10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2016

As a boy growing up, I scoured every bird book I could get my hands on. I guess it is that gruesome boyhood interest in any bird that would use thorns and barbwire to impale its prey on. Now with several years of exploring the California Baja Sur, I have come to expect to see shrikes on nearly every of my routes and guided trips.

Butcher 130

Butcher Birds North America Mexico 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2013

Though I have made several trips to southern California over the eight years I have been birding almost every trip has been in December or January. The one exception, in 2006, when I had only been birding for one year, was in July. Though, to be honest, I haven’t really birded all that much as this is a family vacation.).

California 142

California 2006 Butcher Breeding 142

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2011

The first obstacle was getting to the general range of the species, which is the west coast from northern California to Alaska and across to Russia.* Having flown to Washington State on a family vacation the first obstacle was easily out of the way, which you knew already if you ever read this blog. It’s not too expensive, is it?&#

Washington 181

Washington Protection Puffins Rhinoceros 181