10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2020

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa). Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha). American Black Duck (Anas rubripes). Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) (Anas platyrhynchos x rubripes). Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) (Anas platyrhynchos x rubripes). Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris). Barn Owl (Tyto alba).

2020 152

2020 Sparrows Niger Woodpeckers 152

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

3 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. 4 Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. 14 Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. 15 Mandarin Duck – Aix galericulata. 22 Eastern Spot-billed Duck – Anas zonorhyncha. 24 American Black Duck – Anas rubripes.

Sparrows 202

Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots Costa Rica 202

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2018

Owls are mystical beasts that are well loved by both birders and those who casually look at birds. There are many species that captivate those looking at them: Burrowing Owls , Barn Owls , a variety of fishing-owls, Stygian Owl , Elf Owl , the list goes on and on.

Owls 155

Owls Barn Owls Woodpeckers Bahamas 155

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2021

2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. 10 Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. 11 Mandarin Duck – Aix galericulata. 17 Falcated Duck – Mareca falcata. 20 Eastern Spot-billed Duck – Anas zonorhyncha. 22 American Black Duck – Anas rubripes.

Woodpeckers 181

Woodpeckers Sparrows Ducks Parrots 181

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2020

Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Eastern Spot-billed Duck – Anas zonorhyncha. American Black Duck – Anas rubripes. Ring-necked Duck – Aythya collaris. Ring-necked Duck – Aythya collaris. Long-tailed Duck – Clangula hyemalis.

2020 154

2020 Sparrows Blackbirds Woodpeckers 154

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2021

As such, a parallel post will appear here simultaneously with the year list. As such, a parallel post will appear here simultaneously with the year list.

2020 221

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots 221

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species. The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species.

Woodpeckers 198

Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds California 198

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2013

So if you come to Spring Wings, and you’d be well served if you do, get ready to see lots and lots of shorebirds and ducks and waders. I’ve never been on an “owl prowl” before, and was thrilled that the one we joined turned up the promised quarry, and then some. Great Horned Owl babies peering out from their nest!

Nevada 170

Nevada Birds Barn Owls Cows 170

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2020

11 Barn Swallow – Hirundo rustica. 103 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. 123 Barn Owl – Tyto alba. 178 Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula. 183 Eastern Spot-billed Duck – Anas zonorhyncha. 308 Long-tailed Duck – Clangula hyemalis.

2020 173

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds 173

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2021

Checklists came in from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Costa Rica and Australia) and brought the year list for 2021 so far to 1143. Checklists came in from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Costa Rica and Australia) and brought the year list for 2021 so far to 1143.

Sparrows 156

Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds Ducks 156

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Sadly, one of the first birds that we saw was a recently deceased Barn Owl. There is only so much water that a bird can take and even the ducks appear to get a bit sick of constantly being wet! Wandering Whistling-Ducks under the fence. Pacific Black Ducks and Black-winged Stilt finding higher ground.

Barn Owls 184

Barn Owls Cattle Ducks Reptiles 184

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Western Grebes, Clark’s Grebes, Wood Ducks, American White Pelicans, and a few Short-billed Dowitchers made up some of the highlights. The north end of Abert Lake had close to 10,000 ducks and geese on it, so you can imagine how excited I was to get to Malhuer! There was a large population of Western Grebes on the lake.

Oregon 115

Oregon Owls Wildlife Barn Owls 115

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2023

There’s Lynford Water, a scenic tree-fringed former gravel working that today is popular with Great Crested Grebes, Tufted Ducks and wild swimmers (yes, they even swim in December). It was a Barn Owl, or what country people around here still call the White Owl, hunting the water meadows at 3 o’clock in the afternoon.

Barn Owls 210

Barn Owls Japan Rats Owls 210

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2019

It could mean venturing outdoors on January First accompanied by a storm of gulls picking through frozen garbage, or meditating on the calls of ducks, geese, and finches during a cold, misty dawn. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis; Carara, 3-Jan. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata; Turrucares, 1-Jan.

Costa Rica 113

Costa Rica 2019 Parrots Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2017

Overhead, we got our first species in the form of a calling Black-bellied Whistling-Duck. The screech-owls failed to call and it was time to move on so we swung by the church at San Joaquin, picking up given Great-tailed Grackle as a few called from a roost.

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica 2017 Owls West Virginia 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2023

I always undertake a number of short timed surveys for the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Big Farmland Bird Count in February, and though the counts didn’t add anything to the year list, they were memorable for finding big flocks of finches and buntings, while a daylight-hunting Barn Owl was a pleasing sight.

Estonia 224

Estonia Portugal Greece Barn Owls 224

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2019

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Eastern Spot-billed Duck – Anas zonorhyncha. ????–????????????? Mexican Duck – Anas diazi. Cerro Lodge.

2019 118

2019 Sparrows Woodpeckers Idaho 118

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

Long-tailed Duck – Clangula hyemalis. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Indian Spot-billed Duck – Anas poecilorhyncha. American Black Duck – Anas rubripes. Ruddy Duck – Oxyura jamaicensis. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Eastern Spot-billed Duck – Anas zonorhyncha.

