10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2018

Tom’s odyssey continued through New Zealand and passes on to Australia. April’s number are below; 11 countries were visited by 9 beats; Australia, USA, UK, India, Serbia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Brazil, New Zealand and Argentina. Western Australia. Western Australia.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

The engaged and generous beats ( 10 of them) have shared 188 checklists during January and have accounted for 859 species from 8 countries (USA, Australia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, UK, New Zealand and Serbia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. 03 Jan 2019.

2019 113

2019 Australia Jamaica Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. Western Australia. Western Australia. Hwy 469, near Tucumcari New Mexico. The beats have now contributed more checklists than birds. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2019

Thunder will be stolen if I reveal how this was done, but another country has been added to our territory list and a new splash of colour to the profile page. Without including the new pin in the map, countries this month featured; USA, Australia, Serbia, Bahrain, India, Kuwait, New Zealand, UK, Ghana and of course, Costa Rica.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Jamaica 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

9 beats shared 100 checklists from 8 countries (Costa Rica, USA, UK, Brazil, Serbia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Australia. Western Australia. They are hungry, tired and don’t need to be chased. They noted 598 species as a team, bringing the year total to 2118 and pushing the life list to 3555. 25 Sep 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. 04 Apr 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

They birded 6 countries; USA, UK, Costa Rica, Serbia, Australia, and Mexico. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. 8 beats shared 126 checklists accounting for 704 species. The year and life lists have been pushed to 2214 and 3564 respectively. 13 Mar 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2018

Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Western Australia. Camino Laguna de los Patos. 04 Apr 2018. Emu – Dromaius novaehollandiae. 19 Jan 2018. Southern Brown Kiwi – Apteryx australis. Rakiura NP–Ulva Island. 13 Mar 2018. 03 Apr 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 13, 2009

Readers in Canada, this is for you! Bark Busters , the world’s largest dog training company, announced today its search for Canada’s Naughtiest Dog. The contest, which is set to run from now until August 1, 2009, is designed to dispel the myth that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Do you have the naughtiest dog?

Dogs 100

Dogs Dog Training Belgium 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2017

Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae.

2017 133

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 133

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. 21 Jul 2018.

2018 101

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. 26 Aug 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Western Australia. Camino Laguna de los Patos. 04 Apr 2018. Emu – Dromaius novaehollandiae. 19 Jan 2018. Southern Brown Kiwi – Apteryx australis. Rakiura NP–Ulva Island. 13 Mar 2018. 03 Apr 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. Magpie Goose – Anseranas semipalmata. 05 Jan 2017.

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Electric storms closed the new walkway there and he amassed a total list of just 3 birds! Contributions this month have come from; Costa Rica, USA, Australia, Mexico, Serbia, South Africa, UK, Botswana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Rio Gigante.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

But as you do more and more birding and go to more an more places it gets much harder to get new family ticks. I got my first Emus ( Dromaius novaehollandiae ), family Casuariidae, in West Australia back in 2000. But as I read about what was possible up there it occurred to me that I could also get quite a few new families.

Family 163

Family Wombats Uganda Fiji 163

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2019

9 countries were visited during March by your tireless beats ( 11 of them); India, UK, USA, Serbia, Costa Rica, Japan, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Western Australia. Western Australia. 17 Feb 2019.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

One bird I apparently heard at the landing (although it didn’t register to me) was the Fernbird , New Zealand’s only Old World warbler (or more accurately megalurid warbler ). Greg the Naughty Takahe ( Porphyrio hochstetteri ) Tags: Destinations , new zealand • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts?

New Zealand 149

New Zealand 2011 Deer Cats 149

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2017

9 countries/territories/special administrative areas/principalities/kingdoms were represented in April’s statistics; Costa Rica, Australia, Mexico, United States, Serbia, Hong Kong, Panama, Kuwait and UK. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. 13 Jan 2017.

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2019

These are the numbers acheived by 10 (we have a new contributor, Paul, from Mexico) beats during May; We visited 8 countries (Costa Rica, USA, UK, Australia, Serbia, Greece, Kuwait and Mexico) and noted 776 birds from 160 checklists. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2017

Submissions for February have been received from Austria, Australia, UK, Japan, Costa Rica, Serbia, Mexico, USA, The Bahamas and Lichtenstein. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia.

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2019

April was a busy time for the beats with 10 of them contributing 164 lists to accumulate 744 species from 7 countries; Costa Rica, USA, Australia, Serbia, UK, Brazil and Barbados. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

9 beats, birded 9 countries this month; Belize , Guatamala , Costa Rica, UK, Iran, USA, Greece, Australia and Mexico. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Western Australia. Western Australia. Thicket Tinamou – Crypturellus cinnamomeus.

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2016

Brush Bronzewing – Phaps elegans. 03 Jun 2016. Western Rosella – Platycercus icterotis. 03 Jun 2016. White-browed Treecreeper – Climacteris affinis. 03 Jun 2016. Purple-gaped Honeyeater – Lichenostomus cratitius. 03 Jun 2016. Gray Currawong – Strepera versicolor. 03 Jun 2016. Australian Raven – Corvus coronoides.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2018

Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Slaty-breasted Tinamou – Crypturellus boucardi. CR-Heredia-Sarapiqui (10.3393,-83.9923). 20 Jan 2018. 05 Jan 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2016

Western Australia. Canada Warbler – Cardellina canadensis. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Golden Gate Park–Stow Lake. 19 May 2016. Common Nighthawk – Chordeiles minor. Firehouse Woods. 18 May 2016. 15 May 2016.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2016

During last month, beat lists have been shared from Mexico, Australia, Nigeria, Costa Rica, Russia, UK, Canada and USA. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. 22 Jan 2016.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2016

Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Rio Gigante. 20 Feb 2016. Emu – Dromaius novaehollandiae. 28 May 2016. Southern Screamer – Chauna torquata.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Rio Gigante. 20 Feb 2016. Emu – Dromaius novaehollandiae. 28 May 2016. Southern Screamer – Chauna torquata.

2016 101

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 101

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

12 beats visited 12 countries (USA, UK, Costa Rica, Ghana, Nigeria, New Zealand, Serbia, Ireland, Australia, Mexico, China and Argentina), sharing 148 lists along the way and noting 844 species (old and new). Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Western Australia. Western Australia. 17 Aug 2019.

2019 118

2019 Arizona Ghana Tucson 118

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2019

During July, 11 beats birded 11 countries (USA, UK, Australia, Spain, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Japan, UAE, Mexico, China and Saudi Arabia) and submitted 82 checklists. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. New Zealand Kaka – Nestor meridionalis. Western Australia. These are the numbers.

2019 120

2019 Sparrows Woodpeckers Idaho 120

Animal Ethics

JULY 5, 2007

No wonder rBGH has been banned in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Europe and Canada outlawed using hormones on dairy cows because of such human and animal health concerns. In cows, the hormones have been shown to increase lameness, udder infections and bone cancer.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York 2007 Cows 40

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

Incidentally, Uganda ( 510 ) leap-frogged Australia ( 475 ) to become the list’s fourth most prolific country behind Costa Rica ( 763 ), USA ( 654 ) and Brazil ( 555 ). Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. New Zealand Bellbird – Anthornis melanura. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. 27 Dec 2019.

2019 175

2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 175

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

12 beats birded 10 countries (Costa Rica, USA, Brazil, China, India, Serbia, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico), submitting 187 lists and spotting 902 birds. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. New Zealand Fantail – Rhipidura fuliginosa. These are the opening stats for 2020. 17 Jan 2020.

2020 161

2020 Wildlife Reserve Tigers Wildlife 161