10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2024

Bird Day is a lovely, little jewel of a book. The idea is to portray one bird for each hour of the day in words and art, presenting the diversity, beauty, and wonder of avian life. Angell’s black-and-white illustrations bring sparks of energy and visual clarity to the fascinating bird behaviors described by Huber.

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Chicago Barn Owls Penguins New Zealand 171

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Birding in the Caribbean is about islands, beautiful beaches, extra special endemics, rum, and smiles. It could also be much more, maybe less, it all depends on how you want to rock an international birding trip. Go to Costa Rica and you will be looking at other birds but you can still get in some Caribbean slope birding.

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Costa Rica Puerto Rico Birds Owls 263

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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The boat is called the Legacy and it is an 80 foot whale watching vessel that generally seats 115, but takes about 70 for birding trips. If I saw that bird, I did not appreciate it, so it is not on my list. I ended up with five lifers, those two and Townsend’s Storm-Petrel, Least Storm-Petrel, and Cook’s Petrel.

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San Diego Los Angeles Cooking North Carolina 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2022

Most of the usual birds seem present, a frog or two call from a small wetland, and a few other expected animals are there too. We would marvel over cheery flocks of green and bright yellow Carolina Parakeets and then we would see them decline until there were just two, maybe one lonely bird, and then we would witness their forever absence.

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Costa Rica Parrots Albatross Birds 248

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Probably because I find it very uncomfortable, so I prefer to bird from a sitting position, of which I have already written here (birding by car , by kayak …), but I have only rarely written about birding on foot (e.g. Hence, to do any proper birding, I need to sit down. in the Lazarev Canyon ).

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Costa Rica Birds India Botswana 213

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Corey is cooking up a crazy bird project, so he’ll probably be criss-crossing Queens this weekend. Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend ! How about you? Share your plans in the comments below.

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2018 Cooking Birds Species 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

This past weekend I was disconnected from the internet, stuck in the woods without electricity, reduced to sleeping in a shelter made of fabric, and cooked meals over an open fire. Here a fledgling Chipping Sparrow , which is one of those confusing, streaky, brown birds, gets stuffed by an adult.

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New York Cooking Chipmunks Owls 174

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2019

It’s good to have birding goals. Challenges like a Big Year, county lists, or a Big Sit can push a birder to learn more, to improve the birding focus, and become more aware of what’s happening in the avian neighborhood. Once that tropical sun cooks the ground, thermals carry them and other aerialists way up into the blue.

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Costa Rica Tigers Birds Tennessee 168

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2015

That can put a quick stop to birding but if you DO head into the fog, and DO happen to catch a break with the precipitation, you WILL be rewarded with a mega-burst of bird activity. It was indeed constant but we managed to avoid landslides, and still saw a bunch of birds, some of them super close. Shows up every day.

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Costa Rica Birds Cooking Parrots 167

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2017

And though it was not a birding trip we were out in the woods all day every day so of course I saw some birds. Here’s a few of the more interesting encounters I had with some of the birds of the eastern forest. “Corey, what’s that bird?” Camping is the best way to make this happen.

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St. Louis Cooking Bald Eagle Birds 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2013

Crossing New Zealand’s Cook Strait. Winter birds still linger, but I’ve seen signs of spring migration and will look for more until it’s time to leave. Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend ! How about you?

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New Zealand 2013 Albatross Cooking 150

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2022

It is undoubtedly the most wonderful time of year – when we don our binoculars and boots and head off on a tradition spanning more than a hundred years – that of the Christmas Bird Count! We soon departed to our various locations, bellies full and eyes hungry for birds. Three of them in fact, rare visitors from the north.

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Falcons Trinidad Ducks Groups 229

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2012

Birds have captivated us for time eternal, not only because of their ability to fly, but also because of the color they add to our lives. Ok, let me be clear that I’m not suggesting that ALL birds are colorful. Birds like Plain Chachalacas and Grey Catbirds hardly evoke images of stunning beauty.

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Birds Groups Cooking Parrots 267

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

So I brainstormed a few more programming options, perhaps enough to base a whole cable channel around if we filled in the late hours with rebroadcasts of The Big Year, Rare Bird , and Three Days of the Condor : 1. Now, as many of my long-time readers know, when it comes to me and the entertainment industry, I don’t know when to quit.

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Dallas Ducks Baltimore Birds 171

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Birding for the Curious: The Easiest Way for Anyone to Explore the Incredible World of Birds by Nate Swick brings birding back to its roots—a simple, joyous way to enjoy nature using our eyes, ears, hands (for sketching), and brain. There are now no excuses except a lack of curiosity. And, nobody wants to admit that.

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Birds North Carolina North America Owls 262

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2021

If the avian realm had self-conscious, talking ambassadors, “spokebirds”, which species would partake in birding conferences? Would Barred Owls chuckle and admit that, for the record, “No, we really aren’t saying ‘Who cooks for you’?” Maybe except for the gulls. There would also be drama!

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Costa Rica Belize Guatemala Protest 224

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2020

What with lockdown and all, it had been a while since I had made the one-hour drive down to Paso Ancho, my closest option for birding a full-blown tropical thorn forest habitat. I have already written about my love of the Paso Ancho site, though you would have to scroll back to my very first pieces with 10,000 Birds to read those articles.

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Sparrows Cooking Squirrels Owls 160

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2012

There are few families of birds as bewitching as the birds-of-paradise. They are feathered jewels with extraordinary breeding dances almost unrivalled in the bird world. Both those birds were females, which are brown on top with buff and pale undersides, but they are still elegant birds and bigger than I imagined.

