10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Checklist for Belize lists 622 species in 76 families, of which 104 are rare or accidental and four introduced. Checklist lists 955 species in 86 families, with 152 rare/accidental species, three extirpated species, five introduced species, and nine endemics). For context, the IOC version 13.1 I love the writing here.

Costa Rica 233

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 233

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2018

This is the third year that my family and some our close friends did a vacation together. Two years ago it was Culebra, Puerto Rico. Instead of being around for breeding birds like my last visit I would be focusing on migratory species and Cape Henlopen delivered with forty-six species in an hour-and-a-half of birding.

North Carolina 100

North Carolina New York Delaware Puerto Rico 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

I recently asked whether Puerto Rico should be part of the American Birding Association’s ABA Area. I will suggest an answer to the question: this post makes the argument that both Puerto Rico and the U.S. Now that Hawaii is in the ABA Area , the next additions should be Puerto Rico and the U.S.

Puerto Rico 170

Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States 170

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Mexico, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, and other islands that make up the Greater and Lesser Antilles. Each account contains a range map created by Weidensaul, utilizing diverse sources–breeding bird atlases, banding data, research articles. (It It includes owls found in Canada, the U.S.,

North America 239

North America Owls America Dominican Republic 239