10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 20, 2013

The Arizona Cardinals may not be covering the team totem in glory, but the St. He was very pleased to see his first ever Rough-legged Hawk in Queens, a dark-morph bird hunting over the old landfill. In fact, we lead the world in these ubiquitous red birds, a fact that undoubtedly chafes terrorists and freedom haters everywhere.

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St. Louis 2013 United States Arizona 165

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

And while I was in Arizona, touring the Huachucas with Swarovski (along with 10KB notables Mike Bergin and Birdchick Sharon Stiteler among others), I had in the back of my mind that I might be able to pick up that last hummingbird. The hunt was on in earnest. The tiny desert spitfire known as Costa’s Hummingbird. I needed it.

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Arizona Wounded North America 2012 158

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

Old World Vultures are nestled within the family Acciptridae along with the hawks and eagles. It’s actually a pretty classic example of convergent evolution, wherein two unrelated families of lifeforms evolve to fill the same niche independently. Vulture Hunts Down and Ravages Sea Turtles – Dale Forbes, 10,000 Birds.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 175

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

I was attending the 3rd Global Bird-watching Conference in Gujarat and suddenly surrounded not just be species that were completely new, but entire families of birds. Second, I was in India, which, had you told me even one month prior that I’d be going to India, I would have said you were crazy. I never saw the bird.

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 167