10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

After these trogons, the eBird description of the Yellow-bellied Prinia as “brightly-colored for a prinia” sounds a bit like the dialogue from Succession: “Tom: ‘The poorest rich person in America. I am sure one could make a very boring movie based on the events described in this paper.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2011

Hundreds of thousands of us have enjoyed the incredible programs and birding opportunities at some of North America’s largest, longest-running birding festivals. I love these well-established, deservedly popular birding events and have participated in each one multiple times.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2015

Conversely, parts of the world that have traditionally been quite dry may experience more rainfall. Here’s a peek at what our avifauna, here in North America, may be in for… Yes, I am aware this isn’t a bird…but hear me out. Whats in it for birds?

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4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 8, 2010

CHEF MICHAEL’S® ANNOUNCES A NATIONAL CONTEST TO FIND THE MOST UNFORGETTABLE “ DOGGIE VALENTINE ” IN AMERICA. 10, 2010, at Gotham Hall, one of the city’s most prominent and prestigious social event venues. Tags: events. This is so much fun! Who doesn’t count their dog as their Valentine? LOUIS—Jan.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

What are the best field guides for birds in North America? Many birders keep personal birding lists or life lists, documenting the species they have seen throughout their birding experiences. Encountering a spark bird is a transformative experience for many birders. What is a “nemesis bird” in birding?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

The first shows three subspecies of Whimbrel that have occurred in North America–“Hudsonian,” “Eurasian,” and “Siberian.” Brian Sullivan is currently eBird program co-director and photographic editor for Birds of North America Online at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Authors George L.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Because when you’ve painstakingly built your life list over the years, visiting the corners of North America for specialties and pushing your ABA list to 600 or so, Alaska almost always remains as the last place a birder can visit where bucket-loads of lifer, the sort of haul you really only get in the early years, are still possible.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Nate Swick is a contributor to 10,000 Birds, American Birding Association (ABA) blog editor and event leader, and environmental educator. We need more publishers of quality birding books and more birder-writers offering fresh views, sharing their experiences, covering new, niche subjects. And, nobody wants to admit that.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Crawford, in “Introduction to Europe and Diffusion of Domesticated Turkeys from the America (sic)”: A document dated 24 October 1511 was an order from the Bishop of Valencia for each ship from the Islands and Tierra Firme to bring to Seville ten turkeys, half males and half females, for breeding. According to R.D. Which would be weird.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

What events transpire miles away that make a certain destination attractive to birds and wildlife in one way or another? Consider Estero Lagoon for example… In North America there are nine regular plover species, ten if you include the more vagrant Common Ringed Plover.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. Rapai devotes two chapters to the fire, illustrating, like a good reporter, both the details of the event itself and the bad and good that came out of it.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

This allowed them to carry out experiments such as giving some bones to the hyenas to see what they would look like after being munched on for a while. This allowed the Blumenschine crew to carry out experiments that involved every possible series of events, using animals of different sizes.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2023

In Better Living Through Birding , Chris tells us stories of his life, a very unique life, but he also crafts his experiences so we can relate to them as birders and as people. Because being a birder means you experience life through that framework. And, as he did a decade ago, the joys and benefits of birding.

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Emotional Birds Minneapolis Nepal 228

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

And then, gradually, the main event began. More and more people arrived — from all over western Europe, although I seemed to be the only one present from the Americas. Still, both experiences easily make it into my lifetime top-10. A slightly-blue Eurasian Blue Tit. This Cisticola was indeed Zitting.

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Spain Birds Mexico Eagles 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Do we really need to talk about sad events?). For those of us with the great good fortune to bird in Latin America, or other less-studied biological regions, my experience suggests that we are much more likely to benefit from the new species created by such splits. (Two former species can also be joined into one, the same way.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2011

Someone of your birding experience may already recognize the problems posed by such little diversity among American birders which include: So many people are missing out on the fun and benefits of birding. The sustainability of the birding community is at risk if it does not look like the rest of America. Be forewarned. It’s YOU! *If

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Philadelphia Birds Ethics America 192

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2013

The San Blas Christmas Bird Count is a popular event amongst international birders and close to 300 species have been recorded during a single day. The variety of habitat within a tiny area is what makes San Blas one of the best birding locations in the Americas. The beaches and coves provide sanctuary to a nice variety of seabirds.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

date the split of those branches to 88 million years ago, well before the extinction event that wiped out all non-bird dinosaurs and many other forms of life about 66 million years ago (the K-Pg boundary). The Hoatzin, which may have reached South America by raft , has resisted placement in basically every study ever done. Why is this?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2011

Mike is a familiar face to anyone who regularly attends birding events as he is one of the faces of Nikon Sport Optics for the birding world. As his passion for birding grew he decided to travel Latin America; he has spent time in Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela and a great deal of time in Brazil. Over time the hobby grew into a career.

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Brazil Venezuela Iowa Guatemala 160

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

There are arguments for adding all territories, but experience demonstrates that the ABA moves glacially when it comes to the ABA Area. Note that the West Indies are generally considered part of North America and are part of the Atlantic flyway. The only other populated U.S. territories are Guam (pop.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

The Bird Watching Society meets just about every weekend, so birders should check their activities calendar for scheduled events. While I only dedicated part of my time to scheduled birding events, I always had my bins handy. Guests are usually welcome for a nominal fee. Said thrush. Always be birding. Looking for Large-billed Crow?

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Non-bird watchers without binoculars and experience are notoriously bad sources of information. In any event, by mid summer or so, the babies are not so small and more or less do OK on their own and hang around the nest. Winter site fidelity and winter movements in Common Loons (Gavia immer) across North America. Apparently.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Unfortunately, this morph is the dominant one at Fuzhou NFP”) that somehow survived the review process, possibly because the reviewer has had similar experiences. Therefore, it is easy for me to reflect here quite light-heartedly on what was my best bird of 2020, instead of reflecting on more severe events of the passing year.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Which makes the publication of Oceanic Birds of The World: A Photo Guide a significant and happy event. All of which is to say that there are a number of obstacles, both scientific and pragmatic, to seabird identification, and there are very few guides around to help us. Oceanic Birds of the World: A Photo Guide by Steve N.

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