10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2018

I love sparrows, so seeing a feather-worn Vesper Sparrow this past July filled my heart with joy. We saw sparrows–a total of 14 species–and we saw many other great prairie birds, and we often saw them perched on posts. Baird’s Sparrow was one of those elusive creatures.

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North Dakota Birds Sparrows Blackbirds 155

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

New Zealand had a widespread dabbling duck, the Grey Duck ( Pacific Black Duck if you’re an Aussie) but these were declining a in number because of changes to their habitat. Some wild Grey Ducks from the Northern Territory ( GDW45 Creative Commons ). By the 1970s the Mallards were beginning to rule the roost.

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Species New Zealand Ducks Game 171

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2013

The walkway proved very productive today; Three-banded Plover , African Snipe , African Jacana , and some White-faced Ducks were seen through the screen in the water to the left as I walked up. Southern Grey-headed Sparrow , Cape Wagtails and Common Bulbuls used the screen or nearby snags as perches to see who was coming along the walkway.

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South Africa Mammals Reptiles Elephants 177

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Established in 1974 to protect the delta, which is formed where the fresh water of the Nisqually River meets to nutrient rich, tidal salt water of the Puget Sound. Nearly 800 acres of wetlands and tidal flats provide diverse habitat for the local birds, as well as large numbers of migratory species, including thousands of ducks and geese.

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Wildlife Seattle Bald Eagle Geese 109

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2019

Cabanis’s Ground-Sparrow. The name change of a small brown bird, a sparrow, is exciting. Split from birds in northern Central America (the White-faced Ground-Sparrow ), the Cabanis’s becomes a very special bird. To me, this is the most exciting change to the list. Yeah, I did just say that.

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Costa Rica Birds Owls South America 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Bufflehead in Flight Bufflehead in Flight By Corey • March 13, 2011 • 8 comments Tweet Share Bufflehead are one of our most amusing ducks. Bufflehead are the smallest of North America’s diving ducks.

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2011 Ducks Deer New York 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

These Blasts From The Past 2 Book Giveaway Given Away Least Terns Doing Well in Oklahoma Honduras Trip Winner Has Blogged His Trip Should Subsistence Bird Hunters in Alaska Buy Duck Stamps? Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners.Or

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Deer 2011 Oklahoma New York 124

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Fortunately, there are some people working to protect the Scarlet Macaws of Honduras. Though Scarlet Macaws are threatened in Honduras there is hope that they will get protection and recover at least some of their numbers and former range. Their plumage is simply amazing and the colors are astounding. The proposal from U.S.

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Honduras 2011 Deer Birds 156

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

They are commonest where they are intensively protected and managed, but these places are often remote and hard to visit. 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. In addition to this kiwi are nocturnal. The proposal from U.S.

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New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 154

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Even among the protected areas of Serbia, the Iron Gates National Park (in Serbian: Djerdap) stands out as better preserved. Keep in mind that the special nature reserves (dark green on the park map) enjoy the highest level of protection and are off limits to visitors (possible only with research permits issued by the park authorities).

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Serbia Turtles Birds Eagles 206

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Share Your Thoughts « Duck Migration Tsunami Pics from Midway Atoll » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. And I think it is utterly fair that your folks get better redpoll observations than you because they did not choose to move to the city. There, i said it.

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2011 Deer New York New York City 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

By collecting data and following individual birds it is possible to provide data to both governments and environmental groups to help protect the habitat both here and overseas into the future. I really can not compete with Corey and all his great photos of ducks , so here is a photo of my favourite duck door stop!

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2011 Australia Deer China 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

Share Your Thoughts « Male Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis in Basic Plumage I and the Bird #146 » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. He ripped open the screen on the window by the fire escape and waltzed in. I was pretty scared. Thanks for visiting!

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Squirrels 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 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 Summer Foovay Mar 6th, 2011 at 9:43 pm I don’t know about anyone else but I like both the manky ducks and ganky geese. Get yours today! The proposal from U.S.

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Geese 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. The proposal from U.S.

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Denmark 2011 Honduras Deer 170

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The conservation need is urgent: great attention has rightly been paid to Brazil’s Amazonian rainforest but not enough resources have gone to the Pantanal and the Cerrado, of which only 4% and 5%, respectively, are protected. Thanks for visiting!

