10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

I like sparrows. I like observing them, reading about them, grappling with species and subspecies identification, and even—on a good day—talking about sparrow taxonomy. The book does not include House Sparrow, an Old World sparrow that belongs to a completely different bird family. Scope of Book. Mexico border.

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North America Sparrows America United States 170

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State. They utilized GIS (geographic information systems) technology to pinpoint breeding bird location to a level far beyond the usual block-based geographic model.

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Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 249

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In July 2011 a Henslow’s Sparrow was found in Ames, N.Y., Although Henslow’s had been reliably found in nearby Sharon Springs for many years, the last documented sighting was in 2008, and the sighting startled longtime birders, waking them up to the fact that breeding sites in the state were rapidly being lost.

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Birds Sparrows Connecticut New York 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Instead, they are summer visitors, moving up to Colorado in the warm months to breed before returning to wintering grounds in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. During the summer breeding months, Lark Bunting males – a sparrow species – are jet black, their white wings contrasting beautifully with the dark bodies.

Colorado 104

Colorado Legislature North America New Mexico 104

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

We also observed the beautifully patterned Prevost’s Ground-Sparrow , a sparrow very different from the ones that go by the same name in Costa Rica. Along the highway journey, the habitat shifted radically from wet evergreen forest to dry pinelands reminiscent of parts of Arizona.

Honduras 238

Honduras Costa Rica El Salvador Arizona 238

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

we learn) that are home to coveted boreal species, breeding wood-warblers, and two species of Grouse. So, expect to find warblers before sparrows if you are browsing. ” (Some titles are still available; A Birder’s Guide to Southeastern Arizona, for example, was updated as recently as 2018.).

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Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 226

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Think Arizona meets Costa Rica with a Mexican twist. This poorly documented swallow is a breeding endemic to these high mountains. Otherwise, the birding here was strikingly similar to southeast Arizona: Mexican Chickadee , Brown Creeper , Painted Redstart , Yellow-eyed Junco , etc. Photo by Andrew Spencer.

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Mexico Costa Rica Arizona Birds 213