10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2023

While the P-a-P Wildfowl Trust’s main thrust is the breeding and release of five duck species, the habitat encourages a number of native wetland birds to inhabit and proliferate the area. Due to the plethora of bird species around, invariably we were to experience something breathtaking.

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Trinidad Birds Ducks Fish 261

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 ). Indeed, 30,000 mallards were released across the entire nation.

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Species New Zealand Ducks Game 166

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

However, for a local birder who can’t help but take part in a permanent hustle to boost the year list, you gotta look for more than the resident eye candy species. The up-side to that is a new, four lane stretch of quick road for at least some kilometers along with a chance at rare ducks. 5 species on my year list.

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Costa Rica Ducks Morals Species 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2014

From a European blogger, you therefore probably expect to see posts on species that you know as European vagrants from your field guides and long to find on your local patch. Like … the Tufted Duck ! See how it went… Arriving at the scene, it was easy to spot a few Tufted Ducks, but hard to get decent views at them.

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Germany Ducks North America America 170

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Manky Muscovy Ducks Manky Muscovy Ducks By Mike • March 2, 2011 • 6 comments Tweet Share The Muscovy Duck ( Cairina moschata ) attracts more attention than most ducks, at least in North America.

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Ducks 2011 Deer New York 216

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Then, at 6 PM, as the sun disappeared completely over the horizon, the ducks on the pond started massing on the west end of the pond, with many small flocks from all over the pond flying in to the west end until it was basically covered with ducks. Dominic Gendron Mar 14th, 2011 at 8:43 pm Wow thats a lot of ducks!

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica New York 170

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2016

In 2015 a Federal Duck Stamp Task Force was convened under the auspices of the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) consisting of seventeen individuals. b) Recommendation : Work with all groups to identify synergistic opportunities for promoting broad conservation benefits of the Duck Stamp. 1) Action : U.S.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2022

As it turned out, the remaining water was too shallow for ducks, except a few Northern Shovelers. Admittedly, early May is too late to find most duck species in Michoacán, even in a good year.) But I did find a wonderful surprise on that trip , a species to which I will return below.

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Ducks Mexico Fish Species 211

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

What I am getting at here is that I have seen lots and lots of Ruddy Ducks at Jamaica Bay but never one that looked like this particular individual. She was essentially cream-colored, much lighter than the typical female Ruddy Duck. Anyway, enjoy the images and keep an eye out for odd ducks! Go check it out! Get yours today!

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica Deer 151

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Some of the birds who depend on the lake itself, such as ducks and shorebirds, have scattered to every remaining reservoir, pond, or puddle in the area. Both species can theoretically breed in central Mexico, but in my experience are almost exclusively winter visitors. A Marsh Wren was the first to greet me. And it brought friends.

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Mexico Investigation Science Experience 214

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Located right where the Yangtze River enters the sea (and dividing it into two parts), it is mostly flat farmland. A number of species use Chongming as a wintering spot, not just the Cinereous Vultures I already mentioned in a previous post. Ferruginous Ducks are relatively rare here – a pity, given how attractive they are.

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China Ducks Transported Game 163

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In late July, I travelled a half hour north of Morelia to Lake Cuitzeo (kweet-SAY-oh) to see if our two inevitable first migratory species from up north, Baird’s Sandpiper and Wilson’s Phalarope, had begun arriving. At that point, neither species was yet present, and there wasn’t much of a lake, either. So trusting.

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Ducks 2020 Eggs California 253

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2015

Each year, I hope to identify at least 600 species. That 600th species was a Streaked Xenops , an especially uncommon bird in Costa Rica usually seen at Tapanti National Park. That 600th species was a Streaked Xenops , an especially uncommon bird in Costa Rica usually seen at Tapanti National Park. Streaked Xenops.

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Costa Rica 2015 Species West Virginia 154

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

So, the basic idea is to show 15 species of Australian birds in each post and give you the usual trivia about them. This species has also eliminated the need for childcare – the chicks emerge from this pile on their own and never even get to see their parents. Similarly, the Grey Shrikethrush is neither a shrike nor a thrush.

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Australia Birds Koalas Parrots 185

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Cross the bridge and immediately turn right at the sign “ observação de aves “ Along the 7 km to Porto Alto there are many entrances but only the first one does not require a keycard. The Skylarks and Northern Wheatears in the barren fields attract all four European species of harrier (but no Montagu’s for Christmas, sorry).

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Portugal Geese Suffering Farming 181

10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2020

Perhaps one of my reasons for going to the lake was that it guarantees more species in one day than any of my other sites. But I am also always eager to get a better handle on the migration dates for our wintering species, and April is a great month for that. But this Plover is a Snowy, and will stay right here.

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Mexico Breeding Ducks North America 164

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2020

In winter you may scope the Danube for Greater White-fronted and Greylag Goose , Common Shelduck , Smew and Goosander , Ferruginous Duck , Black-throated Diver , Pygmy Cormorant and Caspian Gull ; and check the tree crowns for Fieldfares , Redwings and Mistle Thrushes , also a rare Greater Spotted Eagle. eBird list of the recorded species.

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Turtles 2002 Serbia Eagles 168

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Photographing the ducks flying overhead was a pretty quixotic enterprise. Even so, I could tell (just barely) that these were Mexican Ducks. Ruddy Ducks don’t care about a little rain. Black-bellied Plover on the left, collection of Peeps on the right. (I brightened up the other photos in this post — a lot!).

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Blackbirds Shelters Ducks Mexico 219

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Although not as exciting as Helgoland, which I covered here recently , Texel is an excellent location in its own right. Bohemian Waxwing The morning of my second day was partly devoted to a Long-tailed Duck in the Mokbaai at the island’s southern tip. maurus and S.

