10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Little by little, that woodpecker-like voice takes me ever further and yet, I see no bird. A woodpecker in flight, I can tell by the way it flies, but all I can see is a silhouette disappearing in sunset. Bats flying out of the Lazareva Cave, (c) Jovica Sjenicic. Following some bird call, I walk across the hanging deck bridge.

Bats 226

Bats Woodpeckers Squirrels Game 226

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2018

It might not look frightening to a birder but if we could ask pigeons, woodpeckers, and other birds how they felt abut the Bicolored Hawk, we would see their eyes go wide with fear and their feathers tremble. Bat Falcon. Dressed to kill, the deadly Bat Falcon eats more than bats. JUST SCARY. Bicolored Hawk. Not convinced?

Costa Rica 172

Costa Rica Bats Birds Falcons 172

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

8 Lineated Woodpecker – Dryocopus lineatus. 76 Red-headed Woodpecker – Melanerpes erythrocephalus. 115 Eurasian Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis. 206 Smoky-brown Woodpecker – Dryobates fumigatus. 207 Rufous-winged Woodpecker – Piculus simplex. 483 Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis.

Woodpeckers 218

Woodpeckers Sparrows Parrots Blackbirds 218

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Of course, I can’t bat a thousand on the bad photo rankings. And a Hairy Woodpecker and Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo , also FOYs, insisted on giving me good photos. They were actually worse when I started.

Mexico 193

Mexico Guatemala South America United States 193

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 213

Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds California 213

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2020

I can hear a Great Spotted Woodpecker calling. The graveyard shift is on duty: several bats are chasing insects through the evening coolness. Rare species include Western Capercaillie , Golden Eagle , Eurasian Pygmy and Tengmalm’s Owls , White-backed and European Three-toed Woodpeckers , Red-breasted Flycatcher , etc.

Serbia 264

Serbia Bears Birds Mammals 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

This is where Gila Woodpecker and Yellow-breasted Chat meet Squirrel Cuckoo , Bat Falcon , and Black-throated Magpie-Jay. As the sun began to set, a flock of Mexican Parrotlets alighted in a tree with brilliant red bark, and we all noticed a Bat Falcon watching silently from a high perch above all the action down below.

Mexico 201

Mexico Costa Rica Arizona Birds 201

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2017

The Elephant Cactus , puts out a white tubular flower that open from late March, until early, June, and are visited by nectar feeding bats at night and many birds during the day. The Gila Woodpecker is the first to break the fruit open, gets it fill and moves on. First the Gila Woodpecker. Then, let the feeding frenzy begin!

Elephants 108

Elephants Woodpeckers Squirrels Shelters 108

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2024

In 2023 I attempted to keep a year list of mammal encounters: the list barely exceeded 20 species, while it became complicated by seeing bats and voles that I was unable to name specifically. At the time we were looking, without success, for White-backed Woodpeckers.

Fur 199

Fur Bulgaria Otters Estonia 199

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

I know these winds had a lot of the birds all settled in, and not moving much, but right off the bat, I got a new Lifer, in a pair of Nuttall’s Woodpeckers. Here is my new Nuttall’s Woodpecker. The new lifers are the Nuttall’s Woodpecker, Lincoln Sparrow, Oak Titmouse , and the Wrentit! The 11th of February.

Woodpeckers 100

Woodpeckers Oregon California Geese 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2020

If it was any indication of where my passion lay, instead of racing home like the proverbial bat out of hell, I stayed put to monitor this supposed nest. A Lineated Woodpecker banged its head against a dry branch. The dry season had begun and the tree was in a state of defoliation, drawing my attention to the alien mass at the top.

Trinidad 232

Trinidad Battery Industry Bats 232

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 237

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots 237

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2021

Hoffmann’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmannii; San Joaquin de Heredia, 1-Jan. Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani; Tirimbina, 9-Jan. Hairy Woodpecker – Dryobates villosus; Varablanca, 9-Jan. Rufous-winged Woodpecker – Piculus simplex; Tirimbina, 9-Jan. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis; Tirimbina, 9-Jan.

