10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2022

The raising of these young chicks is not over yet! We are really enjoying the experience of observing another bird species that is black, white and red breed in our local patch. Of course the Pied Oystercatchers are also breeding at this time of year and we continue to monitor their progress along our coastline.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 30, 2014

When birds go from Least Concern to Near-Threatened to Vulnerable to Endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature scale of species viability, people often race to raise awareness and save the at-risk species. And, of course, there’s a Twitter hashtag: #wingedwarnings. Which is good, and necessary.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

It is not particularly big but has a reported 430 bird species including migrants, though during my short stay it seems I missed most of the key attractions among them. Great White Pelican is not just the name of a non-existent glam-rock band but also of a bird species. Pel’s Fishing Owl, where were you?

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South Africa Africa Birds Research 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2021

If the avian realm had self-conscious, talking ambassadors, “spokebirds”, which species would partake in birding conferences? Some might even protest at being kept separate, raising their voices as they eye the main conference birds with hungry intent. The Rufous-naped Wren is a very animated, common species in Costa Rica.

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Costa Rica Belize Guatemala Protest 236

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Maybe these people like challenges – at least here at the monastery, getting good shots of this species is quite easy. Me, as a management consultant, I sometimes have to pretend to like challenges but of course, I would rather have some easy tasks. Maybe they are not that much into birds?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2022

Not bad given that the 5 families in the inner circle of the laughingthrush family have a combined number of about 68 species. The Hainan version is sometimes considered a separate species, in which case it is classified as Near Threatened. And of course, I would have been wrong. This post shows some of them.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

The waterfowl flock was made up of two very unique looking species: the Fulvous and Black-belled Whistling Ducks. Encompassing over 30,000 acres, the refuge protects birds of course, but also butterflies, mammals, and more. After noting as many species as possible, I high-tailed it back to the car. What made my eyes widen?

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Ducks Wildlife Texas Bald Eagle 118

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2017

One of the best things about our annual Lassen Park campout is that we get to see several species of birds that are rarely, if ever, seen in the Sacramento Valley. Many of those species also nest in the park. One of my favorite species is the Water Ouzel , more commonly known now as the American Dipper ( Cinclus mexicanus ).

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Woodpeckers Sacramento Raised Squirrels 102

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

This is also why you very rarely find a photo of a giraffe on top of one of these posts – the other reason of course being that a giraffe photo would be relatively pointless in a birding blog. While 6 local species utilized these artificial nests, the Chinese Grosbeak did not, preferring its own construction.

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Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2013

On a Big Year, every species counts equally, even the lowly House Sparrow. There are, of course, more big years happening this year. The following is not an exhaustive list, of course, but hopefully we will learn of more big years in the comments. That would be more species than are on his life list!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2015

Eastern Bluebirds live in “ open country around trees, but with little understory and sparse ground cover ,” which today attracts them to fields, parks, yards, and even golf courses. Both species are notoriously aggressive, and out-competed bluebirds for the nesting cavities they needed to raise their young.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

Sometimes, they even have the same species… I’m looking at you, House Wren ! And, of course, fruitcrows. While this low-density species may be declining across its wide range, BirdLife International still considers it of Least Concern. Like the Red-ruffed Fruitcrow.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2020

Her narrator is Gabriel, 23, raised in Northern California by an American father and a Uruguayan mother. In the marshes of the estancia , he discovers what he comes to believe is a new species of rail – one of the “accidentals” of the title. With no great fondness for his tech job in the U.S., Gabe agrees to come along.

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Uruguay 2001 Bald Eagle Science 154

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2020

Luis Gonzalez is a Miami resident and IT major who was originally born and raised in Cuba. Luis is an avid eBirder and he likes to keep a good record of his lists, photograph as many species as he can, and he encourages others to do the same. Does that number seem a bit high for a winter count in the US? Why was it me?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2019

Unlike several other gamebird species commonly raised and released for hunting in North America, the Northern Bobwhite ( Collinus virginianus ) is, of course, a native of the continent, though its natural range lies mostly in the southeastern quarter of the continent, and south into Mexico and the Caribbean.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Two Great Horned Owl chicks had successfully fledged from Veteran’s Park at Baywalk , a small park that was once a three-hole golf course on Okaloosa Island. Of course, my lack of owl sightings were mostly my fault; I neither arrived at the park early, nor stayed late into the evening. Three owl species seen, many more to go!

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Owls Florida Family Raised 150

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2011

Of course, the fun of a bird race increases exponentially by the quality and quantity of the species that might be seen. The species list for this rich expanse of avifauna represents nearly 75% of the Lone Star state’s 600 birds, with some teams spotting over 300 in a very intense 5 days!

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Even sparrows, if you choose the right species and play your cards right, can be elevated to ‘cute’ status. a sea gull.''” Of course, that raises an important question – what is the most interesting gull in the world? We tossed this idea around on Facebook for a while and came to few conclusions.

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Seals Lifestyle Turtles Parrots 222

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2013

The group has a worldwide distribution; 28 species living and two additional extinct. Both extinct species were island-dwelling and flightless, suggesting a propensity of the group to disperse over long distances , a characteristic that any birder in late summer is familiar with. Scarlet Ibis , photo by Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela.

