10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2024

I would be fascinating to know how many species of birds it was pointed at during its time with me, but it must have been well over 1,000. It proved strong enough to take the many knocks and falls that a hard-used scope experiences during its lifetime. Dalmatian pelicans : digiscoping flying birds is a challenge.

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Estonia Poland India Pelicans 212

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Not all birds are created equal. These are the kinds of birds even those barely cognizant of nature recognize, appreciate, and aspire to. These are the kinds of birds even those barely cognizant of nature recognize, appreciate, and aspire to. Central Africa has one of those birds.

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Uganda Africa Birds Penguins 276

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2019

Though he’s seen some decor birds he hasn’t been actively birding very much. As such, his Best Bird of the Weekend is the Brown Pelican , a bird that always amazes Corey in places where they are common. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

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2019 Pelicans Breeders Virginia 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

Common Nightingales were singing, a squadron of Dalmatian Pelicans was in the air and everything was exactly where it should be, including myself. At mid-day, we took a boat tour of the heronries and the pelican islands with Nikos. Dalmatian Pelican © Dusanka Stokovic-Simic. In that count, my wife and I passed for locals.

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 200

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Ivy and I scored some rare vagrants at Montezuma NWR–which has been awful for shorebirds this summer–best of which was her first American White Pelican chilling in the same score view as a Sandhill Crane. What was your best bird of the weekend? How about you?

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2019 Costa Rica Pelicans Birds 125

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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2019 Pelicans Birds Experience 120

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2018

Such seasonal signifiers include but are not limited to incipient blossoms, modest budding, children in shorts, and possibly even some new birds. I dropped in at Montezuma NWR before the errant American White Pelican could pull itself away from the carp-filled canal. Such a tough guy deserves to be Best Bird of the Weekend.

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2018 Pelicans Birds Experience 100

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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2019 Barbados Uganda Costa Rica 142

10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2020

Far less experience the two in a single morning. Fortunately, I live in Trinidad and Tobago – a twin-island nation that boasts the second highest density of bird species in the world. Activity was quite muted, the birds were quietly and unhurriedly going about their business. Brown Pelican. Variegated Flycatcher.

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Trinidad Pelicans Humane Fish 242

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

It’s never too late or too early to buy a children’s book about birds. It’s been a few years since my last roundup of children’s bird books, and children’s book writers, illustrators and publishers continue to produce picture books that feature avian protagonists. First, the board books.

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New York City Pelicans Birds New York 158

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2018

If you like birds on posts, if seeing “little brown jobs” posing nicely in the distance as you drive or walk along a dirt road only to have it fly away as you approach makes you deliriously happy, then North Dakota is the place for you. I wanted to see prairie birds and I wanted to experience a new state.

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North Dakota Birds Sparrows Blackbirds 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2019

I was poking around my eBird checklists recently and came across one from one of my more intriguing days birding. Like many birders, I’ve had “patches” where I routinely go birding. Patch birding is rewarding because the birds become familiar, as do the changes across the seasons. There is satisfaction in the everyday.

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San Francisco Portland Whales Whaling 134

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2020

And this doesn’t mean you are obsessed or a little bit too much into birds because keeping track of a year list actually comes with some side benefits. Yeah, many of us living the birding life do so anyways because we can’t help it. I strongly suggest the experience of sharing Turquoise-browed Motmots. Go birding!

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Costa Rica 2020 Morals Farming 263

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The NYC owls have little to do with the book in front of me except that it too is about birds and people. The 26 essays in When Birds Are Near are all about the real-life and emotional spaces where people overlap with birds. The essays range widely in place, bird, and voice, though the emphasis is on the North American.

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New York City Birds Owls Fox 198

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2012

This is one of those weekends where actually watching birds gets in the way of writing about them, so I’ll cut to the chase. See any nice birds lately? The best bird of my weekend was Japanese Waxwing spotted where else but in Japan! What was your best bird of the weekend? How about you?

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2012 Pelicans Japan New York 119

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2015

Many weekends come and go without great birds, but during the Christmas Bird Count, most field ornithologists have reason to beat the bushes. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was actually a bunch of birds, none of which he saw! What was your best bird of the weekend? How about you?

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Bald Eagle 2015 Nashville Pelicans 101

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Second, even if we do, we have discovered through bitter experience that jewelry can either be snatched or, like very small guns, used against us. asked Marge Gibson, when I asked a group of bird rehabbers about their bling experiences. Raccoons are worse than birds,” said Gay Frazee. As for nice clothing … right!

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Bald Eagle Wildlife Rehabilitation Vet Birds 233

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

We still observed 45 species of birds in the reserve in about an hour and there are always raptors to observe as well as the usual water birds. The Australian Pelican obviously decided it was safe to continue on with its feeding after the incident and observed the crocodile consuming the Magpie Goose.

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Pelicans Investigation Raised Fish 156

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In fact, I was already embarrassed two months ago, when the pandemic and at-home duties had forced me to write about the same michoacano birds for a couple of years running. (It’s It’s a good thing that I can access some 300+ michoacano birds! New places, new birds! ” Of course, I birded every moment I could.

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Turkey Spain Mexico Agenda 162

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

My own trip was not an intensive birding experience, and August is clearly not the most productive month. I chalked up 132 species in a pretty relaxed eight days, during which birds shared the agenda with culture. This area offers probably the best wetland birding near Belgrade. What has changed in the meantime?