Costa Rica 166

Costa Rica Birds Parrots Woodpeckers 166

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2021

273 Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. 274 Red-crowned Woodpecker – Melanerpes rubricapillus. 275 Hoffmann’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmannii. 276 Golden-fronted Woodpecker – Melanerpes aurifrons. 277 Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus.

Woodpeckers 193

Woodpeckers Sparrows Ducks Parrots 193

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 31, 2018

In addition to the hummingbirds, a few of the other highlights of the morning were the Gamble’s Quail, Inca Doves, Cooper’s Hawk, red-napped Sapsucker, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Gila Woodpecker, Bewick’s Wren, White-wing Doves, Plumbeus Vireo , and of course, I finally got a decent photo for the White-breasted Nuthatch. 12 House Finch.

Tucson 113

Tucson Costa Rica Arizona Woodpeckers 113

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 160

Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds Ducks 160

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2016

However, I did love the Chimney Swifts that dotted the dimming sky; or, as my cousin called them, “those bat-looking things.” Northern Mockingbirds watched us from the limbs of giant Live Oaks, and Downy Woodpeckers looked for insects along the rough trunks. Bird graffiti near Magazine St.

Austin 100

Austin Birds Mississippi Parrots 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2019

TRIP LIST ( multiple lists ): White-faced Whistling-Duck, Egyptian Goose, Spur-winged Goose, Helmeted Guineafowl, Heuglin’s Francolin, Mourning Collared-Dove, Vinaceous Dove, Laughing Dove, Black-billed Wood-Dove, Denham’s Bustard, Eastern Plantain-eater, White-browed Coucal, Senegal Coucal, Levaillant’s Cuckoo, Dideric Cuckoo, Alpine (..)

Uganda 201

Uganda Senegal Africa Game 201

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2020

Hoffmann’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmannii; Calle Jocote, 1-Jan. Lineated Woodpecker – Dryocopus lineatus; Calle Jocote, 1-Jan. Pale-billed Woodpecker – Campephilus guatemalensis; Curu, 4-Jan. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis; Curu, 4-Jan. White-necked Puffbird – Notharchus hyperrhynchus; Curu, 4-Jan.

Costa Rica 263

Costa Rica 2020 Morals Farming 263

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

Chestnut-colored Woodpeckers like to eat coconut: This is another thing we learned at Adolfo’s place. a few Short-tailed Nighthawks appeared and flew around like out of control bird-bats. Hummingbirds also hang out back, including a bunch of White-necked Jacobins. It looks like a miniature Palm Tanager.

Costa Rica 136

Costa Rica Nicaragua Eagles Parrots 136

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2017

On our first morning, we actually ended up with over 90 species in a couple of hours right around the rooms of the hotel, best ones being Green Ibis (common at the hotel ponds), Bat Falcon , Cinnamon and Rufous-winged Woodpeckers , Fasciated Antshrike , Plain-colored Tanager , Crimson-collared Tanager , and Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher.

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica San Jose Birds Bats 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2015

You may not have heard about the Florida Bonneted Bat (Eumops floridanus) , and that is fine, not many know this bat even existed. This bat is rare and range-restricted in South Florida, which are some of the reasons it was recently listed as an endangered under the Endangered Species Act. ounces, a body length of 6.5

Bats 167

Bats Florida Endangered Species Cuba 167

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2018

Hoffmann’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmannii; Santa Barbara de Heredia, 3-Jan. Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani; El Tapir, 1-Jan. Smoky-brown Woodpecker – Picoides fumigatus; Sarapiqui, 2-Jan. Rufous-winged Woodpecker – Piculus simplex; El Tapir, 1-Jan.

Costa Rica 167

Costa Rica Birds Parrots Woodpeckers 167

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2019

Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus; Poas, 9-Jan. Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani; Mi Cafecito, 10-Jan. Hoffmann’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmannii; Santa Barbara, 1-Jan. Hairy Woodpecker – Dryobates villosus; Poas, 9-Jan.

