article thumbnail

Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

10,000 Birds

Given that according to the HBW, the species prefers dense primary and secondary montane forests, the note that the bird also forages among kitchen waste (in the same HBW entry) seems somewhat incongruous. Fish & Wildlife Service has a web page for this species – but it contains absolutely no information. ” ( source ).

Burma 189
article thumbnail

Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of November 2019)

10,000 Birds

Are these, I ask gesturing figuratively around me, all the winter visitors or resident breeders we’ll be observing for the next few months? Don’t give up on the next season of birding just yet. Until Mute Swans took over Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, gallinules bred there. What was your best bird of the weekend?

2019 164
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Great Grassland Birds at Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge

10,000 Birds

Newburgh is a little over an hour north of New York City so I figured I could get a visit in to a few great locations for breeding birds that I hadn’t yet seen this year. But there were even cooler birds to see! Would the birds still be there? But, despite the sun not cooperating, the birds certainly did!

Wildlife 115
article thumbnail

Fledgling Yellow Warblers at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

10,000 Birds

The dog days of July, when birders desperately seek out south-bound shorebirds, odd breeding records, or anything else to keep themselves from losing their minds in a lousy birding time in the northeastern United States, is not my favorite time of year to bird. Either way, life isn’t easy for a young bird.

Jamaica 101
article thumbnail

The Importance of Citizen Science in Mexico

10,000 Birds

Birding in Mexico is not like birding in the United States… especially when it comes to interpreting unusual sightings. Quite a bit of birding has been done here since your publication in 1995!). The post The Importance of Citizen Science in Mexico appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

Mexico 297
article thumbnail

Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of July 2014)

10,000 Birds

His song, “C hanges in latitude, changes in birding attitude” really rings true when you’re on the road. Traveling really rejuvenates the passion when local breeders become banal. Most people don’t expect birding wisdom from Buffet, but he is, after all, the Chief Parrothead! Birding best bird weekend'

article thumbnail

The Birds of Eigg by John Chester

10,000 Birds

Besides birding, I have another hobby that I like to indulge when I travel: seeking out books from small regional presses. Overlap between this hobby and my birding is sadly rare. The Birds of Eigg is such a book. Other times, they turn out to be small hidden gems of literature.

Birds 189