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Indonesia Birds Australia Guinea 185

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

His obsession with all things feathered has led him to visit 20 countries around the world in the pursuit of thousands of different species of birds to watch, photograph, and enjoy. The proprietress speaks almost no English, but makes up for the lack of communication with effusive helpfulness and fantastic skill as a cook.

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Japan Massachusetts Birds Eagles 176

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2016

As I said last week , I’ve decided to try and knock off a few of the New Zealand endemics and specialities that I haven’t seen before over the coming year, and the first place that sprung to mind was pretty close, just across the Cook Strait in the Marlborough Sounds. This trip was to rectify that.

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Charlotte New Zealand Seals Fur 111

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

We’ve been retreating into the world of wine of late here at Birds and Booze, but in case you were wondering, little has changed in the brewing industry during our brief digression this winter. Still, when I find a good beer with a bird on it, it deserves a mention here, IPA or not. Good birding and happy drinking!

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India Columbus Ohio Cooking 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2012

My Sibley Guide to Birds is pretty darn destroyed from hard use and I can’t wait to see what he has cooked up for the next edition. Are you as excited as I am? Do you have the same problem? Well, you can keep up with what David Sibley is up to on his new Facebook page.

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2013 Cooking Birds 162

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 20, 2011

When climate changes, causing habitats to move, birds can get up and fly away to a new habitat, so really, they’ll be fine. I’ve been working on climate change lately (not causing it, but reading and writing about it) and birds have come up in a few places. Similar things happen to both fish and birds. Keep watching.

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Penguins Birds Cooking Fish 193

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Continued from: Birding Cuesta del Obispo and Los Cardones National Park. After departing from Salta we took the scenic route that goes through a windy road through mountains and reservoirs and birding hotspots; it must be beautiful drive during the day but we were late and drove this tortuous (paved) and very NARROW road at night.

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Argentina Birds Cooking Rights 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2016

One of my ambitions for this year is to do more birding around New Zealand, and in particular try and knock off a few of the possible species here I haven’t seen yet, perhaps with a mind to breaking 100 species here in a year. A big bird in a bigger sea. Halfway through the trip one enters the Sounds and the pelagic birding ends.

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New Zealand Albatross Cooking Dolphins 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

There’s nothing like a birdy, bird-filled lunch and I’m not talking about some lemon domesticated jungle fowl tagine either (although that is damn good too!). I mean watching cool birds at close range while enjoying the midday repast. All you need are a few bananas, plantains, and papayas, and the birds come a flying.

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Costa Rica Fowl Cooking Woodpeckers 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Asides / Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds By Corey • March 21, 2011 • No comments yet Tweet Share The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

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Cats 2011 Deer New York Times 165

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

Last weekend, I went on a birding binge. I spent two full days where the birding was near constant, and, just to keep the binoculars from being neglected, topped it off with another half day of birding on our drive back from Cano Negro, Costa Rica. Like most of my birding weekends, this one began somewhere in the Central Valley.

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Costa Rica San Jose Birds Farming 117

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2020

Canadian cooks understand that the best remedy for the long, harsh winter is enjoying plenty of warm, sugary treats, desserts like butter tarts, Nanaimo bars, pouding chômeur , pets de sœurs , tarte au sucre , and beaver tails (to be clear, that’s Canadian for fried dough), to list just a few. Good birding and happy drinking!

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Canada Beavers Sparrows North America 158

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

It also is home to the breeding sites of vulnerable seabirds including the Cook’s Petrel and Black Petrel, both species are considered vulnerable. Cook’s Petrel ( Pterodroma cookii ) is another range-restricted breeder that nests on Little Barrier Island.

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New Zealand Rats Cooking 2003 142

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

Hannah Buschert was first exposed to birds and birding during a required ornithology course at Oregon State University and she quickly caught the birding bug. This is Hannah’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds. Hannah and Erik ready to see some birds! I love to go on cruises.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 261

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2017

It’s Christmas Bird Count season, and if you know Christmas Bird Counts you have probably heard the tale of how Frank Chapman invented this winter tradition to replace the older and considerably less optimal for birds tradition of the Christmas side hunt.

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Ireland New Zealand Hunting Cooking 130

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

The dual name is something of a New Zealand compromise, Taranaki being the old Maori name and Mt Egmont being the name given by Captain Cook in honour of some long dead admiral that supported him. Next week I’ll talk about some of the birding in the area! Mt Taranaki from inside the park. The view from the snowline on Saturday.

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New Zealand Cooking Ducks Protection 167

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

It is always nice to visit and give Desi a chance to have a yard to play in and cousins to play with, to say nothing of eating some of my mother’s delicious home cooking.

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Salamander Chipmunks Reptiles Cooking 174

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2011

We here at 10,000 Birds are VERY pleased to announce that we have procured a place on a two-week, all-inclusive birding tour of Thailand for January of next year that will be guided by field guide authors David Allen Sibley and Richard Crossley and American Birding Association President Jeff Gordon!

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Thailand Cooking Birds 215

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

Bird Navigation is an amazing, mysterious thing. For years, birds have outsmarted scientists over this issue, mainly I think because people looking into navigation originally made the incorrect assumption that birds are birds and there is a navigational method that they use. Also, consider this. But what about pigeons?

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Humane Compassion Research Cooking 224