10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2018

It was an incredibly easy twitch with the only downer being the bird’s tendency to stay deep in the reeds. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. So, great looks but no photos. Still, a state bird is always awesome! How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

2018 125

2018 Downers New York Birds 125

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

This blog post is written by Steve and by writing it he risks inciting the wrath of a horde of North American birders. To be honest, this was actually a bit of a downer for me. Steve Walter is a New York nature photographer, birder, and long-time member of the New York City Butterfly Club.

Florida 163

Florida New York Downers New York City 163

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

A lot of folks, including this very blog, are using this as an occasion to memorialize not just the Passenger Pigeon but the extinct birds of the Holocene as a group. In 1952, at least in the US, no one wanted to be a Debbie Downer. Good, I say. This got me wondering, what was the centennial of the last Great Auk like?

California Condor 194

California Condor United States Guam Whales 194

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2016

Hayward smartly re-crafts the birding adventures related in his Accidental Big Year blog to create a different kind of narrative. The blog focused on finding the bird and seeing the bird. The bird drawings at the start of each chapter are charming, but they are no substitute for the photos that illustrated each blog entry.

2013 105

2013 Arizona Birds San Diego 105