10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2020

And while it was to be a work (ministry) trip, I had still managed to schedule it right during the migratory peak along these two major corridors. But, alas, the Novel Coronavirus did not respect my plans. That trip was to take my wife and I to Turkey, Jordan, and southern Spain, with stopovers near Paris.

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Species Mexico Jordan Turkey 157

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2020

But alas, my garden Wilsons have not been seen here on the 4th of April. A pair of Warbling Vireos are regular client right now, and we have also had visits from Black-headed Grosbeaks and a Northern Beardless Tyrannulet this year. But my “Wilsons” really were Wilsons: Wilson’s Warblers , to be exact.

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Nashville ALA Louisiana Mexico 127

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The campus has a pond (above), partially covered by hyacinths full of Northern Jacanas , where I tried to spot at least one caiman (alas, without success), a botanical garden and manicured grounds (with quite a few Green Ibises ) together with a souvenir shop. Since I wanted to buy some genuine tastes of Costa Rica, we continued to C.A.T.I.E.

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Costa Rica Nicaragua 2019 Farming 225

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2018

But, alas, I’d have colored practically the whole letter. As we enter the second century of protecting, preserving, and respecting our wild spaces, certainly no one would actually consider undoing, reversing, and exploiting our national parks, forests, and monuments. And yet, it has begun. © The White House. al from abuse of power!

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Colorado Protection Bears ALA 147

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

But when the season is right, I will certainly see lots of Lucifer Hummingbirds , Broad-billed Hummingbirds , and the similar but paler endemic Dusky Hummingbirds. Alas, we mostly get females; the males winter along the coast. But things get really interesting when I go down to the tropical scrub of the Tierra Caliente.

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Minnesota ALA Mexico California 124

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2024

Although it is right on a busy road once you walk into the lobby it is peaceful and quiet. We hoped that a Lesser Roadrunner would show up…but alas it was not meant to be. I imagined a wool-clad nun sitting in the sweltering heat beside a candle carefully studying the Bible and humming to herself in the wee hours of the night.

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Mexico Birds Oregon Groups 178

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Alas, we’re also intimately acquainted with darker emotions; the lust in our hearts alone (for lifers and optics, naturally) exacts a heavy emotional toll. But the envy that gnaws at me right now stems not from the thought of the 9,000+ birds that I haven’t yet seen that others have.

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Emotional 2011 ALA Ohio 160

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2019

And, alas, heat is one thing Mexico’s Pacific coast has in excess. But it does have a very modest hotel right by the water, which made it easy for me to bird at the break of dawn. My wife hates heat. But this past week, my wife travelled to the U.S. to visit her elderly father. Bathing there is definitely discouraged!

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Mexico Alligators ALA 2019 124

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2015

In the morning, still sleepy, we enter the jungle, where a sounder of Indian Boars (a long-maned subspecies Sus scrofa cristatus ) is watching us, standing among the first trees, right next to the road. Among teak and bamboo thickets, a winding forest road takes us deeper into the enchanted Snake Jungle, but alas, not a Tiger in sight.

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Tigers Dogs India Snow Leopard 231

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2012

Alas, it was not to be. They’re not the Lammergeyer – they’re not even close, as the Lammergeyer dwells alone in the genus Gypaetus – but the Egyptian Vulture and Cinereous Vulture are worthy birds in their own right. Then I sent him a picture to explain my excitement. Lammergeyers!

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Wildebeasts Spain Turkey ALA 196

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2015

Which leaves me with quite a few choices – practically the entire tropical belt, right? Many of them are heavenly islands, alas, with 100 or less bird species. So, beside a lot of birds and the sunny sky, I want the coldest thing to experience year-round to be my beer.

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Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 256

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2015

To be honest, quetzals aren’t seen that often right at Myriam’s but they are seen just down the road. We even heard one sing briefly across the street from the restaurant (alas, it did not come closer for a view)! Myriam’s Quetzales ! Are they her’s? Can there be a more enticing name than for a place that that?

