on their first migration.

Reptiles 199

Reptiles Chickens Sea Turtles Wildlife Rehabilitation 199

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Fortunately for me, my adoptive land of Mexico is rich in, precisely, double-hyphenates. Among our bird groups with many such species are the Wood-Partridges, Quail-Doves, Ant-Tanagers, Forest-Falcons, and Tody-Flycatchers. And hey, who can forget the Foliage-Gleaners?

Sparrows 131

Sparrows Mexico United States Groups 131

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

And when writing a field guide, it is accepted practice to adopt one of the above and to stick to it, with any questions or disagreements safely ensconced in the text, not in an actual change of species. Howell turns all that on its head. It starts with water and wading birds and ending with meadowlark, blackbird, and bobolink.^

Costa Rica 203

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 203

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2020

When you review the system, it makes perfect sense: falcons are placed with hawks, nightjars are next to owls, and grebes are close to ducks, rather than separated from them by quail and grouse. Then again, try explaining to a new birder why falcons come after woodpeckers and before parrots!

North America 199

North America America Hawaii Birds 199

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

Thailand’s Adopt a Vulture Program – YC Wee, Bird Ecology Study Group. Once you get past the baldness and the predilection for corpses, you have to admit that the vultures, any of them but some more than others, are impressive birds. Bringing Griffon Vultures into Cyprus – Dan Rhoads, 10,000 Birds. Assorted Vultures.

California Condor 175

California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 175

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Let us start with some of the cheaters in the A-Team – the ones just adopting the name of a continent to get into this post. Are you still with me? Like the Australian Ringneck (Alice Springs, Australia). A minor variation is a name starting with Australasian, as in Australasian Darter (Brisbane, Australia).

South Africa 310

South Africa China Nevada Africa 310

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2018

We will get started here, in our adopted home of La Paz, Mexico, work our way north to Seattle where we catch our first airplane flight to New Zealand. There was just enough light to see a Peregrine Falcon swoop down thru the parking lot here at Marina Palmira. The first rays of sunlight brought me my first bird of 2018.

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2018 Mexico New Zealand Falcons 105