10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2012

Wander through my front door and glance upwards and you’ll find at least two watching you, a Tawny Owl and a Barn Owl , both sadly gathered as roadkills. Above our fireplace is a large painting of a Barn Owl. The numbers we have wintering in Britain are certainly bearing that out.

Barn Owls 187

Barn Owls Finland Owls Portugal 187

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

But “Hawk”’s active ingredient, a deadly second-generation anticoagulant, bromadialone, has been implicated in the deaths of Red-tailed Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawks, Cooper’s Hawks, and other raptors : American Kestrels, Barn Owls, Golden Eagles, Great Horned Owls, and Turkey Vultures.

Mountain Lions 266

Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 266

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

14 countries were birded this month by 13 beats; a record participative effort! 172 lists were shared and 1004 species were seen, both records for October, so well done beats! Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Lake Panic Bird Hide. Lake Panic Bird Hide. Lake Panic Bird Hide. Lake Panic Bird Hide.

2019 120

2019 China Battery Jamaica 120

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2019

If I know the readership at 10,000 Birds, they are already way ahead on this one, but please remember to give the migrants a little space. 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. Vulnerable.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2019

978 species were tallied this month from 163 checklists. We can use the figures above to compare the birds that cross between the hemispheres. Only 123 species appear on both sides of the life list. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Mountain Scops-Owl – Otus spilocephalus. That’s just 3.35%.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Woodpeckers 113