10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2019

The striking Golden-cheeked Warbler nests only in the hills of central Texas near Austin but a substantial part of those breeding grounds have leveled in favor of development. One of the fastest growing cities in America, Austin is the capital of Texas and home of the University of Texas. United States Fish & Wildlife Serv.

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Austin Texas Endangered Species Birds 172

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

Ontario is larger than Texas, more than 1 million square kilometers of forests, cities, wetlands, tundra, rivers and lakes. It borders the Hudson Bay to the north and four Great Lakes to the south, accessible by car and sometimes feet from the United States over bridges with names like Rainbow, Ambassador, and Seaway Skyway.

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North America Birds Owls America 211

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Thank you, goddess of birding luck and text group people).* My inner self felt stuck in an area between disbelief and total joy and the voices near me were echoing this state of mind: “Oh My God,” “I never thought I would see this bird,” “Look at that bill!” “How did that bird get here?”

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Birds Compassion Eagles Science 260

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2020

One of the reasons Mexico is such a great birding area is that, while it shares all sorts of bird groups with the United States and Canada, it also is home to some of the northernmost representatives of neotropical and genera that do not (or just barely) reach that far north, such as Woodcreepers, Tityras, and Trogons.

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South America Mexico America United States 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

The pair was part of a project aimed at restoring the birds to Louisiana. The pair shot last year in Kentucky belonged to Operation Migration’s project establishing a migratory flock in the eastern United States; there is also the last true wild flock , which winters in Texas and summers in Canada.)

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Louisiana Kentucky Hunters United States 260

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2019

. “Where they stop and water and get some food before they continue their migration,” the voice continues, and, if you’re not a birder you could be excused from a sense of confusion–is this a film about migrant birds or migrant people? ” and then adds, “The border wall is no barrier to birds.”

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Advocacy Mexico United States Texas 267

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2024

Sixteen species that have been recorded in the United States are covered: six Myiarchus flycatchers and ten Kingbird ( Tyrannus ) flycatchers. a handful of times, only to realize how important it is to have a resource that will help birders differentiate amongst these very similar looking birds.

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Los Angeles North America Species America 178

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

In a recent post, Corey listed five things to do when it is too cold to go birding and one of those things is planning birding travel. Here in Portland, Oregon, it is more frequently too rainy rather than too cold to go birding, at least comfortably. Thus, my “good birds” are likely the opposite of an eastern birder.

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San Francisco Portland United States Puerto Rico 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

He has visited more than 40 National Wildlife Refuges in 20 states and frequently visits NWRs in his travels, most recently Buenos Aires NWR in southern Arizona. This is Jason’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds: Birders were rightly alarmed by the armed occupation of the Malheur NWR in Oregon. The combination is potent.

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Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico United States 189

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2019

During the decade, I submitted 1,219 checklists and observed 555 bird species, all in the U.S. I started eBirding about the same time I started birding, and I made an early executive decision (a very good one) that any pre-eBird observations simply did not count. Birding trips to Florida , New Mexico , and Texas are obvious too.

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Michigan Washington 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2021

The survey also sought to identify “the key attributes important to birding experiences” and learn more about “decisions to participate in birdwatching and level of identity as birdwatcher.”. For example, the survey (of eBirders) found: “Nearly all respondents (99%) indicated they participate in birdwatching or birding.”.

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Minnesota Research Pennsylvania Ohio 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

I came late to bird feeding, and when I was finally able to put out a “thistle” sock and a seed feeder (or two or six), I was amazed by the learning curve. There is a long list of articles and books on how to feed birds in your yard. Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation by Paul J. And conservation.

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America Industry Birds Squirrels 230

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

I had the great pleasure to see both color forms, more commonly called color morphs, when I was birding Merrit t Island National Wildlife Refuge during the 15th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. 10,000 Birds is a Scrub Jay-level sponsor of the 15th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival.

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United States Texas Wildlife 2012 159

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 25, 2012

If I have learned anything from living in the northern half of the United States is that in order to survive winter with my sanity in tact is that I need to eat a lot of kale, take a daily 20 minute walk (no matter how cold) and plan a trip some place warm even if it’s only for 48 hours.

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Texas Birds North Dakota South America 218

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2013

Being no where near as heavily birded as the aforementioned birding hotspot, I decided to do some exploration and see what the habitat was like all the way south to where the tropical hardwood hammock switches over to open sawgrass prairie. when were the first records of Brown-crested Flycatchers in the state?

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Florida United States Texas Alligators 183

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds. Raised in and around the West Texas steppe country where temperatures reached 100 degrees with regularity, he began life as the Dust Bowl and Great Depression converged. An eyas was what he was after that day he worked the Texas draw, a young nestling about to fly.

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 179

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2014

One of the two sub-species of Red Knot occurring in North America, the Rufa subspecies breeds in the Canadian Artic Region and migrates along the east or Atlantic coast of the United States. Birds in Delaware Bay. From North Carolina south to Texas, just under half of beaches are developed. Photo: Gregory Breese-USFWS.

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Endangered Species Protection Delaware Species 160

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2011

Often seen at feeders taking suet, peanuts, and sunflower seeds, Sitta carolinensis is a familiar bird to anyone who lives in their large range and who pays the slightest attention to the natural world. … a.

