10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Citrine Wagtails are rare in Shanghai but apparently quite common around Chaka, though unfortunately most of the ones we saw were not in breeding plumage. The Brown Accento r certainly ranks among the less attractive accentors, though of course, some species in this family set a rather high bar. I blame this on covid-19.

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China Birds Austria ALA 249

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2022

Of course, a land of beefeaters needs butchers. In fact, the family name Lanius derives from a Latin word for “butcher”, though the “butcherbird” was a butcher long before humans even developed the language to describe these activities.

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2019 Butcher Livestock 2006 222

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2023

Here goes: Paradise Flycatchers are a genus in the broader (and rather large) family of Monarchidae. Of course, for countries with mostly moderate climates such as the US, China, Japan, or Germany, it is always easier to claim that the winter range is the problem (i.e., not their own). Fear not, science has an answer: about 1.16

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Japan China Guinea Germany 130

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

Of course, being a proud German, I prefer this thrush as its Latin species name is heinei for the German Jakob Gottlieb Ferdinand Heine (time was not precious in the olden days, and there were fewer forms to fill out, so people could afford to have much longer names). Female below.

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Australia Birds Koalas Parrots 188

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Some other members of the shrike family were a bit less testosterone-driven at Nanhui – like this Bull-headed Shrike … … this rather attractive-looking Tiger Shrike … … or one of the many Brown Shrikes passing through Nanhui on migration. Then, I was not sure whether this was the right thing to do. ” Hm.

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Birds LACS France Japan 231

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

While reading the book I kept muttering, “Of course”; indeed, there was little to surprise or disagree with. The latter figure very significant when you remember that many breeding passerines depend on the humble caterpillar to feed themselves and their offspring. POST SCRIPT.

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Wildlife North America Mammals Breeding 263

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2022

Wood-Wrens , birds of the family Henicorhina , are very small wrens of Central and South America that like to live very close to the ground, in dense forest underbrush or elfin forests. But, of course, the Wood-Wren was not one of them, as I had already seen it in El Temazcal. So eventually, the pilgrimage must be made.

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Mexico South America Species America 193

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2022

Readers with a pornographic mindset will enjoy the following information about the Dusky Moorhen: “Simultaneously promiscuous, forming breeding groups of 2–7 apparently unrelated birds; individuals sometimes switch groups between seasons. Honeyeaters are a large bird family (190 species) with a strong presence in Australia.

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Australia Birds Feral Cats Kangaroos 197

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Fortunately, other spots in the same area offer similar birds, which of course I would not have known without our guides. Similarly, the Alpine Leaf Warbler is one of the more attractive species in an otherwise almost indistinguishable family of identical leaf warblers. (“But the difference in wing bars, Kai!”).

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Birds North Korea China Woodpeckers 240

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2019

This past Saturday afternoon I was out on the beach in the Rockaways with my family. Royal Terns are interesting to me as a New York state birder as they are exclusively coastal and almost entirely a bird we see in fall after they disperse from their breeding grounds. The young bird, its parent, and a Herring Gull.

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New York Virginia Breeding Family 137

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

There’s a King Penguin ( Aptenodytes patagonicus ) on the label, a very first appearance for the Spheniscidae family here at Birds and Booze. Of course, it’s now summer in the Southern Hemisphere, where King Penguins are found. Our wine this week is a Cabernet Sauvignon from Tussock Jumper Wines. Except birders.

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2017 Penguins Argentina Chile 113

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2023

May is a busy month for birds migrating through Shanghai – and of course, last May was completely missed due to the lockdown. During the breeding season, some Cattle Egrets look like teenage girls who have just discovered the existence of make-up, and consequently massively overdo it. It is probably all downhill from here.

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Birds Raised Cattle Mammals 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2022

Not bad given that the 5 families in the inner circle of the laughingthrush family have a combined number of about 68 species. And of course, I would have been wrong. 36, if my counting is right and there has been no very recent split or lump. This post shows some of them.

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San Diego Malaysia China Zoos 208

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2013

They migrate down from alpine and arctic tundra to lower latitudes in the non-breeding season (click on photos for full sized images). I shot this video this last Thanksgiving weekend from the Sacramento NWR on my way back from visiting the family. They walk briskly while foraging and are known to bob their tails. I hope you enjoy it!

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Sacramento Wildlife California Sparrows 163

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2020

Hey, in 1959 Walt Disney set up a studio on the island and filmed Swiss Family Robinson there! The seabirds are of course, the main attraction. Both Brown and Red-footed Boobies actively breed on Little Tobago as well as Saint Giles. The island of Tobago in the southern Caribbean is much wilder than one could imagine.

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Fish Rights Species Birds 216

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Third, observing and photographing breeding birds and their young have become acts of ethical confusion as birders, photographers, and organizational representatives debate the impact of our human presence on the nesting process. Some people love books like that. Yellow Warbler fledgling. But special. Familiar is not necessarily common.

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Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

Of course Africa could not to be left out of the pink weekend so I have researched all African species whose official or alternative names include the word “pink”. Its mostly found on the ground in thickets or the edges of dense vegetation and usually in small family parties. There are certainly some stunners involved.

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Africa Somalia Pelicans Mozambique 211

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2012

There are few families of birds as bewitching as the birds-of-paradise. They are feathered jewels with extraordinary breeding dances almost unrivalled in the bird world. There are, however, two species that are more accesible than the rest of the family. Of course, now I want to see the rest of them. …

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Indonesia Birds Australia Guinea 191

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

This is also why you very rarely find a photo of a giraffe on top of one of these posts – the other reason of course being that a giraffe photo would be relatively pointless in a birding blog. The Brown Crake is not that easy to see in Shanghai even though it is breeding here. ” ( source ).

