10,000 Birds
APRIL 14, 2013
The other notable impact of the March weather was on some of our seabirds, many of which return to breeding cliffs and islands in March prospecting territories and nesting ledges for a few days in their thousands before pitching back out to sea to feed. Dead Gannet (above) and Atlantic Puffin(below).
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2013
Some of those once-popular breeding spots now produce no chicks at all. Perhaps because of threats to the ecosystems of the many places the Arctic Tern visits (Europe, Africa, South America, and North America), it may be on the decline. For example, over the past decade, the population in the Gulf of Maine has dropped by 40 percent.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 11, 2018
At Dunnet Head, we got to see a couple of Atlantic Puffins, a few Razorbills, some Guillemots and gulls. Hundreds of Black-headed Gulls, Greater Black-backed Gulls , Mew Gulls , and Fulmars , thousands of Razorbills , 60-70 Puffins , and literally tens of thousands of Guillemots. The show stopper was his Eagle-owl.
10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2014
Other forest birds here include Sooty and Ruffed Grouse, Spotted and Barred Owls, Vaux’s Swift, Gray Jay, Pacific Wren, American Dipper, and Varied Thrush. Gull-billed Terns breed in south San Diego Bay, along with Black Skimmers and several other tern species. Convict Lake, CA. The Sierras. Half Moon Bay, CA.
10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2011
In the summer, they can be found in their transitional breeding plumage (shades of gray and brown) all over the tundra feeding on localized forbs and willow plants. The huffin’ and puffin’ is always worth it in the end, however. At which point, the Owl will lunge out at pluck the bird right off it’s perch.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2022
There is no place that compares to Maine with its rocky shorelines, freezing waters populated by wintering alcids, offshore islands filled with nesting Atlantic Puffins, mixed and boreal forests (the most forested state in the U.S., we learn) that are home to coveted boreal species, breeding wood-warblers, and two species of Grouse.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2011
Birds like Chestnut-backed Chickadee , Pacific Wren and Pigeon Guillemot should be easy to track down for the first time Adding other alcids like Tufted Puffin or Marbled Murrelet to my life list will be much more difficult, but I have a trick or two up my sleeve to (hopefully) get them in my binoculars.
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