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Birds Groups Ducks Rights 229

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks , Muscovy Ducks and Blue-winged Teals were around us, together with Green , Great and Little Blue Herons , Cattle and Great White Egrets , Black-crowned and Yellow-crowned Night-Herons , plus one locally rare Pinnated Bittern in the floating vegetation, as well as several dozen Neotropical Cormorants.

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Costa Rica Nicaragua 2019 Farming 233

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2023

Late April / early May is the best birding season in the south of Europe and wherever you go, you will have 50% to 100% more species than in any other season. Recently, I did a bit of embankment birding and, while checking floating logs for ducks, I counted European pond turtles (strange things birders do?)

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India Birds Africa Serbia 174

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2020

Plus a few truly difficult species. Mandarin Ducks, Munich, Germany. Sure, it is an introduced species in Germany. And they aren’t nearly as famous as the vagrant/escaped Mandarin Duck of Central Park. But they were still Mandarin Ducks! American Oystercatcher, Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán.

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Austria Spain 2019 Birds 146

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2019

And here in Europe, they are the real deal, an indigenous species and not domesticated animals gone wild. When I reached the levee earlier that morning, I met an elderly hunter from whom I learned that there was an ongoing duck and pheasant hunt, but no one was shooting from, nor towards the embankment, hence I should be safe there.

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Serbia Otters Boars Eagles 244

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Maybe it’s because the American Coot ( Fulica americana ) is the most abundant and widely distributed species of rail in North America that it gets no respect? But I think the adult Coot is a cool bird in its own right. Just look at that cool red iris… and the very cool lobed green feet!

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North America America Ducks Industry 113

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

For once, eBird gives a good description of the Asian Glossy Starling, calling it a “Fierce-looking, large songbird” As are humans, this species is fairly urbanized – it “sometimes enters urban areas to roost, e.g. in Singapore” (HBW). Lucky ducks. “Odd, me?”

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Singapore Birds Zebras Feral 218

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2020

Typically, team members fan out across their region, counting as many species as they possibly can from 12:00 a.m. Who would see more species? Then I got lucky: a handful of Glossy Ibises had recently taken up residence at the lake, and they – along with a Wood Stork – walked right by my yard. to 11:59 p.m.

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Florida 2020 Shelters Species 176

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2023

These Hadada Ibis were right in the garden of the place where we stayed. These two Hadada Ibis are reenacting the mirror scene from “Duck soup” (sort of). The White-eared Barbet is another bird species with an annoyingly sensible Latin species name, leucotis (white-eared). It must be frustrating.

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South Africa Africa Birds 2018 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Not too many highlights, not too many species … hard to say whether this is just the usual nostalgia for a better but probably nonexistent past or a real phenomenon. This species is listed as vulnerable – similar to the Yellow-breasted Buntings, it is trapped on a large scale. Humans, you ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

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Birds Humane Japan Ducks 232

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2019

Luckily, for birds, I didn’t have to, as a skulky Winter Wren sought shelter right outside my dining room window, adding a highly improbable third wren species to my yard list. Corey was out birding on Saturday morning in Queens and early on Sunday morning he visited the tern colony at Nickerson Beach. How about you?

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2019 New York Shelters Birds 128

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2019

Last week I mentioned the Tufted Duck that had suddenly appeared in Australia and it is not the only vagrant duck to have chosen to reside in Australia at the moment. All of a sudden we observed them and realised the two smaller ducks that seemed to be constantly feeding were the two of the three ducks we were looking for.

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Australia Ducks 2018 2014 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2021

This vantage point is advantageous in that we can see the ocean, we can see the bay, and, when the winds are right, we can see migrants streaming through. Sadly, on Saturday the winds weren’t right. Osprey are nice but after awhile you wish one would be a different species. The birders kept coming too!

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Woodpeckers Battery Birds Species 232

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Since our trip was meant to leave from Cabuya, we were in the right place for this fine year bird. On our way over, we had one Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel and at least one Black Storm-Petrel along with Black Terns and a few other tern species. Arctic Tern from Cemetery Island. White-cheeked Pintail !

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Costa Rica ALA Peru Texas 201

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2015

Recently I ditched the coast and headed into the bowels of the Central Valley, to meet up with an old friend…you may know him by the name “ Falcated Duck “ Falcated Duck eluded us at first, but eventually let us stare at him at will. But this post is not about Falcated Duck. We couldn’t believe it.

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Geese Fowl Ducks Mississippi 197

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2018

And while I have no proof of it, I am relatively certain that they are getting a variety of invertebrate life hidden away in the goldenrod as well, much like dabbling ducks consume a lot more than just duck weed when they are feeding in a pond. We have a bunch right here !). What will and what won’t make it?

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United States Ducks Birds Rights 185

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2014

With about 110 recorded species, the Kozara becomes truly magical place when the Danube swells and reclaims what is rightfully his. Hence, I had the be equally grumpy to explain to them that I had an equal right to be there (equal right? All dabbling ducks can dive, but rarely do. armed with binoculars only?),

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Serbia Stray Dog Protection Botswana 240

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Checking my annual list, I am where I usually am at this time of year: several species short of 200. Still, this way or another, the year is ending with some glorious species, e.g. a rare Greater Spotted Eagle. Simply, they are among the most beautiful ducks around. Now, one species, that I should find. The search is on.

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Moldova Birds Serbia Greece 118

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2021

Serbia has a right-centre Government that for years avoided protecting any of the already proposed areas, heavily pushing the development at whatever cost and miserably failing the environment. It is a spacious floodplain between the River Danube and the levee, 2.1 mi at its widest point and some 9 km2 / 3.5 Golden Jackals in Beljarica.

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Serbia Deer Protection Boars 275