10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

In fact, the overwhelming majority of federal land is in just 11 western states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). Spotted Owls depend on old growth forests, largely in national forests and parks in the Pacific Northwest.

Virgin Islands 224

Virgin Islands Alaska United States Endangered Species 224

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2013

I had the pleasure of paying this national park a visit on a trip to Arizona in late May, and I was immediately struck by how important this species of plant is to this ecosystem. Perhaps because of the heat and the lack of insulation which the cactus can provide, Purple Martins do not nest in man-made houses in Arizona.

Arizona 165

Arizona Tucson Miami Shelters 165

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

The states which have essentially banned leghold traps are Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, California, and Washington. A recent thread on my Raptorcare listserv produced one wildlife rehabilitator’s nightmarish photo of a leghold trap firmly clutching the leg of a Great Horned Owl.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 240

Wildlife Rehabilitation Rhode Island New Jersey Wildlife 240

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2018

But after the recent controversy that surrounded the renaming of the Gray Jay to Canada Jay , perhaps its best to leave these names be for now (and you can find Canada Jays in California and even Arizona, by the way). One wonders how they ever find the time to make wine! Good birding and happy drinking!

2015 113

2015 San Diego Family California Condor 113

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2021

But there are ways to prevent this situation, and to prevent the constant springtime problem of wildlife being orphaned… like these Barred Owls , above left, and Red-Shouldered Hawks , all of whom were delivered as eggs to Christine’s Critters in Weston, CT, thanks to two different private homeowners’ felling of trees. Ah, Europe!

Wildlife Rehabilitation 264

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Game Laws 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2018

Saw Whet Owl , Superior National Forest. As recently as May of this year, the current administration proposed a Bureau of Land Management auction of 4,200 acres of public land in northern Arizona. Minnesota’s Superior National Forest is now on the radar for underground mineral mining. Photo by © Albert Herring. Photo by © P Sullivan.

Colorado 166

Colorado Protection Bears ALA 166

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2022

Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103. Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103.

Sparrows 245

Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots Owls 245

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Since many of these exceptions are common birds (Wood Duck, Red-tailed Hawk, Great-horned Owl), I assume Lund saw the additional space as opportunities to teach people how to absolutely positively identify these birds, adding more text and featuring images of the species in flight or in gender-specific, nonbreeding or juvenile plumage.

Los Angeles 210

Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 210

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Finally a Feeder Watcher Recent Forest Park Birding Unpacking My 2009 Year List New Year, New Bird Exodus: The Migration of Saw-whet Owls in North America About the Author Rick Rick Wright studied French, German, philosophy, and biology at the University of Nebraska. at Princeton University in 1990. Wicked, right?

2011 140

2011 Tucson Arizona Deer 140

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2019

When we returned to Tucson, from the Bahamas, I was approaching a milestone number, 1300 bird species, and drove myself hard, climbing, hiking, searching, and driving all over the state of Arizona looking for those last eight birds. By 7:30, two of the owls starting calling back and forth across the small ravine, and I had my 1300th bird!

Costa Rica 138

Costa Rica Tucson South Africa Bahamas 138

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2019

This years bird number 1300, the Whiskered Screech Owl, was found in the dark, in a snow storm, and no photo was gotten. Wandering the Sydney Australia Botanical Gardens, there were a large number of birds that could have made this list, like the Powerful Owl, but this photo of Little Wattlebird is one of my favorites from the area.

2018 171

2018 Costa Rica South Africa New Zealand 171

10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2014

the same few states always come to mind first…Alaska, Arizona, Texas, and Florida. Other forest birds here include Sooty and Ruffed Grouse, Spotted and Barred Owls, Vaux’s Swift, Gray Jay, Pacific Wren, American Dipper, and Varied Thrush. When one thinks of taking a birdcation somewhere in the U.S., Convict Lake, CA.

California 208

California San Diego Birds Oakland 208

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2012

I think my official Best Bird of 2012, though, was (finally, finally seeing) the Burrowing Owl. However, as regular readers will remember, I finally defeated my nemesis bird over Thanksgiving break at Veterans Oasis Park Chandler, Arizona. What exquisite taste! I kept missing them for years.

2012 133

2012 Ghana Ireland Birds 133

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

“Do they have owls?” I immediately phoned the manager and enquired if the property had any Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls. I immediately phoned the manager and enquired if the property had any Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls. He told me that he had never seen the little owls that I was referring to.

Owls 156

Owls Texas Arizona Pigs 156

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

There has been an explosion in field guides as well, with many excellent guides for North America (and virtually anywhere else on the planet ) as well as comprehensive volumes dedicated to specific types of birds such as raptors , warblers , hummingbirds , owls , gulls , waterfowl , and seabirds , among others.

UCLA 125

UCLA North America Los Angeles America 125

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Having never birded west of Arizona, there were many bird experiences I was looking forward to, but chief among those was the opportunity to get offshore aboard the Grande to see what was hiding beyond that blue horizon. Where the skilled spotter finds needles in haystacks and picks out rarities from more plentiful species.

San Diego 162

San Diego Los Angeles California North America 162

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Many of us in North America are facing the imminent departure of “our” hummingbirds for the next few months, though across the Gulf Coastal Plain, a few western hummingbirds are staking out winter homes, and hardy Anna’s Hummingbirds will do just fine along the Pacific Coast and in Arizona all winter long.