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Costa Rica Panama Nicaragua Honduras 150

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2011

My own best bird was Caspian Tern , right on time along Lake Ontario. Corey’s best bird of the weekend was a wicked Chuck-will’s-widow at Prospect Park on Saturday. He actually got a good look at this cryptic caprimulgid, that lucky sod!

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2011 Mississippi ALA Sparrows 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2022

36, if my counting is right and there has been no very recent split or lump. I can sometimes hear Hwamei singing here in my compound in Shanghai – alas, these are then cage birds, as the species is popular as a caged bird for its singing. Fortunately, most of the birds are free though (photos from Shanghai and Tianmushan).

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San Diego Malaysia China Zoos 198

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2018

Alas, the beer is only available on draft in Texas for a limited time, far out of range for me in New York. Certainly – before this review, at least – I had never actually bought a box. But I really would’ve jumped at a chance to try this beer, if only to review a beer infused with the world’s best-known bird-inspired candy.

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Fort Worth ALA Texas Investigation 114

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

In the English translation, the story is titled “Little Fable”: “Alas,” said the mouse, “the whole world is growing smaller every day. ” “You only need to change your direction,” said the cat, and ate it up.

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Raccoons Birds Oregon China 204

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2016

Then, the birding excitement got notched up a gear when a Great Jacamar called right next to us and proceeded to fly in and perch directly over the trail! This fancy antpitta is, alas, rare and more difficult to find in Costa Rica than ever. Hitoy is one of the only remaining reliable spots and we had fine looks at a male.

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Costa Rica Birds Owls Litter 167

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2019

Pygmy Cormorant is easy to observe, in winter from the banks of the Sava and the right, urbanised bank of the Danube River, also around the Veliko Ratno Island Reserve (#1, visible from the riverbanks); in spring best viewed in wetlands along the levees at the left (northern) bank of the Danube.

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Serbia Birds Woodpeckers Breeding 247

Animal Person

JUNE 1, 2009

With traits allegedly unique to humans running out, philosophers and scientists claimed that only humans have minds complex enough to allow a sense of self-consciousness or self-identity, but, alas, chimpanzees and other animals demonstrated significant degrees of self-consciousness too. Check out the rest and let me know what you think.

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Speciesism Morals Humane Vegan 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Lesser Roadrunner is another spectacular species of the thorn forest scrub of the Aguan Valley, which we observed at length right along the main road! Alas, the trip was over too soon but I left with a very positive impression of Honduras with its interesting biogeography, beautiful preserves, rich biodiversity, and hospitable people.

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Honduras Monkeys Birds America 162

Animal Person

APRIL 24, 2009

mikey, my stance can be seen in the posts about Project Treadstone (and if you type Project Treadstone into the Google Search box just below my half-blind, diabetic greyhound, Violet Rays, on the right, you'll get a dozen more posts).

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Project Treadstone Feral Cats Spay Spaying 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

After some brief birding along the trails at PANACAM Lodge the following day, we drove to La Tigra National Park which sits right above the capital city of Tegucigalpa. Alas, our time here was over too soon. the species suffering most from deforestation).

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Honduras Costa Rica El Salvador Arizona 207

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2011

It’s one thing to add some seed, suet and fruit to the grocery list right before a snow storm hits…but if you feel stressed because you have to make your own personal mix of seed for your birds six times a day or you have personally failed and perhaps sentences some birds to certain starvation in your yard? The city of Monticello?

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Bald Eagle Birds Deer Minnesota 237

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2016

Asia: Somewhere below that mysterious eagle, at the far shore of the lake, lies one Bengal Tiger … and further to the right – two more! Asia: Among teak and bamboo thickets, a winding forest road takes us deeper into the enchanted Snake Jungle, but alas, not a Tiger in sight. 10000birds.com/is-my-rhino-still-alive.htm.