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Brazil Wildlife 2011 Birds 221

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Soon we were out of the protected harbour and into choppier waters, and here I have to say I suffered for about two hours from the dreaded affliction known as sea-sickness. • 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

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New Zealand Albatross 2011 Cooking 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond. If you are a North American birder, you should make your voice heard.

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2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

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. . … *Many people show up at Flushing Meadows Corona Park and feed the gulls. Let’s leave it there, shall we? The proposal from U.S.

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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.

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Ducks 2011 New York New York City 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

• Explore These Related Posts First Phoebe of 2011 Duck Migration Review of Gulf Crossing Cold Front Connecticut in Carolina (or how migrants surprise us).Or Get yours today! Or These Blasts From The Past Reason To Become A Bird Watcher #13: Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! One that’s way overdue is Mipit. Thanks for visiting!

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2011 Deer Fish New York 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

A wide-open field in a wind-protected spot, recently visited by both mechanical and living manure-spreaders. • 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 This was Snow Bunting heaven. The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Birds Michigan Ohio 236

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Gathering more detailed information about wintering populations, and which roost sites they rely on, will help us protect them and develop more effective conservation strategies.” These gulls are all of conservation concern, and their breeding populations are either Amber- or Red-listed in the UK.

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Ireland Turtles Geese Farming 238

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

Jon Fjeldså’s contributions include many of the ducks, yellow-finches, and many other families where his images of Birds of the High Andes could be used. And, it has to be added that all of these artists and the additional seven artists contributed images that filled out plates of most of the bird families.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 190

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. That is to say, all four of their toes are webbed. The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 158

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Ducks and herons include Garganey and Ferruginous Duck , Squacco and Purple Herons , as well as the Eurasian Spoonbill. This protected area is of special importance for migrating waders, of which some 27 species were reported here, including Pied Avocet , Temminck’s Stint , Red-necked Phalarope , Sanderling and Dunlin.

Serbia 177

Serbia Birds Bulgaria Farming 177

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2018

Lovely Lago de Yojoa fills a volcanic basin ringed by lush mountains, many of which contain vast tracts of protected lands and national forests. We even found the often elusive Green-backed Sparrow right off the entry road. Maradiaga weren’t so sure… LAKE YOJOA. The hummingbird feeders on the back deck of the lodge.

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Honduras Birds Parrots Rights 182

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2017

Not a falcon, but a female Eurasian Sparrowhawk , drying its soaked feathers after the rain that was falling while we were protected by the trees. Ferruginous Duck – Aythya nyroca. House Sparrow – Passer domesticus. Eurasian Tree Sparrow – Passer montanus. Mallard – Anas platyrhynchos.

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Romania Serbia Turtles Blackbirds 134

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!

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 259

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!

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2011 Ducks Deer New York 150

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.)) • Explore These Related Posts Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring Stalking a Kiwi Icon Duck Migration Finally Saw-Whet Sea Snakes of Northern Australia.Or

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2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 227

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. Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network. I see Kure was also badly hit. The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Deer Pro-Test Wildlife 185

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

The Nuttall’s Woodpecker Tufted Duck at Cold Spring Harbor, New York The northern southern Woodpecker.Or Looking at the Queens Bird List Again Ducks Winding Up Migration Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of November 2010? These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2010?

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New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 213

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

In the only state in the Central Flyway that protects cranes from hunting. I have always supported our wildlife management organizations for the hard work they do and for their dedication to wildlife protection. Or is the mandate to protect the welfare and habitat of our state’s wildlife? I think not! Thanks for visiting!

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Protect the Commons The Military Macaws of Jaumave, Mexico Canada… The Conservation Capital of the World Absence: Big South Cape Island Make Your Cat an Indoor Cat About the Author Duncan Duncan Wright is a Wellington-based ornithologist working on the evolution of New Zealands birds. Get yours today!

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New Zealand 2011 Deer Cats 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 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 The proposal from U.S. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity.

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2011 Deer India New York 200

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? Seeing that giant piebald bird with a random horn growing out of its forehead standing in an open Brazilian marsh would be a real treat. The proposal from U.S.

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 225