10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2023
For example, these may all technically be Blackbirds, but there are Red-winged and Yellow-headed Blackbirds and a Brown-headed Cowbird in this one photo. Even the most common species still seem like an event the first time I see the in the year. It also really helps when the birds opt for inclusion, and hang out in mixed flocks.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 24, 2022
Nor is there any trudging through snow in search of extra hardy species or visits to feeders with the hope of finding a grackle or Red-winged Blackbird that failed to fly south. One such event is the bird count at Arenal, a day typically replete with varying degrees of rain. These were some of the highlights. The Count Meeting.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 25, 2015
A new paper out this month attempts to paint the most comprehensive picture yet of the origins and diversification of the American sparrows, wood-warblers, blackbirds, cardinals, tanagers, and their kin, an enormous group of birds more than 800 species strong. Burns, John Klicka, Scott M. Lanyon, and Irby J.
10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2024
This wasn’t a mere 24-hour bird race, but a 48-hour event, and was filmed by the BBC for a programme called The Great Safari Bird Race. Wren, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Robin, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Chiffchaff were all noted by 4.30, and we soon managed to add two more tricky species: Stonechat and Willow Warbler.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2019
Our attunement to periodic plant and animal life cycle events explains why we anticipate migration with the eagerness of schoolchildren waiting for the final bell. I’m pretty certain I won’t need to go too far out of my way this weekend to spot the grackles and blackbirds that sing spring in these parts. How about you?
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2012
So, to cut things short, there is sickness all around me, and I have thus decided to have my February post whistle to that tune as well and give an update to the mysterious die-off amongst our Eurasian Blackbirds that occurred around my home turf in Heidelberg last summer – blogged about here. Significantly reduced flight distance.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
The Great Miami Winter Bird Count, an event that transpired over the course of four days from February 13-16, set out to record this diversity for the first time in an organized manner as part of the overall Miami Birding Wave project. Red-winged Blackbird: 962. Yellow-headed Blackbird: 1. White-crowned Sparrow: 3.
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