10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! You have no idea how bad it can get. I was pretty scared.

Squirrels 145

Squirrels 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

First published in November of 1843 the tale of a baby swan, or cygnet, being raised among ducks strikes a chord with many people, but in Denmark the works of Hans Christian Andersen bring feelings of national pride. It is no wonder that the ugly duckling grew up to be the national bird of Denmark. .

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Denmark 2011 Honduras Deer 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

In spite of this New Zealand does have an iconic family of birds that has served as an emblem for the country for over a century, the kiwi. I ducked down excitedly and switched on the read torch, shining the weak light under a large bush, and sure enough there was a North Island Brown Kiwi.

New Zealand 143

New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 143

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Baicich, one of our most passionate proponents of American birding conservation — misguided though he is on the topic of the Duck Stamp — has identified the Bold Ideas presented on the Conserving the Future site that deal specifically with birds and birding issues. • Explore These Related Posts Greenough – Green Enough.Or

2011 140

2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

… Tags: diabolical , ID Quiz , quiz • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Get yours today!

2011 178

2011 Bald Eagle Sparrows Parrots 178

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

The genus Bucephala includes three familiar ducks with big heads. The naming of the hornbill family is a bit farther fetched. Wikimedia Commons Bucerotidae is etymologically opaque to most birders, I’d venture, but when Rafinesque described the family almost two centuries ago, he had kine on his mind. Get yours today!

Cows 141

Cows Cattle 2011 Birds 141

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

… Tags: migration , phoebes , spring • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! • Explore These Related Posts Spring is for Wheatears Pipits and the Sweet Smell of Seaweed Duck Migration Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans Spring is Coming!

2011 176

2011 Deer New York Philadelphia 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

… Tags: honduras , macaws , national bird , Scarlet Macaw • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Get yours today!

Honduras 150

Honduras 2011 Deer Birds 150

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Each family of birds has a short introductory paragraph and most genera get a sentence or two of description. … Tags: books , brazil , field guide , Reviews • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! of species of bird that birders the world over desperately want to experience.

Brazil 197

Brazil Wildlife 2011 Birds 197

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

So when I was trying to keep my eye on some ducks out on the lake as I made my way to a more advantageous position, well, I did manage to not fall down and the gull was not harmed. … Tags: Breeding plumage , gulls • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Let’s leave it there, shall we? Get yours today!

Breeding 145

Breeding 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

It won’t be long before the drake Ruddy Ducks are all in their breeding finery and doing their displays for the females so I thought I would take the time this past weekend to try to get some decent shots of the males that are still in basic plumage. Jochen Mar 17th, 2011 at 11:11 am To me, they’ll always be the Rubbery Ducks.

Ducks 142

Ducks 2011 New York New York City 142

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 16, 2009

Disneynature’s first film, Earth , which comes out on Earth Day (April 22,2009), follows three animal families across the globe. Then, of course, I’m a sucker for things that make me laugh, so I loved the jumping mandarin ducks, the mandarin ducks flinching and flying. Tags: news. Here they are! Me: Thank you.

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears Bears Walruses Norway 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Other birds with webbed feet, including ducks and geese, have only three webbed toes; the hallux (which in birds is usually the “hind toe&# and in humans, the “big toe&# ) is free. But meanwhile, let’s look at the four avian families that comprise the brand new order Suliformes.

2011 151

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 151

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

He was adopted by the Masson family and was apparently the most loving dog all who met him had ever had the pleasure of being licked by. Yes, I wanted to also say to him "Yeah dogs are great, but you didn't see my multi-year relationship with Mr. Magoo, a Muscovy duck who was blind in one eye." But he then addresses that.

Dogs 100

Dogs Pit Bulls Greyhounds Kennels 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

• Explore These Related Posts Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring Stalking a Kiwi Icon Polygynandry and the Alpine Accentor Duck Migration Finally Saw-Whet.Or Tags: Bird Behavior , buntings , features , michigan • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! &# My authoritative answer?

