10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2024

I saw 32 species here in my first 24 hours, some of them exciting ones. My second lifer this trip was a migratory Yellow-throated Warbler , a species I could not hope to see my previous trip, which had occurred in early summer. That’s a Melodious Blackbird in the background. The Brown Jay is noisy, large, and bold.

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Barn Owls Mexico Parrots ALA 220

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2022

The week on the cusp between March and April was the first week in which failed to pick up any FOY species for the year 2022. This following week, in which I did take a longer trip, I again picked up four FOY species.). Brewer’s Blackbirds are rare treats down here in Michoacán.

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Blackbirds Germany Sparrows Adoptable 192

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2023

There are European bird species present like much of Melbourne including Common Blackbirds , House Sparrows , Rock Doves , Spotted Doves and Common Starlings. There are 82 bird species currently listed for this location and as you can see there appears to be the occasional bird drop in and get observed.

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Ducks Blackbirds Sparrows Species 130

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Lynford also boasts an arboretum, with 200 different species of trees. Today, in southern England, we rarely have the luxury of trying to tell the two species apart, as Willow T**s have declined so severely that they are now virtually extinct in East Anglia. The exception was a single (Eurasian) Nuthatch.

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Barn Owls Japan Rats Owls 223

10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2023

This park protects the largest remaining tract of dry deciduous forest in the west of India, offering visitors 37 species of reptiles, 38 species of mammals and, not to be forgotten – almost 300 bird species. It belongs to the same species as those in Europe, but a smaller subspecies ( Sus scrofa davidi ).

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India Lions Boars Mammals 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2023

While the P-a-P Wildfowl Trust’s main thrust is the breeding and release of five duck species, the habitat encourages a number of native wetland birds to inhabit and proliferate the area. From Yellow-hooded Blackbirds to Purple and Common Gallinules , there are almost too many birds to focus on!

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Trinidad Birds Ducks Fish 263

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2019

But North Coast also makes a bird-themed beer, Le Merle, an interpretation of a Belgian, farmhouse-style saison with a name borrowed from the French word for the Common (Eurasian) Blackbird ( Turdus merula ). Birds and Booze readers may remember another saison originally named for le merle that we looked at about a year ago.

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Blackbirds California Family Birds 102

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2020

I am only responding to my subjective impression of a single species’ appearance here; specifically, that of the Bronzed Cowbird. Instead, they lay their eggs in other species’ nests, and let those nest-making birds (often significantly smaller than the cowbirds) raise their young. Native versus invasive species?

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Birds Blackbirds Mexico Cattle 156

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Yes, we do have warm, tropical weather and a fancy assortment of resident and wintering species. 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. These were some of the highlights. The Count Meeting.

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Costa Rica Eagles Species Blackbirds 252

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.

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Sparrows North America South America Blackbirds 261

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

But the name of this beer had nothing to do with “Sixteen Tons” of coal, or “Okies” from Muskogee, but birds: merle is also the French word for “blackbird”. And, of course, by blackbirds I mean true thrushes of the family Turdidae , of which the Common (Eurasian) Blackbird ( Turdus merula ) is the most famous in European culture and folklore.

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Blackbirds Belgium Colorado Wounded 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

On an island, species are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic pressures and only two of the nine species of native seedeaters in T&T persist today in isolated pockets. While the Ruddy-breasted Seedeater is one of the two seedeater species still holding on, Lined Seedeaters are austral migrants. Green-rumped Parrotlet.

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Trinidad Groups Species Blackbirds 348

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Great clouds of Blackbirds and Cowbirds , with a high percentage of Yellow-headed Blackbirds ? But in flight, and high in the reeds, Yellow-headed Blackbirds come to the fore. And there, I learned Lesson #3 : Even perching birds can be active on a rainy day, if the rains go on long enough. Bronzed Cowbirds were also present.).

