10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

My own trip was not an intensive birding experience, and August is clearly not the most productive month. Ducks and herons include Garganey and Ferruginous Duck , Squacco and Purple Herons , as well as the Eurasian Spoonbill. “I would certainly recommend Serbia to visiting birders. eBird bar chart.

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Serbia Birds Bulgaria Farming 164

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2018

Terns, gulls, pelicans, gannets, and ducks all made their way past and all were digiscoped to within an inch of their lives. My favorite experience was on a day with really strong south winds. But none were quite as fun to shoot as Osprey. This Osprey is carrying a Houndfish. Thanks to Nate for the identification. (It’s

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North Carolina Fish Hunting Pelicans 105

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2018

On that visit we paddled from Lake Argyle back to Kununurra over three days and that was a magnificent experience. Masked Lapwings , Straw-necked Ibis , Plumed Whistling-Ducks , Magpie-larks , Cattle Egrets and Australian Pratincoles all gather around and in the drainage channel. Birds fishing at Ivanhoe’s Crossing.

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Cattle Geese Birds Australia 114

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2013

So if you come to Spring Wings, and you’d be well served if you do, get ready to see lots and lots of shorebirds and ducks and waders. Speaking of hawks, two talented and extremely knowledgeable falconers, Marie Gaspari Crawford and Chloe Bowen, shared with us their birds and their experiences. Don’t try this at home, kids.

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Nevada Birds Barn Owls Cows 178

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2020

Most of all, the time and effort is worth it when we see new birds, surpass our goals, and when we share those trying, challenging, exuberant and triumphant times with others because the birding party is always better, always stronger, when you you can enjoy the experience with like-minded souls. Anhinga – Anhinga anhinga; Paquera, 3-Jan.

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Costa Rica 2020 Morals Farming 263

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Second, even if we do, we have discovered through bitter experience that jewelry can either be snatched or, like very small guns, used against us. asked Marge Gibson, when I asked a group of bird rehabbers about their bling experiences. Earrings are toast with my Wood Duck and Wild Turkeys. “I Oh my, where do I start?”

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Bald Eagle Wildlife Rehabilitation Vet Birds 229

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

With the easy-to-use platform offered by the Great Backyard Bird Count, birders of all ages and experience levels set out to find, tally, and document as many birds as possible within the boundaries of Miami-Dade. Muscovy Duck (Domestic type): 322. Mottled Duck: 19. Ring-necked Duck: 19. American White Pelican: 19.

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Miami 2015 United States Birds 168

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Audubon Associate Naturalist, have led this tour many times, through tornados, droughts, questionable restaurants, and, sadly, the advent of fracking, and every one of my friends who has participated over the years has raved about the experience and the birds (in fact, one member of our group was on his third or fourth trip, I lost count).

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North Dakota Birds Sparrows Blackbirds 144

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2012

Few experiences birding get me more excited than adding a new bird to my Queens list. Brown Pelican - Though two have been reported to eBird since 2008 this bird is even more of a long shot than Black Vulture. Brown Pelican - I refuse to acknowledge the unlikeliness of my finding one. What do you think?

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Connecticut 2011 2012 Jamaica 175

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

It wasn’t a duck. I have had very little experience with Brown Booby , and by very little experience I mean that I had only ever seen one, the long-staying individual that graced Cape May with its presence back in 2011. Fortunately for me, Luke has much more experience seeing Brown Boobies (No snickering!)

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New York City New York Battery Experience 203

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

I don’t really know – from my own experience with school bullies or from Jack London’s novels? Mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos. Pelican, Pelecanus spp. I was in primary school then, probably early grades, but I knew that whatever I do, I cannot afford to turn my back to them. How did I know that? Herring gull, Larus argentatus.

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Animal Bears Stray Dog Blackbirds 115

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

l-r) Brushland Tinamou ( Nothoprocta cinerascens ), Southern Cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ), Greater Sage-Grouse ( Centrocercus urophasianus ), Mandarin Duck ( Aix galericulata ). Have you noticed ducks and quail replacing loons and grebes at the beginning of newer bird field guides and checklists? This is why. Jarvis et al.

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Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. Ringer Anhingas and darters , cormorants and shags , frigatebirds , gannets and boobies , pelicans , and the tropicbirds all share a characteristic found in no other living bird: Their feet are totipalmate.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Written in the tradition of the classic Hawks in Flight , but very much a product of the experiences of its birder authors, this is a groundbreaking book that offers a new way of identifying migratory birds at sea to all of us who observe the waters of eastern North America with expectation and excitement. The book is fairly large (10.4

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Ducks Groups Species North America 238

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

.” So, the guide also covers more familiar birds that spend some of their lives on or close to land—seaducks, grebes, skimmers, gulls, terns, loons, cormorants and shags, and pelicans. There is one exception–ducks. The value of Harrison’s artwork lies in his decades of experience.

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Albatross Penguins Family Groups 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Lesser Whistling Duck were flying around, and a Black-naped Oriole provided a nice flash of colour. One interesting experience here was finding a baby terrapin on the road and picking it up to move it only for peter to call out a Common Iora , one of my two lifer families of the day. Next we drove to the local bird breeding centre.

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Thailand New Zealand Terrapins Asia 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The answers are: (1) the definition is what the authors have decided based on their experience and knowledge of taxonomy, and (2) the terms ‘oceanic birds’ and ‘seabirds’ are interchangeable (so, I will use both in this review).

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Albatross North America Birds Groups 164

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2017

The food was better than decent, which exceeds our experience of Panamanian cuisine at most other locations. Radisson Summit Hotel and Golf Panama really serves a superior birding experience, just by nature of the amazing forest surrounding it. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck. Brown Pelican. Make sure you can do the same.

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Panama 2017 Monkeys Family 100