10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2024

However – and I am not saying this out of misplaced national pride – there is one bird in the Netherlands that proves Jefferson wrong and Buffon right: the White-tailed Eagle (or Sea Eagle ). The rooms are floating in a pond and the pond provides a home for a Eurasian Beaver family. The beavers agreed. It’s the only Dutch eagle.

Beavers 174

Beavers Netherlands Eagles Geese 174

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2012

What is up with the birding community in the northern part of the US recently? The event brings in people of color in the birding world and we engage in discussion to find out why birding is a bit white in nature and what we can do to be more inclusive. I digiscoped the above bird after waiting for 15 minutes.

Family 201

Family Beavers Minnesota Sparrows 201

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2020

“Oh, sweet Canada, Canada, Canada” is perhaps the best-best known of birdsong mnemonics in North America, familiar to birders as an aid to remembering the voice of the White-throated Sparrow ( Zonotrichia albicollis ). Good birding and happy drinking! Oh, sweet Canada indeed. Distillerie Mariana: Avril Amaretto Québécois.

Canada 196

Canada Beavers Sparrows North America 196

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2016

This trip was actually all about photographing the grizzly bears the inhabit the Katmai National Forest, I will not bore you with the flight details, from La Paz, Mexico to Alaska, but it included several planes, one of which was a De Havilland Beaver float plane. The number one bird on my list was the iconic Horned Puffin.

Grizzly Bear 154

Grizzly Bear Alaska Bears Puffins 154

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. As I walked along the trails, and water control dikes, I got to enjoy birds just about everywhere. Now that is a first.

Blackbirds 142

Blackbirds Mules Beavers Wildlife 142