10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

We see countries as more than just locales for landmarks and landmarks as more than just souvenirs of bygone cultures (have you ever birded Tikal in Guatemala? Bird watching can take you anywhere and anywhere you watch birds is a place you understand intimately. Birding opened up Central America for me in a way that nothing else did.

Costa Rica 150

Costa Rica 2011 Birds Deer 150

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Deer Fence Canal Rd. Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark – Eremopterix nigriceps. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Whiskered Screech-Owl – Megascops trichopsis. Volcán Toliman.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Deer Fence Canal Rd. Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark – Eremopterix nigriceps. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Whiskered Screech-Owl – Megascops trichopsis. Volcán Toliman.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Cassin’s Sparrow – Peucaea cassinii. Sagebrush Sparrow – Artemisiospiza nevadensis. LeConte’s Sparrow – Ammospiza leconteii. Baird’s Sparrow – Centronyx bairdii. Henslow’s Sparrow – Centronyx henslowii. Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark – Eremopterix nigriceps.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Sagebrush Sparrow – Artemisiospiza nevadensis. LeConte’s Sparrow – Ammospiza leconteii. Baird’s Sparrow – Centronyx bairdii. Henslow’s Sparrow – Centronyx henslowii. Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark – Eremopterix nigriceps. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Donna was first amongst beats to reach North Dakota and brought the number of Lower 48s to 32, adding Sharp-tailed Grouse , Sprague’s Pipit and LeConte’s Sparrow to the life list. LeConte’s Sparrow – Ammodramus leconteii. Baird’s Sparrow – Ammodramus bairdii. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park.

2018 102

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 102

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

Vermiculated Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Deer Fence Canal Rd. Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark – Eremopterix nigriceps. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Whiskered Screech-Owl – Megascops trichopsis. Volcán Toliman.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100