10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2020

Those of us in the United States are celebrating Memorial Day Weekend, normally a time to gather with friends and family for barbecues, beach outings, and other fun group activities. Perhaps for those of us in the northeastern United States the number of birds this weekend has been a bit of a disappoint though.

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APRIL 2, 2013

A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State. I was also curious, as a birder of the northeast United States, to see what kind of avian changes have been going on in Pennsylvania.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

The legislature named the goldfinch the state bird in 1935 , sharing the designation with Washington and Iowa. American Goldfinches are found in much of the United States all year round, spreading their range to Canada in the summer, and into the southern United States and Mexico in the winter.

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MARCH 15, 2016

The key point is that Refuge System is perhaps the most important conservation program in the United States. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and they are located in every state as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and they are located in every state as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S.

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MARCH 22, 2016

Baltimore Orioles spend their winters in Florida, Central, and South America, and migrate north to breed in much of the Eastern United States. Baltimore Orioles breed in open woodlands or forest edges , preferring deciduous trees. Suddenly, we catch a flash of bright orange: a Baltimore Oriole.

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APRIL 29, 2014

We birders in the northeastern United States are unbearable in April. What we don’t get to hear is them singing, as they seem to only sing once they reach their breeding grounds. And having another breeding wood-warbler would certainly be nice, wouldn’t it?

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MARCH 8, 2017

The jack pines of Michigan are well-known as the breeding grounds of the Kirkland’s Warbler —and thus, the best place to catch a glimpse of this exceedingly rare songbird. Birders in the southeastern United States can sign up to watch out for the birds as they pass through on their way to breed.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

The Lazuli Bunting breeds in brushy habitats from sea level to more than 3,000 meters throughout the western United States and southwestern Canada. If you live in the western United States, or visit during the summer months, these bright blue gems may be seen at backyard bird feeders.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

One of the two sub-species of Red Knot occurring in North America, the Rufa subspecies breeds in the Canadian Artic Region and migrates along the east or Atlantic coast of the United States. The other sub-species, Calidris canutus roselaari , migrates along the Pacific Coast and breeds in Alaska and the Wrangel Island in Russia.

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JULY 13, 2021

My first birding stop was Horicon Marsh, one of the largest freshwater marshes in the United States and a critical rest stop for thousands of migrating waterfowl — it is a Wetland of International Importance. Horicon NWR covers the northern part of the marsh and the remainder is a state wildlife area.

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JUNE 28, 2019

A thrill to see, especially to see well, the Cape May Warbler is most commonly spotted as a passage migrant or as a winter resident, considering that its breeding area is the spruce-fir forests of Canada and some of the northernmost parts of the United States.

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

The Purple Finch officially became the state bird on April 25th. Most of the United States only sees Purple Finches in the winter months, when they migrate south. Though they breed in coniferous or mixed woods, during the winter they can be found in fields, shrublands, and even backyards.

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JULY 30, 2014

They are a non-migratory species found in western coniferous and mixed-coniferous forests, breeding from Alaska, western Canada, and the United States south through western Mexico to Nicaragua. Often found around campgrounds, the boisterous calls from these conspicuous birds can be heard from a distance.

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JUNE 9, 2017

Mid-June causes confusion in the United States, in that summer hasn’t officially started but life post-Memorial Day definitely carries that summer feeling, Except, of course, that some parts of the country have been downright chilly. Oh, to be birding at Shark Bay in Australia. What season are we in right now? How about you?

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MAY 5, 2015

Many Double-crested Cormorants spend their winters in the southern United States before migrating to the Midwestern and Northeastern United States as well as central Canada for the summer. As we left the dam I silently hoped that the cormorants we saw would all make it safely to their breeding grounds!

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

Whatever you call them, they are near ubiquitous along the coast in the northeastern United States this time of year as they feed up on a variety of berries including bayberries, from whose genus, Myrica , the Myrtle Warbler gets its name. Personally, I prefer to call them Butterbutts. Ever wonder why they are called Butterbutts?

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JANUARY 12, 2016

The Mountain Bluebird is one of the most striking birds in the United States, and is the state bird of both Nevada and Idaho. During breeding months they are usually found in open areas, from sea level all the way up to 12,500 feet. million breeding birds.

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JUNE 16, 2017

North of the Equator, birders tend to focus their efforts this time of year on breeding birds. Considering that this Sunday is Father’s Day in the United States, this emphasis on bird parenting is fitting. Every year, I try to drag my own kids out on a Father’s Day hike with varying levels of success.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The wonderful folks at eBird have teamed up with the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration in order to help predict and track migratory birds as they make their way from wintering grounds to breeding grounds in the United States and Canada. It’s pretty cool so check it out !

