10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2012

What is up with the birding community in the northern part of the US recently? Buying a bunch of votes and dropping it like a big crap bomb at an annual meeting may get you what you want but boy howdy, I can’t imagine people lining up to join that group. I digiscoped the above bird after waiting for 15 minutes.

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Family Beavers Minnesota Sparrows 165

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2011

Most of the time when we think of birds, we think of the things that make them birds, and not the things that make them dinosaurs. You’ll hear people tell you that birds are dinosaurs, and that is supposed to blow you away and make you go all gaga about birds and evolution. are convenient secondary uses.

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Birds Primates Marsupials Whales 271

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Imagine waking up to the call of thousands of ducks, geese, and every kind of marsh bird you can imagine. By the time we left, I had recorded one new Lifer, 12 New Year Birds, and a total of 76 species. Hundreds of Black-necked Stilts were around the refuge, this group passed right by me on a short morning walk.

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Blackbirds Mules Beavers Wildlife 122

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

I am a birder, and I love birds. I don’t mind that they share the world with other creatures, and I have even developed an appreciation for mammals, reptiles and amphibians – but only so long as watching them doesn’t collide with my finding birds. This small pine tree was very recently demolished by a brown bear.

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Europe Mammals Animal Birds 165