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Blackbirds Shelters Ducks Mexico 232

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2023

It was the first record of this species in Trinidad & Tobago and looks almost identical to our regularly seen Tropical Pewee. My colleague played the dawn song of this species and after a couple minutes it responded with vocalisations of its own. Previously I had only seen this species twice, and both were males.

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Trinidad Bats 2020 Sanctuary 235

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

I was very pleased to see several Brewer’s Blackbirds mixed in with a large group of Brown-headed Cowbirds and Yellow-headed Blackbirds. This is only my second sighting of the species on Lake Cuitzeo. Bronzed Cowbirds may look like those Brewer’s Blackbirds. But their eyes are red, not white.

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Pelicans Blackbirds Ducks Hunting 228

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2018

Sacrilege perhaps, but unless we’re talking invasive species, snake extirpation doesn’t cut it here at 10,000 Birds. According to one legend, Kevin was kneeling in prayer one day when a blackbird alighted on his outstretched hand and began to build a nest. Saint Kevin and the blackbirds. So why a blackbird?

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Blackbirds Wounded Stray 2013 106

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2022

Gazetted as the “nature monument” in 2013, one of the few remaining – Bojcinska Forest by the village of Progar covers 670 ha / 1650 ac, with around 108 bird species and some 60 species of mammals. And that is where Q. and I were heading this morning. We had a Common Cuckoo and several Northern Lapwings by the roadside.

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Croatia Serbia Shelters France 238

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2024

There was a large raft of hundreds of American Coot , an American White Pelican and lots of duck species. We checked out the shrubs for songbirds while returning to the car and were rewarded with a displaying Red-winged Blackbird. We then checked the Presa El Nogalito for one bird species in particular. The birds warmed us too.

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Ducks Emotional Cattle Owls 160

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Stuff wanders in, others things wander out and in the meantime, birds like Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl , two species of caracara, flycatchers, Clay-colored Thrushes , doves, and others make themselves at home. In typical blackbird fashion, this common garden bird gave occasional, loud, ringing calls. Right at home. These were. These were.

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Costa Rica Barn Owls Stray Dog Blackbirds 179

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

The Latin species name is dissimilis (different, unlike), possibly because the female looks quite different from the male (though based on that explanation, dissimilis would have to be a very common species name). The male Grey-winged Blackbird is similarly attractive. A nice example is the male Black-breasted Thrush.

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Horses Family Blackbirds Species 203

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2013

For those of us in the Americas, nine-primaried oscines are among our most familiar and beloved birds: finches; sparrows, juncos, and towhees; warblers; blackbirds, meadowlarks, and orioles; cardinals and grosbeaks; and tanagers. Icteridae : New World blackbirds, orioles, meadowlarks, etc. Zeledoniidae : Wrenthrush. Barker et al.

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Family Blackbirds Groups Sparrows 183

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2020

They help me start the day, make a beautiful new beginning to each morning and even if many are the same species as the previous day, I am thankful for their presence. Hoffmann’s Woodpeckers are a common, everyday sight, similar to the Golden-fronted Woodpecker , they use the same snags as a larger species, the Lineated Woodpecker.

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Costa Rica 2020 Protest Protesting 227

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2018

This is a water reclamation plant, so the water is not quite as sweet as the name might suggest, but it certainly is a magnet for a lot of bird species. Deborah and I had a wonderful morning, and found 39 species. I spent quite a bit more time in the area this time and was able to see a total of 55 species. Stay tuned!

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Tucson Arizona Blackbirds Texas 128

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2022

But of course, in a suburban compound, the species diversity is low, and the number of decent photos you get is even lower (noisy passers-by see to that). It has almost no tail, so “stubtail” is a good name for it – much better than the Latin species name of squameiceps (scaly-capped, of which I do not see much).

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Los Angeles Birds China Blackbirds 178

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2011

The national bird of Sweden is the Blackbird Turdus merula , otherwise known as the Common Blackbird or Eurasian Blackbird , though, of course, in Sweden it is not known by any of those names but as Koltrast.* The Blackbird became the Swedish national bird as a result of a newspaper poll in 1962.

