10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Two weekends ago I was scheduled to take part in a live birding video, one of twenty birders from across North and South America who were out and about looking for good birds to share with the world through Swarovski Optik Birding’s Facebook page. I am very appreciative of birds that sit still now.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Or maybe something closer to home like the American Bird Conservancy or a wildlife rescue organization like the Marine Mammal Center or International Bird Rescue. From a press release by the American Bird Conservancy. The outcome of today’s trial will undoubtedly embolden extremist groups.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2011

I’ve already regaled readers with the Swarovski Optik “Fabulous EL Fifties” heroic first and second days in the 2011 Great Texas Birding Classic 5-Day Event. Believe me, the team gutted out every one of those birds. Congratulations to all!

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2022

Bird-wise, Mauritius is probably primarily known for a bird that no longer exists, the dodo. I could not have designed a nicer-looking red bird. The Red-whiskered Bulbul is also an introduced species, probably joking about being stranded on an island (warning: this is an inside joke based on the Latin name of the bird, P.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Yesterday morning was simply one of those incredibly eventful birding sessions, about which I may expound upon in parts within the coming weeks. From genuine rarities to undocumented polymorphism – the magic of birding was truly in full swing. Upon arrival, activity seemed slow. A moment of silence for the departed.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2020

Because NAOC is so large, it is more accurate to say I sampled small parts of the enormous event. It may or may not be repeated, but I hope future events are a hybrid format. For birders, the most interesting events are the keynote and plenary speakers, paper sessions, symposia, and poster sessions.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

It may look like a cartoon, but while birding Philippines, Phoebe Snetsinger literally slept in a prison, because its buffer zone held the only remaining forest in the agricultural landscape. But are any of them, including bird tour agencies, needed in today’s world? Especially the world burdened by the post-Covid economic crisis?

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

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. Guaranteed coverage of medical expenses in the event of becoming ill with the pandemic COVID-19 virus while in Costa Rica, for at least USD $50,000 (fifty thousand United States Dollars). The Birding.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

Not professionally – these people come in SUVs and probably never recapture their gas money from the fish they catch (though come to think of it, neither do I with my bird photos). This is ok as birds do not have teeth anyway). One strange thing about Chongming is the inevitable presence of people fishing. End of side note.

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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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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

Audubon guides to birds have been around since 1946. The first guide bearing the National Audubon Society imprint was Audubon Bird Guide; Eastern Land Birds , written by Richard Hooper Pough, and illustrated by Don Eckelberry. Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H. Knopf, 1994/97.

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North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2022

December is not the ideal month for bird counts, at least not in Costa Rica. However, in Costa Rica, despite being wonderfully warm in December, the birding isn’t as straightforward as one might expect. Even so, we still manage to find a heck of a lot of birds, even on counts where constant rain is very much expected.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2020

This past Saturday, 10 October, was my favorite birding event of the year. Yes, it was the Queens County Bird Club Big Sit, our seventh iteration of the sedentary birding classic. As always, I was out in the dark, arriving at the platform at 530 AM, only to have to wait forty-five minutes before I heard my first bird.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

As devoted readers of 10,000 Birds know, the writers can be members of the 10,000 Birds Collaborative group on eBird. The sole addition to the life list is the notable Steller’s Sea Eagle that was seen in several places in Maine, an event that made the national news in the Washington Post. Good Birding in February!

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

What if there was an international multi-day Birding competition? What if there was an event that truly captured the rigors and fast-paced nature of the sport? What if this event took place in one of the most biodiverse natural areas in the world? Think the Birding World Cup or the International Birding Open.

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Peru 2012 Birds Falcons 232

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

All of the events follow different timelines in different latitudes and longitudes, but the general pattern suggests that we can all find some reasonable avian observation activity this weekend. Corey will likely find more balance–and birding–in his immediate future, probably around NYC. appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Mid-October birding can be as exciting as you–and wind and weather conditions–allow it to be. Corey exhausted himself doing the Sixth Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit out at Fort Tilden on the coast of Queens all day on Sunday. What was your best bird of the weekend? How about you?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2016

When my book “ Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings ” came out in 2009, one of my favorite reviews was by Corey Finger of 10,000 Birds. Instead there were glorious photos of healthy birds in their natural habitats. and ended up with posts like “Do Not Feed Baby Birds Ham.” .