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Serbia Birds Bulgaria Farming 168

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2018

I needed 4 more birds to round it up to 400, and as I said, I had only a few more days left. At home, I may find a new bird, perhaps two, but four? Last evening, Nikos Gallios, the owner and manager of Limneo 3Bs (bed, breakfast & birding) in Chrisochorafa Village asked me what my targets are? The solution? The Kerkini Lake.

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Greece 2017 Pelicans Geese 187

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2018

On that visit we paddled from Lake Argyle back to Kununurra over three days and that was a magnificent experience. All of our visits since then for a holiday have been during the cooler months and it is interesting to observe which birds remain in the area all year and which arrive later in the year. The birds have been warned!

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Cattle Geese Birds Australia 114

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 25, 2023

Those who are familiar with my ethos know quite well that I am very much for the experience as opposed to the payoff. Nomenclature aside, few can deny the benefits of simply being in nature, when there are birds around that’s a bonus! Some call it a preference for the journey rather than the destination. It was glorious.

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Trinidad Pelicans Groups Birds 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

The magnificent history and diversity of birds on Earth came into sharper focus this month with the publication of 28 new scientific papers in Science and other journals. One of the central papers, Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds (Jarvis et al. American Flamingo photo by Dick Culbert).

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Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2016

Why did I care how many times I saw a Northern Mockingbird, American Robin , Brown Pelican , or one of the many hundreds of other species I tallied during the 365 days? As I write, I am compiling an analyzable data sheet which will tell me exactly how many times I saw every bird on my list for the year. A little too neurotic?

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2015 Birds Pelicans Species 101

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2013

The Spring Wings Festival , held this past weekend, was the perfect way for a birding-festival newbie like me to get into the swing of things. Its small size, laid-back nature, and ample opportunities to get up close and personal with birds make it a good fit for experienced birders, but also for people looking to get their feet wet.

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Nevada Birds Barn Owls Cows 182

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

For many in the birding community, Miami is a destination meant only for ticking off ABA-countable exotics such as Spot-breasted Oriole or Red-whiskered Bulbul. It was truly heart-warming to see the local birding community participate with so much enthusiasm and fervor. This bird was a life bird for him! Gadwall: 3.

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Miami 2015 United States Birds 169

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2011

Sometimes a bird is better off going it alone. We know that big birds like waterfowl such as ducks and geese benefit from the flying-V. Waterbirds like pelicans and cormorants make the most of the chevron formation as well. But according to a study published in Nature , flying in a messy flock does birds like pigeons no favors.

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Pelicans Geese Ducks Experience 162

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2012

Few experiences birding get me more excited than adding a new bird to my Queens list. My latest addition, a Parasitic Jaeger off the coast, finally got me to my 289th bird, well over a year since I got my 279th. The first time I did this I accidentally added twelve birds to my list before reviewing it.

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Connecticut 2011 2012 Jamaica 176

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

We have recently done another camping and birding trip just to the north east of Broome. You don’t actually have to go too far from Broome inland to find taller trees and different bird species. You don’t actually have to go too far from Broome inland to find taller trees and different bird species.

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Birds Owls Pelicans Species 166

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

This diversity makes for a very unique birding experience. One where you get to enjoy the many different local desert birds, right along side the birds that make the warm salt waters they home. Here are a few of the birds we spotted last weekend. Brown Pelicans. Black-throated Sparrows. Loggerhead Shrikes.

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Mountain Lions Mules Sheep Lions 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Newly surrounded by wildlife, he found his love of birds reignited. He now lives in Los Angeles, California where he is employed as a natural history tour guide and as a member of the Leica Birding Team. This is Luke’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds. Great birds. Sociability.

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Bald Eagle Los Angeles Connecticut Eagles 246

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2014

In her free time she travels near and far to find birds to continue building her life list, though many of her favorites can still be found right in her own backyard. She has contributed many pieces to 10,000 Birds and writes about her birding adventures on her blog, newbirder.tumblr.com. Lots and lots of birds.

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Birds Florida Groups Breeding 184

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. And, the birds are awesome. Ringer Anhingas and darters , cormorants and shags , frigatebirds , gannets and boobies , pelicans , and the tropicbirds all share a characteristic found in no other living bird: Their feet are totipalmate.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 155

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Are seabirds the last frontier of bird identification? They say so right here in the Preface of Oceanic Birds of The World: A Photo Guide —seabirds are “some of the most challenging of all birds to identify.” Which makes the publication of Oceanic Birds of The World: A Photo Guide a significant and happy event.

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Albatross North America Birds Groups 167

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

We have just been away camping and birding and had an amazing time. It is only a short drive in over a small hill to the bird hide at the billabong. Magpie Geese, Purple Swamphen, Brolga and Pied Heron near the boardwalk The bird hide is shaded well and a nice breeze blows through it to save you from the dry 40c (105f) September days.

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Pelicans Geese Australia Ducks 171

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2018

In the afternoon the sun was at my back and the birds on the beach and over the water were perfectly illuminated for some nice digiscoping opportunities. Terns, gulls, pelicans, gannets, and ducks all made their way past and all were digiscoped to within an inch of their lives. But none were quite as fun to shoot as Osprey. (It’s

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North Carolina Fish Hunting Pelicans 106