10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2018

Leaves and birds in the Appalachian Mountains. Strong populations of birds reside in the hardwood forests and dense understories in this north-eastern location of West Virginia. There are guides for historic buildings as well as birding tours. If you visit later in the year, join Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Migrant birds make an incredibly perilous journey, twice per year. On the breeding grounds of the north, a small bird flies into the night, takes a bearing for the south, gains altitude and flies onward. During this incredible DIY survival trip, patches of light tempt the small bird to a lethal, unnatural end.

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Costa Rica Investigation Shelters Illinois 263

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2013

The weather outside is frightful, but winter birds are so delightful… guess that’s as good a reason as any to brave the cold. Alas, I had no time outdoors this weekend, which leaves House Sparrows sheltering a giant wreath as my Best Bird of the Weekend. What was your best bird of the weekend? How about you?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Birds begin to filter down through this southern part of Central America by August but the biggest avian movement happens during the third and final weeks of October. Most of them fly on the Caribbean side, especially along the coast south of Limon, and that’s why I guided the Birding Club of Costa Rica down that way this past weekend.

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Costa Rica Birds Parrots Farming 175

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

How much do you know about owls? I’ve been fortunate to encounter many owls in my birding life, sometimes because I’m looking for them, sometimes happily by happenstance. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read. I don’t think so.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 231

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

This past weekend I was disconnected from the internet, stuck in the woods without electricity, reduced to sleeping in a shelter made of fabric, and cooked meals over an open fire. Here a fledgling Chipping Sparrow , which is one of those confusing, streaky, brown birds, gets stuffed by an adult.

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New York Cooking Chipmunks Owls 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2016

On Saturday morning I decided to look for early migrants and lingering winter birds out at the southeasternmost part of Queens, the tip of Breezy Point. But I had no luck with the wintering land-birds at all. There were plenty of birds doing close fly-bys of the jetty. Those duck hormones are starting to flow!

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2020

I can’t imagine what life must be like during the current viral pandemic for those unlucky souls who don’t bird. And even with that, it’s difficult for all of us – whether we’re quarantining, sheltering in place, or just hunkering down – to escape the strange, oppressive monotony of our new day-to-day lives.

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Collecting Canada Mammals Shelters 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2016

That did not stop a New Jersey animal shelter from publishing this rabble-rousing flyer on Facebook, all written in alarming red capital letters: PARK RANGERS AND VET OFFICES ARE PUTTING OUT WARNINGS. All birds of prey are protected by state and federal law,” says Eileen Wicker. “If If you have a cat, keep it inside.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2011

Up to that point, I’d offered Great Reasons to Become A Bird Watcher in an effort to encourage the uninitiated to try bird watching. Bird watching sounds simple, but for the beginner it’s anything but. Here are three simple steps to starting bird watching the right way: 1.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2013

Many bird species were observed feeding in the blooms of these cacti. Saguaro Cactus also provides shelter and nesting sites for a wide range of desert birds as can be seen by the many nest cavities on this specimen. These largest of North American cactus also provide shelter and nesting sites for a variety of bird species.

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Arizona Tucson Miami Shelters 166

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Sitting on a beach under a coconut tree (but not under the very crown, I know that), I am contemplating birding and the meaning of life… Salty breeze comes from the Caribbean, way saltier than any Mediterranean sea breeze. Sergio and I continue to a sloth shelter, where, waiting for the tour, I sit in a café. Or a mammal.

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Costa Rica Reptiles Farming Mississippi 155

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2018

In an area known for ‘the cleanest water in the world,’ 234,000 acres were sheltered from mining exploration…until now. Saw Whet Owl , Superior National Forest. Minnesota’s Superior National Forest is now on the radar for underground mineral mining. Photo by © Albert Herring.

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Colorado Protection Bears ALA 172

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

It is an odd time of year to travel in the Kimberley, especially with a tent, but we had the opportunity to experience the flooded lands and the different birds that make the area home at this time of year. It is lovely to see such beautiful birds in such a lush green environment at this time of year.

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Family Australia Shelters Owls 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2015

Timothy Barksdale is a birder/biologist turned filmmaker , passionately pursuing birds with a television camera for the last 24 years. Tim’s involvement with birds began very early and has led him to his passion for conservation through television. “No His work is the foundation of the Macaulay Library video collection.

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South Dakota Nebraska Missouri Killing 266

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2016

One of the most camouflaged birds in Australia is the Tawny Frogmouth and we often hear them at night when we are camping in the bush, but the chance of seeing them is less likely. The first impression you may get when you observe a Tawny Frogmouth is that it is some sort of Owl , because it can look similar. Tawny Frogmouth tree.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Birders know that the pairing of farms and birds represents more than mere bucolic romance – it’s a match borne out of a real avian dependence on these man-made landscapes. Note the two birds flying over the wheatfield on the lefthand side. By the early twentieth century, however, saison was sliding into obscurity.

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Vermont Belgium Farming Europe 122

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

For those that might not fully comprehend, the birding slang-term to “dip” or to “dip out on” a bird is to go looking for a particular species and not find it. That bird can then be referred to as a”dip”, the noun version of the word. All twitchers will experience it at some stage or another.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2017

I’ve been lazy about blogging about our birding adventures there but the recent hurricanes and Jason’s excellent post on the idea of including Puerto Rico in the ABA Area have spurred me into action once again. Occasionally we would see some birds. The signage is informative, though it could be more friendly. And waited.

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Parrots Puerto Rico Apes Endangered Species 102

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Danum Valley is the finest birding location I have ever been to. And places I have seen more birds. But a a package, if I had to rate the best places I’ve ever been birding, the only place I can think that comes close is Mweya, in Uganda, or maybe Tikal, in Guatemala. There are, certainly, places I’ve enjoyed more.

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Lemurs Family Rhinoceros Fish 159

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

Corey was lucky enough to meet Carlos while birding in Ecuador , where Carlos was dragooned into accompanying the horde of Queens birders for the day, an encounter that somehow didn’t turn him off of all things New York. If you have been out birding in southeast Florida there is a good chance that you have run into him in the field.

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Florida Miami Cuba Bahamas 159

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2022

Hot summer days, often reaching 40C/104F, time to open another beer and dream of birding some cooler place, a place where deep shade of tall trees controls the heat… Perhaps the world’s second largest rainforest? The region also provides food, fresh water and shelter to more than 75 million people of nearly 150 distinct ethnic groups.

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Central African Republic Congo Gabon Gorillas 307

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2013

It was the only bird I could see through the narrow slit in the blind, and so, as a bird-watcher, I watched it. It had a little shelter, a box that served as a windbreak and retreat, but this Starling was bold — it kept coming out to stretch its legs and sun itself. Birds banding Golden Eagle starlings'

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Eagles Tethering Science Wounded 186

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

I’ve decided to get into the bird tour business. Get up early, point at lots of birds, go back to the hotel for celebratory wine. If any birds give trouble just make up an answer, then say it with confidence. Guaranteed to produce birds you’ve never seen before or your money back! I mean, how hard could it be?

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New Zealand Ducks Australia Mountain Goats 217

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2013

We do what we can by giving them food, shelter, and getting them their shots and fixed to prevent more feral litters.” ” Then my sister weighed in who is as passionate for cats as I am for birds, “Nature is nature. Maybe we should go back to giving individual wild birds their own names. Birds cats indoors'

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