10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Vagrancy in Birds is organized into two major parts: (1) A detailed, 62-page synthesis of research and theory and (2) “Family Accounts,” 259 pages covering bird families from Struthionidae/Ostriches) to Thraupidae/Tanagers and allies (Clements is the taxonomic authority). Copyright © 2022 Alexander Lees and James Gilroy.

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Birds Compassion Eagles Science 258

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Thanks to the Hawk Migration Association of North America for their efforts in conservation, research, migration counts, data, resources, and hundreds of other small and large efforts “to promote and conduct studies of the migratory patterns and behavior of diurnal birds of prey.”. Featured image – Harris’s Hawk.

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Belize Mississippi Bald Eagle Mexico 212

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2022

birder, as in ‘who needs art? I like the journalistic flavor added by these interviews. The notes also identifies the black-and-white photographs of birds that begin every essay, some of the actual bird talked about in the essay.

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Birds Sparrows Connecticut New York 263

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OCTOBER 24, 2018

Most of the time, I know enough about an area, or have done some research into what is found there, that I am pleasantly surprised at best. We are now headed to Tucson, Arizona, where we will park the 5th wheel for an extended amount of time, possibly as long as March 1st.

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New Mexico Mexico Tucson Arizona 113

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

Obviously more research needs to be done on this magnificent raptor. It is an education bird from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum’s Raptor Free Flight program. The latest study I found was a migration study which included Canada, the United States and Mexico done by the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.

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Squirrels Prairie Dogs North America Rabbits 156

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

” Southern Arizona , including visits to Ramsey Canyon Preserve and Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve. Lifers included Painted Redstart, Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Arizona Woodpecker, and Rivoli’s, Violet-crowned, Lucifer, and Broad-billed hummingbird. It truly is the “Warbler Capital of the World.”

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2012

The newest bird on the brink to capture her fertile imagination is the California Condor, on which she graciously shares her research and ruminations: Sometimes as a writer you recognize there’s been something overlooked in your midst—something quietly abiding. Condors, like all New World vultures, can disturb the human psyche.

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California Condor California Idaho North America 206

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2014

Write the authors: Near the border of Utah and Arizona there is a transition to a second, deeply divergent mitochondrial DNA clade (Brelsford et al. 2011), which was previously assumed to be geographically restricted to Mexico in the black-fronted warbler.

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United States 2011 Guatemala North America 232

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APRIL 2, 2019

In some species accounts, notably Song Sparrow, this text reads as a carefully researched, finely detailed ornithological/historical essay. Rick has also written the ABA Field Guide to Birds of Arizona and the ABA Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey and is a past beat writer for 10,000 Birds.

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North America Sparrows America United States 145

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station in Toronto had an extremely rare and beautiful Townsend’s Warbler x Black-throated Gray Warbler which was banded in April. However, as regular readers will remember, I finally defeated my nemesis bird over Thanksgiving break at Veterans Oasis Park Chandler, Arizona.

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2012 Ghana Ireland Birds 133

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JULY 6, 2021

A little online research into some of these topics, however–like Elizabeth Gould, an extremely talented woman who illustrated her husband’s bird treatises and who despaired of his collecting habit–and I realize that Dunn was probably exercising a lot of restraint. Is all that material on Selkirk needed? Donsker, D.;

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Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

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APRIL 2, 2013

For birders, it’s the extremely large book, shelved in a place where it can’t crush the field guides, used to research the history of a bird in their area. A stunning painting of Red-faced Warblers, by artist and field ornithologist Narca Moore-Craig, shout out from the cover of the Arizona Breeding Bird Atlas (Univ.

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Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 225

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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.

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Arizona Belize Adoptable ALA 174

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Now, I have 8 days left, in order to find 9 new bird species, somewhere in the state of Arizona, to total an amazing 1300 birds for the year. When I was doing some very quick, last minute research on the area, a photo of the beautiful Pied-imperial Pigeon popped up on one of the eBird.org pages. The Little Big Year species – 1291.

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Bahamas Costa Rica Abandon Abandoning 125

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JUNE 9, 2011

A hypothesis by some genetic researchers states that the green-headed Mallard arrived in North America after a prior colonization that had given rise to the other three species. And while we’re at it, what’s your experience with Mexican Ducks and Mallards in Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas?

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Ducks North America Texas Mexico 169

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). Mack tells the story of how he set up a research station, and a life, in Papua New Guinea. Mack (Cassowary Conservation and Publishing, 2014) for Birding.

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Papua New Guinea 2014 Penguins Birds 180

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JULY 15, 2021

Further on, the Introduction deals with history of ornithological research in Colombia (including those aforementioned shipments), climate, topographic regions (7, from the Caribbean to white-sand soils), vegetation zones (11, from desert scrub to paramo) and habitats (29, from terra firme forest to ranchland and cultivated areas).

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Colombia South America 2000 Birds 264

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JULY 24, 2020

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) provides non-partisan research and analysis to members of Congress. The top image is Buenos Aires NWR in Arizona. From a birder perspective, this is a very good development during an Administration where there have been very few such developments. * * *.

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Oregon Arizona Research Texas 278

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AUGUST 14, 2017

The Secretary has issued waivers for wall-related projects in: (1) San Diego in 2005; (2) Southwestern Arizona in 2007; (3) Southeastern Arizona in 2007; (4) Hidalgo Texas in 2008; and (5) various locations in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in 2008. Constitution. # # #. Two appeals to the U.S. Trump. # # #.

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Laws San Diego United States Arizona 132

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Arizona Woodpecker – Picoides arizonae. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Eared Dove – Zenaida auriculata. 14 Jul 2017.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Mexican Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus arizonae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Arizona Woodpecker – Dryobates arizonae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). 07 May 2018. 23 May 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Mexican Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus arizonae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Arizona Woodpecker – Dryobates arizonae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). 07 May 2018. 23 May 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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MAY 6, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Mexican Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus arizonae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Ridgway’s Rail – Rallus obsoletus. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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JUNE 2, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Mexican Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus arizonae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Ridgway’s Rail – Rallus obsoletus. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Mexican Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus arizonae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Singing Quail – Dactylortyx thoracicus. Volcán Toliman. 12 Apr 2018. Volcán Toliman.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Mexican Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus arizonae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Singing Quail – Dactylortyx thoracicus. Volcán Toliman. 12 Apr 2018. Volcán Toliman.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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AUGUST 4, 2018

Mexican Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus arizonae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). White-faced Quail-Dove – Zentrygon albifacies. Volcán Toliman. 12 Apr 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Mexican Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus arizonae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Ridgway’s Rail – Rallus obsoletus. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Mexican Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus arizonae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Singing Quail – Dactylortyx thoracicus. Volcán Toliman. 12 Apr 2018. Volcán Toliman.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100