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.

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Costa Rica Barn Owls Stray Dog Blackbirds 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2013

Proposal 2013-A-6 would split the shearwater taxon baroli , which breeds on several Atlantic island groups (the Azores, Canaries, Selvages, and Madeira) and strays to North American waters, from its current position as part of the Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis ) complex. Sage Sparrow split. Shearwater split. lherminieri ).

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2013 Sparrows Owls Stray 181

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2012

As we headed back outside and picked out the quail and American Tree and Song Sparrows around the parking lot area, I discovered a new, mammalian focus of my interest — the Columbian ground squirrel, a charismatic little rodent with white eyeliner, a red nose, and a surprising degree of self-confidence for prey.

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Wildlife Montana Geese Bald Eagle 165

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

After all, it’s not like I’m going to see anything other than the White-throated Sparrows and Northern Cardinals flitting about the brush pile outside my window. To that end: More caterpillars = less reason to stray? Some birds who probably could have used those sweaters in southern California were the victim of a mystery spill.

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Nepal Bird Rescue Penguins Rescue 157

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2012

Aplomado Falcon ( Falco femoralis ) by Jon David Nelson Shakeups for shearwaters and murrelets Xantus’s Murrelet ( Synthliboramphus hypoleucus ) has been split into California-breeding Scripps’s Murrelet ( Synthliboramphus scrippsi ) and Baja-breeding Guadalupe Murrelet ( Synthliboramphus hypoleucus ).

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Falcons Parrots California Breeding 171

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Second of all, Lewis’s Woodpeckers are birds of the west and they rarely stray to New York State. • Explore These Related Posts The other southern woodpecker Birding the East End of Long Island Another California Bird? Melanerpes lewis is, to put it simply, a really cool bird.

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New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 185