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United States Mexico Texas New York 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

If the home birding patch is in Canada or the United States of America, it’s not really that far. Get on the plane anywhere from North Carolina to Texas or Florida and we are talking three to four hours. Last weekend, I got in a morning over there with my birding buddy Susan. This is a female Green Thorntail.

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Costa Rica Birds Falcons North Carolina 124

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

Hannah Buschert was first exposed to birds and birding during a required ornithology course at Oregon State University and she quickly caught the birding bug. This is Hannah’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds. Hannah and Erik ready to see some birds! I love to go on cruises.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 263

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

And Flamingos and Hornbills and a Secretarybird and birds with names like Hamerkop and Thick-knee and Eremomela (which I know is a scientific term, but which, when pronounced correctly, reminds me of a Yiddish term of endearment my grandmother used). And so, I went on the American Birding Association Safari to South Africa.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 253

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

We birders north of Mexico used to have a parrot to call our own, a sun-faced, spike tailed jewel called the Carolina Parakeet that traversed the southeastern United States preceded by the adrenaline inducing ear piercing squeals that haunt the fever dreams of any birder lucky enough to have made the journey to the Neotropics.

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Parrots Mexico United States Stray 214

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.

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New Jersey Bald Eagle Birds United States 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2017

Crotty is a birder and lawyer living in Portland, Oregon who loves to share thoughtful , in-depth conservation pieces with 10,000 Birds readers. Birders are familiar with the National Wildlife Refuge System, which consists of more than 550 units distributed through all fifty states. Ding” Darling NWR in Florida.

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Factory Ducks North Dakota Nebraska 117

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2011

Outside of hardcore twitchers looking for specialty birds and after speaking to thousands and thousands of birders, I have concluded that most people really do not put much emphasis on our prairies. This is the largest Buteo we have in the United States and is extremely sexy with bold white coloration on the ventral side and most of the tail.

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Prairie Dogs Colorado North Dakota Soreing 163

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The problem of free-roaming cats — and their predation on birds and other wildlife — is hotly contested in communities across the country, and it triggered a lively exchange in the hearing room. And she has a North American bird book that has so far taught her how to recognize a sparrow. In Copperas Cove, Texas.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 209

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2018

We were making some new birding friends, learning the local hotspots etc. Well, that’s just not really our style, so at the very last minute, we rented a high gas mileage car, thru a few things in a cooler, and our birding gear and headed for south Texas. We left Tucson on Monday, and drove to Alpine, Texas for our first night.

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Texas Tucson San Antonio Owls 130

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

It’s etched into my audio memory, which is quite a feat considering the problems I have recognizing even the most common bird cries. I look up and see three large green birds, the bright green contrasting with dark blue underwings, whitish-grayish foreheads and breasts shining in the winter sun, flying overhead. “We And cell towers.

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Chicago New York City New York Illinois 200

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Since 2016, writers at 10,000 Birds have been contributing checklists to a joint eBird account called the “10,000 Birds Collaborative.” For the United States, there is also a state list. As of mid-October 2018, the Collaborative had submitted more than 1,700 checklists and observed 618 species in the United States.

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Rhode Island United States West Virginia Puerto Rico 114

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Last year, I compiled a subjective list of the Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding. I recently traveled to Texas and made a trip to Hagerman NWR (an “Honorable Mention”), which is north of Dallas. 31 in the United States. In many ways, Hagerman NWR is similar to other well-known birding refuges.

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Oklahoma Texas Dallas Wildlife 135

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The Service proposes opening the following refuge to hunting for the first time: Items below in blockquotes state the purpose and mission of the specific National Wildlife Refuge mentioned. Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge : Open to migratory bird hunting (youth only). This is an Urban Refuge !

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 143

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2018

To celebrate spring migration, I usually review an exciting new bird book. So, here, for May, is a review of two amazing field guides, reminders that there are strange and wonderful things out there in the natural world other than birds that deserve our attention. Moths are more than bird food. Happy May Day! Let that sink in.

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North America America Oklahoma Missouri 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

For many in the birding community, Miami is a destination meant only for ticking off ABA-countable exotics such as Spot-breasted Oriole or Red-whiskered Bulbul. It was truly heart-warming to see the local birding community participate with so much enthusiasm and fervor. This bird was a life bird for him!

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Miami 2015 United States Birds 166

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

I love the Rio Grande Valley Bird Festival. I love birding the area and I love the people–it’s a fantastic combination of crazy birds and fun socializing. But since RGV is a combination of birds and fun friends…I try to pace myself. I brewed some coffee. Eh, he’ll figure it out that I’m not going.”

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Texas Birds United States Panama 224

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Sitta canadensis isn’t just irrupting out of its far northern home but exploding southward, with reports in every southern state except for Florida, including birds on the outer banks of North Carolina, on Grand Isle, Louisiana, in a suburb of Atlanta, and on the Gulf Coast of Texas. No lemmings left in the north?

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United States Owls Atlanta New York 266

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Mike had just invited me to Nikon’s Prostaffer Retreat that was to be held at a ranch in south Texas. 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. Its interesting to note that, although the bird just crosses the US border, two distinct races can be found.

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Owls Texas Arizona Pigs 149

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2023

The second thing to note is that this is an excellent and courageous book that tackles a group of birds whose field identification has stumped the most skilled birders. ” This builds and expands on a classic series of articles by Bret Whitney and Kenn Kaufman that appeared Birding magazine between 1985 and 1987.* known-identity).”**

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Los Angeles North America America Species 211