10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

On a sandbar in the center of the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, hundreds of ducks swirled around each other or lay down to take cover against the punishing wind. The waterfowl flock was made up of two very unique looking species: the Fulvous and Black-belled Whistling Ducks. I couldn’t believe it. What made my eyes widen?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

This has resulted in a reduction of the number of duck stamps sold. Sales of duck stamps have funded the preservation of wetlands and other wildlife habitat, which in turn has supported an increase in waterfowl populations. This has benefited both the waterfowl hunters and everyone else who likes ducks and their kin.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Having grown up in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, I made the reasonable assumption that the Black Duck Porter made by Greenport Harbor Brewing Company was named for the American Black Duck , a locally common dabbler found throughout the East End’s many bays and saltmarshes. Or at least enough time for a quick tipple.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2014

There is a hidden cove in Anderson River Park in Northern California where birders know they can almost always find Wood Ducks (Axi sponsa). Since I hadn’t been to Anderson River Park for awhile, I stopped by last week and found some Wood Ducks at the usual spot. Birds Cavity nesting birds ducks Wood Duck'

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

I’ll be the first to admit the selection of ducks so far at Booze and Birds has been rather paltry. Stumpy Duck is an American pale ale by Trillium Brewing Company of Boston, Massachusetts, one of the most popular breweries in New England for the past few years. Trillium Brewing Company: Stumpy Duck American Pale Ale.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2017

About four years ago I first wrote about the Pink-headed Duck , a charming species related to the pochards (although how, exactly, is up for grabs, like so much duck taxonomy.) Image: Pink-headed duck art decoy by Philip Nelson, courtesy of Global Wildlife Conservation. Maybe they’re extinct. Maybe they’re not.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

There really isn’t much to say about the Mottled Duck. It is one of several species in the Mallard -complex of ducks, along with American Black Duck , Mexican Duck , and quite a few others. Essentially the Mottled Duck is the southern analog to the American Black Duck. Mottled Ducks.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

I knew that I could count the introduced Muscovy Ducks in front of me but did I want to? You see, Muscovy Ducks are countable in the American Birding Association area due to wild birds from Central America making their way up into Texas. feral Muscovy Duck at Blue Heron Wetlands, Titusville, Florida. And why is it still there?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Torrent Ducks are the thrill-seekers of the avian world. But Torrent Ducks are fearless and to witness some of their daredevil feats ranks pretty high in the book “1000 Avian Spectacles to See Before You Die” A book that I have not yet written. We initially only found a male Torrent Duck and later on, only a female.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2013

Just in case you’ve ever wondered why getting goosed in Duck, Duck, Goose is so stressful, the good folks at Buzzfeed have deftly explained the game in pictures. This link deserves three minutes of your day! Bonus Paradise Shelducklings above by Duncan Wright.

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MARCH 18, 2016

I admit that sometimes I am pretty negative about ducks. But this, this above all redeems ducks: they sit still long enough that you can show them to your non-birding friends. Ducks, on the other hand, have a charming tendency to just sit. And in spring, there are such lovely ducks to show them.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2019

Now, I do hope you have stayed with me to this point, because there is a moral to this story: How much do you like your ducks, grebes, sandpipers, and plovers? The lake’s shallower western half, on which dabbling ducks and shorebirds depend the most, is seriously affected by fluctuating water levels.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

One of my favorite parts of fall is the long, drawn out duck migration, which seems to never end, with many birds staying put for winter or only moving out when their ponds and lakes are frozen. In particular, I love ponds loaded with dabbling ducks, the teals and pintails, wigeons and black ducks, mallards and gadwalls.

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APRIL 1, 2022

One of the old jokes I always hear at Christmas Bird Count dinners pops up we get to the ducks, which is now pretty early in the compilation thanks to the current taxonomic order. “Summer or Wood Duck” from The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1785-1851).

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Critter News

AUGUST 31, 2009

Tags: video ducks.

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MAY 27, 2018

Last week I mentioned the steady increase of Plumed Whistling-Ducks to the Broome Poo Ponds and that they now number in the thousands. As the land starts to dry out the Plumed Whistling-Ducks head for remaining fresh water around Broome and the ephemeral lakes are good locations for them to move to, but the Poo Ponds are also ideal.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2012

One of the most common ducks that you see in Broome are the Plumed Whistling-Ducks and they are exactly that! There are also Wandering Whistling-Ducks around Broome, but they are less common. They don’t have the pink legs and the plumes that they have are not upswept like those of the Plumed Whistling-Duck.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2012

In North America there is really only one duck that could even come close to competing with the Wood Duck for the title of most fair, and the Harlequin Duck is just too much of a trollop to really compete. And, as it turns out, confiding doesn’t quite express how willing to approach people these ducks are.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2017

The region has justifiably been referred to as the “Duck Factory of North America.” WPAs provide critical breeding, resting, and nesting habitat for millions of ducks, geese, and swans, as well as shorebirds and grassland birds. For birders, the easiest and most direct way to support WPAs (and NWRs) is to buy a Duck Stamp.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2012

