10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

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

2011 161

2011 Deer New York Cats 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

&# The program, which is modeled on those in New York City, Toronto, Boston, Baltimore, and Chicago, would do more than save migratory birds: “the program saves energy, reduces factors leading to climate change, saves money, and reduces light pollution.&# Here’s hoping the lights go out! Wicked, right?

DC 145

DC Washington Deer 2011 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

These Blasts From The Past New York City Canada Goose “Kill Zones&# Revealed Help Save Migratory Birds! These Blasts From The Past New York City Canada Goose “Kill Zones&# Revealed Help Save Migratory Birds! Wicked, right? • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

2011 140

2011 Deer New York New York City 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Or These Blasts From The Past The New ABA President is… IATB Deadline If You Think Squirrels Raiding Your Feeders Are Bad News… Have You Seen Save the Reagan Owl About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Wicked, right?

2011 150

2011 Deer New York Birds 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin! Hat-tip to Stella.

2011 147

2011 Deer New York Cats 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Wicked, right? The proposal from U.S. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

2011 145

2011 Deer Fish Cows 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Audubon Rebrand Don’t Be a Slob Birder First I and the Bird of 2010 is Coming… Liben Lark Gets a Lifeline “Science Versus Snake Oil&# 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. Wicked, right?

2011 145

2011 Deer New York Birds 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2011

OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Tags: Asides • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts?

Honduras 145

Honduras 2011 Deer Denmark 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. We need more predictions, more plates, and more promotions !

Deer 124

Deer 2011 New York New York Times 124

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

Deer 124

Deer 2011 Oklahoma New York 124

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Really… you too? RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

2011 140

2011 Deer New York Texas 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

These Blasts From The Past New Bird Blog What’s In a Scientific Name? OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

Deer 140

Deer 2011 Birds New York 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Get to it already! RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

Brazil 140

Brazil Deer 2011 Peru 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Carnival of the Blue IV Muckrace Reminder Scienta Pro Publica 2 A Tally of the Fewest Window Strikes 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. Wicked, right? RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? Hat-tip to Stella.

2011 159

2011 Deer New York Owls 159

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Slimbridge Wetland Centre (c) Mike Fuller @Riverhead, NY (c) Joe Kelly Magnificent Muscovy (c) Karen Davis Tags: ducks , features , manky , muscovy • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Part 1 Freeport Pelagic Trip: 9/16/07 Nashville in New York Collared! Wicked, right? Get yours today! Hat-tip to Stella.

Ducks 229

Ducks 2011 Deer New York 229

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Video and desultory apology here. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

Owls 145

Owls 2011 Barn Owls Deer 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

However, NPR Marketplace reports that Audubon is trying to leverage social media and cutting edge gadgets to appeal to a new generation of bird watcher. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Welcome to the club! Hat-tip to Stella.

2011 133

2011 Deer New York Owls 133

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Ease Into Some Oekologie Oekologie #10 Undercover Taxidermist Busts Illegal Hunters Cerulean Warbler Gets a Boost in Colombia Audubon Rebrand 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. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Shawn.

2011 145

2011 Deer Cuba Hunters 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

That is why it is such amazingly awesome news that the British Birdwatching Fair raised £242,000 to help conserve a species that could become the first recorded bird extinction in mainland Africa. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right?

Ethiopia 145

Ethiopia 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2011

Though breeding grounds for neotropical migrants get the bulk of attention in North America wintering grounds are just as critical, and any news about land being preserved as wintering habitat for the Cerulean Warbler is wonderful. Wicked, right? • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover? Hat-tip to Stella.

Colombia 145

Colombia 2011 Deer Brazil 145

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

… … Tags: duck butts , ducks , mallards • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? We even have both a male duck butt and a female duck butt for you. Get yours today!

Ducks 226

Ducks 2011 Deer Brazil 226

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

It is my belief that the birds were migrating, though one New York birder suggested that they might have been flying out for some crepuscular feeding. Either way, it was a heck of a sight and another example of why Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is the best place in New York City to see amazing wildlife spectacles.

Ducks 176

Ducks 2011 Jamaica New York 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

I finally got my first phoebe of the year yesterday, Saturday, 19 March, a mere eighteen days after the first phoebe of the season was reported in New York City. … Tags: migration , phoebes , spring • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Wicked, right? Or are we both correct?

2011 196

2011 Deer New York Philadelphia 196

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

By Corey • March 13, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share It is not every day that a local newspaper covers birding at all, so the fact that The Chapel Hill News ran an article on Nate ‘s Triangle Big Year is pretty cool. Wicked, right? Tags: Asides • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today!

2011 133

2011 Deer New York Obama 133

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

… Tags: brazil , giveaway • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? Hat-tip to Stella.

Brazil 150

Brazil Wildlife 2011 Deer 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. You have no idea how bad it can get. Hat-tip to Stella.

Squirrels 145

Squirrels 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

This cruel, cruel fate we endure in western New York torments man and beast alike. We were at Big John’s pond and a red tailed hawk came out of nowhere and we thought he was going to fly right into the blind. Wicked, right? Pity me too while you’re at it… I’m as ready for spring as any migrant!

2011 157

2011 New York Deer Birds 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Tags: iatb • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts?

2011 145

2011 Deer Costa Rica Birds 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Just saying. The deadline is Friday, March 18. Hat-tip to Stella.

2011 140

2011 Deer New York Owls 140

Animal Person

AUGUST 23, 2009

The New York Times ' Nicholas D. His passion and compassion for humans is immense, but he appears to have some kind of mental block with nonhuman animals. The result is that on one level he knows that hurting sentient nonhumans isn't right, but if it's done in a certain respectful way (oxymoron, anyone?) I'm on my way.

Animal Sanctuary 100

Animal Sanctuary Factory Farm Factory Farming Sanctuary 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

I may have to quit blogging… Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? I blame Charlie Sheen. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

2011 152

2011 Deer New York Owls 152

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Please click here to see the archive of national bird posts.

Denmark 169

Denmark 2011 Honduras Deer 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

All images in this post were taken in the first week of March, 2011, in New York State. … Tags: Breeding plumage , gulls • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right?

Breeding 145

Breeding 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

In the right season, with a little luck, we often find it, and sometimes it perches high and long enough that we can admire its scimitar of a bill, its stern face pattern, and even the patch of rusty red on the undertail that gives the species its English and its scientific names. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

2011 140

2011 Tucson Arizona Deer 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. … This is the second in a series of posts about national birds.

Nicaragua 200

Nicaragua El Salvador 2011 Deer 200

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

On the contrary, if you are a traveling birder, you might just find your next birding destination right here on 10,000 Birds. PIP is situated right on a beautiful lake -- the place to be when its hot! OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more!

Portugal 183

Portugal 2011 Deer Birds 183

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

I briefly entertained the idea that I had found a rare species never before seen in New York but quickly came to my senses and realized that I was dealing with a leucistic individual. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right?

Ducks 156

Ducks 2011 Jamaica Deer 156