10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. We view them as our enemies when they eat our crops and as an extension of our family when we see them at our feeders. Remarkably, there are 59 bird families that have very little cultural significance; these are listed in Appendix III.

Birds 234

Birds Egypt Family Eagles 234

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

Using the icons to locate specific bird families takes a little getting used to, but if you do it often it works well as a finding tool. The only exception is the Conservation section, which presents keys for the conservation icons. In the back of the book, we find a lengthy section on “Bird Families,” a glossary, an index.

North America 279

North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2014

Saturday was out, as family plans had been made, but I had already been cleared by Daisy to bird most of the day on Sunday. Well, hey, you know I saw a Bald Eagle fly over just this morning.” Of course, this is the ideal way you want things to look when you are arriving on a long twitch, as it means that the bird is present.

New York 247

New York New York City South Dakota Bald Eagle 247

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

, we had scarcely two hours to try to get our Christmas present goal: Red-crowned Cranes. These consist of Red-crowned Crane , Blakiston’s Fish-Owl , and Steller’s Sea-Eagle – all among the most massive and spectacular representatives of their families.

Japan 190

Japan Massachusetts Birds Eagles 190

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2018

Back in the early days of birding with optics, I wonder if such wanted species would have been birds that were much more common in present times. Bald Eagle. When I was a kid, I remember asking about the possibility of seeing a Bald Eagle around western New York. I’ll start with some global ones. Cedar Waxwing. A quetzal?

Costa Rica 102

Costa Rica Bald Eagle Eagles Birds 102

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2013

The family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers, are found only in the New World. But surprisingly, this niche is not frequently filled by the birds Eurasian birders call flycatchers, which are those more chat-ish species in the family Muscicapidae.

India 172

India Lifestyle North America Groups 172

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Galahs and Red-tailed Black Cockatoos called noisily overhead and the honeyeater family were represented by Brown Honeyeaters, Yellow-tinted Honeyeaters and Rufous-throated Honeyeaters. There were huge numbers of birds present and they were either roosting in the shade or in the water itself.

Birds 145

Birds Ducks 2015 2014 145

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

Once the Pied Oystercatcher family had made the move to the north to be closer to the reef and the high quality food they were less disturbed by people and cars, though there are still risks of attack by Black Kites, Brahminy Kites and White-bellied Sea Eagles. Pied Oystercatcher family.

Breeding 160

Breeding Eggs Camels Raised 160

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

The high tide was set for late morning so I could take my time getting out there, the sun was going to be out providing enough light for some good digiscoping, and we had a three-day weekend so I could spend more time than usual without really shorting my family. And, happily, the shorebirds even remembered to show up!

Jamaica 233

Jamaica Bald Eagle Eagles South America 233

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2012

The Daintree River is popular with tourists for river cruises to look for saltwater crocodiles, and for birders to look for a few choice rarities in this tidal river (not to mention crocodiles if no birds are present). Smaller birds were present too, including Brown-backed Honeyeaters and White-breasted Woodswallows. Very early.

Australia 162

Australia Asia Geese Eagles 162

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Lot of wrens and thrushes : Quite a few members of these families also chatter and sing from thickets and forest. Historically, they were almost certainly present, with reforestation, maybe some day, they can come back. The few missing birds on Poas would be the Three-wattled Bellbird, Bare-necked Umbrellabird, and Solitary Eagle.

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica Species San Jose Birds 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

The guide presents 69 species and 1 subspecies, from “NEW WORLD VULTURES: Cathartiformes” to “OSPREY: Pandioninae” to “FAMILY: Accipitridae” (Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Hawk-Eagles), to “FALONIDS: Falconidae” (Falcons, Forest-Falcons, Caracaras, Kestrels, Merlin).

Mexico 183

Mexico America North America Falcons 183

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Not a great place for a family vacation, though I think Duncan will disagree. Species Accounts are grouped by family, following what appears to be Sibley and Monroe’s 1996 taxonomy. (I The plates show differing plumages as required by the individual families and species. Bird images are numbered to correspond with the text.