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JUNE 2, 2016

The first weekend of June is, at least in the United States, our first full dose of unofficial summer. Yes, real summer doesn’t begin for another three weeks yet, but when weather heats up and non-breeding birds become increasingly scarce, spring is over!

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MAY 20, 2012

The Orange County / Rockland County border by the Hudson River, where Bear Mountain State Park, Harriman State Park, and the United States Military Academy all come together has the best variety of woodland breeding birds to be found within an hour of New York City.

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JULY 7, 2013

But that’s not the case for many birds who live in or pass through the United States, a new report indicates. The State of the Birds 2013 , produced by the North American Bird Conservation Initiative , was introduced last week by the U.S. ” The answer to that question these days is, to put it bluntly, still dead.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

It borders the Hudson Bay to the north and four Great Lakes to the south, accessible by car and sometimes feet from the United States over bridges with names like Rainbow, Ambassador, and Seaway Skyway. state and Canadian provinces. © 2023 by Chris Earley and Scott & Nix, Inc., Bohemian Waxwing, p. 206, photo by Brian E.

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JULY 29, 2015

Mount Lassen erupted and exploded in May of 1915 sending ash and steam in a 6 mile (10 km) tall mushroom cloud, making it the largest recent eruption in the contiguous United States, until the explosion of Mount St. As the fifteenth national park established by Congress, it is one of the oldest national parks in the United States.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Olive-sided Flycatcher breeds in Canada and the western United States, and winters mostly in northern South America. The Greater Pewee is guaranteed to turn up in our pine/oak forests here. But previous experience with Ejido Triquillo taught me that another species might turn up during the spring.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

If you live in the eastern United States, chances are you’re familiar with the clear, loud, teakettle teakettle teakettle song that reverberates through woods and thickets. This unique sound belongs to the Carolina Wren , who unsurprisingly is the state bird of South Carolina!

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Birding in Mexico is not like birding in the United States… especially when it comes to interpreting unusual sightings. Howell does not place the White-tailed Hawk anywhere near Morelia, but I have seen it in every cuadrant of the city, and know for a fact that it breeds near the church I pastor.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Their are two separate subspecies of the Nashville Warbler , one occurs east of the Mississippi River ( Oreothlypis ruficapilla ruficapilla ) and the other, pictured here, formerly called the Calaveras Warbler ( Oreothlypis ruficapilla ridgwayi ) in northwestern United States and adjacent Canada.

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MAY 9, 2017

A few breed on the main Hawaiian islands, including Kilauea Point NWR on Kauai. Black-footed Albatross : The most common albatross off the west coast, virtually all of the world’s Black-footed Albatross also breed in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, on the same islands as the Laysan Albatross on Hawaiian Islands NWR and Midway Atoll NWR.

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AUGUST 29, 2011

I know these posts aren’t fun to read but the sheer volume of cases like this should indicate that the bird breeding business in the United States is a disgusting mess and should be strongly regulated if not shut down.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

For example, Bluebird ID in the United States and Canada is a simple proposition: if you are in the West, they are Western, while in the East, they are Eastern. Up north, Black-chinned and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are model citizens; their almost-identical females do their civic duty by breeding on different sides of North America.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2015

When birders in the eastern United States see a flash of red up in the canopy or deep inside nearby bushes, more likely than not those crimson feathers belong to the iconic Northern Cardinal. ” That same sentiment is probably true for us all!

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JUNE 11, 2019

It is a collaboration of Rogue and the Oregon Zoo , one of a handful of condor breeding facilities in the United States ( review here ). Visitors to the Pacific Northwest who appreciate craft beer might sample Condor Kolsch from Rogue Ale & Spirits of Newport, Oregon.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2014

There are two Painted Bunting populations, one that breeds along the Atlantic Coast from North Carolina to Florida and one that breeds in the interior United States and northern Mexico from southeastern New Mexico to western Mississippi. The Atlantic Coast population lingers on the breeding grounds after nesting to molt.

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APRIL 26, 2014

I had seen one in the same location earlier in the year and was hoping to bump into it again before it headed north to it’s breeding grounds in the Arctic. It has a plain grey back in all plumages and a heavily barred underside as breeding colours. The bill is medium length and straight.

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MAY 25, 2018

Found in the Western United States and Canada in the spring and summer, the hummers spend the winter season in Mexico and along the Gulf Coast. Conservation of both their breeding and wintering habitats is essential to protect this bright light in the dark forest.

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MAY 10, 2012

Warbling Vireos are found breeding in open deciduous woods, often riparian, across Mexico, the United States, and southern Canada. In fact, the main point of Warbling Vireos seems to be providing a tabula rasa onto which birders can project their wish of seeing a Philadelphia Vireo.

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