2011 213

2011 Birds Michigan Ohio 213

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

By the way, the Queens Zoo has a very nice collection of ducks that are certainly not countable for a birder’s life list but are useful in terns of studying and learning field marks. … Tags: ID Quiz , quiz • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? I’ll leave it to you all to decide in the comments.

Bald Eagle 113

Bald Eagle Zoos 2011 Parrots 113

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2011

Peregrine Falcon is certainly more elegant than Duck Hawk. And the use of Long-tailed Duck for a waterfowl whose traditional name I decline to type is a small, but real, improvement in the state of civilization as a whole. Also known as Meat-bird, Moosebird, and Lumberjack. Issues like taxonomy take the back seat. Fool-hen, guys?

Hunters 179

Hunters Falcons Ducks Montana 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

It is a well-named duck, as the male does have a red head. Of course, other ducks have red heads too but for whatever reason Aythya americana got the name and now has to live up to it with unlimited sex appeal. Save that for the duck butts. This post has been submitted to Bird Photography Weekly #132. Get yours today!

2011 150

2011 Ducks Deer New York 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. You don’t even have to have a duck stamp!

2011 241

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 241

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2012

The lake was filled with families of Dusky Moorhens and Purple Swamphens (or Pukeko as we call them in New Zealand), all tending small groups of black chicks. Magpie-larks are neither magpies nor larks but are the largest of the monarch-flycatchers, and the most terrestrial of the family.

New Zealand 170

New Zealand Ducks Australia Japan 170

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

… Tags: Lewiss Woodpecker , new york , woodpeckers • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! The Nuttall’s Woodpecker Tufted Duck at Cold Spring Harbor, New York The northern southern Woodpecker.Or These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2010?

New York 187

New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) Happy birding, Dale Forbes Tags: accentors , Alpine Accentor , Birds , features , polygynandry • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts?

2011 205

2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 205

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

The Islands hold important populations of Monk Seals as well as all the world’s Laysan Ducks and Laysan Finches. Tags: Asides , tsunami • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Once you’re prepared, check out this remarkable post and gallery by Pete at Midway. Not good.

2011 174

2011 Deer Pro-Test Wildlife 174

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

A three-part trip report for Hong Kong including the Orange-headed Thrush and visiting Tai Mo Shan , Cheun Lung Family Walk, and Aberdeen Reservoirs, can be found on Redgannet. • Explore These Related Posts Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring Stalking a Kiwi Icon Polygynandry and the Alpine Accentor Duck Migration Finally Saw-Whet.Or

2011 177

2011 Deer India New York 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Plus, I mean, it’s a giant chicken-looking thing that’s actually related to ducks… with that kind of identity crisis going on, what’s not to love? Green-and-rufous Kingfisher is the only Cholorceryle species I haven’t seen, so observing one would complete a genus in this fascinating family.

Brazil 199

Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 199

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

• Explore These Related Posts Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring Stalking a Kiwi Icon Polygynandry and the Alpine Accentor Duck Migration.Or Tags: features , owl woods , owls , saw-whet • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

2011 157

2011 Owls Deer New York 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Most of the deer and duck hunters I know lament the loss of an old growth forest or flood-plain swamp as much as I do. Tags: cranes , poaching , sandhill crane hunting , sandhill cranes , whooping cranes • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! It has not. Likewise for the anglers.

2011 240

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 240

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

On the other hand, I quite enjoyed an array of Long-tailed Ducks at Irondequoit Bay, including one male in breeding plumage. Long-tailed Duck by Mike Bergin Tags: best bird , weekend • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

2011 140

2011 Deer Birds Costa Rica 140

Animal Person

DECEMBER 21, 2009

On a very quiet night during a lull in the drama of the ducks, I was researching the Greyhound racing industry, and seething over its treatment of dogs as well as the support it often gets, through subsidies, to help it survive. And right before my eyes, I discovered that Muscovy ducks eat frogs.

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Greyhounds Dogs Ducks Litter 100