10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2014

Many Northern Hemisphere birders see summer as the nadir of the annual bird watching experience. If you hadn’t noticed, summer is coming to an end and birds are taking once more to their migratory routes. I’m trying to decide where in Western New York to chase birds this weekend… got any ideas for me?

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2014 New York Birds Raised 157

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

They are about the same length (NL 6.2in / 158mm; EL 6.3in / 160mm) and weight (NL 30oz / 850g; EL 29.6oz / 840g), and obviously, the same lens diameter, hence, they should feel the same, right? And when you raise your fingers, well balanced NLs happily rest against your thumbs, not falling to either side. Nothing can be more wrong.

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Chile Argentina Raised Serbia 302

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Birds can be enjoyed in a wide variety of ways. Those of us who chase rare birds for our counties, states, or other human-made geographical distinctions watch birds for more reasons than the twitch. Personally, I enjoy birds in every way. After a bird rich morning at Cope’s.

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Costa Rica Species San Jose Birds 178

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

With the lockdown lasting until the end of May (ironically thus pretty much including the whole spring migration – the divine sense of humor is a rather malign one, I am afraid), June still had the freedom of birding anywhere in Shanghai, not just inside a smallish compound. Accessorizing for birds.

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Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2022

A recent episode of the American Birding Podcast featured an interview with Virginia Rose (Founder and President) and Freya McGregor (Coordinator) of the non-profit Birdability. The mission of Birdability is to “share the joys of birding with people who have disabilities, and to ensure that birding is accessible to everybody.”

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Portland Oregon Laws Experience 185

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2021

“Gamebirds” to some, cool, cryptic understory birds to the birding people, grouse crouch protected as unfettered winds sway the top of the tall prairie grass. Then there are the ones that live in PA , the state bird, “the grouse” that a great many non-birders are aware of, my Uncle Fred was one of them.

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Costa Rica Chickens Pennsylvania Litter 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2014

Among birds the Egyptian Vulture uses rocks to crack Ostrich eggs, the New Caledonian Crow and Woodpecker Finch (one of several Darwin Finches of the Galapagos Islands), uses sticks to extract grubs from inside a branch. This is similar to the fact that all birds, even first time breeders within a species build identical nests.

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Fish Woodpeckers Ostriches Eggs 163

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2011

My 8-year old daughter got interested in birds from a VERY early stage. By age 2 she could identify over 10 species of birds in our Johannesburg, South Africa, yard by call alone. So I guess for some people birding skills come naturally but, for others, birding skills need to be learnt. And perhaps 20 others by sight.

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Birds Game Wildlife Family 277

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2020

The week before I had tried to walk this trail with my parents and son in the baby jogger, but the constant need to veer off the pathway to avoid those less observant of CDC guidance made the experience more stressful than enjoyable. Piney Z Lake is separated by Lake Lafayette by another raised berm – this time with no openings for paddlers.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

It stops those thousands of migrating birds flying across the Gulf of Mexico and directs them right onto the trees, fields, sanctuaries, beaches along the Bolivar Peninsula, where they hopefully find food and fresh water. And us, the birders who travel here from March to May to worship the birds as they seek to survive.

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 203

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

What if there was an international multi-day Birding competition? Enter the inaugural Peru Birding Rally Challenge , the first international birding event of it’s kind in the world. Think the Birding World Cup or the International Birding Open. Think the Birding World Cup or the International Birding Open.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2011

We here at 10,000 Birds thought this would be a perfect time to look back and figure out what each of us considered our Best Bird of the Year, just like we did last year. Not only did we not expect to see this seabird this far inland, it was a life bird for me! We would like you to join in!

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2011 Birds South Korea North Dakota 177

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2015

And where all those birds are? This map shows the distribution of the World’s bird species, based on overlying the breeding and wintering ranges of all known species. And it raises a question: if all the birds are having a party over there, am I in the wrong spot? I am talking 600 or 700+ bird species.

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Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 256

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

British birders are very serious about birding and their birds. This is a very good thing; it means they publish a lot of books about birds (probably more at this point than U.S. This is a very good thing; it means they publish a lot of books about birds (probably more at this point than U.S.

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Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 141

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Yet, these very qualities are what make them so difficult to see as birders, and in my years of birding I had managed to spot just two: the Snowy Owl (which is active during the daytime) and the Barred Owl. Brian had been completely right – a real owl had answered the one on my smartphone!

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Owls Florida Family Raised 150

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2018

This is her first contribution to 10,000 Birds. Birdwatching is a hobby that many people enjoy, and it’s one that you can experience year-round. With the right amount of food, shelter, water and areas for birds to raise their babies, you can transform your backyard into a birdwatching paradise. Decrease Your Lawn.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2014

In a recent article on birding in USA Today, I was quoted as saying the following : Nate Swick, editor of the ABA’s blog, says some people compare birding to golf, in that everyone keeps their own scores, relying on the honor system. Even at birding’s highest level, it’s still a pretty tight-knit community.