Family 208

Family Ecuador Costa Rica United States 208

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Japanese Scops-Owl – Otus semitorques. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. African Scops-Owl – Otus senegalensis. Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. Crested Owl – Lophostrix cristata. Rough-legged Hawk – Buteo lagopus. 26 Oct 2019.

2019 120

2019 China Battery Jamaica 120

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2011

I’ve recently returned from a filming trip in Arizona where I have been working on a production for National Geographic on Harris’s (Harris) Hawks. These desert inhabitants are waking up, whilst others, like a pair of diminutive Elf Owls, are settling down after a night of reveling.

League Against Cruel Sports 270

League Against Cruel Sports Rabbits Falcons Hunting 270

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

There are owls in New York City. Big owls: Barred Owls on Riverside Drive and down the path from Harlem Meer, a Great Horned Owl in Central Park’s Ramble. The NYC owls have little to do with the book in front of me except that it too is about birds and people. But–is that it?

New York City 198

New York City Birds Owls Fox 198

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Arizona Woodpecker – Dryobates arizonae. Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Mottled Owl – Ciccaba virgata. Central American Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium griseiceps. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. 02 Jun 2019.

2019 122

2019 Jamaica Eggs Woodpeckers 122

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

12796 Tucson Avenue, Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US (32.442, -110.758) Private residence. 12796 Tucson Avenue, Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US (32.442, -110.758) Private residence. 12796 Tucson Avenue, Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US (32.442, -110.758) Private residence. East Mount Bigelow Road, Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US (32.419, -110.726).

2019 118

2019 Arizona Ghana Tucson 118

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

The Second Atlas’s logo, designed by bird carver Larry Barth, with its perched Scarlet Tanager, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Ruffed Grouse, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Common Raven, and Eastern Bluebird, gives a good idea of the diversity of birds that can be found in Pennsylvania. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Nevada (Univ.

Pennsylvania 239

Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 239

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

The warm, sunny climate beckons a wide variety of passerines, raptors, and shorebirds to spend the winter, inflating the species diversity to the extent that Miami-Dade can go toe-to-toe with counties in Texas and Arizona during this season. Barn Owl: 3. Eastern Screech-Owl: 5. Great Horned Owl: 3. Burrowing Owl: 3.

Miami 169

Miami 2015 United States Birds 169

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2012

At the recent Swarovski Social Media Summit in Arizona, Nate proselytized passionately for the program that both manages your sightings and contributes them to science. His exhortations fell on deaf ears, but once he shared all of our Arizona lists with me, I was hooked! But Nate is an eBird fanatic.

Arizona 178

Arizona Belize Adoptable ALA 178

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

I was fortunate to rack up a number of lifers in 2013, both at home and abroad ( Varied Thrush in Washington, Brewer’s Blackbirds in California, Burrowing Owl in the Nevada desert). Larry adds our second owl species to this list of stellar birds. It was a race between the Snowy Plover and the Spotted Owl.

2013 168

2013 Birds Costa Rica India 168

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

231 Mottled Owl – Ciccaba virgata. 320 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. 363 Barn Owl – Tyto alba. 372 Oriental Scops-Owl – Otus sunia. 405 Mexican Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus arizonae. 231 Mottled Owl – Ciccaba virgata. 64 Blue Dacnis – Dacnis cayana.

2020 130

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots 130

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2021

The year list ends on a provisional (some beats will be birding ’til the final whistle to try and salvage a ravaged year) 1803 species from 1602 checklists submitted by 12 beats from 16 countries.

2020 230

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Ducks 230

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2019

Snowy Owl – Bubo scandiacus. Northern Saw-whet Owl – Aegolius acadicus. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. Short-eared Owl – Asio flammeus. Long-eared Owl – Asio otus. Western Screech-Owl – Megascops kennicottii.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2019

Little Owl – Athene noctua. Elf Owl – Micrathene whitneyi. Barking Owl – Ninox connivens. Mexican Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus arizonae. Flammulated Owl – Psiloscops flammeolus. Arizona road. Central American Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium griseiceps. 28 May 2019.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2019

Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Mountain Scops-Owl – Otus spilocephalus. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Sunda Scops-Owl – Otus lempiji. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Whiskered Screech-Owl – Megascops trichopsis. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

The ABA series currently lists guides on New Jersey (Rick Wright), Florida (Bill Pranty), Arizona (Rick Wright), Colorado (Ted Floyd), and California (Alvaro Jamarillo). Bird book gift–$24.95; effect on a boy’s life–hopefully priceless.

Papua New Guinea 187

Papua New Guinea 2014 Penguins Birds 187

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Western Screech-Owl – Megascops kennicottii. Crested Owl – Lophostrix cristata. Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. Snowy Owl – Bubo scandiacus. Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium costaricanum. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum.

2019 113

2019 Australia Jamaica Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2019

Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. Western Screech-Owl – Megascops kennicottii. Crested Owl – Lophostrix cristata. Snowy Owl – Bubo scandiacus.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Jamaica 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Mexican Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus arizonae. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Eastern Screech-Owl – Megascops asio.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Mexican Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus arizonae. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Crested Owl – Lophostrix cristata.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. Stygian Owl – Asio stygius. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Green-and-rufous Kingfisher – Chloroceryle inda.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113