10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Share Your Thoughts « Male Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis in Basic Plumage I and the Bird #146 » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here.

Squirrels 145

Squirrels 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Baicich, one of our most passionate proponents of American birding conservation — misguided though he is on the topic of the Duck Stamp — has identified the Bold Ideas presented on the Conserving the Future site that deal specifically with birds and birding issues. Thanks for visiting!

2011 140

2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

First published in November of 1843 the tale of a baby swan, or cygnet, being raised among ducks strikes a chord with many people, but in Denmark the works of Hans Christian Andersen bring feelings of national pride. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

Denmark 167

Denmark 2011 Honduras Deer 167

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of August 2010) Commence Project FeederWatch 2006 Best Bird of the Weekend (Halloween Edition) Discerning Distant Ducks About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. Community conservation – valuing what’s around us.Or

Honduras 154

Honduras 2011 Deer Birds 154

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

So when I was trying to keep my eye on some ducks out on the lake as I made my way to a more advantageous position, well, I did manage to not fall down and the gull was not harmed. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Let’s leave it there, shall we?

Breeding 145

Breeding 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Or These Blasts From The Past Steller’s Jay – Mysteries of the Common Birds A Different Flavor Of Turkey Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Happy Fiesta de las Golondrinas Lets talk about ducks About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens.

2011 196

2011 Bald Eagle Sparrows Parrots 196

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

• Explore These Related Posts Spring is for Wheatears Pipits and the Sweet Smell of Seaweed Duck Migration Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans Spring is Coming! He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Or These Blasts From The Past Ode to Birders Beat the Heat!

2011 193

2011 Deer New York Philadelphia 193

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

It won’t be long before the drake Ruddy Ducks are all in their breeding finery and doing their displays for the females so I thought I would take the time this past weekend to try to get some decent shots of the males that are still in basic plumage. Jochen Mar 17th, 2011 at 11:11 am To me, they’ll always be the Rubbery Ducks.

Ducks 144

Ducks 2011 New York New York City 144

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Share Your Thoughts « Duck Butts Veraguan Mango – Panama’s ex-endemic » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Thanks for visiting!

Brazil 213

Brazil Wildlife 2011 Birds 213

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

By the way, the Queens Zoo has a very nice collection of ducks that are certainly not countable for a birder’s life list but are useful in terns of studying and learning field marks. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Thanks for visiting!

Bald Eagle 113

Bald Eagle Zoos 2011 Parrots 113

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

I reduced all lines and edges to straights and curves (that’s all there are) and began to render with mechanical drawing instruments¬ ruling pen, compass, French curve, T-square, triangle. ” The Labrador Duck “is memorialized by forty-four stuffed specimens in museums and by countless antique featherbeds.”

Betty Crocker 170

Betty Crocker Birds 2008 2007 170

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Giving a few hundred hunters something else to shoot, in my opinion, cannot be worth the blowback from tens of thousands of people who are willing to travel and spend just to watch the birds fly over. Isn’t that neat?

2011 256

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 256

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

It is a well-named duck, as the male does have a red head. Of course, other ducks have red heads too but for whatever reason Aythya americana got the name and now has to live up to it with unlimited sex appeal. Save that for the duck butts. This post has been submitted to Bird Photography Weekly #132. Get yours today!

2011 150

2011 Ducks Deer New York 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

So, one might surmise, it’s OK if they get shot by hunters thinking they’re sandhill cranes? What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? Do all hunters realize that? It gives one to wonder why this designation was made.

2011 243

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

The Nuttall’s Woodpecker Tufted Duck at Cold Spring Harbor, New York The northern southern Woodpecker.Or Looking at the Queens Bird List Again Ducks Winding Up Migration Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of November 2010? These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2010? I disapprove.

New York 206

New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 206

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Plus, I mean, it’s a giant chicken-looking thing that’s actually related to ducks… with that kind of identity crisis going on, what’s not to love? He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Thanks for visiting!

Brazil 218

Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 218