10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Ethiopia, a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa, has firmly established itself as one of Africa’s top birding destinations. Its great diversity of habitats hosts an incredible bird count of over 900 species, including Africa’s 2nd highest list of endemics and near-endemics (after South Africa).

Ethiopia 235

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 235

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2012

It was expertly driven and we saw some cool birds en route, for the best of which the driver was kind enough to stop. An excellent and unexpected life bird for me and a wonderful welcome to Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge. The train is tiny, open, narrow-gauge, and only two cars long, but a fun ride nonetheless.

Honduras 156

Honduras Wildlife Monkeys Transported 156

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2018

The pressure is on if you can only get certain species during the first month of the year but if you just want to add any old birds to the year list, everything is fresh! Since I’m in no big hurry to reach any number of species in 2018, my year birding is going to be a fresh one hopefully touched with a good dose of Zen.

Costa Rica 148

Costa Rica Birds Parrots Woodpeckers 148

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

They birded 7 countries during August and recorded 542 species. They have been waiting for the natural imperative that calls them outside and now the leash has been loosened. I hope that you have made it out too. Stay vigilant and safe. 10 of the beats have submitted 124 checklists which are collated below for your perusal.

Woodpeckers 190

Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds California 190

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2022

8 of them sent 153 lists, noting 645 species of bird across 7 countries (Mexico, UK, USA, Serbia, Australia, Costa Rica, Colombia). It has not resulted in extraordinary numbers of sightings personally, but the beats have been busy on their respective patches and have sent me their lists to collate. The year list finishes at 1628.

Sparrows 222

Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots Owls 222

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2021

Lock downs and restrictions have curbed our birding, so if you can summon any blessings to mind, count them instead. December’s beats found 609 birds after submitting 116 checklists from 8 countries (USA, UK, Costa Rica, China, Mexico, Serbia and Australia).

2020 212

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots 212

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

251 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 483 Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. 251 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. To ring the changes the list has been through the “newest first” filter. 1 Rose-throated Becard – Pachyramphus aglaiae. 2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis.

Woodpeckers 194

Woodpeckers Sparrows Parrots Blackbirds 194

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2019

A new year begins and last year’s bird list gets archived. It’s a fresh start, a time when we can start counting once again to see how many birds we can find over the next 12 months. To surpass a challenging number of species, the planning, the conniving for major birding should have begun back in the past, in 2018.

Costa Rica 113

Costa Rica 2019 Parrots Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2021

201 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 296 Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. 201 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 296 Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. The year list to date is 1015 species and 7 have been added to the life list ( 4059 ) from Costa Rica, China and Trinidad and Tobago.

Woodpeckers 176

Woodpeckers Sparrows Ducks Parrots 176

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 155

Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds Ducks 155

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Instead of going on about zip lines and other modern, adventure tourism attractions, the birding crowd talks about taking photos of Resplendent Quetzals , seeing dozens of hummingbird species, and the seemingly odd absence of raptors in Costa Rica but nope, we don’t really talk about extinction. Must be a joke, right?

Costa Rica 212

Costa Rica Species Panama Birds 212

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

They contributed 150 lists accounting for 1032 species and more than 36,000 individual birds. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. Bare-faced Go-away-bird – Corythaixoides personatus. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. The life list was pumped a further 27 sp up to 3953.

2019 161

2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 161

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

The trend at this time of year is a downturn in shared lists and birds reported, nevertheless, 12 (is this a record?) Our two newest contributors have shared from Mexico and China, bringing the countries birded this month (also including; Costa Rica, Greece, Serbia, USA, UK, India, UAE and New Zealand) to 10. Laguna Lagarto Lodge.

2019 118

2019 Jamaica Eggs Woodpeckers 118

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2019

During July, 11 beats birded 11 countries (USA, UK, Australia, Spain, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Japan, UAE, Mexico, China and Saudi Arabia) and submitted 82 checklists. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. The post Collaborative List – July 2019 appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

2019 118

2019 Sparrows Woodpeckers Idaho 118

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2020

Between them, they account for 315 birds. 102 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 141 Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. 102 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 141 Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. 102 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 141 Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis.

2020 156

2020 Costa Rica Blackbirds Sparrows 156

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

Mike complains of a dearth of birds in his BBOTW post for the last weekend of August and I am sure that many of us know exactly how he feels. “Birding Over Time” compares the number of species recorded over a month with that month from previous years. Those checklists contained 623 birds and brought the year list to 1676.

2020 150

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds 150

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

14 countries were birded this month by 13 beats; a record participative effort! Lake Panic Bird Hide. Lake Panic Bird Hide. Lake Panic Bird Hide. Lake Panic Bird Hide. Gray Go-away-bird – Corythaixoides concolor. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis.

