10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

They didn’t, of course, have the luxury of the fantastic modern optics we take for granted today. I’ve no idea whether she was as beautiful as the pheasant that still bears her name: I like to think that perhaps she was, but it seems unlikely, as the pheasant is a stunner. I have a fascinating little reference book called Whose Bird?

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Falcons Collecting 2003 Wounded 232

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2021

And, of course, there were also Rufous , Berylline , White-eared , and Broad-tailed Hummingbirds to be seen. The male Ruby-throated Hummingbird I had seen on my last visit is still present, but stayed in deep brush, denying me a photo. Still, a male Archilochus hummer (of either species) is a rare treat here.

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Laws Mexico Bears Turkey 213

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2022

Going back to that assumption that birds don’t have a sense of smell, it can be traced to John James Audubon (of course), who performed several experiments with Turkey Vultures and concluded that the vultures used sight, not scent, to find food. There’s also roller derby stuff.

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Science Research Birds Turkey 232

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2021

Northern Bear dless Tyrannulets , adorable little flycatchers, rarely visit my garden. Of course, I am sure that southeastern Arizona does have some advantages. But these are all year-round residents, and common, down here. But this one did. Anywhere low and dry here is likely to offer up Thick-billed Kingbirds.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2015

Of course, one must ask – if these guys lacked the one of the primary disadvantage of most 8x42s, did they lack the advantages as well? I picked out a Red-tailed Hawk bearing a squirrel away to a perch to eat, and got a sharp, crisp view of the messy dismemberment despite the gloom. And the brightness was fantastic.

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New York City Squirrels New York Owls 156

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

And, of course, fruitcrows. Santuario de Flora y Fauna Otún Quimbaya is an exquisite national park in Risaralda, Colombia that is home to more than 300 bird species along with tons of butterflies and amazing mammals like Spectacled Bears , Red Howler Monkeys , Two-toed Sloths , and Tapirs. Like the Red-ruffed Fruitcrow.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

And of course the teams were birding the entire way, nailing down high Andes species like Mountain Caracaras , Andean Flickers and Sword-billed Hummingbirds. We maybe forfeited our chances of winning because of that fantastic hour spent watching the Spectacled bear and its cub. An Andean Flicker on the ground in the Peruvian Andes.

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Critter News

JANUARY 14, 2010

Of course, we're disappointed in their actions," Ms. Maybe they can start trading them for bear gall bladders and tiger parts. "The EU was a small market for Canada. Shea said by telephone from China today. That being said, there are many other markets out there. That's what we're doing in China.

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China Canada Fur Meat 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2017

Of course, LVNP has a great variety of woodpeckers on their bird list , eight of them known to nest in the area, including the White-headed Woodpecker (Picoides albolarvatus. Of course there are more than just birds at Lassen Volcanic National Park. Click on photos for full sized images.

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Woodpeckers Sacramento Raised Squirrels 102

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Of course, that all went out the window once we started seeing birds, but I think we all came out unscathed. Probably much more of a serious threat than the bear scat we occasionally spied or the threat of poodle-bush rash. Still, the fact that California is currently experiencing a serious drought was cause for concern.

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Los Angeles Woodpeckers California Birds 172

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2011

There are many reasons to visit Doodletown Road in Bear Mountain State Park, a jewel of a park in Rockland County, New York. So, of course, ten minutes into the hike up Doodletown Road I spotted a Cerulean Warbler perched in the open busily preening. Perhaps it is the history of Doodletown that interests you?

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Rattlesnake Deer New York Bears 161

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Such is the burden that a digiscoping bird blogger bears when he visits the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, Florida in January. Of course, you can see the European version in Florida too, as an introduced population has taken root and resisted eradication efforts. Purple Gallinules are awesome.

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United States Florida South America Europe 187

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2014

Being hummingbirds, they of course faught with each other, the Coppery-headed Emeralds being particularly nasty. I give sugar, I am a friend, please don’t poke me in the eye… To bear witness to this hummingbird feast, head to the Catarata del Toro, Costa Rica on a rainy day. A male Violet Sabrewing loving the rain.

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Costa Rica Bears Shelters Experience 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

A Barred Cuckoo-Dove showed somewhat atypical behavior or had not read its eBird entry about it being “seldom seen out in the open … quick to flee when approached” Of course, Hongbenghe, Yunnan is quite far away from Chicago.

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Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2018

Though I grew up where the Hudson Valley meets the Catskill Mountains, in the heart of Black Bear country, I can count my encounters with said bears on the fingers of one hand. In my later teenage years I saw a bear or a mother-and-cub pair three times when I was behind the wheel of my car. That’s a big bear!

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Alligators Bears Wildlife North Carolina 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

Our campsite was gorgeous North Lake State Park in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York, where the air is crisp, the forests are largely intact, and the bears force you to be careful about leaving food out when you go to sleep. And, of course, as I do sometimes, I managed to sneak in a bit of birding.

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New York Cooking Chipmunks Owls 175

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

In addition to killing birds of prey, brodifacoum has also killed coyotes, grey foxes, red foxes, kit foxes, mountain lions, bobcats, black bears, Pacific fishers, and other animals, including domestic dogs and cats. Motomco also makes “Jaguar” and “Tomcat,” complete with cat icons, of course.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 16, 2009

Inevitably, it’s a situation where you were there, and for me, it’s the swimming male polar bear. I was up high, high in the helicopter with this special, stabilized camera system we were using, and I knew that I was filming something that had never been filmed before because you can’t normally follow a polar bear out into the open ocean.