Brunei 186

Brunei Birds Asia China 186

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2011

The Atlas of Birds: Diversity, Behavior, and Conservation by Mike Unwin is a collection of data about birds and their environments presented through words, graphics, and photographs. It is pretty amazing how much information Mike Unwin compresses into the book’s 144 pages.

Albatross 217

Albatross Birds Campaign Protection 217

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2014

This very long introduction serves as a guide to my mental state when presented with the opportunity to visit Gottamong Caves in Borneo. First off as we drove in was the Crested Serpent-eagle I’ve shown you before. No caves involved. I have, for the most part, been able to avoid caves since that experience.

Bats 155

Bats Birds Vanuatu Namibia 155

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

2014), presents an authoritative framework for our understanding of and future work on bird phylogeny. ’s bird family tree in a new tab and follow along as you read. It looks as though “New World” vultures are sister to hawks and eagles after all, not anything stranger or more exotic (and certainly not storks).

Family 279

Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

The species are taxonomically divided into two families: Tytonidae, Barn-Owls, and Strigidae, Owls, encompassed in one order, Strigiformes. I’m wondering if the subject of this book itself presented a challenge. “Well, that’s great,” you may be saying, “but what does that have to do with owls?

Owls 237

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 237

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Today we speak of the not-so-distant past, the present, and the history in between. Taxonomic tweakings and reshufflings of birds on the Family and Genus levels are too many to count. We have more California Condors , Bald Eagles , and Peregrine Falcons , but there seem to be less Spotted Owls , Burrowing Owls , Sooty Shearwaters.

San Diego 180

San Diego California Condor California Bald Eagle 180

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

This was a pleasant surprise if only because I’m so used to the more technical views presented in his field guides. Also, I wish I could use the tiny birds for my own presentations. They portray the nesting cycles of Mallard, Red-tailed Hawk, and American Robin, illustrating the various ways in which birds create families.

2020 264

2020 Birds Groups North America 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2024

If you see a flock of kestrels in southern Europe, then the chances are that they will be Lessers, for the Common Kestrel never flocks, though occasionally in summer you will see a family hunting together.

Falcons 226

Falcons Spain Europe 2012 226

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2021

By this time, the rest of the group had arrived and we were busy counting Silver-beaked Tanagers darting across the roadway as well as a family group of Smooth-billed Anis. I was happy that it was present but a bit disappointed there were no visuals. Black Hawk-Eagle. This one almost at eye-level.

Trinidad 264

Trinidad Livestock Groups Eagles 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The area is known for more than 600 bird species, of which 472 were eBirded by now: Cinereous Vulture , Pallas’s and Lesser Fish Eagles , Ibisbill , Wallcreeper , etc. Apparently, there are about 400 species present, yet 492 were eBirded already (list-building?). Other wildlife includes Asian Elephant , Tiger , Leopard.

Asia 278

Asia Malaysia Papua New Guinea Thailand 278

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2015

It is a transitional time and the weather shows it, with warmer days and the sun higher in the sky but the possibility of below-freezing nights and snow still present. Regardless of the temperatures I got out and about both mornings on my own and in the afternoons with the family. Keep those nyger socks out!

Bald Eagle 200

Bald Eagle New York City Birds New York 200

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2017

I started the year in Florida, traveled to India with the ABA in February, combined family and birding in an August trip to California, and in-between saw very good birds in New York and New Jersey. 1) Dusky Eagle-Owl. It was a good birding year. Many sad and unfortunate things occurred in 2016, but the birding was good.

2016 119

2016 India Ducks Birds 119

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Stamper presents a compelling argument that the time between the 10th (1993) and 11th (2003) editions of the Collegiate was barely enough time to methodically wade through mountains of material in the English language to: (1) add new words, and (2) update all of the definitions of existing words. (In 1843, G & C Merriam Co.