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Sweden Malta Costa Rica Blackbirds 191

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.

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Germany Blackbirds 2006 Denmark 161

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

And I decided to search it for the forest species: Eurasian Sparrowhawk , Syrian Woodpecker (okay, not truly a forest sp.), And I decided to search it for the forest species: Eurasian Sparrowhawk , Syrian Woodpecker (okay, not truly a forest sp.), And at the beginning of February, my list is still ridiculously low at 55 species.

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Otters Croatia Eagles Protection 262

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2019

Today`s species are just the first 10 by alphabetical order. The Chinese Blackbird was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Common Blackbird, and does not really look or behave much different. I was not really that interested though – the species is not difficult to see in Shanghai. to be continued).

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Germany Cattle Blackbirds Birds 132

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2019

I like seeing as many species as possible on my life list, year list, state list, patch list, any kind of list. But even in summer I can usually count on 60+ non-endemic species per visit, and in winter, a decent effort can usually result in 80 or more species. Which can also be said for the Yellow-headed Blackbirds.

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Ducks Blackbirds United States Pelicans 116

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

It’s also the high season for birding and with good reason; there are hundreds of birds waiting to be seen, some of them migrants from the north but the majority resident tropical species that are easy on the eyes. One of six toucan species in Costa Rica, fairly common at sites with rainforest. Red-headed Barbet. Masked Tityra.

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Costa Rica Birds Panama Woodpeckers 246

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2019

As is typical of urban birding in Costa Rica, we had small flocks of this species fly over and good looks at the White-crowned Parrot , the other most common parrot in the valley. But, they still occur, the most common species being Black Vulture , Turkey Vulture , Gray Hawk , Short-tailed Hawk , and Yellow-headed and Crested Caracaras.

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Costa Rica Birds Parrots Sparrows 199

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I pointed at the bird shown below but he insisted it could not be that species – no long tail … For people of a certain age, gender and background, at some point The Smiths were the most important band in the world. A juvenile Chinese Blackbird. This one looks different. ” Hm. .”

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Birds LACS France Japan 240

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

I am shocked to be writing this post already, and doubly shocked that I’ve seen six new species for Queens since I guessed what my next five Queens birds would be just eight months ago, back in March. Eastern Whip-Poor-Will : It’s kind of amazing how rarely this species is reported in Queens. I’ll make it three!

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New York City Birds New York Blackbirds 152

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 25, 2019

This being our winter season, the most interesting species for most of us were the northerly and migratory ones. That Great-tailed Grackle we almost ignored turned out to be a very unexpected Brewer’s Blackbird. No big deal in California, but a Brewer’s Blackbird is a rarety here. Not a Snowy Egret.

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2019 Birds Blackbirds Sparrows 150

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

9 beats submitted 140 checklists from 7 countries (USA, UK, Costa Rica, Serbia, Australia, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago) during October to account for 585 species. 424 Eurasian Blackbird – Turdus merula. 480 Yellow-headed Blackbird – Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. 497 Tricolored Blackbird – Agelaius tricolor.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds Ducks 245

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2020

Two species of icterids populated the area, the presence of either was a direct indicator of the degree of water present. Red-breasted Meadowlarks controlled the drier sections while Yellow-hooded Blackbirds occupied the more flooded areas. Retreating hastily, I reverted to my clumsy ways and flushed the heron. Great Blue Heron.

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Livestock Ducks ALA illegal 225

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2020

A Eurasian Blackbird is checking for the remaining maize seeds. A Common Chaffinch is singing, while one male Blackbird chases the other from his precious maize seeds. There are more than 1100 plant species, the most valuable being the 76 endemics. The longer I sit, the more focused I become. The waiting is on.

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Serbia Bears Birds Mammals 264