10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Unlike Barred Owls they were accompanied by no great controversy , and unlike Cattle Egrets or Eurasian Collared Doves they didn’t come as an abrupt continent-hopping surprise. But shifting baseline syndrome doesn’t just apply to things that have become diminished.

New York Times 140

New York Times Montana Oregon Deer 140

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

.” And after separating all the parts of the boluses and presumably weighing them, your conclusion would have been that “the most regularly occurring food items recorded are fish (63%) and insects (33%)” (the other 4% are the few remaining bits of chocolate and gummy bears brought to the chicks by their grandparents.

Birds 162

Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The primary reasons for the decline of macaws and parrots are many but habitat loss due to logging; clear cutting for crops and cattle ranching; and capture for the pet trade rank among the most threatening. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Wicked, right?

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

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. Cattle Egret – Bulbulcus ibis; House, 7-Jan. Another year, another list. That’s January for birding.

Costa Rica 101

Costa Rica 2016 San Antonio Sparrows 101