10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2013

To see birds? ” That small minded perspective is difficult to overcome despite Clare’s continued insistence on the excellence of Poo Ponds and my own small contribution from my visits to Florida’s Viera Wetlands and Nevada’s City of Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. Voluntarily? What is wrong with you?”

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10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2019

However, no matter how one enjoys or takes in interest in the avian side of life, an official list of the birds for a given area is of vital importance. With the rise in birding tourism, bird lists for entire countries have also become increasingly important. Not every list has Great Tinamou on it. Juvenile Gray Hawk.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2015

Birders head to Costa Rica to see stunners like Resplendent Quetzal , Three-wattled Bellbird , Orange-collared Manakin , fancy hummingbirds , tanagers, and literally hundreds of other birds. This bunch of possible Costa Rican crypto birds can be grouped into four main categories: (1). Bird species that require further research.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2012

Have you ever enjoyed one of those brilliant birding expeditions, the outing where every target species takes its cue with machine precision? Of course we’ve all experienced the excruciating opposite of such an excursion, but when waves of new birds practically clamor for attention in quick succession, the feeling is exhilarating.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2012

A cherished handful of Central and South American locations enjoy international renown as absolutely mandatory destinations for adventurous bird watchers and nature lovers. Asa Wright Nature Centre in Trinidad holds a prominent position on that list of luminaries. Now I’ve finally spent time at Asa Wright, I understand why.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2013

When the birds of summer grow stale, a birder’s fancy turns to leps and odes. If you don’t know what those terms mean, think about the most colorful and fascinating flying creatures that aren’t birds. More visitors from out of town will be bringing me to North America’s most famous waterfall, Niagara Falls.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2012

The island paradise of Trinidad boasts three bands of mountains running east to west. The latter reason explains why I joined a group of North American birders in an early morning assault on the birds of the Northern Range. This bird was almost the best bird of the morning.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

It actually makes a lot of sense, the geographic features of the isthmus between North America (including Mexico, because Mexico is part of North America) and South America cut across political lines, as do birds. One field guide, seven countries. It’s unique in two major ways. Answers below.*). SPECIES ACCOUNTS.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2012

If you haven’t been to Trinidad and Tobago, you’re missing out on a country that combines many of the best qualities of the Caribbean and South America. The Southern Lapwing ( Vanellus chilensis ) is big, beefy plover that thrives throughout South and even part of Central America.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2013

Since sports (usually) take a back seat to birds around here, let’s start with Black Hawks. And this bird is a beauty… Common Black Hawk (Plate 1) by Richard Crossley. Immature birds are streaked brown and white. Southwest all the way down through Central America to parts of South America and the Caribbean.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2021

They’ve not wasted any time, having drifted northward from mainland South America only a few weeks ago. What I’m not looking forward to is the flurry of rare bird reports of elaenias. Many birds are also building fresh nests, like this Bananaquit. What birds have you been seeing ushering in the next generation?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2019

Here are the results: 3 per cent of respondents (in no particular order): Trinidad and Tobago, Chile, Tanzania, Madagascar. Interestingly, the respondents felt no need to further elaborate why, presuming that everyone knows why they should bird Costa Rica. 4%: Mexico, West Papua (Indonesia), New Zealand, South Africa, Kenya.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The Point-tailed Palmcreeper is a strange bird in all senses. It was almost as if the bird was made for the tree. Point-tailed Palmcreeper Another bird I had seen many photos of and consequently really wanted to see was Black-capped Donacobius – a name which I embarrassingly would often mispronounce.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Out of the approximately 26 species of snipes worldwide, two have been recorded on Trinidad. During these months every Wilson’s Snipe would be busy with breeding in northern North America. On Trinidad it took me some more time until I saw my first snipe. Within a half hour, I had the bird in my hand.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The presence of this tanager in the Caribbean is a rare aspect of South American flair, as its closest relative is the similarly plumaged Scrub Tanager of northern South America. Lesser Antillean Swift Throughout my birding journey in Trinidad and Tobago I have been eyeing the illustration of Streaked Saltator in the field guide.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2020

Birding in Trinidad and Tobago has been likened to an introductory chapter in the book of birding in the Neotropics. While the 480-odd species recorded within T&T may outstrip our fellow Caribbean islands by leaps and bounds, it pales in comparison to the massive lists of mainland South and Central America.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

They are one of the most famous families of birds, and for good reason. Trinidad and Tobago has historically had seventeen species on record, sixteen on Trinidad and six on Tobago. This bird – likely a single bird – showed quite well at Yerette for a few days then presumably moved on to better things.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2020

Migration (in particular bird migration) is well underway, however. And when I say bird migration I’m referring to a specific group of birds – shorebirds. For my eBird list , I estimated 150 birds. Pectoral Sandpipers pass through en route to southern South America, some going as far as Tierra del Fuego.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama make up Central America. Notice that had I not used the Oxford Comma there, you’d be thinking “Costa Rica and Panama” was a country like Trinidad and Tobago. Know somebody going to Central America over winter break?

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