10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Here are some things I’ve learned from the Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean by Scott Weidensaul: The Burrowing Owl is the only North American owl species where the male is larger than the female, albeit, only slightly larger. There are distinct differences between Eastern Screech-Owl morphs.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2024

During our recent California trip, I enjoyed some excellent birding. I also developed my latest manifestation of a series of skin infections that I have experienced over the past year, this one worse than all its predecessors. Not a sugar problem, in case anyone thought of that; my fasting sugar levels are perfectly healthy.)

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Pelicans Suffering California Woodpeckers 231

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Owling on Christmas Bird Counts is a peculiar business. There’s the whole role of chance in owling, too. In birding, perhaps only the proverbial wild goose chase and snipe hunt rank below owling in terms of expected success. A pair of Great Horned Owls ( Bubo virginianus ) painted by John James Audubon for The Birds of America.

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2017 Owls Game California 162

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JANUARY 7, 2023

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10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2022

Jonathan also works as a birding guide up in Baja California, if anyone is interested.). He seems to be my Northern (Mountain) Pygmy-Owl whisperer. But how can you complain about an owl that wants to check you out in broad daylight? His main project is monitoring the Snowy Plover population there.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2024

Recently, there has been a Burrowing Owl hanging around that is easy to spot amongst the riprap near the river mouth. Digiscoped Burrowing Owl San Elijo Lagoon is a county park north of San Diego and is one of the region’s largest wetlands. Osprey carrying a fish La Jolla Cove has a lot going on.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

In fact, the overwhelming majority of federal land is in just 11 western states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). Spotted Owls depend on old growth forests, largely in national forests and parks in the Pacific Northwest.

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MARCH 23, 2024

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2020

When I was a young man growing up in Northern California, I thought I knew all about Juncos. Sure, hawks and owls can look like they are trying to figure out what sauce would taste best on you, but juncos? Juncos are cute little woodland sparrows. And no matter how they look at you, those eyes make them look just plain evil.

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Mexico California Sparrows Owls 248

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2018

But only two states have more than one bird named for them: Hawaii and California, with nine and seven extant and eponymous species, respectively. I suppose a case could be made for renaming California’s two avian endemics – the Yellow-billed Magpie and the Island Scrub-Jay – after the state to pull it into a tie with Hawaii.

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2015 San Diego Family California Condor 113

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

California Condors , La Brea Condors , and the Merriam’s Giant Condor — a magnificent bird even in death. And a few victims are birds that just came down to drink at the wrong place and the wrong time, birds like Passenger Pigeons and California Turkeys , and also birds like Great Horned Owls and American Goldfinch.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

40 California Quail – Callipepla californica. 181 Barn Owl – Tyto alba. 182 Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. 183 Crested Owl – Lophostrix cristata. 184 Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. 185 Central American Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium griseiceps.

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Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots Costa Rica 259

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Larry is on a mission and he needs your help. Head on over to The Birder’s Report to find out what you can do.

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California Owls Birds 112

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2014

Many gringos make their way to Baja California Sur every year, although the majority are probably heading to Cabo San Lucas to party and test the human limit of tequila endurance. Other desert denizens (that we missed) include Harris’s Hawk , Elf Owl , and Pyrrhuloxia. A male Belding’s Yellowthroat. Hecho en Mexico.

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California San Jose Birds Mexico 252

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2019

They all oohed and aahed over Indigo Buntings (rightfully so), but the highlight for me was a Barred Owl hollering just out of sight. Somehow, we managed to flip the script on that by spotting all kinds of birds that the whole group could enjoy.

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2019 Birds California Raised 142

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Although it was nothing like going from New York to California or even Buffalo, New York to North Carolina, a change of location, however slight, can bring new birds especially in Costa Rica. The bird we hope most to see is the endemic Cabanis’s Ground-Sparrow although Mary wants to see a Barn Owl just as much. Right at home.

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Costa Rica Barn Owls Stray Dog Blackbirds 203

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2019

There’s nothing to be afraid of: Landscape with Grave, Coffin, and Owl by Caspar David Friedrich. The name of this supernatural raven from Denmark makes an unlikely name for a California vintner, but Valravn Wines has been making wines in the heart of the Sonoma County wine country since 2014. An unlikely scene in California.

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2015 Denmark California Fowl 134

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2019

I also spent a week in northwestern Costa Rica on a family vacation, a long weekend in Barbados, a week in Georgia, and two week-plus-long trips to visit relatives in southern California. For fifteen years, ever since I started visiting California as a birder, I’ve been hoping to see a Mountain Plover.

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2019 Barbados Uganda Costa Rica 166

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2022

Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103. Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103.

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Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots Owls 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2014

Activists and environmental groups went into overdrive, and in March 2014 the State of California approved a ban on the sale of the worst types of anti-coagulants. An owl who eats a rat poisoned by a farmer or a pest-control company will die the same death as one poisoned by a homeowner.

