10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2021

Northern Bear dless Tyrannulets , adorable little flycatchers, rarely visit my garden. If you live on the west coast of North America, Arizona is much closer. 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

JUNE 16, 2021

Males of both species share the odd distinction of bearing the colors of the Mexican flag, with a green head, white chest band, and bright red breast. These species are visually very similar, with subtle differences in their tail patterns. Both are large, stocky birds, with a large head and long, squared-off tail.

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Mexico Indonesia North America Arizona 192

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2016

I purchased my first Sibley— The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America —in 2003. Am I willing to give up the field guide which bears the mud and dirt of so many falls on so many birding trips? The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America: Second Edition. I have a lot. inches.

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North America 2003 Birds America 169

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

But they don’t live in North America. I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. In North America, you’ve got Bears at the large end, Cats in the middle, and at the smaller end, the Mustilids. Unless we put them there. Which would be even worse.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 256

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2015

During the Pleistocene, Dholes were found across the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe and North America, sharing their space with sabre-toothed cats. These days, the species shares habitats with Tigers, Snow Leopard, Bears, etc. If they can survive next to such neigbours, how come they are endangered?

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Tigers Dogs India Snow Leopard 244

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2013

In North America, at least in the eastern part of it, we celebrate the return of the Baltimore Oriole to parks and farms this time of year. Baltimore Orioles are surprisingly slight when you get a look at them, but troupials are about the size of a jay, and with the bearing to go with it. Take a look at this sucker.

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Baltimore Broker North America Raised 181

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 7, 2012

In it we get to see some of the amazing places in the wild areas of North America, Central America and South America. Untamed Americas: Mountains. In a rarely filmed event, see newly awakened black bears go on the hunt for newborn elk calves. Premieres Sunday, June 10, 9 p.m.

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America Sheep Penguins South America 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Titmice really are everywhere throughout North America and many points north and south, but a person has to be looking to notice them. The Bridled Titmouse ( B.wollweberi ) looks like the missing link between titmice and chickadees, bearing the gray back and crest of the former and the black chin of the latter.

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Arizona Oklahoma Texas Mexico 266

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2019

In North America, the United States Fish & Wildlife Service estimates that up to 57 million birds perish every year in collisions with electrical utility lines. There’s also the risk of fatal collisions, as hard-to-see overhead wires are strung at a height at which many birds tend to fly.

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United States Game North America New York City 118

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

For those of us in North America other than the Gulf coast, the only time we might see a Magnificent Frigatebird is after a storm. There are excellent resources available, both in print and online ( Birds of North America is an indispensable online resource for the wild bird caregiver).

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Los Angeles Killing Wildlife Rehabilitation San Francisco 247

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

In all of North America, only one avian species serves as both the beloved mascot of seven states as well as the totem to two professional sports teams (and an infinity of amateur ones!) Ironically, this feathered figurehead is neither a bird of prey nor particular distinguished athletically.

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St. Louis United States Belize Guatemala 185

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Wuerthner states, “Perhaps the most significant and obvious conflict between the goals of the NAMWC and actual behavior of state agencies has to do with management of predators, particularly bears, cougars, coyotes and wolves. Those whose actions result in additional costs should bear them. The exploiter/developer pays.

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Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 246

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2017

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. He would stick his head out every minute or two and disperse sawdust, quickly disappearing back into the hole for more house cleaning. I took a brief, wobbly, video of the process.

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Cuba Birds 2015 Bahamas 172

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2019

North American warblers, on the other hand, often bear names of, at best, marginal utility. Most of the warblers south of the border escaped this ignominy; those Basileuterus and Myiothlypis species generally appear exactly as advertised. Consider some examples: NAMED FOR OTHER BIRDS.

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Rights Connecticut Tennessee Nashville 113

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

This small pine tree was very recently demolished by a brown bear. This is like Sibley calling his bird guide “The Sibley guide to Birds of Massachusetts and North America” The latter sounds silly, right? The claw marks on this brown bear’s footprint make you wish you had taken the other kind of canon with you.