Costa Rica 113

Costa Rica 2019 Parrots Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Recently, 29 fish species of fish were recorded in this area, together with 8 amphibians, 9 reptiles and 62 species of mammals (including 20 species of bats), together with Wild Boar , Roe Deer , Wildcat , Golden Jackal , Eurasian Otter , European Pine and Beech Martens , Steppe Polecat , Stoat and the Least Weasel.

Serbia 177

Serbia Protection Eagles Ducks 177

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Birds came fast during the first few hours, including a wide array of classic Neotropical species such as Keel-billed Toucan , Bat Falcon , Bright-rumped Attila , Buff-throated Saltator , and Boat-billed Flycatcher. The following morning, we explored an area of secondary growth and edge near a recently tilled field.

Honduras 226

Honduras Costa Rica El Salvador Arizona 226

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2017

In Costa Rica, instead of seed feeders attended by chickadees, sparrows, and other small, hardy species, we have tanagers, woodpeckers, chachalacas, euphonias, saltators, toucans, and more that come to wooden platforms with papaya and other tropical fruits. As if any of us birders are going to ignore feeders.

Costa Rica 120

Costa Rica 2017 Birds West Virginia 120

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2014

It’s almost a bucolic place; sea turtles nest on the beaches, Humpback Whales and bat rays frolic just offshore, and you can buy the freshest fish from the panga fisherman at Punta Lobos every afternoon. Judging by the number of people I know who have been there at one time or another, you might find yourself there some day.

California 231

California San Jose Birds Mexico 231

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2011

Yet it was the guy in the kayak, a UM ornithologist, who spotted the Lewis’s Woodpeckers. By the time we pulled up on shore, the Common Nighthawks and the bats were out. This left me a lot of time for looking around. There were two of them, moving across the river from snag to snag with their crow-like wingbeats.

Bald Eagle 174

Bald Eagle Rescue Dogs Cooking 174

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2022

Much smaller but no less deadly, a Bat Falcon dines on a bat in the mid-morning perched comfortably on a roadside stump. Tanagers, flycatchers, woodcreepers, woodpeckers, cuckoos – the seeker is guaranteed to be rewarded. A Lineated Woodpecker and the much larger Crimson-crested Woodpecker making a landing behind it.

Trinidad 264

Trinidad Woodpeckers Bats Venezuela 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Ladder-backed Woodpecker – Dryobates scalaris. Hairy Woodpecker – Dryobates villosus. Hoffmann’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmannii.

2019 122

2019 Jamaica Eggs Woodpeckers 122

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

Bat Hawk – Macheiramphus alcinus. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. Hoffmann’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmannii. Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus. African Gray Woodpecker – Chloropicus goertae.

2019 179

2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 179

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2019

Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Golden-naped Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysauchen. Golden-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysogenys. Hoffmann’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmannii. Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis.

2019 121

2019 Sparrows Woodpeckers Idaho 121

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

A Ladder-backed Woodpecker and then Lesser Goldfinches flew onto the tree next to me as I observed the Roadrunner feeding in an empty lot and a Cactus Wren called from the other side of the lot. A Roadrunner crossed in front of me. I was in birder heaven.

Arizona 103

Arizona Lovebirds Phoenix New Jersey 103

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2023

… or Golden-cheeked Woodpeckers. Nacho assured me that these bats are fruit-eaters. That was a relief, since Mexico is home to all three of the world’s vampire bat species. Also, vampire bats are very small, and these guys were BIG.) … or Green Herons.

Bats 130

Bats Mexico ALA 2020 130

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Bearded Woodpecker – Chloropicus namaquus. Chestnut-colored Woodpecker – Celeus castaneus. Golden-tailed Woodpecker – Campethera abingoni. Golden-naped Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysauchen. Lineated Woodpecker – Dryocopus lineatus. Marabou Stork – Leptoptilos crumenifer.

2019 120

2019 China Battery Jamaica 120

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

A female Snowy Cotinga , another canopy species, surprised us by swooping down low to feed on fruits at eye level while a Bat Falcon had breakfast on a snag, and a Wilson’s Snip e, a great find, burst into view from underfoot. White-ringed Flycatchers also sang as we approached the forest, a kiskadee-like bird that lives in the canopy.

Costa Rica 128

Costa Rica San Jose Birds Farming 128