10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

so I’m a bit behind in my intense pursuit of scientific findings related to birds. First, the bird butts. Over the least couple of weeks the best view I’ve had of Minnesota has been out my northward facing window. It is interesting to note that the vast majority of birds flying by out there are going the other way.

Birds 185

Birds Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines 185

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2014

There are birds more prized by North American birders than the Great Gray Owl , but not many*. As part of my commitment to birding excellence in 2014, I signed up for eBird alerts — receiving messages each time a bird not yet on my year list is reported in Missoula County. We went beyond. The owl wasn’t there.

Owls 237

Owls Minnesota Montana 2014 237

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2011

Note: This is an account, originally published in June 2006, of my quest to remove a jinx bird from my bird-watching soul. I am sharing it again here, at the request of Corey Finger, who takes some sort of sick pleasure in seeing other birders squirm and suffer under the weight of their obsession with life birds.

Connecticut 176

Connecticut North Dakota Ohio Owls 176