10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Of course, that means that the birds I saw on September 30 are now somewhere in blogpost limbo, not having appeared in the September post but also not legitimately belonging in the October one. After this longish and completely irrelevant introduction, finally here is a photo of the first bird of September 30th, a Black-winged Cuckoo Shrike.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 20, 2014
What is it about Owls that casts such a spell over folk? If there is one order of birds that is guaranteed to draw involuntary gasps and odd keening noises, it is the Strigiformes. Owls were at the forefront of my mind, but then aren’t they always? The birds were high in dense, leafy branches at the edge of the wood.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
After a lifetime of lockdown measures we’re all surely chomping at the bit to get back out and slip back into that birding groove. I shall not get into those, as we may never get to the birds! My first experience was with a nesting pair, one bird was out at the time and the other was comfortably sitting quite low in the nest.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
The night was understandably cool, not quite freezing but cool enough to warrant a sweater and jacket at this high elevation birding hotspot. Passing through the high oak dominated rainforests of Quetzal National Park, this road can also turn up Unspotted Saw-whet Owls and other species of the night but is much more birdy during the day.
10,000 Birds
MAY 16, 2020
The real upside is that it is right by my house and the Tawny Owls occasionally stray into my oak tree at night. All terrain vehicle enthusiasts ripped swathes through the wild flowers and fireraisers left the burnt out shuck of a car, so there will almost certainly be work parties to clear the litter and debris. Feeder stations!
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2019
I remember it as the one in Niagara where the Arctic would come on down to bring ice for the roads, cold blue for the sky, and, with luck, birds from the north. Looking for Northern Shrikes and redpolls was a test for winter gear and wind chill factors but the birds weren’t going to be there in the hot days of summer.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 30, 2016
There is a regular birding route in Costa Rica that hits every major habitat in the country and makes an easy, logistical friendly loop. Those time honored sites are always good and result in fantastic, birdy trips but they aren’t the only places in Costa Rica for birding. The view of the forested hillside.
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