2019 112

2019 China Battery Jamaica 112

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2021

Here they are; 1 Little Tinamou – Crypturellus soui 2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis 3 Snow Goose – Anser caerulescens 4 Graylag Goose – Anser anser 5 Brant – Branta bernicla 6 Barnacle Goose – Branta leucopsis 7 Canada Goose – Branta canadensis 8 Mute Swan – Cygnus olor 9 Black (..)

Woodpeckers 152

Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds Ducks 152

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

7 countries (Costa Rica, China, USA, UK, Mexico, New Zealand and Serbia) were birded by 11 beats during October. They submitted 124 checklists for 671 species of bird. 31 Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. 646 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 31 Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis.

2020 128

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots 128

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years. It is pf particular benefit as it targets mammals more effectively than birds, and New Zealand is the world’s largest user of the poison, accounting for 80% of the world’s market.

Animal Rights 257

Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 257

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

The beats are famed for their inclusion on the nice side of the ledger and this month 9 of them shared 163 lists from 7 countries (Australia, Costa Rica, USA, UK, Serbia, China and Trinidad and Tobago) and accounted for 735 bird species. Mike doubled up with “smushed”, a new addition to the adjective list.

Sparrows 179

Sparrows Woodpeckers Ducks Parrots 179

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

10,000 Birds’s collaborative list has not been entered to feature here, but if we did we choose to press our advantage of having beats strategically placed around the world, we would currently be in second place. The year has started well with 10 new birds from India, China, Hawaii, Mexico and Costa Rica. Lago de Cuitzeo.

2020 156

2020 Wildlife Reserve Tigers Wildlife 156

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Bat Hawk – Macheiramphus alcinus. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. The post Collaborative List – November 2019 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Murchison Falls NP–north side (Paraa to Albert Nile swamps). 26 Nov 2019. 26 Nov 2019. 26 Nov 2019. 10 Nov 2019.

2019 137

2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 137

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. Imagine that, 13 lists per year where once there were only 12.

2020 205

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Ducks 205

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

7 species were added to the life list in the time-honoured fashion of actually identifying the birds in the field. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. The post Collaborative list – August 2019 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. I just live for this stuff! 23 Aug 2019.

2019 116

2019 Arizona Ghana Tucson 116

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. The post Collaborative List – January 2019 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Tricolored Heron – Egretta tricolor. Refugio mixto Caño Negro. 15 Jan 2019. Reddish Egret – Egretta rufescens.

2019 113

2019 Australia Jamaica Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2017

79 checklists were contributed for 624 birds during March and bring the running total for 2017 to 1162. So the accolades for March go to Donna while the dirty looks are directed at Mike who has admitted, in print, that he has been birding this month but has come over all faint around the share button. fantastic birding tour dock area.

2017 133

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 133

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2019

The month of February has produced 838 birds noted by 10 beats who, between them, shared 114 checklists. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. The post Collaborative List – February 2019 appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Jamaica 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

It’s September and time for birds to start their southerly journeys. Please remember to give migrating birds the space that they need. Jason hoisted his colours in Kansas and claimed the state for 10,000 Birds. In an unusual turnaround during September, more birds were seen in USA than in Costa Rica. 23 May 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. The migrants are coming (Hurray!). They are tired and hungry.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

All entries will still appear as links and readers who cannot wait for the monthly (first Saturday) updates may also access the 10,000 Birds interactive profile page. Start a new notebook and every bird counts. During the month of January 2017, 187 checklists were submitted and 892 bird species were recorded. How many for 2017?

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2019

We can use the figures above to compare the birds that cross between the hemispheres. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. The post Collaborative List – March 2019 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. That’s just 3.35%.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

9 beats, birded 9 countries this month; Belize , Guatamala , Costa Rica, UK, Iran, USA, Greece, Australia and Mexico. Those are the numbers, here come the birds; Alphabetic Taxonomic. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Ota Ward–Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park). Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. 01 Jan 2017.

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2019

Despite looking way older than his years, we cannot attribute Regannet’s haggard appearance to hard birding, scoring only 19 during eBird’s Big Day was not the greatest effort expended on May 4th. Doi Inthanon NP–Mae Klang Watershed Management Unit & Inthanon Bird Center (Mr Daeng’s) vicinity. 24 Feb 2019.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

The two most prolific contributors, Pat and Tom, have been sharing their birding space in Costa Rica. The beats have now contributed more checklists than birds. During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Best wishes to you all for 2019, keep safe and keep birding. Gray Go-away-bird – Corythaixoides concolor. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. La Cotinga Birding B&B. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. So please keep at it and keep sending me your shared checklists.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

They birded 6 countries; USA, UK, Costa Rica, Serbia, Australia, and Mexico. Gray Go-away-bird – Corythaixoides concolor. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. La Cotinga Birding B&B. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Red-crested Bustard – Eupodotis ruficrista.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113