10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. 3 Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. 11 Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. 19 Mexican Duck – Anas diazi. 20 American Black Duck – Anas rubripes. 23 Ring-necked Duck – Aythya collaris. 11 Wood Duck – Aix sponsa.

Woodpeckers 258

Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds Ducks 258

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2021

Yet, 79 checklists were submitted by 8 beats, accounting for 366 species in 5 countries. Yet, 79 checklists were submitted by 8 beats, accounting for 366 species in 5 countries. Yet, 79 checklists were submitted by 8 beats, accounting for 366 species in 5 countries.

Sparrows 261

Sparrows Woodpeckers Ducks Blackbirds 261

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. 3 Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata. 279 Collared Forest-Falcon – Micrastur semitorquatus. 371 American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. 421 American Black Duck – Anas rubripes. 422 Ruddy Duck – Oxyura jamaicensis.

Woodpeckers 234

Woodpeckers Sparrows Parrots Blackbirds 234

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species. The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species.

Woodpeckers 230

Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds California 230

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2016

Remnants of several old rock breakwaters are slowly being absorbed back into the sea, but provide spectacular resting sites for pelicans, gulls, and many kinds of shorebirds. Shorebirds, ducks and geese gather here by the thousands, nibbling on the fast growing plant life this area provides.

Mexico 155

Mexico Birds Pelicans Geese 155

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2021

Checklists came in from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Costa Rica and Australia) and brought the year list for 2021 so far to 1143. Checklists came in from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Costa Rica and Australia) and brought the year list for 2021 so far to 1143.

Sparrows 166

Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds Ducks 166

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.

Nevada 195

Nevada Birds Barn Owls Cows 195

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Ferruginous Duck – Aythya nyroca. Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus. Northern Pintail – Anas acuta. Eurasian Teal – Anas crecca. Red-crested Pochard – Netta rufina. Common Pochard – Aythya ferina.

Owls 110

Owls Greece Serbia Woodpeckers 110

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2014

Okay, that choice is something to be expected, but how about this: some seven years ago I was guiding another British couple to a nearby fish farm where I was happy to show them the Great White Pelican – the only one I have ever seen in Serbia! Ferruginous Duck – year round. Black-crowned Night and Purple Herons – spring/summer.

Serbia 196

Serbia Eagles Birds Sparrows 196

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 31, 2018

A Eurasian Wigeon and a male Wood Duck will make for the first day target list. 1 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis La Paz Sewer Ponds 1-Jan-18. 9 Ring-necked Duck – Aythya collaris Presa La Buena Mujer 1-Jan-18. let’s go find some birds!

Ducks 117

Ducks Blackbirds Sparrows California 117

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2020

Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Eastern Spot-billed Duck – Anas zonorhyncha. American Black Duck – Anas rubripes. Ring-necked Duck – Aythya collaris. Ring-necked Duck – Aythya collaris. Long-tailed Duck – Clangula hyemalis.

2020 161

2020 Sparrows Blackbirds Woodpeckers 161

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Getting to see Brown Pelican and Magnificent Frigates circling over head was a very familiar sight back on the Baja. Here is one of the Laughing Falcons. This pair of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks hung around just long enough for a quick photo before heading out quickly. Here is one of a pair of Striped Cuckoos that we found.

Costa Rica 113

Costa Rica Falcons Mexico Groups 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2013

Mottled Duck ? Whether it was hawks , terns , seabirds , wood-warblers , shorebirds , geese , falcons , finches , or songbirds and woodpeckers I was there with my camera. Peregrine Falcon. I went to the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival in Titusville, Florida. Florida Scrub Jay ? Crested Caracara and Snail Kite ?

2012 147

2012 Czech Republic Hedgehogs Hungary 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2019

It could mean venturing outdoors on January First accompanied by a storm of gulls picking through frozen garbage, or meditating on the calls of ducks, geese, and finches during a cold, misty dawn. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis; Carara, 3-Jan. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata; Turrucares, 1-Jan.

Costa Rica 113

Costa Rica 2019 Parrots Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2014

Ruddy Duck [sp] (Oxyura jamaicensis) 12/01/2014 San Diego River – Estuary. Brown Pelican [sp] (Pelecanus occidentalis) 12/01/2014 San Diego River – Mudflats and Robb Field. Peregrine Falcon [sp] (Falco peregrinus) 12/01/2014 San Diego River – Estuary.

San Diego 158

San Diego 2014 Sparrows Lifestyle 158

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2018

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis; Lands in Love, 12-Jan. Brown Pelican – Pelacanus occidentalis; Arenal, 14-Jan. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis; Sarapiqui, 1-Jan. Barred Forest-Falcon – Micrastur ruficollis; Arenal, 13-Jan. Here we go!

Costa Rica 178

Costa Rica Birds Parrots Woodpeckers 178

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Mandarin Duck – Aix galericulata. African Black Duck – Anas sparsa. Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata.

2019 194

2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 194

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2024

There was a large raft of hundreds of American Coot , an American White Pelican and lots of duck species. I will not name all ducks, but Bufflehead and Canvasback were lifers so they deserve a call-out. Sandpipers up in the air and a general panic among the coots and ducks. The birds warmed us too. What a spectacle.

Ducks 174

Ducks Emotional Cattle Owls 174

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2019

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Eastern Spot-billed Duck – Anas zonorhyncha. ????–????????????? Mexican Duck – Anas diazi. Cerro Lodge.