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Rats Rodents 2014 Pets 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

7 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. 92 Crested Owl – Lophostrix cristata. 111 Mottled Owl – Ciccaba virgata. 139 California Gull – Larus californicus. 271 Spectacled Owl – Pulsatrix perspicillata. 307 Barred Owl – Strix varia.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Parrots Blackbirds 259

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

1539 is the year list total so far and the life list has reached 4081 as Northern Pygmy Owl , Emperor Goose and Lined Seedeater swelled its numbers. 38 California Quail – Callipepla californica. 152 California Gull – Larus californicus. 217 Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds Ducks 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

• Explore These Related Posts Another California Bird? Forgotten Owls When Is A Tanager A Spindalis? His recent focus is on bringing the Western Burrowing Owl back to life in California where he also monitors several bluebird trails. Share Your Thoughts « Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field? Beautiful bird.

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Wildlife 2011 Sacramento Jordan 160

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

The states which have essentially banned leghold traps are Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, California, and Washington. A recent thread on my Raptorcare listserv produced one wildlife rehabilitator’s nightmarish photo of a leghold trap firmly clutching the leg of a Great Horned Owl.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Rhode Island New Jersey Wildlife 256

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2013

Let’s take a look at some of what lurks inside: Pygmy-owl split. Proposal 2013-A-2 would split the “Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl” ( Glaucidium cobanense ) of southern Mexico and northern Central America from the widespread Northern Pygmy-Owl ( G. nevadensis ) and California Sage Sparrow ( A. Sandwich Tern split.

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2013 Sparrows Owls Stray 229

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2020

California Gull – Larus californicus. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Tawny Owl – Strix aluco. Barred Owl – Strix varia. Common Buzzard – Buteo buteo.

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2020 Sparrows Blackbirds Woodpeckers 176

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2014

as well as a rare mammal, the California fisher. Birds Conservation Barn Owl hawk raptors rat poison rats reckitt benckiser' See the website for a self-congratulatory description of their efforts to plant trees, but no mention of their slaughter of the birds who might want to land on them. Photos of Cooper’s Hawks by Tony Brake.

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Rats Barn Owls Rodents San Francisco 252

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Guiding aside, Howell is a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences and the author of many books, including Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America (Princeton). And that is what recommends Steve N. Howell and Fabrice Schmitt: both of them are international bird tour leaders with WINGS.

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Chile Birds South America North America 260

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2017

My birthday bird this weekend ranks high on my list of special sightings: Northern Saw-whet Owl ! I rarely catch this cutie at Owl Woods during its spring migration, but this one couldn’t be missed. Corey had a wonderful weekend in Southern California racking up year birds in Orange and Los Angeles Counties.

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Los Angeles 2017 Coyotes Birds 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Since many of these exceptions are common birds (Wood Duck, Red-tailed Hawk, Great-horned Owl), I assume Lund saw the additional space as opportunities to teach people how to absolutely positively identify these birds, adding more text and featuring images of the species in flight or in gender-specific, nonbreeding or juvenile plumage.

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Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 244

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Flashy of look, brash of attitude, and strident of voice, they bomb around announcing every discovery – ripe acorns, sleeping owls, snakes in need of scolding – to the world. 1978, for reference, was the year of my birth.

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New York Times Montana Oregon Deer 140

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2021

Yet, 79 checklists were submitted by 8 beats, accounting for 366 species in 5 countries. Yet, 79 checklists were submitted by 8 beats, accounting for 366 species in 5 countries. Yet, 79 checklists were submitted by 8 beats, accounting for 366 species in 5 countries.

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Sparrows Woodpeckers Ducks Blackbirds 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Breeding bird surveys appears to show the resplendent Allen’s Hummingbird (like Corey’s capture, above) in decline—but not in Southern California, where examination of eBird data reveals that members of a residential population appear to be faring much better than their migrating brethren. (To sports championships ).

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Massachusetts Eggs Falcons Rights 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species. The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds California 256

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2018

I’ll admit to being momentarily faked out by the plastic owls that people put out in a futile attempt to ward off crows, which demonstrates that decoys work on birders, if not on birds themselves. I suspect it’s quite possible.

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2016 Ducks California Hunters 125

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Let me introduce my guest blogger, Lisa Owens Viani, co-founder of the California-based group RATS ( Raptors Are The Solution ), which educates people about the dangers of rat poisons. Does the product above strike you as black humor, only not funny? I’ll leave today’s blog in her capable hands.

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Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 269

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I didn’t travel much this year, with a June family trip to California and Nevada and a four-day trip in July to Trinidad and Tobago being my only opportunities to get birds not in the northeastern United States. The Snowy Owl invasion and everything that came with it. Not only that, but I learned that Snowy Owls can fly !

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