10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Recapping the quiz … I recently purchased a new book on birds and used it as the single source for this week’s quiz. Or the bins would read the text out loud. and the species name will appear.

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2011 New York Deer Owls 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

The owl was lying there injured, of course it’s not going to fly, especially judging by how hard you kicked it. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? So you kicked it like 3 yards? Thanks for visiting! Hat-tip to Stella.

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Owls 2011 Barn Owls Deer 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

I will, of course, gather those responses and use them in a blog post, so make sure you indicate in your email if you want your full name used (and if you have a blog include the URL so I can link it). Corey Mar 3rd, 2011 at 11:10 pm The drawing will be based on chance but I reserve the right to disqualify extraordinarily lousy entries.

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Brazil Wildlife 2011 Deer 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Sounds good, right? You may, of course, choose to have this copy sent to someone else 3. That’s right… you’ve got one week to spread the news, predict the future of bird guides, and describe your favorite Crossley plate. Wicked, right? Why should early adopters be punished for their passion?

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2011 Deer Owls New York 234

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Thanks for visiting! Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Hat-tip to Stella.

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2011 Jordan Deer New York 209

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Of course, a Portuguese language version will soon be published as well, so if you really want the help of the average Brazilian in finding birds it couldn’t hurt to bring a copy or two of that version to leave in the hands of those who help you find birds. Wicked, right? Thanks for visiting! Hat-tip to Stella.

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Brazil Wildlife 2011 Birds 212

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Hunting sandhill cranes in the Eastern flyway will put those 100 whooping cranes at even greater risk of being brought down by gunfire, hunter education courses and handy color brochures notwithstanding. That’s what you do with other game, right? But I do think this issue of hunting sandhill cranes goes beyond the right to hunt.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Of course, encountering a bird that’s eluded you over the years requires an abundance of both skill and luck. Fortunately, favor smiled upon me this day because I entered Owl Woods right behind a group from the Rochester Birding Association. Wicked, right? As far as the former went, I had a plan. Thanks for visiting!

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2011 Owls Deer New York 174

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

We have avian beauty right in our European back yards as well, and need not seek cover when encountering birders from far-away shores. Which, of course, is entirely wrong. The eye candy was the bonus, like the dessert served before the main course. Jakob: whoa, you are perfectly right! You are trapped! Highly appreciated.

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2011 Birds Deer Europe 167

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

And then of course who could forget the Cypriot endemic, the Cyprus Wheatear. He caught the itch, so to speak, when he arrived at Sapsucker Woods in Ithaca, New York, and he refined his birding skills with the Lab of Ornithologys Spring Field Ornithology course. Wicked, right? Thanks for visiting! Hat-tip to Stella.

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Cyprus 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

Golf courses, swimming pools, restaurants and a diverse collection of accommodation options. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? The one exception is Punta Cana Resort and Club in the Dominican Republic. Far from it.

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Dominican Republic 2011 Birds Deer 194

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Gareth Hazell Mar 14th, 2011 at 3:18 am Common Ringed Plover – I was out to find some waders as they have been eluding me so far this year and managed to find a few at Marievale, Wood Sandpiper, Ruff/Reeve, Little Stint, Common Greenshank and of course the Common Ringed Plover which is not that common inland. Wicked, right?

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2011 Deer Birds Owls 133

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Of course the shorebirds do the same! Of course you will always see more than birds on the beach after a storm and this crab acknowledged our presence. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Thanks for visiting!

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2011 Australia Deer New York 146

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

All of this leads to a longer life list, which is, after all, the entire point of bridwatching, right? It turns out that humans without compasses make no use of magnetic fields.) A fascinating exception to this, of course, are penguins. Well, you know I’m only joking about the life list. Well, not really.

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Research Humane Compassion New York 201

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

Of course not! Of course, that was the easiest of the three because though the bird in the image is captive, a bird that was injured and can’t be returned to the wild, Bald Eagles do occur regularly and naturally in Queens. Wicked, right? Thanks for visiting! Hat-tip to Stella.

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Bald Eagle Zoos 2011 Parrots 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2011

We took a trip a couple of weeks ago to Montana – Pablo Reservoir just south of Flathead Lake had 2 Snowies for awhile, but (of course) they left about a week before we got there. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right?

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2011 Los Angeles Deer Birds 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

And reports of birds nesting – not owls, of course, those weirdo snow fetishists, but other birds nesting – light up my life. So right now I’m feeling pretty good about Eurasian Collared-doves. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more!

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Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 138

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

from left to right Fred, Mike, Isaac, Andrew, Gene (in back), Tom Though it was an absurdly long trip and the ratio of birding to driving was not ideal the twitch was well worth it. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right?

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New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 204

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

But then of course, ducks can be easily aroused and you never know what this will cause them to do… Entire cities are known to have vanished from the face of the earth along duck flyways. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right?

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2011 Australia Deer China 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Of course you could bring in here the debate over the whole subspecies concept: there are over 20 of these in the Herring gull-Lesser black-backed gull complex, so. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? heuglini and Baltic gull L.

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

So Katherine let all her new found friends out again (with appropriate jewellery, of course). OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? This Blue Tit was not scared when his feeder suddenly turned green. (c) Thanks for visiting!

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Cats 2011 Costa Rica Deer 151

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Poe must have sat down and written the whole poem in a burst of inspiration because how else could something so beautiful have been created, right? And, of course, there is the fact that Edgar Allan Poe was a birder … … Tags: Edgar Allan Poe , poetry , ravens • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts?

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2011 Fowl Deer Cats 249

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

I can imagine myself inside the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest (with the book in my bag), checking every movement, searching for this almost legendary creature and of course jumping in joy when finding it! OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more!

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 216

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

But as I saw last summer, rehabbers who wash oiled birds know that the birds’ feathers are clean when water starts to bead up and roll off immediately after intensive washing (which does, of course, remove birds’ natural oils too). Wicked, right? Thanks for visiting! RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 155

Animal Person

MARCH 28, 2009

And though I did almost all of the work at the start, I'm frankly not sure why I'm even involved right now. I'm proud to say that Project Treadstone is a nearly-well-oiled machine thanks to the compassion and willingness to help that I have encountered by almost everyone I've encountered regarding the cats at the site.

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Project Treadstone Welfare Trap Neuter Return Cats 100