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. Fortunately, a few minutes later a Great Horned Owl pair did a duet for me from somewhere west of the platform and that was worth having gotten up while most people were still sound asleep. Farewell, Downy Woodpecker.
10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2018
1PM – Clare: Cameras with AA Batteries are the Best. 7AM – Corey: Snowy Owls are Superior in Every Way to Great Gray Owls. We here at 10,000 Birds have no shame and it was either this or lots of posts about woodcocks, boobies, and woodpeckers. 7AM – Intro Post. 1PM – Mike: Lookalike Birds Should Be Lumped.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 24, 2018
1PM – Clare: Cameras with AA Batteries are the Best. 7AM – Corey: Snowy Owls are Superior in Every Way to Great Gray Owls. We here at 10,000 Birds have no shame and it was either this or lots of posts about woodcocks, boobies, and woodpeckers. 7AM – Intro Post. Well, except maybe you.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Bearded Woodpecker – Chloropicus namaquus. Chestnut-colored Woodpecker – Celeus castaneus. Golden-tailed Woodpecker – Campethera abingoni. Japanese Scops-Owl – Otus semitorques. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. 26 Oct 2019. 26 Oct 2019.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 14, 2019
At five-forty-five Sunday morning I started the eBird checklist while perched atop the Battery Harris Platform at Fort Tilden. We finally heard a Downy Woodpecker , a bird we had never missed on the Big Sit. It was the sixth year in a row of the Queens County Bird Club Big Sit, my favorite event of the year.
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
MARCH 1, 2011
Hiking For The Heck of It Reason To Become a Bird Watcher #1: No Batteries Required Welcome Wednesday: Musings on a Big Year About the Author James A life-long birder and native of South Africa, James Currie has many years experience in the birding and wildlife tourism arenas. These Blasts From The Past What’s In A Name? Wicked, right?
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