10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2020

We got out to Lucien Morin during a break in the rain and saw nothing more seasonal than Red-winged Blackbirds claiming their individual patches of marshland. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. The ridiculous cold afflicting the northeastern U.S.

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JUNE 16, 2019

It being Father’s Day, he was particularly taken with the Red-winged Blackbird that drove a Great Egret from his territory. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Now that’s a bird that is worthy of being Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend! How about you?

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FEBRUARY 11, 2018

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was actually a large flock of birds, a horde of Red-winged Blackbirds , his first large flock of them since fall. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. It’s nice to see a sign of spring in early February! How about you?

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JANUARY 20, 2014

On the same day that I journeyed out to eastern Long Island to enjoy birding Shinnecock Inlet in the fog I also explored the fields of Riverhead, where large flocks of geese congregate and where a Yellow-headed Blackbird had been reported recently amid a large flock of icterids at a Buffalo farm. Is it just me? ” What a bird!

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JANUARY 12, 2014

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend came down to a choice between either his first Eastern Meadowlark of the year of his first Rusty Blackbird of the year. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. He chose the latter mainly because he got a much better picture of it! How about you?

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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. Yes, we do have warm, tropical weather and a fancy assortment of resident and wintering species.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2020

Especially as we were at the time about to experience a rapidly advancing tropical storm. Red-breasted Meadowlarks controlled the drier sections while Yellow-hooded Blackbirds occupied the more flooded areas. Striated Heron in breeding plumage – extra plumes and blue lores.

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Livestock Ducks ALA illegal 203

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JUNE 17, 2012

Before I get into the nitty-gritties of my awesome birding experiences in Hungary I thought I would just share a few of the shots that I got during the trip. Many thanks to Swarovski Optik for inviting me along and letting me experience the natural wonders of the wonderful country of Hungary. I’m baaack!

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Hungary Hedgehogs Birds Blackbirds 173

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MARCH 10, 2013

On the other hand, at least one Red-winged Blackbird found his voice and sang his passionate song of very early spring. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. I took a run up to the lake today to find that most of the winter seaducks have moved offshore, at least for the weekend.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The majority of the avian calls had disappeared, replaced with the near-constant braying of Red-winged Blackbirds and buzzing of Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers. Who knows, maybe the experience will inspire me to rise another morning!

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Blackbirds Owls Birds Florida 154

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JANUARY 9, 2017

While wandering around my home borough on Sunday morning doing some post-snowstorm birding I made my way to Oakland Lake in northeastern Queens with the hope of finding Rusty Blackbirds to add to my year list. It was a very rewarding experience watching the hawk feed on the pigeon though perhaps not as memorable as one eating shish kebob.

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Oakland Blackbirds Feral Experience 102

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APRIL 4, 2014

The incredible lighting at dawn in the Pantanal is an experience in of itself. Scarlet-headed Blackbird glows in the morning light. As I was driving, I quickly noticed a red light among the reeds near the side of the road and stopped — a Scarlet-headed Blackbird , only one of two birds seen on the trip.

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Brazil Birds Blackbirds Paraguay 165

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

Audubon Associate Naturalist, have led this tour many times, through tornados, droughts, questionable restaurants, and, sadly, the advent of fracking, and every one of my friends who has participated over the years has raved about the experience and the birds (in fact, one member of our group was on his third or fourth trip, I lost count).

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North Dakota Birds Sparrows Blackbirds 134

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JANUARY 18, 2020

Most of all, the time and effort is worth it when we see new birds, surpass our goals, and when we share those trying, challenging, exuberant and triumphant times with others because the birding party is always better, always stronger, when you you can enjoy the experience with like-minded souls.

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JUNE 6, 2020

These are included as part of the summary and are maintained in the list, despite objections by some purists, to give the full, rich experience as enjoyed by your lucky, lucky beats. Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula). Chinese Blackbird (Turdus mandarinus). Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). Domestic goose sp.

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MAY 21, 2013

Yellow-headed Blackbirds singing in the reeds allowed us to get an arm’s length away. Speaking of hawks, two talented and extremely knowledgeable falconers, Marie Gaspari Crawford and Chloe Bowen, shared with us their birds and their experiences. Yellow-headed Blackbird was another lifer for me, and omnipresent.

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JUNE 5, 2011

Typical of many sports mascots , the Rochester Red Wings’ spirit animal doesn’t look much like its namesake, assuming the team is named for a Red-Winged Blackbird. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2011 Falcons Blackbirds Game 160

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

In my experience non-birders connect with the travel, visiting beautiful places and spectacle of birding and hawkwatching often entails all three. In my experience if you show a non or novice birder their first Bald Eagle and they will be amazed, show someone their first Thayer’s Gull and they aren’t likely to gasp (sorry, larophiles)!

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Bald Eagle Los Angeles Connecticut Eagles 232

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

I don’t really know – from my own experience with school bullies or from Jack London’s novels? Brewer’s blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus. Red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus. I was in primary school then, probably early grades, but I knew that whatever I do, I cannot afford to turn my back to them. How did I know that?

