10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

I am still tired from the long drive, but it was great to play with the very best toys for birders, to be able to share experiences and to ask the factory staff all sorts of silly questions. Yesterday evening I got home from the second Swarovski Skills Camp at Lake Neusiedl in the east of Austria. impressive for Central Europe.

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Austria Factory Asia Battery 298

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2024

There was a good variety of ducks, including Tufted, Gadwall and Shoveler, plus our first waders of the day. By now the sun had finally broken through, so I was able to enjoy the luxury of a post-lunch, 30-minute snooze in the sun to recharge my personal batteries. (I We stopped at 1pm for our afternoon break, with the score on 77.

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Birds Kenya Barn Owls Owls 130

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

And seeing as there were good northwest winds overnight, weather radar had shown lots of birds taking off, and the winds were expected to continue from the north through the morning, I decided that I would make my way to Fort Tilden at first light and install myself on the Battery Harris Platform. It wasn’t a duck.

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New York City New York Battery Experience 206

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2018

We had persevered through four years at the top of Battery Harris Platform and could bring our experience to bear on the task of trying to record as many species as possible on a single day from that single spot. I had high hopes for the 5th Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit this past Saturday at Fort Tilden. Osprey are awesome.

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2018 Bald Eagle Battery Birds 210