10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Thanks mostly to David Lindo, The Urban Birder, there are a few British bird groups touring the country every year now, even the BBC came to film the world famous Long-eared Owl gathering in the town of Kikinda with more than 700 birds in some winters. Black Stork and three pairs of White-tailed Eagles breed here. eBird bar chart. #3

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Serbia Birds Bulgaria Farming 164

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JULY 2, 2014

The Wildlife Conservation Stamp Project was one of the sponsors of the festival which was hosted by the Klamath Bird Observatory. One of the major draws to the festival was viewing the Great Gray Owl, but that is for another post altogether. Click on photos for full sized images. References: 1 Birds of North America Online.

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North America Oregon Birds Owls 204

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2015

In the morning, still sleepy, we enter the jungle, where a sounder of Indian Boars (a long-maned subspecies Sus scrofa cristatus ) is watching us, standing among the first trees, right next to the road. To Nitin, this was a recce trip for his new wildlife photography tours enterprise. One White-eyed Buzzard has turned its back to us.

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Tigers Dogs India Snow Leopard 243

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Yes, it’s vital to leash your dog and teach him to be respectful of wildlife, but if you can manage that, he will make a phenologist out of you. There’s some excitement in putting up feeders and in discovering which species are gracing us with big invasions this year (2011, Montana: Snowy Owls ) but much of the time its a slog.

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Bald Eagle Montana Owls Dogs 157

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MAY 2, 2023

Flight Paths traces the history of migratory research in nine chapters, starting with the earliest attempts to track birds, bird banding/ringing (which she traces back to Audubon), and ending with ‘community science’ projects such as Breeding Bird Surveys and eBird. Geological Survey.

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Science Illinois Investigation Research 195

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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. Areas of mixed-coniferous and mixed-deciduous forests can yield the secretive Northern Pygmy-Owl. This species is an athletic and patient one. Super cool stuff!

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Colorado North Dakota Montana Owls 135

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MARCH 3, 2011

Though breeding grounds for neotropical migrants get the bulk of attention in North America wintering grounds are just as critical, and any news about land being preserved as wintering habitat for the Cerulean Warbler is wonderful. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity.

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Colombia 2011 Deer Brazil 145

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DECEMBER 23, 2014

Larry starts us off right with an owl that makes birders drool: I was able to see and photograph many great birds in 2014 but my Best Bird of the Year would have to be the Great Gray Owl , the largest Strix in North America. Larry’s BBOTY – Great Gray Owl. Below are our Best Birds of the Year. What was yours?

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2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 194

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

The little stiff-tails are almost year-round at Jamaica Bay though almost all leave to breed in the summer and in the depths of winter, when the ponds are almost completely frozen, they tend to head for open water. I can see why you thought you had found a new breed with this one. Wicked, right? Do you think it is the female?

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica Deer 153

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners.Or Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right? RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Deer 2011 New York New York Times 124

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MARCH 17, 2011

The variety of plumages that they show and the way different individuals molt at different times is interesting to me and I have stopped being surprised at seeing a small flock of ruddies with some nearly in full breeding, or alternate plumage, while others are still in their basic, or non-breeding plumage. Wicked, right?

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Ducks 2011 New York New York City 143

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The guide covers the all–1194 species in the Species Accounts, including 959 native breeding species, 219 Nearctic migrants, 8 breeding visiting species, and 5 introduced species. Of the native breeding species, 112 are endemic or “very nearly endemic.” (Can Text is on the left, plates are on the right.

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America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 214

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2012

I was delighted by the invitation and spent hours going through my photos, printing them out, imagining fifteen 4-year olds entranced by egrets, herons, and Burrowing Owls. Jake lives in southern Florida, so he and his friends had to be interested in learning about these birds, which they saw everyday, right?

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Birds Owls Switzerland Lions 219

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2018

The boat Captain got us right in close. What started as a small group of birds, with the hope they would make it on their own, is now a very strong breeding population. When were visiting Smoo cave, this one was right in the cave entrance. The show stopper was his Eagle-owl. Total Scotland Species – 105.

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Puffins Wildlife Reserve 2003 Farming 100

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MARCH 8, 2011

Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners.Or Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right? The street is then stained with blobs of pecan oil.

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2011 Deer New York Owls 151

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

In particular the South Island destination of Kaikoura is world-renowned for the flocks of albatrosses and giant petrels floating right off the pelagic boat, and the ease of the trip makes it a must-visit for any visiting birder. We soon were close to the Mokohinau Islands , one of the many islands in the area that serve as wildlife refuges.

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New Zealand Albatross 2011 Cooking 175

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Like manky mallards, ganky geese display remarkable variety due to both the methodical manipulations of breeders and the variable volatility of the more natural kind of breeding. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right? The proposal from U.S.

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Geese 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

What events transpire miles away that make a certain destination attractive to birds and wildlife in one way or another? This is an endemic breeding bird in North America and much is now being done by various federal and non-profit groups to ensure and foster its conservation. Wicked, right?