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AUGUST 2, 2019

Longworth discovered the process of making bubbly quite by accident, but after realizing his unplanned experiment was similar to la méthode champenoise used to produce sparkling wines in Champagne, he used the coincidence to his advantage in his very successful advertising campaigns.

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OCTOBER 16, 2011

I still managed to get to Jones Beach and see some birds and while I could choose Marbled Godwit , American Golden Plover , or Rusty Blackbird as my Best Bird of the Weekend I think I will choose the hordes of American Oystercatchers that are so fun to see.

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OCTOBER 9, 2015

However, there are those species which have a hard time bringing attention to themselves such as Yellow-shouldered Blackbird , Giant Nuthatch , and Vinaceous-breasted Parrot. There are certain birding experiences that stay with you forever. And that was it.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

I haven’t yet been birding in Europe but whenever I occasionally skim a field guide about the birds on the other side of the Atlantic, I’m always encouraged to find that I’m already familiar with many species found over there, even though most of my birding experience has been limited to eastern North America.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

I counted them very roughly, but I do have a lot of experience estimating flocks. With one Black Stork near them, some 80 LWfG were foraging in the distance, where the sun was just now clearing the mist. Then 20 more joined them, so I entered 100 in my notebook. No, they weren’t in raspberry fields.)”.

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JUNE 21, 2013

But why on earth would you want to go to some sewage ponds when there are so many ways to experience debauchery and dissolution in Las Vegas itself? To get to the sewage ponds you have to go to Henderson, which is a quick drive to the southeast of Las Vegas, about twenty minutes from the strip. Birds, of course! ( As Clare well knows! )

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MARCH 23, 2012

Does anyone here have personal experience visiting the Charles M. Perhaps I should hike Mt. Sentinel and check if the Mountain Bluebirds are back on territory yet. One thing assuaging that jealousy, though, is the proliferation of nest cams (currently I’m enjoying the Red-tailed Hawks at my old alma mater.)

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AUGUST 8, 2012

Eurasian Blackbirds. Many thanks to Swarovski Optik for inviting me along and letting me experience both some awesome new optics and the natural wonders of the wonderful country of Hungary. ……… a. If you know what these butterflies are I will be eternally grateful if you would let me know their identities in the comments.

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MARCH 14, 2011

I have had similar experiences at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge and you are so right on when you say “am I ever glad that I am a birder!&# It was a great experience. Just think, if no one was there to document this, would it really have happened? What a spectacle indeed. Mar 17th, 2011 at 2:18 pm [.]

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica New York 168

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s not like I had forgotten lists created with friends of ‘songs with birds in the lyrics’, my personal favorites being Sondheim’s Green Finch and Linnet Bird and the Beatles’ Blackbird. Nor have I overlooked “sightings” of birds in movies mouthing other birds’ calls. About 300 stories are used throughout the book.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

A flock of Red-winged Blackbirds , over a thousand strong, fly overhead in several waves towards their feeding grounds. The experience is also bittersweet, as I have often been told that Anhinga Trail used to be much better, that there used to be far more birds, and that such dawn spectacles are only a shadow of what they once were.

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Wildlife Florida Miami Alligators 127

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Steve Howell has spent decades of experience in the field studying the birds of Belize, Costa Rica, and especially Mexico. It starts with water and wading birds and ending with meadowlark, blackbird, and bobolink.^ I don’t think scientific artwork holds less value when used more than once. Press, 1995 ^Howell, Steve N.G.,

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FEBRUARY 22, 2016

I heard Red-winged Blackbirds conk-a-ree-ing from phragmites. After all, birding under a highway is not exactly my idea of a pleasant experience. In general, I enjoyed my time out-of-doors. But a quick scan with my binoculars proved that the stop at the unassuming spot was well worth it.

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Puerto Rico Geese Canada Porpoises 120

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Once on our own, Jess and I decided to try a fun experiment. Previously, all these dark, distant birds turned out to be Eurasian Blackbirds and after turning around and finding a safe place to stop on the incline, amongst speeding traffic in the middle of the road, I put my binoculars to confirm its Blackbird status.

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

Our guides were researchers from Callisto, patient and always smiling Yannis Tsanakis (above) and Maria Petridou with her infectious laugh and stories of her Sun Bear and Jaguar research experiences. Blackbird – Turdus merula. Also, trekking poles proved useful. The cuisine was magnificent, especially lamb.

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JUNE 9, 2022

In conclusion, an experience that will put me off buying anything from that company ever. A hard-working Chinese Blackbird almost certainly already incubating its second brood is certainly not a target customer for a La-Z-Boy. These birds have too much taste.

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JANUARY 2, 2018

He brings to this book an academic background in biology and horticulture and, more importantly, decades of experience developing strategies for the best backyard bird feeding practices. Jim Carpenter is the founder of Wild Birds Unlimited, the popular bird feeder and seed franchise. The latter appear to be suburban apartments.

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JUNE 6, 2023

In Better Living Through Birding , Chris tells us stories of his life, a very unique life, but he also crafts his experiences so we can relate to them as birders and as people. Because being a birder means you experience life through that framework. And, as he did a decade ago, the joys and benefits of birding.

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