10,000 Birds
JUNE 19, 2016
Mid-June has so much to offer in the temperate zones, with breeders in one half of the world and migrants in the other. Pileated Woodpeckers take BBOTW honors quite often around here, but who can resist the captivating sight of an adult teaching two big, gangly juveniles the finer points of extracting nutrients from decaying logs?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2022
There are charismatic birds like Barrow’s Goldeneye, Evening Grosbeak, Red and White-winged Crossbills; mysterious seabirds like Leach’s Storm-Petrel; ‘little brown jobs’ like Winter Wren and Nelson’s Sparrow; a treasury of warbler species, 27 in all, many state breeders.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2023
Lengthy captions point out key identification features, mostly plumage-based, sometimes including behavior, size, and structure. The text descriptions encapsulate everything else and they are a delight. 2012), and (4) Waterfowl of Eastern North America, 2nd ed.
10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2014
Other specialties include Bobolink , Sandhill Crane , Black Tern , Pinyon Jay , Juniper Titmouse , Bohemian Waxwing (rare) , Northern Shrike , Black-backed Woodpecker and American Tree Sparrow. Riparian areas and springs can yield Lawrence’s Goldfinch , and Brown-crested Flycatcher is a local breeder.
10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2012
Migration hasn’t really kicked in, the breeders aren’t tied to breeding territories any more, and it is hot and sweaty outside. Sparrows are missing; wood-warblers vamoose. Tanagers, woodpeckers, gnatcatchers – missing! Nothing is quite as much of a downer to a birder than the summer doldrums.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2020
Species order follows the AOU Checklist of North American Birds up to the 2015 supplement (so warblers come before sparrows), with a variation– certain subspecies are treated as full species (Eurasian Teal, Western Willet, Audubon’s Warblers, Red Fox Sparrow, and more). . Eaton, and John Kuerzi.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 6, 2011
Like manky mallards, ganky geese display remarkable variety due to both the methodical manipulations of breeders and the variable volatility of the more natural kind of breeding. cygnoides ) ancestors. Feral geese run the gamut from pure white to almost entirely gray or brown. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?
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