10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2018
They support such a diversity of habitats that the ecosystems are comparable to traveling from Mexico to Canada (National Forest Foundation). Up to 256 bird species, deer, black bears, foxes, big cats, Gila Monsters, and 16 species of bats call this area of southeastern Arizona home. ( Peregrine Falcon. Photo by © Mark Schraad.
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.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 26, 2011
One of the falcons was on a whitewashed perch, a little above the aerie, and shortly after the silence returned the other revealed itself by calling, hidden from view in the cave that makes their nest. I scanned the frozen ocean, after all this is Polar Bear country. George’s Society Cliffs, to the Gyrfalcon aerie.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
Collared Forest-Falcon – Micrastur semitorquatus. Canada Warbler – Cardellina canadensis. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2016
Am I willing to give up the field guide which bears the mud and dirt of so many falls on so many birding trips? And, that falcons are about as far away from hawks as a bird family could get. The guide that flips open automatically to Semipalmated, Western, and Least Sandpipers, a testament to my continuing learning curve with peeps?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 23, 2016
Coming from Niagara Falls, New York, it also means freezing, bitter cold, watching for imaginary Polar Bears while pretending to walk through an Arctic landscape, and looking for owls. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis; Niagara county, 2-Jan. Collared Forest-Falcon – Micrastur semitorquatus; El Rodeo, 9-Jan.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2019
Canada Warbler – Cardellina canadensis. Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Aplomado Falcon – Falco femoralis. Barred Forest-Falcon – Micrastur ruficollis.
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