10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

It is home to four diverse forest ecosystems (deciduous, mixed, boreal, and lowlands), experiences seasonal weather systems ranging from cold dry Arctic winters to humid, thunder-storm filled summers, and, according to the latest official checklist, hosts four professional sports teams with bird names.* state and Canadian provinces.

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North America Birds Owls Canada 212

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Canada Geese are a nuisance. It is not the fault of Canada Geese that they have become a trash bird. The released birds had no urge to migrate and discovered that suburbia, with vast expanses of yummy grass and a plethora of ponds, lakes, and water hazards, was paradise for a Canada Goose. That is really a shame.

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Geese Canada New York City Birds 162

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Serious birders may have an obsessive interest in birds, but one thing they universally don’t like are birds which, they believe, aren’t properly wild. This individual was photographed in India There’s one problem with this approach, as it can lead to birds being ignored.

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Netherlands Geese Birds Denmark 214

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2024

Starting the New Year by trying to see as many species as possible is something of a birding tradition. My diary notes that the New Year dawned grey and windy, but I rose early, walked six miles before breakfast and noted a modest 26 species of birds. One of my more memorable New Year’s days was in the Falkland Islands, back in 1989.

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Birds Albatross Barn Owls Sparrows 213

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Very occasionally though, one might stray down the eastern seaboard of the USA, but for the most part, those that breed in arctic Canada migrate towards Europe and swell numbers there during the winter. The seaweed, in its turn attracts insects and thus birds. The faint scalloping on the back suggests that it is a young bird.

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Iceland Stray Breeders Canada 214

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Not just to bird, but equally to rest, reset and restart. And also, to bird. Three years ago I asked American birders which foreign countries they dream of birding, and with more than one fifth of all answers, Costa Rica turned to hold a very strong first place. I was literally awake at 3 a.m., even 1 a.m.,

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Costa Rica San Jose Nepal Europe 244

10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2021

Like so many, the majority of my birding since the Covid-19 pandemic began has centered on my own backyard and local walking excursions. But as we kicked off 2021, I found myself far from my current home in North Florida, surrounded by a plethora of Maine birds! Birding from a Maine beach. A Red-breasted Nuthatch perhaps?

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Florida ALA Birds Woodpeckers 201

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2011

Nackawic, New Brunswick, Canada will cull up to 250 Canada Geese that are leaving too many droppings on the waterfront. This story broke just in time for Canada Day too… a.

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Culling Canada Geese 157

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2014

On the same day that I journeyed out to eastern Long Island to enjoy birding Shinnecock Inlet in the fog I also explored the fields of Riverhead, where large flocks of geese congregate and where a Yellow-headed Blackbird had been reported recently amid a large flock of icterids at a Buffalo farm. ” What a bird! Is it just me?

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Canada Killing Buffalo Geese 191

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

The Great Backyard Bird Count kicked off yesterday, and will continue throughout the weekend before ending on the 15th. The idea is simple: birders from around the world count birds at least one time for at least fifteen minutes, and submit their data through eBird or the Merlin Bird ID app. The highlights? A fine start to GBBC!

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Florida Birds Pelicans Geese 252

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Thank you, goddess of birding luck and text group people).* My inner self felt stuck in an area between disbelief and total joy and the voices near me were echoing this state of mind: “Oh My God,” “I never thought I would see this bird,” “Look at that bill!” “How did that bird get here?”

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Birds Compassion Eagles Science 260

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

On BirdTrack, the British equivalent of e-Bird, the list of birds provided does allow for Tufted Duck x Ferruginous Duck to be recorded, but not Tufted Duck x Pochard. However, there had been reports of a Scaup mixed in with the flock, which at first glance I thought this bird might be. My hunch was Tufted Duck x Pochard.

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Geese Ducks Falcons Latvia 189

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2021

Once I was fully vaccinated and air travel became an option, I looked for a location for my first birding trip since 2019. I settled on Wisconsin, which is home to one of the Top 25 NWRs for Birding that I have not visited: Horicon NWR. So my criteria were as much about birding locations as they were about birds.

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Wisconsin LACS Milwaukee Birds 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Daily walks with my kid in the baby jogger helped me build up endurance and lulled him to sleep, so one sunny afternoon I brought along my binoculars for my first experience birding with a baby. And yet, birds flock to the abundant food sources here. Canada Geese honked in the distance, while Turkey Vultures swirled overhead.

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Birds Florida Geese Turkey 176

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Another Super Bowl, another title won by a team named for something other than a bird. Birding is better when you keep sports out of it anyway! Birding has been terribly slow here in the Rochester area. I visited a place that has historically been auspicious for Cackling Goose but couldn’t even find a Canada there.

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2020 Birds Canada Experience 166

10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2020

One of the ways I could describe the unique mix of birds I can see here in southwestern Mexico, would be to divide our species into five categories. These are birds that are more related with the far north, but that somehow have resident populations here in Michoacán, farther south than Puerto Vallarta or Cancun.

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Mexico Birds Honduras United States 194

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Those of you who have been waiting with bated breath for the past few months in anticipation can finally exhale: Canada has a new national bird. To attain the top spot, the Gray Jay beat out contenders such as the Common Loon , Snowy Owl , Canada Goose , and Black-capped Chickadee. Whatever happens, here’s to you, Gray Jay.

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Canada Adoptable Birds Owls 145

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2022

The late November to early December was the beginning of a dry season and no one wore rubber boots, all birding was done in lightweight hiking shoes. In Inírida – on older maps Puerto Inírida, there is no need for cages, you can hear birds all the time! Birds The local birdlist has reached 462 species, and some 30 more are expected.

