10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2018

Tomorrow I’m taking part in my local club’s official Big Day event – the Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club’s 73 rd Annual Guy Bartlett Century Run – for my fifth year in a row. Personally, I’m expecting nothing less than a Kirtland’s Warbler to get me to 129 species tomorrow, but scouting efforts to date paint a more grim picture.

Connecticut 100

Connecticut Abandon Abandoning Abandonment 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

I may now have the distinction of being the only birder to have found two of this species in North America – not bad for a guy who hasn’t been blessed with a great deal of luck at finding major rarities. It also brought back memories of a Fork-tailed Flycatcher that I found in Queens, New York in 2000.

Florida 162

Florida New York Downers New York City 162

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2022

Of course, we all remember Edward Blood (1908-1991), the American skier who competed in the Nordic combined events at the 1932 and the 1936 Winter Olympics ( source ). The Latin species name of the Kalij Pheasant is leucomelanos , meaning “white” (leukos) and “black” (melanos, both Greek words). Connecticut.

Rhode Island 147

Rhode Island Research South Dakota North Dakota 147