10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Breeding in Northern Japan and wintering in the Phillippines, some seem to take a migratory rest stop (and slight deviation) at the Shanghai coast. A juvenile Chinese Blackbird. Presumably, potential predators will assume they have not taken a shower for weeks, and consequently stay away. Oh, to be young and molting again!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 15, 2023
A hen Chaffinch in contemplative mood Robin s can never resist free food Blackbirds have a very sexist name, for only the male is black Needless to say, no Willow Tit came to the food, and most of the other customers were birds that I see daily in my garden: Blackbirds, Chaffinches and the odd Dunnock.
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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. Eagles are national symbols of the U.S.,
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2019
During July, 11 beats birded 11 countries (USA, UK, Australia, Spain, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Japan, UAE, Mexico, China and Saudi Arabia) and submitted 82 checklists. Eurasian Blackbird – Turdus merula. Yellow-headed Blackbird – Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Red-winged Blackbird – Agelaius phoeniceus.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2020
This year our list started off as a joint effort first thing and we started with some common species like Common Blackbird , Common Starling , Common Myna , Galah , Little Corella , Red Wattlebird , Spotted Dove and Magpie-lark. Latham’s Snipe are visitors to Australia and go north to Japan to breed.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2019
9 countries were visited during March by your tireless beats ( 11 of them); India, UK, USA, Serbia, Costa Rica, Japan, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia. Eurasian Blackbird – Turdus merula. Yellow-headed Blackbird – Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Red-winged Blackbird – Agelaius phoeniceus. 02 Jan 2019.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2018
During March, 11 beats shared 122 checklists to accumulate 680 species from 8 countries; USA, Costa Rica, Serbia, India, Australia, New Zealand, UK and Japan. Melodious Blackbird – Dives dives. Rusty Blackbird – Euphagus carolinus. Eurasian Blackbird – Turdus merula. Alphabetic Taxonomic. 02 Jan 2018.
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