10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2019

Without including the new pin in the map, countries this month featured; USA, Australia, Serbia, Bahrain, India, Kuwait, New Zealand, UK, Ghana and of course, Costa Rica. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Jamaica 113

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MAY 6, 2018

To continue the cricketing theme, Pat scored a double-century in Guatemala in his maiden (for the list) innings in the country. April’s number are below; 11 countries were visited by 9 beats; Australia, USA, UK, India, Serbia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Brazil, New Zealand and Argentina. 01 Jan 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2019

9 countries were visited during March by your tireless beats ( 11 of them); India, UK, USA, Serbia, Costa Rica, Japan, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Refugio mixto Caño Negro.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Woodpeckers 113

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NOVEMBER 3, 2018

The two most prolific contributors, Pat and Tom, have been sharing their birding space in Costa Rica. During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. 04 Apr 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

9 beats shared 100 checklists from 8 countries (Costa Rica, USA, UK, Brazil, Serbia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Australia. In an unusual turnaround during September, more birds were seen in USA than in Costa Rica. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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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. Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

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JANUARY 5, 2019

In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. 01 Jan 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

Tom and Pat were toe to toe in Costa Rica , so the numbers from there outshone anything else on the list for November, with over 60% of the month’s total shared between them. They birded 6 countries; USA, UK, Costa Rica, Serbia, Australia, and Mexico. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 01 Jan 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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JUNE 1, 2019

These are the numbers acheived by 10 (we have a new contributor, Paul, from Mexico) beats during May; We visited 8 countries (Costa Rica, USA, UK, Australia, Serbia, Greece, Kuwait and Mexico) and noted 776 birds from 160 checklists. Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

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APRIL 7, 2018

During March, 11 beats shared 122 checklists to accumulate 680 species from 8 countries; USA, Costa Rica, Serbia, India, Australia, New Zealand, UK and Japan. Vermiculated Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. The year list has progressed by 127 to reach 1257. Saladero Lodge.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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OCTOBER 1, 2016

Contributions this month have come from; Costa Rica, USA, Australia, Mexico, Serbia, South Africa, UK, Botswana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Vermiculated Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cutler Wetlands. Folha Seca.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

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MAY 7, 2016

During last month, beat lists have been shared from Mexico, Australia, Nigeria, Costa Rica, Russia, UK, Canada and USA. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Vermiculated Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. As at May 7th, the total stands at 1661 with the main thrust of the migration still to come. Cutler Wetlands.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100