10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2014

We assembled at nine in the morning in a small parking lot outside the naval base in Key West, Florida. The park is home to not one, not two, but large three colonies of breeding seabirds: the Brown Noddy , Magnificent Frigatebird , and Sooty Tern. Dry Tortugas National Park: Bird Banding Sooty Terns. Lots and lots of birds.

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Birds Florida Groups Breeding 196

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The brilliant orange coloration and rich, haunting song of the Spot-breasted Oriole ( Icterus pectoralis ) makes this species one of my favorite permanent residents in southeastern Florida, even though it is an introduced exotic. How can an introduced species be a favorite among birders? Don’t they compete with native birds?

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Miami Costa Rica Florida 2005 183

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2012

It was a real pleasure to have a friend and colleague, Simon, accompany me on a visit to Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park in Miami this week. My experience of Common Nighthawks had previously been at dusk as they begin hunting for the night. Perhaps familiarity really does breed contempt.

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Miami Florida Hunting Breeding 175

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Pelagic birding off the Atlantic coast of Florida can be a frustrating experience, usually involving long waits of up to an hour or more interspersed with brief flurries of activity — a far cry from pelagic birding off of coasts blessed with cold water currents and nutrient rich upwelling such as California, southeast Australia, and Peru.

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Florida United States Fish 2005 169

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Southern Florida offers many unique wintering birds, but perhaps none more so then the sparrows that call different parts of Florida their winter homes. Although, these birds in Florida are pretty far south. Their population is currently stable among the arctic regions where they breed. I prefer a little sweat first.

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Florida South Dakota Sparrows Wildlife 177

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

I understand that this is a complicated undertaking, but a new birder reading this book would have no idea that Bushtits (#92: “Breeding System: ‘It’s Complicated'”) are only found in Western states. ” The essays are arranged in thematic order grouped in six sections: “Spark Bird!” He received a B.A.

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Birds North America Breeding America 116

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AUGUST 23, 2011

For many birders a highlight of birding the southeastern United States, maybe even the definitive birding experience of the region, is taking in the great numbers and diversity of long-legged wading birds. No, this is not Florida, but we have American Alligators in the Carolinas as well. Who knew?).

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South Carolina Alligators Florida United States 157

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I challenge that false notion and welcome those to visit Anhinga Trail in late winter and see one of the great wildlife spectacles of Florida. Regardless, it is still freshwater wetland birding in Florida at its best. In fact, I found a Smooth-billed Ani here in 2010 while watching the busy commotion happening in reverse at dusk!

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Wildlife Florida Alligators Miami 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2015

Conversely, parts of the world that have traditionally been quite dry may experience more rainfall. Though they breed on the tundra, Pomarine Jaegers spend most of their lives at sea. If a seabird is trying to breed, if all the forage is too far from their nest, their nest is guaranteed to fail.

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North America Birds San Francisco Suffering 241

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APRIL 28, 2024

There are a few spectacles in the birding community that are high energy, happen quickly, and is worth any effort to experience it. One such experience is a bird grounding event, sometimes called a fallout. But I am happy to at least have had a small taste of these beloved species as they make their way to breed for the year.

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Texas Alabama Alligators Nashville 236

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JUNE 17, 2015

The Refuge has also become a place where people can experience and learn about wildlife and the places they call home, whether through self-guided discovery or by participating in one of our many educational programs. Seney National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1935 as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife.”

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 147

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APRIL 5, 2012

I would like to add Badbirdz Reloaded , a companion site on Florida migration, run by Angel and Mariel Abreu. The chapter “Vagrants” promotes the joys and difficulties of finding that mega-rarity on your own, giving Lovitch’s own experiences using habitat, geography, and weather to make rarity predictions that unfortunately don’t come true.

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New Jersey Science United States Birds 256

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JULY 24, 2012

If you have been out birding in southeast Florida there is a good chance that you have run into him in the field. During the winter, southeast Florida becomes the wood-warbler capital of the ABA area. As one can see, seeing twenty warblers in the winter in southeast Florida is well within the realm of possibility! That’s right.

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Florida Miami Cuba Bahamas 160

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

There were birders from a wide cross-section of the United States: Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, Iowa, Wyoming, Washington State, Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida. I’ve been fascinated by flamingos since seeing them in the infield at Hialeah Park Race Track when I was a kid visiting Florida.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 255

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Tara Tanaka described the experience of digiscoping this spoonbill as such: Tara Tanaka : Merritt Island NWR was the last stop on a 10-day Florida birding trip last winter. We got there mid-afternoon and I had a great time photographing Reddish Egrets and Tri-colored Herons feeding—my main reason for going there.

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2011 Eagles Bald Eagle Owls 250

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DECEMBER 23, 2014

I got to see a beautiful female and owlet on a trip to a secret nest location near Howard Prairie Lake (human-made nest structures have enhanced local breeding for these huge owls whose nest success is boosted to 83% on artificial platforms vs. 66% at natural sites). The experience, the place, and the bird combine to make this my BBOTY.

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2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 211

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MARCH 6, 2011

If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. liz Mar 7th, 2011 at 6:18 am Fleeing the snow and cold of NY, we visited Florida and I got a lifer – a snail kite. What was your best bird of the weekend? Also the wood storks and sand hill cranes were cool, too.

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2011 New York Deer Birds 159

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

For others, it is simply a launching point to Everglades National Park or the Florida Keys. With the easy-to-use platform offered by the Great Backyard Bird Count, birders of all ages and experience levels set out to find, tally, and document as many birds as possible within the boundaries of Miami-Dade. Porcelli, Mario. Rapoza, Brian.

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Miami 2015 United States Birds 173

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JANUARY 3, 2017

I started the year in Florida, traveled to India with the ABA in February, combined family and birding in an August trip to California, and in-between saw very good birds in New York and New Jersey. There is no experience comparable to birding a dump, and, I have to say, I have never experienced a dump like this one. 6) Garganey.

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2016 India Ducks Birds 120

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Sitta canadensis isn’t just irrupting out of its far northern home but exploding southward, with reports in every southern state except for Florida, including birds on the outer banks of North Carolina, on Grand Isle, Louisiana, in a suburb of Atlanta, and on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Bird bloggers from Wisconsin to Massachusetts. .”

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United States Owls Atlanta New York 274

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

It was a heart-pounding scene straight out of Jurassic Park, an odd experience for a laid-back pursuit like birding. Southern Cassowary with chicks by Duncan Wright Carlos Sanchez was particularly appreciative of a new bird for him in Florida. This bird represented only the second documented record of this species in Florida.

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2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 168

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2011

I then had a year in Florida – beware the alligators and hurricanes! Our first shopping trip when we arrived in Florida was to buy a field guide and that afternoon we thought we had a soft drink can sitting on a fence-you know the brand-no, it’s not that…it’s a cardinal!

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South Africa United States Austin Alligators 160