10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

The American tropics surely have their share of orioles, warblers, doves, jays, and other types of birds that birders as far north as Canada or even the Arctic Circle might encounter. Encountering this stunner, one of the largest passerines in South America, raises a number of questions. Like the Red-ruffed Fruitcrow.

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Colombia South America Argentina Ecuador 197

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 25, 2011

Just Wednesday, a madcap migrant named Chinquapin, part of the newest wave of wired Whimbrels, flew through the dangerous northeast quadrant of Hurricane Irene en route from Canada to South America. What a tough guy! Whimbrels… is there anything they can’t do?

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South America Canada America 210

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2024

A General Identification section gives a thumbnail description of the species, including when it resides in North America, general geographic area, habitats, significant behaviors, a description of its physical appearance (which may be quite detailed), and information on subspecies in North America. ” A fantastic idea!

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Los Angeles North America Species America 186

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Olive-sided Flycatcher breeds in Canada and the western United States, and winters mostly in northern South America. But previous experience with Ejido Triquillo taught me that another species might turn up during the spring. They may even fear you.

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Mexico Guatemala South America United States 189

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2013

As I write this note, probably hundreds if not thousands of shorebirds are heading south to the wintering grounds. Some make stopovers along Florida’s coast, others fly straight from stopovers in the northern states to the coast of South America. Eveling holding a Federally listed Red Knot.

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Peru South America Delaware New Jersey 235

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Each autumn, nearly the entire breeding population of the Swainson’s Hawk migrates from the temperate zone of North America to wintering areas in South America. From Canada, this migration is more than 10,000 km each way, a distance second among raptors only to that of the Arctic Peregrine Falcon 1.

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Nevada North America Utah Oregon 160

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2014

One of the two sub-species of Red Knot occurring in North America, the Rufa subspecies breeds in the Canadian Artic Region and migrates along the east or Atlantic coast of the United States. migration corridors from Argentina in the Southern tip of South America to Canada.

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Endangered Species Protection Delaware Species 160

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2011

House Wrens are found from Canada to the southern end of South America which makes them the most widespread bird in the Western Hemisphere, though there are several potential or rejected splits. There is also a variety of races of House Wren in the Lesser Antilles that may end up as an additional or several additional species.

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Mexico South America North America Arizona 211

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Canada, and the British Isles, simple names predominate there, and you pretty much have to leave those regions to find a good hyphenated “second” name. But, because common names in English come from the U.S., And a double-hyphenate, well, that would definitely involve a trip.

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Sparrows Mexico United States Groups 139

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2011

The Tennessee Warbler is a poster child for the boreal forests of Canada and the far northern United States. As autumn arrives and the days get shorter and cooler Tennessee Warblers make their way south to Central America and northern South America, sometimes as far south as Ecuador.

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Tennessee South America Ecuador United States 200

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2011

The Yellow-crowned Night Heron is a bird of the Americas, ranging from South America to Canada. The northern populations migrate south in cold weather while in warmer climes there are sedentary populations.

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Hunting Jamaica South America America 165

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

The question is why these natives of rural areas in southern South America (east of the Andes) have been so spectacularly successful in establishing their colonies. This echoes their behavior in their native South America, where they are known as agricultural pests who will eat and destroy crops. Again, not very fussy!

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Chicago New York City New York Illinois 206

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2011

Right now great flocks of wood-warblers are making their way north from the southern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America to breed across the United States and Canada.

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United States South America 2011 2012 155

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2011

Right now great flocks of wood-warblers are making their way north from the southern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America to breed across the United States and Canada.

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United States South America Cooking Family 187

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2012

Eastern Kingbirds breed across the eastern United States and much of southern Canada. They migrate through Central America and winter in South America, apparently almost entirely east of the Andes.

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Hunting Kittens South America United States 198

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Tody Motmot is perhaps one of the most charismatic bird species in all of Central America, and Honduras is perhaps one of the best places to see it. During our visit in mid-September, land bird migration from the United States and Canada was in full swing which added to the overall excitement of birding a site such as this one.

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Honduras Monkeys Birds America 163

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2011

It breeds across Canada’s boreal forest and most winter in the Caribbean, though some spend the cold months in Central America. Right now great flocks of wood-warblers are making their way north from the southern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America to breed across the United States and Canada.

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Tigers United States Jamaica Pennsylvania 159

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2019

They breed in northernmost Canada and Alaska, and winter in Patagonia in southernmost South America. Traditional knowledge said they migrate south over the open water of the Atlantic, and return north over the coasts of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. I guess that is a fair amount of luck for one site!

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Mexico Birds 2013 Lamb 132

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

But while their range expansion in the old world was made up of relatively short hops no one expected this species to move westward across the Atlantic Ocean to South America but it did just that! The following decades continued the great expansion, and it was recorded breeding in Canada in 1962 and Chile by 1970.

