10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2013

After driving along Research Road before dawn to pick up nocturnal species such as Eastern Screech-Owl , I began to bird Lucky Hammock at about 6:45AM. On January 1st, 2013 at 4:30AM, I woke up to my alarm, and the race was on. The male Vermilion Flycatcher outside of Everglades National Park, by Carlos Sanchez. It was over.

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Miami Virginia Bald Eagle 2013 138

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FEBRUARY 13, 2018

I mention these trips because, along with other trips and experiences closer to home, they inform my research into my future birding travel. For example, not much can beat the experience of seeing a Bald Eagle scare up thousands of Snow Geese at Sacramento NWR. Your prior trips will inform your birding travel planning too.

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MARCH 2, 2015

Every bird that uses marine ecosystems, from storm-petrels to Bald Eagles , already feels the effects of ocean acidification on some level; it is estimated that within the past 200 years, our oceans have become 30% more acidic, which is shocking.

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North America Birds San Francisco Suffering 214

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MARCH 27, 2020

Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. But I only rehabbed birds, so I had to do research and call my mammal rehabber friends. There are so many!

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 254

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JUNE 1, 2021

I am particularly happy to see that the bird communication section includes recent research on singing female birds. Bald Eagle, for example, is still said to be “formerly more widespread” though the range map shows expansion. These are all informative and current.

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North America America Birds California Condor 279

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Development, conservation, and climate change have affected bird distribution in good ways (a record 282 Bald Eagles found on the January 2009 official count!) Of course, these are stories of over 460 species, condensed and informed by research gleaned from ornithological literature dating back to 1869. Should you buy this book?

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New Jersey Birds 2009 Bald Eagle 190

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. It’s a small group of 10 to 12 researchers and crew members, and Fox is the sole person responsible for the bird surveys. Northern Fulmar, image courtesy of Peter Hodum.

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APRIL 22, 2011

We stayed at the Yellow Bay Biological Research Station, a cozy collection of buildings located, logically enough, on a slope overlooking a bay lined with yellow sandstone on the eastern shore of the lake. We also spotted Raven , Bald Eagle , Black-billed Magpie , and the inevitable Canada Goose.

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ALA Bald Eagle Mules Turkey 160

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MARCH 14, 2011

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. A Great Backyard Bird Count Miracle Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of January 2011) What is the International Bird Rescue Research Center Anyway? Or These Blasts From The Past What’s In A Name? It’s free!

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 245

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MARCH 3, 2018

Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. Greater Spotted Eagle – Clanga clanga. Wedge-tailed Eagle – Aquila audax. Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. White-tailed Eagle – Haliaeetus albicilla. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Short-toed Snake-Eagle – Circaetus gallicus. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. Lesser Spotted Eagle – Clanga pomarina. Greater Spotted Eagle – Clanga clanga. Little Eagle – Hieraaetus morphnoides. Tai-Po-Kau. 09 Apr 2017.

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

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NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Black Eagle – Ictinaetus malaiensis. Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus alboniger. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle – Hieraaetus ayresii. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. 16 Jun 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

Black Eagle – Ictinaetus malaiensis. Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus alboniger. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle – Hieraaetus ayresii. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. 16 Jun 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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AUGUST 4, 2018

Black Eagle – Ictinaetus malaiensis. Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus alboniger. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle – Hieraaetus ayresii. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. 16 Jun 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

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JANUARY 5, 2019

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Brown Snake-Eagle – Circaetus cinereus. Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus alboniger. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. 01 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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JULY 7, 2018

Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Brown Snake-Eagle – Circaetus cinereus. Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus alboniger. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. Kruger NP Central Park.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Brown Snake-Eagle – Circaetus cinereus. Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus alboniger. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. 01 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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JUNE 2, 2018

Brown Snake-Eagle – Circaetus cinereus. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. Lesser Spotted Eagle – Clanga pomarina. Greater Spotted Eagle – Clanga clanga. Tawny Eagle – Aquila rapax.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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APRIL 7, 2018

Golden Eagle – Aquila chrysaetos. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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MAY 6, 2018

Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. Lesser Spotted Eagle – Clanga pomarina. Greater Spotted Eagle – Clanga clanga. Little Eagle – Hieraaetus morphnoides. Golden Eagle – Aquila chrysaetos. Wedge-tailed Eagle – Aquila audax.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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DECEMBER 4, 2021

ospreys are mostly right-“handed,” and carry their food, while flying, in one foot only, to fight off kleptoparasites like bald eagles with the other), and of detail, as well, of the process involved in taking that particular photograph. Each image is accompanied by a page of prose detail on the bird (e.g., Donna). ==.

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Birds Colombia Collecting Bald Eagle 242

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OCTOBER 1, 2016

International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE). Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Black-breasted Snake-Eagle – Circaetus pectoralis. Brown Snake-Eagle – Circaetus cinereus. Changeable Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus limnaeetus. Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Black Eagle – Ictinaetus malaiensis. Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus alboniger. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle – Hieraaetus ayresii. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. 16 Jun 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

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JULY 4, 2022

I wonder what Americans would think if, in a Wikipedia entry, a Bald Eagle would be illustrated using a photo taken at an Albanian zoo. Most scientific research really just proves the obvious. As Cincinnati is sort of the place where one of my favorite bands, The National, comes from, I am not going to grumble too much about it.

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Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 184