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Colombia Birds Cooking Fish 241

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2022

Perhaps the star bird here is the Nonggang Babbler , which was first observed by professional ornithologists only in 2005. However, as the zoo is (at the time of writing this post) closed due to covid, you still have to leave Canada and come to Southeast Asia to see it. The birds are not closely related.

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China Birds Vietnam Asia 207

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2024

hide, one has to cope with the loud noise of older Chinese photographers and the prospect of not seeing the bird at all despite staying up all night, but that is about it. ” The post Blakiston’s Fish Owl on Hokkaido first appeared on 10,000 Birds. .” On Hokkaido, seeing a Blakiston’s Fish Owl is much easier.

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Fish Owls San Diego Russia 199

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2023

But does ChatGPT have even a rudimentary understanding of a niche topic like birding? I asked it a few questions about birding locations and the (unedited) results are below, along with some brief analysis. Please note that the availability of specific bird species may vary depending on the season.

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United States Michigan Texas Virginia 162

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2019

We should stop naming birds, especially non-European birds, after European and Euroamerican naturalists and scientists, especially if we are committed to making the worlds of birds and birding accessible to more people than the demographics that produced the Audubons, Wilsons, Stellers, and MacGillivrays.

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Birds North America Cooking Campaign 260

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

At first, the nation only opened to countries in Europe and Canada. This means that yes, you can visit Costa Rica, you can come here for birding BUT you can’t just get on a plane and show up. The Birding. In general, the birding is just as exciting in Costa Rica as it was before the pandemic. What About the Birding?

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Costa Rica Birds United States Washington 227

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

It was apparently all the way back in 2012, when I was first getting back into birding after a 30 year hiatus, that I took a sad little picture, with my sad little camera, of a cute little bird that seemed to not show up anywhere at all in my field guide. My birding buddies from the forum/chat include quite a few more biologists.

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Birds Mexico California Spain 166

10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2012

They are upping the bag limit to try to keep Canada Geese in check.

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Geese Canada 157

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2019

We share our love of birds and birding. It returned last year with a small flock of Canada Geese and then again this year with a much bigger flock, nearing 150, that contained more oddities. So who is this enigmatic leader of birds that started as a sheep and now leads flocks across great distances? We love sharing!

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Geese Sheep Canada Farming 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2022

They migrate north through the Western United States, breeding in pockets all the way up through Canada. Compare that to the water body’s other regulars – Canada Geese – that reach “only” 43 inches with a wingspan of nearly 67 inches. Did I mention they’re huge?

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Pelicans United States Canada Arizona 229

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2014

… because my husband and I have done some migrating of our own, from Chicago to Philadelphia, over the past few weeks, and bringing 10,000 Birds readers the freshest and best bird news sadly had to take a back seat to packing, driving, unpacking, and furiously scouring Craigslist for Ikea furniture.

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New York Times New York Oakland Geese 195

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2016

You won’t find Painted Buntings in Canada—Corey photographed these in Florida, where they are common feeder birds. These findings, published in The Condor , draw from citizen science efforts coordinated by scientists from the University of Alberta and Environment Canada.

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Birds Science Canada Florida 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Long and thin, the lake’s shoreline grows thick with grasses and lily pads, a haven for a whole slew of bird species. I knew a house near water would bring new birding opportunities, but I never thought I would be lucky enough to see so many birds on a daily basis. It’s not my fault, I swear!

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Birds Geese Canada Species 142

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

In 2007 I was working in a university building that was just begging for bird feeders. This was where I set up my bird feeders, just one at first, then expanding as everyone expressed delight in seeing the Carolina Chickadees, Dark-eyed Juncos, and Downy Woodpeckers. There were no dead birds for weeks. I hoped it was an anomaly.

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 255

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Remember, voting for conservatives is almost always bad for birds. Politics Canada' Environment groups were hard hit in the first round in 2012-13, but the net has since widened to snare social justice and poverty groups, among others.

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Canada 2012 Groups Birds 228

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2019

If your entire birding year depended on the commitment you put forth this past weekend, how excited or appalled would you be? My commitment cannot be questioned after making FOUR separate trips to comb through hundreds of Canada Geese until I finally teased out some smaller Cackling Geese. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2019 Geese Sparrows Birds 114

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

While the birding in the park around the pits was somewhat limited — an Audubon’s Warbler , a Northern Junco , a Black Phoebe — the birding inside was nothing short of spectacular. California Condors , La Brea Condors , and the Merriam’s Giant Condor — a magnificent bird even in death.

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California Condor Coyotes Eagles Turkey 179

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

At the end of 2022, let us celebrate the local field guide, a sub-genre that many of us feared would die, the victim of technology, development, and globalization, but which still shines bright, fewer in number but brilliant in quality, thanks to birders and birding organizations that believe in knowing your patch and your state.

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Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 196

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2018

Birders follow different patterns of bird migration and their local activities and travel accordingly. It illustrates the bird richness per country. Shown as a list, it looks like this: Less than 200 bird species: Antarctica; oceanic islands. Focus on the wider triple border area – the birding top of the world.).

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Equatorial Guinea Costa Rica Guyana Central African Republic 196

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2015

Although he caught unsatisfying glimpses of his first ABA Mourning Warbler , BBOTW honors must go to a bird much better seen, like a sweet Canada Warbler. Coincidentally, this species was Corey’s Best Bird exactly one year ago. What was your best bird of the weekend? How about you?

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2015 Jamaica Canada Abandon 162