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2019

Mid-June may be the most perfect time of year, offering maximum nice weather with minimal catastrophic natural events. Even the birding is decent. Corey only birded for a bit on Saturday afternoon and didn’t see much that was terribly exciting. So, Bald Eagles as his Best Bird of the Weekend. How about you?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2020

A month ago, I was helping fellow birders see their first Emerald Tanagers , their lifer Sunbittern , and wondering where Mary and I could go next, which birds we could chase during the upcoming weekends. As always, they remind me of “winter finches” from birding days back in western New York and southern Ontario.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2019

Our attunement to periodic plant and animal life cycle events explains why we anticipate migration with the eagerness of schoolchildren waiting for the final bell. For example, we all have birds we associate with the beginning of spring. Corey doesn’t mind taking a longer route if it leads to more interesting FOY birds.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2014

I thought I would talk about our team’s performance in the World Birding Rally Challenge in Northern Peru and the side attractions along the route. Hugh made things easier on me, as now I will only talk about other nature and cultural sites along the route covered in the Northern Peru World Birding Rally Challenge.

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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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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Back in November of 2017, I travelled to the tourist town of Puerto Vallarta, on Mexico’s west coast, to sing in a Christian event. Still, a birder’s gotta bird, so I made sure I would have one morning to check out someplace right there in town. Try to set aside enough time to bird outside the town if possible.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2014

Birding in the Amazon Rainforest has its pros and cons. However, rainforest birds live in specific microhabitats and are often much easier to hear than to see in the dense multilayered rainforest. This Birding Rally’s competitors were companies that specialize in birding and nature tours.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2018

That’s what lots of people have been screaming (well, metaphorically , anyway) as the Northern Hemisphere’s nesting season does a number on various projects and events. eastern seaboard, various varieties of birds have gotten in the way of pipeline plans , whereas on the West Coast, it’s landfill mowing that’s the problem. On the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2021

This past Saturday, 09 October 2021, was the Eighth Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit. As regular readers of 10,000 Birds know, the Big Sit is my favorite birding event of the year, narrowly edging out the Christmas Bird Count. It’s lonely in the dark with no birds to keep you company.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2015

Get excited, bird lovers… a team with an avian appellation is headed to the Super Bowl! For the second year in a row, the Seattle Seahawks will represent the NFC, the Pacific Northwest, and bird lovers everywhere in pursuit of the NFL championship. What was your best bird of the weekend? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Which winter sporting event captured your attention more this weekend: The Olympics or the Great Backyard Bird Count? The GBBC appears to have as much international cache these days as that other event running in Sochi; as of Sunday morning, checklists have been submitted from 103 countries and 6 continents. How about you?

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

I came late to bird feeding, and when I was finally able to put out a “thistle” sock and a seed feeder (or two or six), I was amazed by the learning curve. There is a long list of articles and books on how to feed birds in your yard. Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation by Paul J. And conservation.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2014

Last week might have been the official observance of International Migratory Bird Day along with innumerable Big Days, Big Sits, and Great Texas Birding Classics (well, maybe only one of those!), but spring is still springing and birds still winging towards their breeding or wintering grounds. Birding May weekend'

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10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2014

I was incredibly lucky to be invited –again- to participate on the second edition of the World Birding Rally Challenge in Northern Peru. I participated on the first edition of this event in 2013 as a support member for the South African team. Most of the predetermined stops are popular birding sites. Gray-hooded Gull.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2019

This last year of the twenty-teens was a monumental birding year for me. I saw 863 species of birds, bringing my life list to 1,820. I birded Uganda, which was my first time on the continent of Africa. Such travel brings a lot of birds and the 863 species I saw this year is the most species I have ever seen.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2023

And since I suspect there may be others out there who, like I, feel something of a personal connection with 10,000 Birds’ regular writers, I feel the need to explain my absence. Now, all of this should not have kept me from seeing, and reporting on, some cool Mediterranean birds. In fact, I have not formally gone birding, at all.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2022

Some sayings are trite for a reason, most often because they are repeated innumerable times in speech and in the day to day unfolding of events. Specifically, have you ever had a bird elude you so often that you firmly believe there is no hope of ever seeing it – and then voila – it appears one day.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2022

They have arrived in large numbers this time, but as with all of these bird species that arrive during flood events we don’t know where they came from. There are so many mysteries in the birding world. We all know that bird guides and bird maps are not for the birds to follow, but as a “guide” for us!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2015

I’ve had a great time at Space Coast when I made the trip there three of the last four years and I am looking forward to the 19th Annual event, to be held 20-25 January, 2016. They are the cherry on top of the field trip, presentation, and great bird sundae. Who wouldn’t want to hear Steve N.

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