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Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 170

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

But soon they’ll all depart, perhaps the Peregrines already have, racing Winter’s advance, waiting her out in South America before that biological imperative pushes them back home to the cliffs of Arctic Bay. It is not a good time to be a first year gull hanging about the outflow of the water lake. No shorebirds remain.

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Tethering Neglecting South America Dogs 179

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2012

Some of these birds, breeding up here at 73 degrees north will winter at the tip of South America, Tierra Del Fuego, 54 degrees south or so. But they have to leave early. These small birds are long distant migrants, following the Sun. Less sun means a journey is ahead. I, for one, can’t wait.

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South America Eggs Family Raised 161

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

There are just two left for me in the Sibley Guide to Canada and the bits of the USA that count (Hawaii need not apply) – the Olive Warbler (Peucedramidae)and the silky-flycatchers (Ptilogonatidae). But as you do more and more birding and go to more an more places it gets much harder to get new family ticks.

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Family Wombats Uganda Fiji 163

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Originally from India and the vicinity, it is believed that they had already undergone two major expansions – through Asia Minor in the 1600s, and then across Europe in the 1900s – when they first appeared in North America. Renato Mar 13th, 2011 at 8:36 am Nice post, the Collared Doves also make it to South America.

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Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 137

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

and Canada, and winter in Mexico, or breed in Mexico, and winter in Central and South America. This species mostly winters in South America, but migrates through all of Mexico, and a small population winters on Mexico’s west coast. A few breed in Texas’ Big Bend area.)

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Mexico Birds South America Turkey 159

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2015

What turned out to be an epic journey began in Nova Scotia, one of Canada’s Atlantic provinces. Pilots ‘n Paws Canada stepped up to the plate and volunteered to fly the little birds to Quebec. The 2014 season demonstrated the power of cooperation, communication, and determination to save three Chimney Swifts.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Canada Wildlife South America 213

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

He has written several books, including Turtles of the United States and Canada, 2nd ed. , (with Carl H. Press, 2006) or Ernst and Lovich’s text on turtles of North America, cited above. This I all learned by reading and browsing through Turtles of the World: A Guide To Every Family , by Jeffrey E. Lovich and Whit Gibbons.

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Turtles Tortoises Family Terrapins 206

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2014

Any doubt I had about the need for a book about rare birds in the United States And Canada were wiped out on a Sunday evening in early February with two birding friends. Where did the Coney Island Gray-hooded Gull come from, Africa or South America? I kept wishing I had Rare Birds of North America , by Steve N.

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North America America Birds United States 258

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Typically, at least here in North America, we think of migration as a north-south affair. As summer ends these same birds (and the new year’s broods) then escape the snow and ice and head south for the austral summer, finding warmth, long days and abundant insect life. A male Northern Wheatear. Sexes are highly dimorphic.

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Africa Somalia North America Nigeria 201

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2015

I just flew nonstop from Canada to South America and boy, are my arms tired.” Even more thought-provoking is the original article from which it sprang.) Props on the sweet Barred Owl call, too. “I No, you didn’t. But the fall-migrating Blackpoll Warbler (as photographed above by Corey) apparently does.

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Malta Barn Owls Cyprus Fowl 187

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2011

It made us reach for our field guide for North America, but that really does not compare to the real thing. I did not get to appreciate all that America had to offer for the birder until I returned with my husband, Grant, in 1989. I then had a year in Florida – beware the alligators and hurricanes!

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South Africa United States Austin Alligators 159

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

When I drive a bit north to Lake Cuitzeo during the winter season, all the visiting Peeps ( Least , Western , and Baird’s Sandpipers , as well as Sanderlings ) and Plovers ( Semipalmated and Black-bellied ) connect me with North America’s Arctic shores. Oil drilling on Alaska’s North Shore suddenly feels personal.

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North America United States America Mexico 243

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2022

Most Marbled Godwits breed in inland North America, and winter along the tropical coasts of Mexico and the Caribbean. They breed along the Arctic Circle in Canada and Alaska, and winter in southern South America, often in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego.

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Mexico 2018 Ducks Breeding 229

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 13, 2013

All their products are sourced in the United States, Canada, South America and New Zealand. Every month, Scout, the head dog at BarkBox, picks out four to six treats, toys and hygiene products to send to your dog. They never send products that they don’t feel comfortable giving their own dogs.

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Dogs Pets Animal Welfare New Zealand 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2017

uses the zoogeographical ecozones and denotes North, Central and South America (Nearctic and Neotropical realms) as western and the rest of the world (Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indomalayan, Australasian) as eastern. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Breezy Point Tip. 01 Jan 2017. Barnacle Goose – Branta leucopsis.

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100