2019 119

2019 Jamaica Eggs Woodpeckers 119

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2020

1 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. 8 Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. 14 American Black Duck – Anas rubripes. 17 Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula. 18 Long-tailed Duck – Clangula hyemalis. 20 Ruddy Duck – Oxyura jamaicensis. 121 Barn Owl – Tyto alba.

2020 158

2020 Costa Rica Blackbirds Sparrows 158

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2021

The list for the year has reached 1276 and the life list has been stretched to 4066 with red ticks from China, Australia and Trinidad and Tobago, thanks to Kai, Claire and Grant and Faraaz respectively. 9 beats submitted 172 checklists from 7 countries (UK, USA, Costa Rica, Australia, Serbia, China and Trinidad and Tobago) for 640 species.

Woodpeckers 153

Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds Ducks 153

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Barn Owl – Tyto alba. African Black Duck – Anas sparsa. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Mandarin Duck – Aix galericulata. Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula. American Black Duck – Anas rubripes. Ruddy Duck – Oxyura jamaicensis. 26 Oct 2019.

2019 114

2019 China Battery Jamaica 114

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Mexican Duck – Anas diazi. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Eastern Spot-billed Duck – Anas zonorhyncha. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata.

2020 150

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds 150

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

158 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. 159 Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata. 231 Mottled Owl – Ciccaba virgata. 233 Falcated Duck – Mareca falcata. 312 Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula. 320 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum.

2020 128

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots 128

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Muscovy Duck (Domestic type): 322. Mottled Duck: 19. Ring-necked Duck: 19. Barn Owl: 3. Eastern Screech-Owl: 5. Great Horned Owl: 3. Burrowing Owl: 3. Barred Owl: 1. Without further adieu, here is the total list: Egyptian Goose: 57. Gadwall: 3. American Wigeon: 1. Blue-winged Teal: 58.

Miami 166

Miami 2015 United States Birds 166

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

It was almost a month ago that I wondered how many species of ducks, geese, and swans could be found in my home borough of Queens in a single day this winter if I really put forth the effort. So when Tuesday morning was nice and warm I was thrilled to get out of the house early and out to Breezy Point to begin counting ducks.

Geese 100

Geese Jamaica Ducks Barn Owls 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Snowy Owl at Jones Beach from which we kept our distance I will now step off my soapbox and continue the tale, which includes Long-tailed Ducks , Bonaparte’s Gulls , and a Harlequin Duck that I missed, to say nothing of American Oystercatchers , thousands of Brant , and lots of Horned Grebes.

United States 190

United States Jamaica Birds Owls 190

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

I spooked three Barn Owls out of a dense scrub row, just as the sun was setting. There was a large number of Wood Ducks, using the deep foliage of the irrigation canal as cover, making them quite difficult to photograph. I counted five Northern Harriers one morning, all working the reedy edges of the dry lake.

Albuquerque 121

Albuquerque New Mexico Mexico Sparrows 121

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

The life list reached 4052 this month. The life list reached 4052 this month.

Sparrows 184

Sparrows Woodpeckers Ducks Parrots 184

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2021

The year list ends on a provisional (some beats will be birding ’til the final whistle to try and salvage a ravaged year) 1803 species from 1602 checklists submitted by 12 beats from 16 countries.

2020 213

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Ducks 213

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Maned Duck – Chenonetta jubata. Pacific Black Duck – Anas superciliosa. Hawaiian Duck – Anas wyvilliana. Indian Spot-billed Duck – Anas poecilorhyncha.

2020 158

2020 Wildlife Reserve Tigers Wildlife 158

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2018

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni -Broome, January 1st. Wandering Whistling-Duck- Denrdrocygna arcuata -Broome, January 1st. Pink-eared Duck – Malacorynchus membranaceus -Broome, January 1st. Pacific Black Duck- Anas superciliosa -Broome, January 1st. Grey Teal- Anas gracilis -Broome, January 1st.

2018 100

2018 Ducks Barn Owls Falcons 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2014

There was also a nice flock of Pink-eared Ducks , which are the feature photograph as they would have to be my favourite duck! Plumed Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna eytoni - Broome, January 1st. Wandering Whistling-Duck- Dendrocygna arcuata- Broome, January 1st. Pacific Black Duck -Anas superciliosa- Broome, January 1st.

2014 147

2014 Ducks Barn Owls Eagles 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

A gathering of the beats at the “Hot Duck” barbeque. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa.

2019 113

2019 Australia Jamaica Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2019

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. Pacific Black Duck – Anas superciliosa. Pink-eared Duck – Malacorhynchus membranaceus. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. Pacific Black Duck – Anas superciliosa. Pink-eared Duck – Malacorhynchus membranaceus.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2019

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata. Freckled Duck – Stictonetta naevosa.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2018

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Western Australia.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2019

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Jamaica 113