10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Why does this little Screech Owl look so horrified? We receive nestling owls who have been fed nothing but hamburger, whose bones are so brittle from lack of calcium that they break when they try to stand. Birds injured wildlife orphaned wildlife screech owl wildlife rehabilitators' In a perfect world, people would know better.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 257

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Feral Cats Hamburgers 257

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Eastern Meadowlarks, cowbirds, grackles , and a few other birds are at peace with the cows but for most birds on Poas, the forest is where life is living large. Keep watching and more will appear, maybe a flock of high flying Barred Parakeets , maybe even the hidden bird hunter of the dark woods, the Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl.

Costa Rica 254

Costa Rica Birds Cows Hunters 254

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

We had a Barred Owl they were feeding Doritos.”. “We We have a resident Eastern Screech Owl who was fed dry oats for ten days BY A VETERINARIAN!” A nestling Eastern Screech Owl they fed nothing but fish,” wrote Eileen Hagerman. Fledgling Eastern Screech owls fed lemon meringue pie,” wrote Katherine Dolan.

Squirrels 250

Squirrels Hamburgers Chickens Wildlife Rehabilitation 250

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

Many are familiar with dissecting owl pellets, but several birds will caste a pellet including hawks, eagles, gulls, herons and heck, I once witnessed a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher hack up a small one. Above is a pellet from one of a pair of Great Horned Owls that nested a few blocks from my apartment.

Bats 199

Bats Dissection Owls Minnesota 199

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2013

I’ve never been on an “owl prowl” before, and was thrilled that the one we joined turned up the promised quarry, and then some. Great Horned Owl babies peering out from their nest! Barn Owl babies peering out from their box! A Burrowing Owl peering at us from beside his burrow, and then making a hasty escape!

Nevada 164

Nevada Birds Barn Owls Cows 164

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

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2011 145

2011 Deer Fish Cows 145

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MARCH 22, 2011

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2011 140

2011 Deer Utah Cows 140

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JULY 16, 2012

I was delighted by the invitation and spent hours going through my photos, printing them out, imagining fifteen 4-year olds entranced by egrets, herons, and Burrowing Owls. Jake’s favorite before-bedtime book when he was just a bit younger was Owl Babies by Martin Waddell, a picture book I had picked up at a nature center.

Birds 205

Birds Owls Switzerland Lions 205

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

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Cats 165

Cats 2011 Deer New York Times 165

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MARCH 18, 2011

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2011 150

2011 Deer New York Birds 150

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MARCH 2, 2011

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Experience 162

Experience Experiments Deer 2011 162

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MARCH 19, 2011

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Sparrows 191

Sparrows 2011 Deer New York 191

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MARCH 11, 2011

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2011 157

2011 Deer New York Cats 157

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MARCH 10, 2011

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Deer 140

Deer 2011 New York New York City 140

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MARCH 2, 2011

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Wildlife 155

Wildlife 2011 Sacramento Jordan 155

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MARCH 2, 2011

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2011 152

2011 Deer New York Owls 152

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MARCH 20, 2011

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2011 146

2011 Deer New York Cats 146

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MARCH 11, 2011

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2011 145

2011 Deer New York Birds 145

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MARCH 3, 2011

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Honduras 145

Honduras 2011 Deer Denmark 145

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

They know that eagles are like hawks but bigger, and then they see hawks in a situation that is not ‘soaring against an open sky’ and they are like Holy cow, that is big, must be an eagle. Molly, who invented the pigeon-owl-duck theory of bird classification , had taken my admonition about eagles very much to heart.

Eagles 179

Eagles Bald Eagle Fox Cows 179

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Fair parts of the property were used to cultivate different crops, some areas were pasture for cows and horses, and other areas were covered in forest that was meant to be logged, selectively or otherwise. Scope looks were had at the pygmy-owl just before we saw the jacamar. The picture might not be so great but the bird is.

Costa Rica 150

Costa Rica Birds Parrots Farming 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

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2011 140

2011 Deer New York Texas 140

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MARCH 12, 2011

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Deer 140

Deer 2011 Birds New York 140

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MARCH 15, 2011

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Deer 124

Deer 2011 New York New York Times 124

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MARCH 7, 2011

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Brazil 140

Brazil Deer 2011 Peru 140

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MARCH 9, 2011

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Deer 124

Deer 2011 Oklahoma New York 124

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MARCH 8, 2011

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2011 140

2011 Tucson Arizona Deer 140

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MARCH 15, 2011

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2011 133

2011 Deer New York Owls 133

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MARCH 16, 2011

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DC 145

DC Washington Deer 2011 145

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MARCH 5, 2011

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2011 145

2011 Deer Cuba Hunters 145

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MARCH 4, 2011

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Ethiopia 145

Ethiopia 2011 Deer New York 145

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MARCH 3, 2011

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Colombia 145

Colombia 2011 Deer Brazil 145

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MARCH 14, 2011

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2011 140

2011 Deer New York New York City 140

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MARCH 13, 2011

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2011 133

2011 Deer New York Obama 133

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MARCH 17, 2011

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Squirrels 145

Squirrels 2011 Deer New York 145

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MARCH 17, 2011

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2011 140

2011 Deer New York Owls 140

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2016

I don’t see many long-term benefits to a landscape where large areas have been converted to monocultures of banana, pineapples (real eco-deserts full of poison), and cow, but it’s at least worthwhile to know that such habitats are pretty worthless for birding. The looks at the potoo were almost too close!

Costa Rica 165

Costa Rica San Jose Panama Birds 165