2019 124

2019 Sparrows Woodpeckers Idaho 124

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

Common Nightingales were singing, a squadron of Dalmatian Pelicans was in the air and everything was exactly where it should be, including myself. At mid-day, we took a boat tour of the heronries and the pelican islands with Nikos. Dalmatian Pelican © Dusanka Stokovic-Simic. Belles, rising steeply two kilometres (1.2

Greece 203

Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 203

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

Long-tailed Duck – Clangula hyemalis. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Indian Spot-billed Duck – Anas poecilorhyncha. Spot-billed Pelican – Pelecanus philippensis. American Black Duck – Anas rubripes. Ruddy Duck – Oxyura jamaicensis. Purple Martin – Progne subis. 01 Jun 2019.

2019 126

2019 Jamaica Eggs Woodpeckers 126

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Big flocks of Long-tailed Ducks were a delight, but our target bird, Steller’s Eider, let us down – we found just a single female, not the flocks we were expecting. Kerkini is a safe bet for all the European herons, plus Spoonbills and both Dalmatian and White Pelicans. The rewards were, however, hugely satisfying.

Estonia 243

Estonia Portugal Greece Barn Owls 243

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2022

Although there are not a lot of birds currently at the Poo Ponds we soon added Australian Pelicans , Masked Lapwings , Royal Spoonbills , Pacific Black Ducks , Hardhead , Plumed Whistling-Ducks , Coot , Black-winged Stilt , Straw-necked Ibis , Australasian Grebe and Eastern Yellow Wagtail. Australian Pelicans at the Poo Ponds.

Birds 241

Birds Falcons Pelicans Parrots 241

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Brown Pelicans are not an unusual sight on the California coast. North American Peregrine Falcons have also enjoyed an impressive population rebound in recent years. Raptors and other predatory birds have largely rebounded, and there seems to be be no shortage of Brown Pelicans, Peregrine Falcons and Bald Eagles.

Albatross 228

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 228

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

African Black Duck – Anas sparsa. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Collared Forest-Falcon – Micrastur semitorquatus. Mandarin Duck – Aix galericulata. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Jardines El Rey De Cocora.

2019 128

2019 China Battery Jamaica 128

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I was eager to see if our winter ducks and shorebirds had arrived. That suits our winter ducks just fine, except when this part of the lake dries up completely, as it does in some dry years. Hundreds of White Pelicans and Long-billed Dowitchers proved the winter season has arrived. My all-time best sighting of a Peregrine.

Ducks 140

Ducks 2018 Pelicans Europe 140

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2020

2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. 3 Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. 9 Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata. 10 Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. 20 Mexican Duck – Anas diazi. 21 American Black Duck – Anas rubripes. 10 Wood Duck – Aix sponsa.

2020 298

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds 298

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2021

The list for the year has reached 1276 and the life list has been stretched to 4066 with red ticks from China, Australia and Trinidad and Tobago, thanks to Kai, Claire and Grant and Faraaz respectively. 9 beats submitted 172 checklists from 7 countries (UK, USA, Costa Rica, Australia, Serbia, China and Trinidad and Tobago) for 640 species.

Woodpeckers 159

Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds Ducks 159

10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2022

Munkajarra Wetlands is always a good location for the various duck species and you can expect to observe Plumed Whistling-Ducks , Wandering Whistling-Ducks , Pacific Black Ducks , Hardheads , Grey Teal and sometimes Radjah Shelducks and Pink-eared Ducks. Ducks at Munkajarra Wetland. Purple Swamphens.

Geese 227

Geese Ducks Breeding 2015 227

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Mexican Duck – Anas diazi. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Eastern Spot-billed Duck – Anas zonorhyncha. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata.

2020 153

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds 153

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

31 Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. 95 American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. 158 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. 159 Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata. 198 Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. 233 Falcated Duck – Mareca falcata.

2020 133

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots 133

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Even though the water is shallow it still attracts Australian Pelicans and both Little Black Cormorants and Little Pied Cormorants. Australian Pelicans , Brolga , Royal Spoonbills. Australian Pelicans and Little Curlew. As the ephemeral lakes dry out the birds all have to congregate at what water remains.

Pelicans 224

Pelicans Ducks Zebras Parrots 224

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.

Family 279

Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Ducks and herons include Garganey and Ferruginous Duck , Squacco and Purple Herons , as well as the Eurasian Spoonbill. Local rarities include mouth-watering birds such as Dalmatian Pelican , Slavonian Grebe , Ruddy Turnstone , Asian Desert Warbler , Moustached Warbler and the Calandra Lark. eBird bar chart. #4 eBird bar chart.

Serbia 181

Serbia Birds Bulgaria Farming 181

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Muscovy Duck (Domestic type): 322. Mottled Duck: 19. Ring-necked Duck: 19. American White Pelican: 19. Brown Pelican: 53. Peregrine Falcon: 3. Without further adieu, here is the total list: Egyptian Goose: 57. Gadwall: 3. American Wigeon: 1. Blue-winged Teal: 58. Green-winged Teal: 13. Lesser Scaup: 9.

Miami 172

Miami 2015 United States Birds 172

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2021

The year list ends on a provisional (some beats will be birding ’til the final whistle to try and salvage a ravaged year) 1803 species from 1602 checklists submitted by 12 beats from 16 countries.

2020 245

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Ducks 245

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

The life list reached 4052 this month. The life list reached 4052 this month.

Sparrows 212

Sparrows Woodpeckers Ducks Parrots 212