10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Sitta canadensis isn’t just irrupting out of its far northern home but exploding southward, with reports in every southern state except for Florida, including birds on the outer banks of North Carolina, on Grand Isle, Louisiana, in a suburb of Atlanta, and on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Birders are delighted by Snowy Owls.

United States 270

United States Owls Atlanta New York 270

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

I’m not sure who or what Le Capitaine is, but the beer label features a dapper cartoon owl wearing round, wireframe spectacles, a vest and red necktie, with a black bowler – or derby – hat levitating over its head. A Great Horned Owl , the most expected owl species in Colorado Springs according to eBird.

Georgia 100

Georgia Colorado Tennessee Atlanta 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

This lucky youngster from Massachusetts has almost 300 ticks, but just added his favorite— a Great Gray Owl his supportive family drove hundreds of miles to glimpse. That’s the subject of a study focusing on California’s agriculture-rich Central Valley. How big was your life list when you were nine years old?

Massachusetts 100

Massachusetts Eggs Falcons Rights 100