10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2012

The Northern Flicker Colaptus auratus Northern Flickers are most common in New York City during migration, especially fall migration, but some are year-round residents. They breed in all five boroughs and can be readily identified in flight by their flashing yellow underwings and white rump. ……… a.

New York City 254

New York City New York Woodpeckers New Jersey 254

10,000 Birds

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. The year list total is 709 countable and 2 non-countable birds. I like to add, “But I’m not a lister!”

2016 113

2016 India Ducks Birds 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

New York City apartments don’t allow feeders to be hung from fire escapes (though I know certain birders that skirt that rule), and it wasn’t until I had already been birding for four-and-a-half years that I obtained a small yard in central New Jersey in which I could place a feeder or two or three.

Birds 182

Birds New York City Squirrels New York 182

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Kevin Karlson is co-author of The Shorebird Guide , Birding by Impression , and The Birds of New Jersey. Dunne and Karlson are presenting an alternative system of gull identification, one that they believe is simpler than the traditional emphasis on cycles and plumages. This is their second co-authored book.

North America 208

North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 208

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

.” It is a relief to eventually reach the chapter on The Life of Waterfowl, written in a much more conversational style and unashamedly fascinated with waterfowl’s unique breeding behaviors. To help us practice, Waterfowl presents mystery plates. So–not a fan of hunting.

Ducks 124

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 124

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Each species/subspecies is presented by age and type of pose, though not strictly so for each species. Unlike most field guides, the maps are large and specific, indicating permanent, winter, and summer ranges by color swatch; summer, winter, and all seasons dispersal routes by colored lines, and irregular breeding sites by shape and color.

North America 198

North America Birds Mississippi Bald Eagle 198

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2016

It was my second field guide, and I quickly gave it that worn look I imagined all “real” birder’s field guides had by dropping it into the creek at Allaire State Park in New Jersey (by accident!). I purchased my first Sibley— The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America —in 2003. ” Thank you, David Sibley!

North America 171

North America 2003 Birds America 171

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

I grab my binoculars, camera, and field guide and drive 2-and-a-half hours to southern New Jersey. A second quick finding tool is the Visual Index of Bird Families on the inside front and back covers, presenting the 86 chapters in order with bird images, text, and page numbers. Forsythe NWR.

North America 187

North America America 2017 Birds 187

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MARCH 6, 2011

I had a beautifull view on 5 horned grebe here (one in breeding plumage), in Ann Arbor Michigan, for the 3 seconds it lasted, until I heard a huge “CRRACK&# , and I fell through the ice. Also present in other parts of the park were fox and white-throated sparrows. And my first Killdeer of year!

2011 156

2011 New York Deer Birds 156

10,000 Birds

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’m sure there are states that I missed, but you get the idea.

South Africa 254

South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 254