10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2024

I was high and happy, not from “420” drugs but from the altitude and the anticipation of seeing woodpeckers and owls I had never seen before. Late summer 2023 the lakes and ponds had been empty, presumably because the ducks and geese were moulting. My hosts could confidently tick off the species on their life list.

Denver 173

Denver Colorado Ducks Mules 173

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

Felonious Jive really likes a ravishing returning rarity – a Falcated Duck. Falcated Duck by Felonious Jive Duncan Wright had some pretty good birds to choose from for his Best Bird of the Year. This bird represented only the second documented record of this species in Florida. Sound good?

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2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 153

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

But the fact remains there may be a few more weeks yet of getting by enjoying pretty ducks, and savoring the returning Tree Swallows and Eastern Phoebes before we get to that magic tipping point where the flood gates open and things get really interesting. But overall, I was surprised to see the overwhelmingly positive body of feeling.

Delaware 248

Delaware Colorado 2012 Advocacy 248

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

In the finest tradition of Romanticism, gulls dwell in the mystic world of dark and morbid imagery and emotions, which is expressed in often eroticized ways of aesthetic self-dramatization*. Clare: It’s actually “Gulls, Ducks & Deadly Critters&#. Gulls are deep and meaningful creatures. Thanks, Wikipedia !

2011 165

2011 Birds Deer Europe 165