I discovered that there are actually a fair number of ducks and other waterfowl that are wrongly called geese. True geese belong to the tribe or sub-family Anserini within the larger family Anatidae that encompasses ducks, geese and swans. Well, the Pygmy Geese complex are actually all ducks belonging to the genus Nettapus.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Nothing much, but it is entertaining to see a bunch of ducks wandering around in a drugstore in Saratoga Springs, New York. What happens when a bunch of Mallards and Manky Mallards invade a CVS? Hat-tip to Gothamist. News Mallards Saratoga County'

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Duck Butts Duck Butts By Corey • February 28, 2011 • 7 comments Tweet Share We here at 10,000 Birds believe that every bird is beautiful and, moreover, that every part of every bird is beautiful.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2014

Like … the Tufted Duck ! Yes, the Tufted Duck is the ideal suject for this blog: it is reasonably common here in Germany and not hard to photograph, yet to you it is probably the subject of countless day dreams scanning through endless flocks of Lesser Scaup. Then desaster struck: a vagrant, stage hog Ring-necked Duck!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2014

Resident mallards are considered an “exotic duck” in Florida and have the potential to drive the native mottled duck (Anas fulvigula) to extinction through hybridization. These wild birds migrate out of Florida to northern breeding areas in the spring and are not present in Florida during the mottled duck breeding season.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Then, at 6 PM, as the sun disappeared completely over the horizon, the ducks on the pond started massing on the west end of the pond, with many small flocks from all over the pond flying in to the west end until it was basically covered with ducks. Dominic Gendron Mar 14th, 2011 at 8:43 pm Wow thats a lot of ducks!

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2015

Three White-faced Whistling Ducks showed up in Villa Marshes in Lima-Peru. However, the ducks’ behavior killed the festive mood for some and left others with a glimmer of hope. Three White-faced Whistling Ducks are currently on the southwest pool of Villa Marshes! Ducks at Villa Marshes. Ducks at Villa Marshes.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Manky Muscovy Ducks Manky Muscovy Ducks By Mike • March 2, 2011 • 6 comments Tweet Share The Muscovy Duck ( Cairina moschata ) attracts more attention than most ducks, at least in North America.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2013

In light of this, and after nearly three hours with nary a sign of either the teal or the Wood Ducks it was reputed to keep company with, we chucked it. “Surely,” we rationalized, “the ducks will hunker down in this weather, so any further waiting will be fruitless.”

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2016

As a birder, this 72 minute documentary film about the Duck Stamp Contest didn’t accomplish what I was hoping it might – get people excited about the Duck Stamp, or at least wildlife conservation. That being said, in preparation of opening day judging of the Duck Stamp Contest, the judges were informed of the contest rules.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2013

In the UK, we have a long-running soap series called ‘Coronation Street’ A set of three flying ducks graced the muriel (sic) on the wall of Hilda Ogden’s back room at No.13, Greatly loved by Hilda, she credits the ducks and her scenic wall, for keeping her ‘hand from the gas tap’ on her bad days.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2014

Due to some erroneous numbers thrown about by Duck Stamp advocates, I feel that some explanations are in order. To be clear, Duck Stamp proceeds make up only a portion of the 3% of refuge land purchased by the MBCF. Now, as the popularity of hunting has declined, so too have the sales of Duck Stamps. million, a 37% reduction 3.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 16, 2009

Snuggled ducks are just so cute! Could these ducklings be any cuter all snuggled up together? We think not! We’re glad that the owner had a camera handy to capture the moment.

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MARCH 2, 2012

During the last week, I received some terrific photos from two readers who had encountered a very distinctive duck at Brazos Bend State Park in Texas. Odd duck © Chris Hirsch Odd duck © Tom Ellis Did you identify this duck correctly? They weren’t quite sure about its identity, but I bet you have some ideas.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Some domestic duck breeds, however, present new forms of beauty unseen in their wild counterparts. And, like most domestic ducks, she presents a lot more of it that the wild ducks she towers over! And, like most domestic ducks, she presents a lot more of it that the wild ducks she towers over!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2013

Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp (Duck Stamp) sales were at their peak in the 1970′s with 2.1 This means that only 11% of hunters buy the Duck Stamp raising approximately $25 million a year. The Duck Stamp has been around since 1934, nearly 80 years, and has raised over $800 million during that time. million hunters.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2017

Both White Faced, and White Ibis join Black-necked Stilts, Greater Yellowlegs , and Spotted Sandpipers to wade in the shallow flooded fields along side our resident Black-bellied Whistling Ducks. I have always considered the Black-bellied Whistling Duck one of the year round highlights for our little piece of odiferous birding heaven.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

I need lots of cloud forest birds for the year and love hanging out in that oxygen-rich habitat but I also need ducks and in Costa Rica, most of those old web-footed ones are local, rare, and only possible a few months out of the year. No ducks, nor Cave Swallows but the other additions were very welcome. What on Earth do they eat?

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