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Birds North America Charlotte New Jersey 213

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2015

Like my two previous visits I spent one day that I didn’t have to lead any field trips doing a run through central Florida looking for some of the specialty species of the region. On my previous trips I was successful on each and every species except for the crane.

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Cattle Florida Bald Eagle Endangered Species 198

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2012

There are, however, two species that are more accesible than the rest of the family. Four members of the family are found in Australia, and while two of these are in the no less inaccessible cape York region, two species of riflebird range as far south on the coast of Australia as just north of Sydney. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VGongXYDGo

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Indonesia Birds Australia Guinea 191

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

In honor of World Spay Day 2014, GetYourFix will dramatically ramp up a microfunding feature – Fix of the Week – to meet a goal of raising funds to spay/neuter 25 animals. Over the course of the Spay Day week, February 24 – 28, sponsors will be able to contribute as little as $10 to the cost their choice of featured animals.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

But of course, you don’t care about all that stuff! Strangely, the Indian Peafowl is not mentioned on eBird’s Hotspot list which shows the 67 species that have been seen there. A few other remnants of the former collections might raise eyebrows in some circles. Where are the birds?” I hear you cry. King of the Castle.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Motomco also makes “Jaguar” and “Tomcat,” complete with cat icons, of course. Like Syngenta’s “Talon,” “Jaguar”s active ingredient is brodifacoum, which has killed mountain lions, bobcats, and house cats, plus all of the species mentioned above. (Thanks for your concern for wildlife, Syngenta.).

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

Raise global awareness of Peru’s potential as a top-notch birding destination whilst highlighting the need to conserve bird habitat across the country. International teams compete for 6 days and 5 nights with the express purpose of recording the most bird species, by sight or by call, while the clock ticks down.

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Peru 2012 Birds Falcons 227

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

So, the 49 subject species include birds with interesting family behaviors that we might not see every day (Cedar Waxwing, Great Blue Heron, Peregrine Falcon), migrant songbirds (Tree and Barn Swallows, House Wren), and common, everyday birds (Northern Cardinal, Downy Woodpecker, and, yes, Rock Pigeon). Egg biology, from Part I.

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Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Paging through a fieldguide, it’s always with a sense of dismay and sadness that I come across reference to an extinct species. This is particularly poignant if the bird has disappeared during the course of my birding days or “on my watch” as I like to think of it. Then in 1991, a fisherman on the lake caught a male in his fishing net.

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Madagascar Lemurs 2006 Owls 240

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

While this allows for the delightful prospect of Thanksgivingakkah, with attendant turkey dreidels and whatnot, it does raise certain perennial questions of the nature of time itself, as applied to birding. Rosh Hashanah, the New Year of the Jewish calendar, has come relatively early season-wise this year. It’s a good time.

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Psychology Livestock North America Adoptable 159

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2016

Thru the course of time, travel, and a lot of different occupations, he ended up living in Seattle, and met a girl with a sailboat. La Paz, the capital city of Baja California Sur, the southern half of the Mexican Baja, has been a real joy, with both the desired weather, and a much expanded variety of bird species. Mom on nest.

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San Diego Seattle Eggs California 173

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

This non-technical book is a development from a series of lectures, tried and tested in numerous adult education courses given to non-specialists. Attempting to bluff the bear in believing that they were even bigger bears, Hoshino suggested raising their hands, to appear taller. Cactus finch, Geospiza species.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2011

And the next day they’re gone, coursing over the skies of South America. I raised my camera. I always look forward to their return in the Spring, but swifts, like too many species of birds, aren’t doing so well. The entire population hidden in the deepest parts of Amazonia. The conditions were perfect.

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North Carolina Nashville South America Tennessee 169

10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2016

It was organized to boost eBird use, raise funds for bird conservation, and just get more people out birding. If you live in the northern hemisphere, of course there isn’t! It will be birding on the sly at its best and if the birds are singing, I might even break 100 species. I hope I see a White-bellied Mountain-gem.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness. There’s a lot more, of course, and it all makes you wonder if we should have bird feeders or urban green spaces or fountains or windows.

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 255

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

Diversity of habitat means, of course, great biodiversity, and the Introduction boasts that Bolivia “is the richest landlocked nation on Earth for bird diversity, the sixth richest overall, and the fifth richest in the Americas” (p. That’s pretty amazing–Bolivia has more bird species than India! ″ x 9.5″x

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2015

Pisgah National Forest stretches across 500,000 acres, and is popular with campers, bicyclists, hikers, anglers, and of course, birders. Raising my binoculars, I picked out not only Turkey Vultures , with their red heads and silver flight feathers, but also Black Vultures , with gray heads and just their wing tips sporting silver.

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Fish North Carolina Woodpeckers Turkey 181

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Private property holders with prairie/agricultural land can potentially make a big difference in maintaining and recovering populations of many of these charismatic species. Mountain Plover and many other grassland birds have populations in steep decline. Rich in life, rich in birds, yes…but a birder billionaire I am not.

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United States Protection Endangered Species North America 157

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The very first thing we notice about this large member of the Galliformes is that there is a wild version and a domestic version, and although the two are rather different, they are both given the same species name, Meleagris gallopavo. This is not entirely unknown among domestic animals, but many domesticates have no living wild version.

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