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Raleigh 2008 Rights Raised 203

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

“This clumsy, ungraceful bird was displeasing to observe” – Carol F. There is nothing in birding like a pelagic…you never know what to expect. You can end up basking in a rare bird bliss that may linger for weeks, or you basically experience a living hell. Red-tailed Tropicbird. Pelagic trips.

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Puffins Albatross Penguins Experience 246

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2024

So Eduardo set aside the afternoon to show me some of the city, and take me birding in two city parks. Being a westerner — raised in California, and now living in western Mexico — I was perhaps most excited about the migratory birds that breed in eastern North America. Two other birds, both residents, surprised us.

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Mexico Birds Raccoons Baltimore 187

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2011

With their high cellulose content and often raised levels of toxins drawn from the ground, mature leaves can be very difficult to digest so a folivore needs specialised equipment and adapted behaviour to be able to live off them. As it happens, I thought this thought out loud in just the right place.

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Monkeys Raised Animal Experience 187

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. Two days ago I went on Facebook and queried some of my exhausted compatriots: if you could have one wish right now – anything in the world – what would it be? “I Summer is high season.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma New York 242

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds. Raised in and around the West Texas steppe country where temperatures reached 100 degrees with regularity, he began life as the Dust Bowl and Great Depression converged. such as California Condors and Passenger Pigeons. He came for the hawks.

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 173

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

I don’t really know – from my own experience with school bullies or from Jack London’s novels? Not sure that I impressed them, I chose to bluff them and looked left and right for a suitable tree branch to pick. Finally, the list of birds mentioned in the examples include: Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus.

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Animal Bears Stray Dog Blackbirds 114

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2014

and provides diverse nature experiences for visitors from around the world. Congress appropriates these monies primarily with funding from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund (MBCF). Create a second fund-raising stamp for wildlife watchers. It preserves habitat, protects wildlife.

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Ducks Wildlife Hunting Fish 214

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

I recently asked ChatGPT some questions about the best birding locations in the United States and the results were decidedly mixed. Here are the queries and the ChatGPT responses are below: What is birding? What is a “nemesis bird” in birding? What is a “big year” in birding?

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

Somewhere below that mysterious eagle, at the far shore of the lake, lies one Bengal Tiger … and further to the right – two more! The closer one raises her head, than lies back. Telia yawns, raises and sprays her urine on a dead tree stump, marking her territory. He has earned his tip. These are my first wild tigers ever!

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Tigers India Killing 2012 240

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Yes, the warbler formerly known as Dendroica kirtlandii , now Setophaga kirtlandii , is one of those birds that make birders’ hearts pulse quicker and their legs churn faster. Look what happened when the bird made the first of three appearances at the Biggest Week in American Birding at Magee Marsh!

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 223

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2012

Situate across a small canyon carved by a steep stream it made for excellent viewing, at eye level right across the small chasm. The young birds had looked like they were ready to fledge, the season is getting late and they looked ready to leave. “That nest?” ” Eyasses are still in fluffy down. It was deathly quiet.

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Falcons Killing Fur Owls 167

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2013

We were able to spend hours sitting right in amongst super-groups of 500-600 Geladas that just carried on with their daily business in total oblivion to our presence. Gelada communications include intense staring with raised eyebrows. As mentioned earlier, Geladas spend their nights on inaccessible cliffs, where they sleep on ledges.

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Ethiopia Primates Mammals Fur 159

Animal Person

APRIL 6, 2010

While other people might trade barbs or even turn to fisticuffs, I'd dig deep for the most hurtful thing I could say, in the fewest words, and deliver it without even raising my voice. This is great news for animal rights because it's one more piece of evidence that humans aren't as exceptional as we like to think we are.

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Animal Pigs Human Animals Humane 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

They looked out their windows and across their patios and up from their apartment terraces and saw–birds. This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 263

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Well, they mainly feed on birds, which may explain their low popularity. For the White-throated Rock Thrush , Wikipedia gives the slightly puzzling statement “The bird’s population is unknown, but is not increasing or declining.” Even if they look as charming as this Northern Boobook. Unfortunately, it is true though.

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Birds China Eggs Owls 192

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2023

Although many of the birds on the island were new for me, the Imperial Parrot remained the holy grail! Chances of seeing this bird were already slim given the dismal population status (estimates are between 40-60 individuals !), Aside from the birds, the forest in the Morne Diablotin National Park is tremendously beautiful.

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Dominica Parrots Groups Rights 130

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Not only that, but you may get time to go birding and you would not want to be sitting at a computer if you could be outside with the birds! From Manchester we took a train east to the closest train station to my parents’ home and over those three hours we watched eagerly from the train window for any British birds!

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Ducks Birds 2016 Dogs 140

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The experience was marvelous — but it also weighed heavily on me. That’s because I’d already seen the conclusions contained in a study that Audubon (my employer) was preparing to release, a study about birds and climate change. Birds are finely tuned to the climatic conditions that support them.

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Species Science Los Angeles 2000 174

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

There are two thoroughly enjoyable events for bird watchers coming up in the next couple of months. You’ve probably heard of both of these, but I believe that they are fun and worth doing for all the right reasons. The Midwest Birding Symposium is happening in just about two weeks in beautiful Lakeside, Ohio.

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