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Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 196

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Corey encountered a bunch of winners, but 24 Common Redpolls at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, in almost the exact same spot he saw them a couple of years ago, feeding on birch inflorescence by the East Pond, were easily his best birds of the weekend. When I first saw it I thought it might be a snowy or a barn owl because it was almost white.

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2011 New York Deer Birds 155

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MARCH 20, 2011

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. That’s what you do with other game, right? Fish and Wildlife Service tells states when they may propose a hunting season on cranes, and has ultimate jurisdiction over whether the states get their seasons. Now, it’s time to go to the top.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Sometimes it was just a matter of looking harder — walking a little further into the woods to get my first glimpse of a Blackburnian Warbler or being in just the right place at the right time to spot an elusive Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Fish and Wildlife Service. And living my life in the same place, I’d find them.

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Pythons Litter Montana 2006 188

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MARCH 14, 2011

of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Hunting is on a steady downturn, and nonconsumptive wildlife pursuits are on a tremendous upswing. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 252

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MARCH 13, 2011

They breed across Canada and Alaska’s boreal forest near ponds and lakes, using nest holes made by woodpeckers, almost exclusively flickers. All of the shots in this post were taken on 1 March 2011 at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s West Pond as the sun was going down. Wicked, right? The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Ducks Deer New York 150

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MARCH 5, 2011

Breeding behaviour and plumage was very apparent, but John Wise , an ex-pat Brit now resident in Orlando, told me that the birds’ activities had been held up for a couple of weeks during a cold snap that saw frosts in Florida. Mike Mar 5th, 2011 at 1:32 pm Those egrets in breeding plumage are absolutely exquisite!

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2011 Alligators Florida Deer 117

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

As part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil giveaway we asked readers of 10,000 Birds to name the bird in Brazil that they would like to see more than any other species. Not to mention, its brilliantly bulbous crimson throat, bloated during breeding season must be a sight! Get yours today!

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 212

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MARCH 16, 2011

By March though Scandinavian Rock Pipit begins to show some changes into breeding plumage and outs itself as a migrant rather than a resident. By the way: at the Baltic coast we had large flocks of spinoletta migrating through in late March/April, and due to them moulting from non-breeding to breeding plumage, many had seemingly pale lores.

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2011 Deer Fish New York 155

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

This means, amongst other things, that Nightjars and Potoos are still between owls and trogons and not following cuckoos, which really seems more appropriate to me.). These are listed in a table, which also specifies slope and geographic region (but not country). Range maps accompany each species account—small but specific.

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El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 234

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

It is also familiar at inland sites in winter, especially reservoirs and refuse tips, and breeds in the relatively-Northerly regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. Yellow-Legged Gull These gulls breed around the Mediterranean and have yellow, rather than flesh-coloured legs. Get yours today! I am clearly not.

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

from left to right Fred, Mike, Isaac, Andrew, Gene (in back), Tom Though it was an absurdly long trip and the ratio of birding to driving was not ideal the twitch was well worth it. Here’s hoping this bird makes it back to its home turf to breed and comes back to spend another winter in New York State! The proposal from U.S.

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New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 200

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. Ringer Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae) Black-and-white gannets breed on the cold, rocky coasts of the northern and southern oceans. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 154

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

Outside of the tropics, nesting would usually take place in the spring (in the southern hemisphere, spring and the height of the breeding season occurs before Christmas); these pictures were taken in March as the weather in Cape Town is beginning to cool. Wicked, right? RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Deer Africa Peru 168

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Outside of the breeding season a few birds may join together in a loose flock if the feeding is good. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right? To describe the back as grey makes it sound very drab, but in good light it takes on a bluish hue.

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2011 Deer India New York 188

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

The vast majority of Baltimore Orioles that breed in North America return to the tropics between Mexico and northern South America for the cold half of the year. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right? Instead I saw a flash of orange.

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North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

I was fortunate to rack up a number of lifers in 2013, both at home and abroad ( Varied Thrush in Washington, Brewer’s Blackbirds in California, Burrowing Owl in the Nevada desert). My fiance and I drove nearly two hours to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in rural Indiana to watch them come in for the evening.

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 167

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APRIL 15, 2015

We already had South Africa, Zambia and Uganda under our belts, but my clients’ request for the next year came right out of the blue: Ghana! Here local hunters had known about the colony and for generations had been harvesting the birds by simply picking the adults off their nests during the breeding season.

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Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 196

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JUNE 7, 2012

A lovely looking and distinctive sounding bird (so they say, I sadly have not seen one…yet), the Kirtland’s Warbler can only be found during its breeding season in Jack Pine forests 5 to 20 years old in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. Forest Service.

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 236

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Carpet Shark washed up Carpet shark being returned to the sea I hope you have enjoyed this little insight into our varied wildlife here in the north of Australia. She also monitors Pied Oystercatchers breeding along a 23km stretch of beach by bicycle and on foot. Wicked, right? Get yours today!

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Australia 2011 Sharks Deer 152