10,000 Birds
JUNE 29, 2022
But, as I detailed last week , that drive to the Pacific Coast was a rather spectacular failure, because of a highly unseasonal rain, and my failure to recharge my camera battery. But this time, it would be in the afternoon, with strong winds and brilliant sunshine… and a full camera battery. White-crowned Sparrow.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 12, 2020
As always, we were high above the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, perched precariously on the platform atop Battery Harris, the old artillery battery built to defend New York Harbor in World War II. Lisa Scheppke arrived and we slowly added birds as they woke up: White-throated Sparrow , Eastern Towhee , Gray Catbird and more.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 11, 2021
As always, we held our sit high atop Battery Harris at Fort Tilden on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens. Eastern Towhee “che-winking,” Northern Cardinals with their sharp chip note, a White-throated Sparrow singing twice, American Robins “tut-tut-tutting,” and on the morning went. Hope to see you out there!
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. African Black Duck – Anas sparsa. Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark – Eremopterix leucotis. Southern Gray-headed Sparrow – Passer diffusus. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Stripe-headed Sparrow – Peucaea ruficauda. 24 Oct 2019.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 15, 2018
That, and 10 days back on the way was going to be a great to recharge the batteries after a long round-the-world trip. Out on one of the rocks that were visible during low tide, a small group of Harlequin Ducks had gathered. We got on their boat, a 45 foot Gulfstar in Bellingham, Washington, and went straight to Sucia Island.
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. We were running low on birds we thought possible with House Sparrow and Downy Woodpecker being two of the easiest left.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 16, 2013
I should say trying to start my car because the battery had died overnight and it would not start. There was one other birder out there, scoping for the Montauk Christmas Bird Count, and he let me know that the guillemot had not been seen though he had spotted a Glaucous Gull and a Harlequin Duck. Common Loon Gavia immer.
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