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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 30, 2016
At least one weekend a year, bats–particularly the vampiric kind–command more attention than birds, at least from most people. I saw lots of different kinds of woodpeckers this weekend, but that big, honking Pileated always wins out over the others for Best Bird honors. What was your best bird of the weekend?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds , Terminology / Cow Birds Cow Birds By Rick • March 22, 2011 • 1 comment Tweet Share So what do Buffleheads and Bitterns and Hornbills have in common? They’re all named for livestock.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 26, 2014
Interestingly, the birding lexicon uses other terms to describe unanticipated arrivals in more positive terms. What would birding be without the prospect of twitching the occassional vagrant, which is by definition an uninvited, though in these cases welcome, guest. Birds exotics invasive species Invasive Species Week irruption'
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
My ears perk up with every new song, my tail wags (ok, not literally, but darn close) every time I see or hear about a newly-returned migrant. And reports of birds nesting – not owls, of course, those weirdo snow fetishists, but other birds nesting – light up my life. But the story, and the birds, did not stop there.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2019
The trend at this time of year is a downturn in shared lists and birds reported, nevertheless, 12 (is this a record?) Our two newest contributors have shared from Mexico and China, bringing the countries birded this month (also including; Costa Rica, Greece, Serbia, USA, UK, India, UAE and New Zealand) to 10. 01 Jun 2019.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 23, 2016
That’s January for birding. Coming from Niagara Falls, New York, it also means freezing, bitter cold, watching for imaginary Polar Bears while pretending to walk through an Arctic landscape, and looking for owls. By simply letting the vegetation grow back, Paul has created a green oasis that brings in the birds.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2011
But it wasn’t all that diabolical when you consider that it was the Queens Zoo that served as the setting and I also left this clue: “a knowledge of what birds can be seen in my fine borough will be of great assistance to you.&# Those who are really familiar with Queens should know what birds are in the zoo named for our borough.
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