10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2015

Read on if you want to indulge me in reliving my version of it… In 2014 I birded in three countries (United States, Canada, Costa Rica), four states (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida), and forty-two counties. (I’m Seeing a pair of awesome Ammodramus sparrows in New York City.

2014 245

2014 Costa Rica New York New Jersey 245

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2014

Many of the photos offer hints of habitat and behavior—a Short-billed Dowitcher takes a step in shallow water, two Red-shouldered Hawks perch back-to-front on a snow-covered snag, a White-throated Sparrow sings to the heavens, his mouth agape. Species are organized in American Ornithologists’ Union taxonomic order.

New Jersey 251

New Jersey Birds 2014 Species 251

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. African Black Duck – Anas sparsa. Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark – Eremopterix leucotis. Southern Gray-headed Sparrow – Passer diffusus. Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Billy Frank Jr.

2019 120

2019 China Battery Jamaica 120