10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Must be a joke, right? The good news is that these two species have a pretty big range, occur outside of Costa Rica, and could be reintroduced given the right conditions (like reforesting more of the Caribbean slope and restoring more wetlands). But how about when the Costa Rica conversation involves a birder? What a horror!

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Costa Rica Species Panama Birds 228

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2012

The honest answer is a very definite…maybe. It really depends on where the strays and vagrants show up in the second half of the year. But even after all that, you’d still be nearly 25 species shy of the record, and the difference has to come from chasing strays and vagrants when and where they show up.

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New York Stray Vermont Marine Life 179

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

But in 2020, with all my travel plans cancelled and pretty much everything shut down, I wasn’t straying too far from Albany, New York for birding. I also put it to a worthy first field test on December 29th during a successful twitch of an Arctic Diver that had turned up at a small lake right next to Heidleberg. What about Mike and me?

2020 245

2020 Birds Costa Rica Germany 245

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 2, 2011

She came from another shelter as a stray, had been abused, was very skinny, and she was extremely shy and afraid of everyone. She then lies down right beside me. We stayed like that with Angel right by him until the police and ambulance got there. My name is Jan. I named her Angel. I fell in love with her immediately.

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Tenant Shelters Puppies Minnesota 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

Temperamentally they resemble a small white skua, and nothing gets their blood boiling so much as the idea that you might stray within a few miles of their breeding territory. Anyway, unlike my usual deal, all rights reserved for all photos.

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Breeding Stray Seals Whales 187