10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2021

Guyana is an Amerindian word meaning “land of many waters” but it could just as easily mean “land of many birds”. Before I delve into some of these avian treasures let me give you a few non-birding reasons to visit this gem of South America. Not a great look for a middle-aged birding dude. Wilderness. Guyana is WILD.

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Guyana Otters South America Colombia 278

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

Enjoying these locations over time allows us to experience our beloved birding sites in all their multifaceted glory, even when those facets aren’t exactly glorious. The birding mecca on my mind is Chincoteague NWR, renowned far and wide for avian profusion (and wild ponies!) What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2018 Ponies New York City Tennessee 124

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2011

The Loch of Strathbeg reserve in Aberdeenshire Scotland has begun to use eight rare ‘Konick’ horses to manage and improve it’s wetland habitats for birds.

Ponies 145

Ponies Horses Adoptable Europe 145

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2022

We also often encounter them just out of town near the Pony Club and that is where these photos were taken. We have occasionally observed one near Gantheaume Point , but this may well be one of these Australian Magpies , because nowhere is far in Broome. The Australian Magpies in Victoria have a different plumage and that can be seen here.

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Breeding Ponies Australia Birds 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2013

But once it’s been raining for days on end, a bird’s gotta do what a bird’s gotta do. And sometimes, as when I visited my parents at the beginning of the month, what a bird’s gotta do is visit a feeder and grab a snack. Result — a series of breakfast-table and front-porch observations of damp birds.

Blackbirds 167

Blackbirds Ponies Branding Ducks 167

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2012

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know that this time of year I am pretty much a one-trick pony, a single-track record, a birder stuck in a gaudy rut full of wood-warblers. Wood-warbler mania has taken over my brain leaving me unable to do much but look for wood-warblers, dream of wood-warblers, and devise plans as to how I can see more wood-warblers.

Ponies 157

Ponies Birds 157

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

I went on to tell him that I’d seen these birds in Central America but that I needed to see them in the US too. This comment spurred the manager into realizing that I was a freak and part of the birding crew he was expecting. He told me that he had never seen the little owls that I was referring to.

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Owls Texas Arizona Pigs 153