10,000 Birds
JUNE 29, 2013
We boarded the 8:40 pm red-eye from JFK to Reykjavik on May 28; the intention was to sleep on the plane but with the excitement of travel and possibilities swirling around my head I didn’t sleep a wink (*tip – Iceland Air offers free stopovers for up to seven days as you travel from the US to Europe!
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
My visit on Saturday morning was meant to be a quick stop to scan the ducks, geese, and gulls to see if anything interesting was around. The Ruddy Ducks looked miserable but the grebe and the coots seemed to be doing fine. Such a cold Ruddy Duck. Iceland Gulls look good even when surrounded by goose poop.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 18, 2018
I finally found one of those Lesser Black-backed Gulls I’ve been chasing all winter, a worthy replacement for the rare geese I hoped to find at Braddock Bay’s North Marina. They found twenty-four species of ducks, geese, and swans, not bad for a half-day. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
I was to go inland to Pocosin Lakes NWR, home of massive flocks of Tundra Swans and Snow Geese. We saw both, though the goose flock was too distant to pick out the Ross’s and Cackling Geese that are usually tucked within. Following the easy tick of a long-staying Harlequin Duck at the pier in Rodanthe, things got harder.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 11, 2014
First was an awesome stay in Iceland. You can take in views of waterfowl including Eurasian Wigeon , Barnacle Geese , Trumpeter Swan , and a plethora of ducks and gulls. Between finishing one graduate program and beginning another, he embarked on a whirlwind tour of Europe. Of course, birding was on the itinerary!
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
The American name of Mew Gull is better Herring Gull : a bit of a thug in both looks and behaviour In contrast to the gulls and waders, all the ducks were dressed in their smartest finery. As the tide fell, it exposed sand banks that attracted small parties of garrulous Brent Geese. Norfolk’s Pinkfooted geese are another success story.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 11, 2011
Harlequin Duck – There were several birds seen in Queens this winter that I either missed or could not get out to chase. Ross’s Goose – I recently blogged about this bird sighting , a bird that was well-earned at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge as it was camouflaged by well over a thousand Snow Geese.
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