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.

Houston 226

Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 226

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2017

We were looking for turtle tracks, but my eyes were drawn to the dozens and dozens of birds feeding and resting as the sun brightened the sky. Looking for turtle tracks (but also birds and shells). Allen is an awesome person to bird with. No, we didn’t find any new turtle tracks, but we did record 18 bird species.

South Carolina 100

South Carolina Turtles Costa Rica Belize 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

Happy New Year, 10,000 Birds readers and writers! Everyone is looking back on their best birds of 2019, so I thought it would be a good idea to look at a book that looks back a little further: Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City , by P. The Bronx also has a special place in birding history.

New York City 157

New York City New York Birds Breeding 157

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

2014 has been a good year for us at 10,000 Birds. We’ve traveled to lots of places, seen lots of great birds, and met lots of great birders. So, as we’ve done for the last several years we thought we would share our Best Birds of the Year with you. Below are our Best Birds of the Year. What was yours?

2014 197

2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 197

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Any birder who has ever visited Cape May and many who have not will recognize these place names that are iconic in the birding world. All of them were on the route of the Triathlon Hawks, our Swarovski Optik-sponsored team competing in the Carbon Footprint category of the 2011 World Series of Birding.

New Jersey 162

New Jersey Bald Eagle Birds United States 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

But, then, no one expected a Common Greenshanks in New Jersey. Isn’t it a Eurasian bird?… No, I’d remember that, I didn’t see that many birds in France. Our Target Bird . Had the bird moved to a different area? The bird was right there, they said, pointing vaguely north.

New York 168

New York North America France Feral Cats 168

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2013

But some recent work by James Maley and others is shedding more light on these secretive and fascinating birds. In eastern North America, birders think of King Rails as richly colored birds of freshwater marshes, while Clapper Rails are considered drabber birds of saltmarshes. These birds are all relatively brightly colored.

Species 230

Species North America Cuba Louisiana 230

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

. … The ordinance would allow Minneapolis residents to establish cat “colonies” where abandoned and wild cats can be fed but also vaccinated, neutered and identified in an effort to humanely cut their population and control disease. And she has a North American bird book that has so far taught her how to recognize a sparrow.

Feral Cats 220

Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 220

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2016

That made the Gray Kingbird that was found way up in Livingston County on Monday, 2 May, such an intriguing bird. By Wednesday I was thinking about the odds of the bird both sticking through the end of the day on Friday and Daisy agreeing to me taking the entire day before Mothers Day to twitch a bird that I saw last week in Florida.

New York 101

New York Bald Eagle McDonalds Fast Food 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

I enjoy collecting children’s books about birds and nature that I come across in the expected (book stores) and unexpected (academic library conference reports) places. The Taínos named the birds Iguacas, after their call. Spanish settlers arrived in 1493 and called the birds Coterras. The birds thrive.

Puerto Rico 241

Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 241

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge : Open to migratory bird hunting (youth only). The Refuge is now home to nearly 200 species of birds, over 50 species of mammals, 25 species of reptiles and amphibians, and a wide variety of insects, fish and plants. This is an Urban Refuge ! Why would you open it up to hunting?

Fish 145

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 145

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Photograph of a Wild Turkey at Flatrock Brook Nature Center, in Englewood, New Jersey, by Corey. 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. This is where they got their name.

Turkey 211

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 211

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

10,000 Birds is running a series of articles by and about tour guides, tour companies, eco-lodges, and other birding travel organizations. We want to help the birding tourism industry come back strong from the COVID pandemic. That’s what makes us such good company: No birds to be seen at the moment?

Birds 246

Birds New Jersey Guatemala France 246

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

I think every naturalist in the United States knows the outlines of this urban tale: The pristine marshes of New Jersey are poisoned by pollution, toxic waste, pig farms, and probably every single way in which human beings can destroy the environment. This is the fable of the New Jersey Meadowlands and it is all true.

New Jersey 158

New Jersey Legislation Mammals Pigs 158

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2019

Might be a good subject for a continuing feature of some birding blogsite, too.). She wanted to join in the annual Audubon Christmas bird count in 2004, and she did — but she couldn’t identify a thing. I visited the bird for a couple weeks until one day, it was gone. Seymour lives in New Jersey but she gets around, too.

Bald Eagle 187

Bald Eagle Blackbirds Birds New Jersey 187

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

The sharp strings are a menace to passing birds – especially kites and other raptors – who cannot see them and sometimes suffer grievous, if not fatal, wounds. The first injured bird Nadeem and Mohammad ever found was a Black Kite.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation India Rescue Wounded 263

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

Happy New Year, 10,000 Birds readers and writers, listers and photographers, friends and fellow travelers near and far! Writing a post scheduled for January 1st for a birding blog is a big responsibility. On the first of the year, every bird is a new bird! Audubon, one with the Queens County Bird Club).

2018 167

2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 167

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Larger, denser with avian information than your typical field guide, a Crossley Guide bursts with bird images, photographic plates that verge on the surreal of birds in all plumages and poses against real-life habitats, informing, sometimes overwhelming us with visual and, if you can take your eyes off the images, textual information.

Ducks 125

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 125