10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 21, 2022
By this time the sun was already stinging any exposed skin, as idyllic as the location was the white sand and azure water only served as reflectors, adding to the sensation of being mildly cooked as we counted birds. Our little group managed a final tally of 56 species! A Spectacled Thrush foraged among the leaf litter.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
Surely they couldn’t be the same species, across a continent. The Internet was prepared to offer plenty of information on what Carolina grasshoppers eat – grasses and forbs, mostly weed species but sometimes crops like tobacco,corn, and alfalfa. But they are. Far scarcer are specifics on what eats Carolina grasshoppers.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 11, 2019
For many grassland species, our vast expanses of tilled and plowed fields, orchards and vineyards, pastures and rangeland offer an abundance of convenient food and shelter – and some bolder birds even wander indoors to find these things in our barns and stables. For most of history, beer has thrived in agrarian settings, too.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2019
978 species were tallied this month from 163 checklists. Only 123 species appear on both sides of the life list. Cook’s Swift – Apus cooki. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. The yearly total has reached 1538 while the life list has been pushed to 3676.
10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2019
April was a busy time for the beats with 10 of them contributing 164 lists to accumulate 744 species from 7 countries; Costa Rica, USA, Australia, Serbia, UK, Brazil and Barbados. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cook’s Swift – Apus cooki. Back to numbers.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2016
All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section). Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section). Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section). 24 Mar 2016. 24 Mar 2016.
10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2016
Despite recording 370 species during the month, the list total has advanced by just 45. Just to confuse things a little, only 14 new species were recorded since June 1 st. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section). Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section). 09 May 2016.
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