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Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

You don’t really know a bird until you’ve studied it on its breeding grounds. Getting intimate with a species over the course of the breeding cycle is one of the more rewarding aspects of birding, and field research too. The clutch hatches out very asynchronously due to the female’s constant incubation over the course of laying.

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Eggs Venezuela Porcupines 2008 268

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2021

This is, of course the Lesser Roadrunner. It is not that close of a relative of the Northern Mockingbird , being in the same family, but a different genus. Slate-throated Redstart : This lovely little bird is our most common resident (breeding) warbler, and in certain places you will hear it EVERYWHERE.

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Trinidad Emotional Transported Mexico 182

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The authors trace the creation of swamps, wetlands, and meadows by farmers, and then the destruction of wetlands by the building of golf courses, the loss of meadows by the construction of train tracks. Because, as this book demonstrates so well, it is sometimes important to look back in order to move forward. It’s a very mixed chapter.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 150

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

That’s right, I, along with my family and some really good friends, was camping. And one that I have written about before when I was pleased to find Blackburnian Warblers like the one above breeding.). And, of course, as I do sometimes, I managed to sneak in a bit of birding. In other words, it is an awesome place.

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New York Cooking Chipmunks Owls 175

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2017

The dog days of July, when birders desperately seek out south-bound shorebirds, odd breeding records, or anything else to keep themselves from losing their minds in a lousy birding time in the northeastern United States, is not my favorite time of year to bird. Immediately after getting fed, this youngster starting begging some more.

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Jamaica Wildlife United States Breeders 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

Hannah Buschert was first exposed to birds and birding during a required ornithology course at Oregon State University and she quickly caught the birding bug. About half of all breeding Wandering Albatross nest on the Prince Edward Islands. Which makes it a haven for seabirds….and and seabirders.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 263

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 25, 2017

Of course, Bobolinks are grassland birds and like many grassland birds they’ve suffered a long dangerous decline as the grasslands of the U.S. Their breeding population stands at about 8 million, according to Partners in Flight. Bobolinks used to be a common summer sight on the Olde Homestead. are developed or otherwise lost.

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Bald Eagle New York Eagles North America 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2020

And, the One-page Index, a quick reference to locating major bird families, is placed in two locations–the front and the back of the book. Family groups are briefly introduced with descriptions of their shared characteristics. And, of course, to read the introduction. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before!

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North America America Hawaii Birds 210

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2013

The ABA currently lumps the Mangrove Warbler and Golden Warbler with the Yellow Warbler (the IOC lumps Mangrove and Golden Warbler together but splits them from the Yellow Warbler that breeds in North America.)

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Connecticut Baltimore North America New York City 176

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2012

It breeds across much of North America, is present year-round in the Caribbean, northern Central America, and the west coast of northern South America, and in winter is found across the rest of Central America. They are cosmopolitan, nesting even in urban areas, but also in golf courses and parking lots.

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Eggs America South America North America 177

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Each family group starts with a description of what traits are common to the species within the family, its representation in Northern Central America, and other interesting, relevant facts. Of course, this is an identification guide, not a coffee table book. Range maps accompany each species account—small but specific.

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El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 233

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Upland Sandpipers were seen almost daily, on posts, in tall grass, in trees, and, of course, flying away from us. . In addition, of course, to birds like Baird’s Sparrow, Chestnut-collared Longspur, and Sharp-tailed Grouse (all of which were life birds for me, and all of which I failed to get decent photos). back to the birds.

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North Dakota Birds Sparrows Blackbirds 140

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

Horned Larks breed widely over North America, including up here in the High Arctic. Horned Lark fledglings seem impossibly big to me, like they are larger than the adults (which of course they are not). Here they are a common breeding bird, one of our two species that migrate from here to Europe and then south. Calling for mom.

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Eggs North America Breeding Europe 188

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2012

We were lucky of course because our son was indeed gorgeous from the moment he came into this world. This is a perfect example that surely goes to show that limited breeding programmes should be imposed as chicks from second broods have been proven to be even more repulsive than the first. So why, I ask, did the nurse slap me?

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India Asia Africa Mexico 171

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2022

The Black-crowned Night Heron is a member of the heron family. The Olive-backed Pipit is a small songbird that in Shanghai can only be seen in winter – in summer, it breeds further north. The Red-flanked Bluetail is only in Shanghai in winter, as it breeds far further North – even further than Beijing.

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Birds Fish Germany China 162

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2013

Birds, of course! ( Avocets, Black-necked Stilts , and Spotted Sandpipers breed at the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. An Eared Grebe in breeding plumage should be enough to get you to the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve all by itself. As Clare well knows! ) Get out of the casinos and into nature!

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Las Vegas Nevada Birds Blackbirds 204

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

LA-Based Zoom Room CEO and Dog Training Expert Explores the Breeds He Chose. Choosing the best dog to welcome into your family is a daunting task – even for someone like Mark Zuckerberg. Jaime Van Wye, expert dog trainer, and founder of the Zoom Room, weighs in on the difference between the two breeds. About Jaime Van Wye.

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Dogs Dog Training Hungary Livestock 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America covers 61 species of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae that breed in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. The book does not include House Sparrow, an Old World sparrow that belongs to a completely different bird family. Range and Geographic Variation.

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North America Sparrows America United States 149