10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2013

All of these things can be found in Las Vegas, Nevada. He steered me right and there it was, my first life bird in Nevada! Later in the season more species show up. Black-necked Stilt is one of those species that needs no explanation for their common name. All-you-can-eat Buffets. Sewage ponds.

Las Vegas 213

Las Vegas Nevada Birds Blackbirds 213

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2013

states and thirty-seven counties, and added a whopping ninety-two species to my life list. I didn’t travel much this year, with a June family trip to California and Nevada and a four-day trip in July to Trinidad and Tobago being my only opportunities to get birds not in the northeastern United States. Red-breasted Blackbird.

2013 179

2013 New York City New York Trinidad 179

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

There are whole regions of the country from the Great Lakes west to Nevada where official hawkwatching is essentially non-existent, due to lack of migration density, so If you live in one of the places it is possible to see this magical migration you need to grab that opportunity.

Bald Eagle 246

Bald Eagle Los Angeles Connecticut Eagles 246

10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2014

Yellow-billed Magpies are found just inland, and Tricolored Blackbirds can be found on Point Reyes (a legendary migrant trap) by the thousand in the fall. Humboldt and Del Norte Counties offer top-knotch birding, and a suite of species that can’t be found in the rest of the state. We have a little bit of everything here.

California 208

California San Diego Birds Oakland 208

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

My best bird of the year is based on the sighting rather than the species. Obviously my best bird of the year is going to come during this trip, what with several species of endemic pitta and broadbill possible, not to mention 8 species of hornbill and numerous babblers, storks, kingfishers, trogons and even the endemic Bornean Bristlehead.

2013 168

2013 Birds Costa Rica India 168

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Nevada Drive. Eurasian Blackbird – Turdus merula. Yellow-headed Blackbird – Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113