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Polar Bears Bears Walruses Norway 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2019

And because of the resemblance they bear to their New World cousins in the family Phasianidae , they even look the part of an “authentic” wild bird in North America. The same can’t really be said of a confusing Orange Bishop or gaudy Mandarin Duck loose in a city park.

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North America Vermont America Farming 113

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.

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Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Of course, I also love birding in Mexico, with its 1,000+ species, and seemingly infinite variety of habitats. It now bears lots of fruit for Blue Mockingbirds and Curve-billed Thrashers. I love living in central Mexico, and miss very few things about living in the U.S. So how do I get my natives?

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Mexico Species Bears Experience 183

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2011

Ringer Proposition 491, recently submitted to the American Ornithologists’ Union South American Classification Committee (SACC), bears the esoteric title “ Change linear sequence of orders for Falconiformes, Psittaciformes, and Cariamiformes.&#

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Parrots Falcons Costa Rica South America 236

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2017

Of course, it’s the colorful and tiny birds that get the most attention when one thinks of Cuba. The Zapata Swamp, Ciénaga de Zapata , is of course known for the three birds that bear it’s name: the Zapata Rail, the Zapata Wren, and the Zapata Sparrow. I took a brief, wobbly, video of the process.

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Cuba Birds 2015 Bahamas 172

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Bear Grass Tank.

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2019 China Battery Jamaica 119

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2013

It’s either that or the Hindus are right, that our existence is a continuing chain of lives through re-birth, a system of action and reward, and Corey Finger’s former life was that of a panda bear whose biggest mischief was eating bamboo, while I was Pol Pot. Either way, it just ain’t fair !!!

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Germany Birds Pandas Kittens 145

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2019

With Halloween just around the corner, there’s some harmless fun to be had in in indulging in a bit of playful superstition about some of our feathered friends, who – it bears repeating – are generally benign and not the least bit menacing. Good birding and happy drinking – and happy Halloween! *

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2015 Denmark California Fowl 111

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2011

You may have seen him perched on some dead Tree near the River, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the Labour of the Fishing Hawk; and when that diligent Bird has at length taken a Fish, and is bearing it to his Nest for the Support of his Mate and young Ones, the Bald Eagle pursues him and takes it from him.

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United States Bald Eagle Eagles Seals 193

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2014

Of course, the town also boasts some very fun birding. They do bear some resemblance to Sage Thrashers , but have a much heavier, more sickle-shaped bill. Of course, many charming desert residents can be found in and around Todos Santos. We did not see any Belding’s away from the wetland, just Commons.

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California San Jose Birds Mexico 229

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 30, 2015

So there was more than simple lister anxiety coursing through my body when word of one sitting atop Grandfather Mountain came out, and birders began making plans to head west. And I ran into several friends who’d also made the trip to see the bird, which is always one of the best things about these sorts of twitches.

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North Carolina Mountain Lions Otters Lions 145

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2011

They, of course, were no where to be found, but on the way back he found a flock of Snow Buntings hanging around on some dark shale that was free of snow in the sun. I scanned the frozen ocean, after all this is Polar Bear country. They’ve been back for at least a week now, but I’d not seen them yet.

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Polar Bears Bears Falcons Collecting 155

Critter News

DECEMBER 6, 2008

I think that such haters can't bear a non-human being heroic. It begs the question of the uniqueness of humanity and, of course, themselves. There are a lot of animal haters out there. Some people claim the second dog is simply going to eat the injured dog.

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Dogs Non Human Bears Humane 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2017

Bear in mind, even the plants have to find ways to survive, so virtually every one of them has some form of thorny defense. As you can see below, I have tried to document the action, and of course, like much of nature, the biggest eats first. Therefore, nothing here ever passes on a chance for a meal.

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Elephants Woodpeckers Squirrels Shelters 108

Animal Person

MAY 12, 2009

Not to be confused with Little Girl, of course. I've written about the much-maligned Muscovy ducks before , and at our old house this time of year I was usually inundated with rescue situations and of course my patio often had images like this. Now I have the drama of the feral cats and of course the greyhounds.

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Geese Ducks Feral Cats Vermont 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2011

As you read this, I am riding my trusty Grizzly Bear through the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park, helping my colleague Seagull Steve find some new birds. Birding by bear is by far the best way to view the park, although it seems to terrify the hoofed animals. Good day to you, my fine fellow birders.

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Grizzly Bear North Dakota Downers Bears 170

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2018

Over the years, this site has hosted many popular festivals, concerts, and tours, as well as an on-site café serving traditional Belgian fare like waffles and frites, and – of course – a bottle shop. non-birders) envision when they hear the word “bird” – but it bears a passing resemblance to the American Robin.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2018

As an aside, although we know there’s only one rule to birding, it bears to mention that “doing what it takes” doesn’t mean harming birds to see them, nor, of course, harming people or being a jerk to others so you can see a bird. Not exactly an easy bird to see.

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Costa Rica Birds Bears Ethics 116

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2012

The trip was far too amazing to encapsulate in one mere blog post, so prepare to be enthralled over the course of several weeks (especially once I find the USB cord for my camera and download my photos.) But the grasslands of eastern Montana bear a resemblance to their wildlife that goes beyond the mere evolutionary imperative of camoflauge.

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