10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2017
Now, those of you familiar with my tendency to chase birds in New York and knowledgeable of the spate of Great Gray Owls we have had in 2017 might question why it took me to nearly the end of March to make a trip upstate to see one. The first shot of the bird I got. Out-of-focus, distant, and lousy. It was stunning.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2021
Dreher’s great stroke of brilliance was to marry new industrial British malting methods with the traditional cold fermentation and long maturation – known as lagering – of his homeland, producing a clean-tasting, amber beer that was lighter than anything else being brewed in Austria and Bavaria at the time.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 8, 2018
I’ve never been to the Caribbean, but I suspect many visitors to Trinidad welcome the end a long day of birding the island’s mountains, beaches, and lush rainforests with a tot of rum – or two. The Scarlet Ibis is one of two national birds of the Republic Trinidad and Tobago , the other being the Rufous-vented Chachalaca.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 25, 2011
Each week as I schedule my post it brings my attention to the huge time difference between Broome and New York. The flight of these birds is rapid and erratic and they are often heard as they fly over. My Father’s Mother had a pen-pal in the 1930′s in Vienna, Austria. It now has a home in the tropics!
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
I have never before had a true nemesis bird. Sure, occasionally a bird has given me problems, like Black-backed Woodpeckers back in 2007 when I was doing an alleged Big Year in New York State, but not seeing a bird for a single year does not make it a nemesis. I better not miss this bird again.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2011
Evidently, the birds that were not afraid of the unknown at a trusted feeding station were not necessarily the same birds as those that were seeking out completely new feeding locations or opportunities. • Explore These Related Posts I spy Osprey Counting Birds: Will Microphones Replace Nets? What do you think?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2011
Happy birding, Dale Forbes Tags: accentors , Alpine Accentor , Birds , features , polygynandry • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds.
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