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Europe Mammals Animal Birds 166

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Baer’s Pochard – courtesy Ken San (via Flickr Creative Commons) Then I read a piece in the one of the British newspapers about the ‘five biggest regrets of the dying’, happy subject I know but bear with me.

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Ireland Iceland Japan Endangered Species 155

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

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. ( Extend your trip and explore the mountains, canyons, and valleys, searching for the many endemic species in one of the “single-most diverse mountain ranges in North America” ( US Forest Service ).

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Arizona Tucson Birds North America 149

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2021

As in North America this tattler loves the rockier outcrops down here in Australia too. Sadly the swan is uncommon on the river that bears its name… Luckily it can be seen nearby though. Obviously, the Wandering Tattler is, for us, strictly a summer visitor.

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Australia North America Cooking Fish 259

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Well, that doesn’t even bear thinking about. And if I dip again? I better not miss this bird again. Yet, here I am, back from Austria, minus one Black Woodpecker sighting. It’s not that I didn’t try. It’s not that I didn’t have help.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2011

One question at the heart of this debate is how these four populations (Mallard, American Black, Mottled, and Mexican Ducks) came to occur in North America. A hypothesis by some genetic researchers states that the green-headed Mallard arrived in North America after a prior colonization that had given rise to the other three species.

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Ducks North America Texas Mexico 169

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2015

Cinereous Tit, Cinereous Bunting, and Cinereous Vulture all bear this standard, but perhaps the most popular cinereous bird on the internet is the Cinereous Mourner , with its clever and adorable chicks. You can never have too many shades of gray – this, not sex or terrible writing, is what makes the work of E. James so popular.

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Blackbirds Owls Sparrows Ducks 162

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2018

And, with all due apologies to those who have yet to acquire a taste for tartness, please bear with us and rest assured it won’t be long before we move into less summery fare. . For all its imposing reputation, German brewing has produced its fair share of forgotten relics. Chilean Flamingoes. So, take heart, former Vice President Dan Quayle.

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Germany Utah Adoptable Stray 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2018

Shakespeare was, supposedly , the reason starlings, house sparrows, and other non-native birds were introduced to North America. That was a quality known to Shakespeare when he had his creation, Hotspur, threaten his King: “I’ll have a starling shall be taught to speak / Nothing but ‘Mortimer’.”. Anticosti, in the Gulf of St.

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Humane Species North America Sparrows 104

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Informed literature bears out my experience that most birds are seen singly or in pairs. Jochen Mar 7th, 2011 at 5:51 pm Redgannet, almost all song birds at least in North America (and the Orange Thrush sure won’t be the only old world bird to have them, too) have these filamental plumes on their nape. Great shots!

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2011 Deer India New York 189

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Might I assume that women typically bear fewer children, or fewer survive? Dawn Fine Mar 16th, 2011 at 9:58 am Kim~Please forgive me Jochen Mar 16th, 2011 at 11:33 am @Dale: It’s “Jochen the guy who is desperate for a trip to North America&#. small families putting less pressure on the adult members of the family).

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2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 219

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

It bears an iconic name associated with insanity and betrayal, but also with time and seasonality. A Sage Thrasher – a vagrant from western North America and only one of a handful of New York State records – was found on the other side of the Hudson River over in Columbia County in early November.

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2020 Birds Germany Costa Rica 242

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2016

While California Quail are quite common all around North America, getting a really nice shot, out in the wild is always a challenge. While in Kodiak Alaska, I did get a few very nice Kodiak Grizzly Bear shots. This large bear was chasing salmon, and paid me little or no attention.

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Grizzly Bear San Jose Bears Fish 122

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

The verdant Appalachian Mountains, North America’s concerned forehead, stretch from the northern parts of Georgia all the way to the fir covered forests of New England. For the birder, it means a near steady stream of birds crossing over your head from east to west.

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Tennessee Salamander North Carolina Georgia 178

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

In 1850, the Passenger Pigeon ( Ectopistes migratorius ) was the most abundant bird in North America and possibly the world. Even more disconcerting to me than these “trophy hunters” killing wildlife for “sport” is the belief by some that carnivores such as bears and wolves should be eliminated.

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