10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2021

After a night at the Point Reyes hostel and a long walk to Limantour Beach the next morning, Katherine and I drove into Point Reyes Station for a breakfast of buttermilk blueberry scones at the excellent Bovine Bakery , where the Brewer’s Blackbirds ( Euphagus cyanocephalus ) outside gathered around us and begged for crumbs.

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San Francisco 2020 California Blackbirds 248

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Mule Deer have always been pretty common in this area, but I got quite a surprise when I cleared a small hill in the road, and nearly ran over a male Pronghorn Antelope , right in the middle of the road. Finally we came to a cross road, where I went straight, and he turned right. It was good to be back!

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Dogs Mules Deer Oregon 105

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Not sure that I impressed them, I chose to bluff them and looked left and right for a suitable tree branch to pick. Lucky and his instructor were successful in bluffing this particular bear, yet the very next year in the same area, Hoshino was killed by a Brown Bear. Brewer’s blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus.

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Animal Bears Stray Dog Blackbirds 115

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Watch out for Tom during October to see this anomaly put right. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Unicolored Blackbird – Agelasticus cyanopus. Melodious Blackbird – Dives dives. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

This year the big prize must go to Tom who has pushed himself, right to the wire to acheive a magnificent score for a self-funded, wife-organised, wife-sponsored Little Big Year , accounting for 57% of the total. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113