10,000 Birds
MAY 19, 2022
An immature White-tailed Eagle. The same eagle? While Black Terns are regular migrants and even rare breeders (only 2 to 5 pairs nation-wide), White-winged are ill-numbered migrants and very irregular breeders (the last breeding was a decade ago). Soon I see a huge bird again. No, this time it’s a Black Stork !
10,000 Birds
MARCH 9, 2019
There are a lot of predators drawn to such abundance with Eurasian Marsh Harriers and Greater Spotted Eagles known to take chicks from the heronry. It was thought that later nests with smaller clutches were either replacement clutches from a failed nest or from low-quality breeders. Eggs often fall victim to the ubiquitous House Crow.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2022
And of course, two raptors that are a part of North American birding history: the Great Black Hawk of Portland and the Steller’s Sea-eagle of Boothbay Harbor and other local areas. (
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
The Mourning Dove is a prolific breeder. Reduces the risk of harming other wildlife, particularly Eagles and Condors, from getting sick and dying from lead consumption. She found the nest under the windshield wiper of her vehicle that was parked in her garage. Delivers devastating hydrostatic energy and shock to a game animal.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2012
Living near the Sacramento River and its many lakes and tributaries makes it even more likely to see the incredible fish hawk or sea eagle we call the Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ). Most of the Osprey breeding in North America are migratory, only Florida, the Caribbean and Baja California host non-migratory breeders 1.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2022
Eagle-eyed Pat spotted a Lesser Black-backed Gull in nonbreeding plumage and other birders that week noted a Thayer’s Gull (which we may have seen too–I mean, who expects Iceland Gull in April?). Multitudes, hundreds of Brown Pelicans and Terns–Least, Common, Foster’s, Sandwich, Royal, and Caspian.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2015
Back to the Mikri Prespa , where mostly Dalmatian, with two White Pelicans among them, were circling, while one Short-toed Snake Eagle glided across. For longest lists, go there in May when migrants are still passing while the local breeders are active and visible. Dalmatian and White Pelicans (White = the black ones).
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