10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2018

1PM – Clare: Cameras with AA Batteries are the Best. 1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. 1PM – Carrie: Invasive Species Can Be Awesome. 7AM – Intro Post. 7AM – Corey: Snowy Owls are Superior in Every Way to Great Gray Owls. 1PM – Mike: Lookalike Birds Should Be Lumped. 7PM – Corey – Twitchers are Losers.

Bald Eagle 100

Bald Eagle Battery Hunters Owls 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2018

We are more refined, merely enjoying invasive species, thinking extinct birds are gone and you should get over it, and that those who like to watch gulls probably have a screw or two loose. 1PM – Clare: Cameras with AA Batteries are the Best. 1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. 7AM – Intro Post.

Bald Eagle 103

Bald Eagle Battery Monkeys Hunters 103

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2018

The days for me to add to my Little Big Years species count are getting fewer and fewer, and with it, my budget. That, and 10 days back on the way was going to be a great to recharge the batteries after a long round-the-world trip. Little Big Year species count: 834. US species count: 139. eBird Submissions: 251.

Oregon 100

Oregon Bald Eagle Owls Groups 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

172 lists were shared and 1004 species were seen, both records for October, so well done beats! Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform.

2019 113

2019 China Battery Jamaica 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2018

We had persevered through four years at the top of Battery Harris Platform and could bring our experience to bear on the task of trying to record as many species as possible on a single day from that single spot. At 8:30AM we were already at 53 species and we knew we still had many more easy birds to find.

2018 194

2018 Bald Eagle Battery Birds 194

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2015

In addition to having more participants, we had more bird species, 76, beating out last year’s inaugural effort by two whole species. We really had to work hard for our 76 species this year too, and it makes me wonder if it will possible to ever break a hundred species from the platform during an October big sit.

2015 157

2015 Bald Eagle Falcons Battery 157

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Battery Pt. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Pallas’s Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucoryphus. 05 Jan 2016. 06 Jan 2016.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154