Albatross 108

Albatross Bears Ducks Bald Eagle 108

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2020

Driving through dairy country we soon added Australian Wood Duck , Pacific Black Duck , Grey Teal , Grey Fantail , Wedge-tailed Eagle , Laughing Kookaburra , Eastern Rosella and Superb Fairy-wren to the 2020 Year List. An Australian White Ibis flew in whilst I searched for the family of Dusky Moorhen that I have observed there recently.

Fish 143

Fish Australia Ducks Japan 143

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2016

There was a family of Black-necked Storks that was initially a family group, but over recent weeks they have started to feed separately. The Fitzroy River is well-known as an excellent river to try and catch barramundi and there are also sawfish present that can be in excess of three metres long. Australian Pelicans.

Birds 100

Birds Pelicans Eagles Ducks 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

The excellent Introduction gives background on how birds produce sound, how sounds are presented visually, how to “read” a spectrogram, the naming of bird sounds, and the biology of bird sounds, and how bird sounds are recorded and spectrograms created. Species Accounts are arranged taxonomically, grouped by family.

North America 185

North America America Birds New York 185

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2013

I haven’t done any surveys, but I would bet my binoculars that images and stories of hawks attract more attention and adoration from birders and the average person on the street than any other bird family. Families do not hike up mountains to sit all day on pointy rocks to watch woodpeckers. It’s a Bald Eagle, a hawk.

North America 235

North America Bald Eagle Falcons Owls 235

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

White-necked Herons and White-faced Herons were present and there was also a family of Black-necked Storks. Our road list each day was over 60 species and there were a lot of Black Kites, Whistling Kites, Black-breasted Buzzards and Wedge-tailed Eagles feasting on roadkill and soaring overhead. Black-winged stilt.

Geese 177

Geese Australia Parrots Ducks 177

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Silver Gulls are not restricted to the coast and were also present. A family of Black-necked Storks appeared to have recently bred in the area and had not quite fledged. Despite the name of the lake there were no Little Corellas present during our stay, but there were the noisier Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ! Spotted Bowerbird.

Pelicans 102

Pelicans Zebras Fish Collecting 102

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2014

There were good numbers of Green Pygmy-geese, Comb-crested Jacana, Great and Intermediate Egrets, Magpie Geese and a family of Black-necked Storks. There was a lot of disturbance, with almost everything taking flight, as a pair of White-bellied Sea Eagles soared over the lagoon on dusk.

Geese 166

Geese Pelicans Ducks Hunting 166

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2016

Most of the trip was taken up with family meals and nights on the town with friends (and suffering a bit in the morning), but I did get away to do some birding in Melbourne’s top birding spot which isn’t so much a dump as the pits. No wonder they were in their own family for so long! Terrestrial honeyeaters?

Australia 100

Australia Geese Ducks Birds 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2020

I also often observe a pair of Wedge-tailed Eagles towards the hills on my left as I follow this section of trail. There is a family of feral foxes that I often encounter near Bennison Creek. The Bell Miner was still present on the 16th December and thankfully I was able to show it to a local birder. Bennison Creek Bridge.

Fox 159

Fox Feral Ducks Horses 159

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2015

Firstly I would like to just do a little update on the Pied Oystercatcher family that were a large part of my life for the last few weeks of 2014. Pied Oystercatcher family together for the last time in 2014. We had thought we had completed our year list for 2014, until we had a surprise encounter with a Little Eagle on 28th December.

2015 202

2015 2014 Ducks Ponies 202

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2014

The green magpies are among of the finest members of the jay and crow family (up there with the neotropical Green Jays), but like their relatives in Peninsular Malaysia they make you work for it. I mean, sure, they are a different family. There were other birds present as well, from Grey-chinned Minivets to Mountain Serpent-eagles.

Birds 145

Birds Malaysia Woodpeckers Squirrels 145

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2015

On that first evening the highlights were a Wedge-tailed Eagle that I flushed and a White-throated Treecreeper in a flock of small things that the failing light hid from identification. It wasn’t long before I saw my first family of Superb Fairy-wrens as well as a very noisy Willie Wagtail. A Speckled Warbler.

Stud 157

Stud Kangaroos Parrots Australia 157