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Wildlife Tigers Asia Europe 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2011

But alas for Aderman no such need exists today. One species is found higher than all -- right up to the snow at 17,000 feet -- the Ecuadorian or Chimborazo Hillstar … www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWLyYw7LmQM

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Ecuador Giraffes ALA Species 235

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2014

When you enter the Kozara Floodplain, you can explore both left and right hand side, but going left offers a greater choice of habitats and a larger area. Tactics: Aim for early mornings and from the end of April, carry an insect repellent for mosquitoes. eBird list. More: 10000birds.com/all-my-patches.htm. Bus: 95, 96 & 104. eBird list.

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Serbia Birds Ducks Eagles 226

Animal Person

APRIL 7, 2010

But alas, the supply has dwindled. The original diagnosis was severe nerve root compression at L7/S1, and I bet if we did an MRI right now we'd find not only that, but some kind of injury further up in the thoracic region due to semi-regular hopping. For these reasons, my vet had no problem with me stockpiling Vetsulin.

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Project Treadstone Greyhounds Feral Cats Vet 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2021

Back to the Zrenjanin Road and continue another 15 km / 9 mi, and by the end of the Centa village turn into an inconspicuous dirt road leading to the Veliki Alas fish farm (north of the village). Before that, on a rather sharp right bend, 1.8 If there were rains recently, this section of 0.3 We continued on to Sakule.

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Farming Birds Fish Boars 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2024

I might have to add the Dallas airport staff to the list of things Buffon was right about. Alas, those sightings will be for another time as the weather had thrown a spanner in the works: half a meter of snow had closed off our intended destination. I flew into Denver from Mexico.

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Denver Colorado Ducks Mules 158

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2023

Alas, mine were sub-standard. And this one’s was definitely when a bird briefly took wing just to the left of our path, only to settle right back down to the ground. A Mangrove Cuckoo gave us unexpectedly decent views, with the added perk that Paso Ancho is far inland from where this beautiful bird can supposedly be seen.

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Bats Mexico ALA 2020 130

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2022

And the rootballs are at just the right point. The melon seedling on the upper right is an inevitable product of using homemade compost.). Alas, I have found no viable acorns anywhere this past year — just as I am figuring out how to get oak seedlings to survive. I’m really excited about these. Yellow-winged Cacique.

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Mexico Collecting ALA Sparrows 218

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2016

Broad-billed, White-eared, Berylline, Green-breasted Mango , and of course the Magnificent Hummingbird were all names I longed to have right there alongside my paltry two species. Alas, our adventure has only carried us to the southern half of Baja California. This did result in a few new species. Male Costa’s at Playa Coyote.

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Coyotes Mexico California ALA 120

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2017

The lake is a private property, run by the Mika Alas fish farm company and visitors must ask for permission in advance ( management contacts ). Four eBird hotspots located at the top and the slopes of the mountain have listed 85 species so far, but without any waterbirds, this is impressive in its own right.

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Birds 2017 Eagles Otters 200

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Alas, the bird had flown. Alas, this year was the first since Mike started birding that he didn’t see a single lifer. Tragic, right? So, when my friend Saul stopped me as I was heading out of the Santa Ana parking lot to tell me that he had just seen a Rose-throated Becard a few feet away, I immediately did a u-turn.

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 167

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2012

In my case, I had to format my excel sheet just so, a considerable task because when I dabbled in Birdstack (gone, alas, but not forgotten) I adopted its formatting as well as the more fluid International Ornithological Congress (IOC) taxonomy , both of which were inimical to that of eBird. Worst of all were all the hyphen issues.

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Arizona Belize Adoptable ALA 173

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2017

The open, dry habitat was perfect for it and the experience was so real, it was almost painful to wake up but alas, no Loggerhead Shrike, just a vivid dream of a migrant bird that could make a mega appearance in Costa Rica. The guy on the right is Sergio Arias, check out his Costa Rica Birding Hotspot Stand at Birdfair.

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Costa Rica San Jose Falcons Nicaragua 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2013

Alas, I only heard this super cool caprimulgid, but did get buzzed by a swift Malaysian Eared Nightjar. If you can parse the subtle differences in his photo below, you’ll see the bird on the left is a dark morph Oriental Honey Buzzard, but the bird on the right is a pale morph Changeable Hawk-Eagle.

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Malaysia Singapore Monkeys Birds 170