10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2023

Stopping for a large cappuccino at a drive-in McDonalds en route, soon I entered a hamlet of a dozen family homes mixed with a dozen small apartment buildings. There’s an eagle… a White-tailed Eagle , a relatively common and numerous breeding species of riparian forests along large water courses and fishponds.

Bulgaria 260

Bulgaria McDonalds Eagles Serbia 260

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2016

After five hours, a stop for McDonald’s and gas, lots of crappy incidental checklists in eBird, a call from Brooklyn birders saying they didn’t have the bird, and a traffic stop that somehow didn’t result in a speeding ticket, we made it to Conesus Inlet State Wildlife Management Area where we were greeted by a Yellow Warbler.

New York 101

New York Bald Eagle McDonalds Fast Food 101

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

The Heard and Mcdonald Islands are also extremely remote and Clements lists the Heard Island Shag as a full species, although Sibley/Monroe lists it as a subspecies of Imperial Shag. Almost as good as someone finding an aquatic eagle with gills that preys on lanternfish at the bottom of the ocean. Gough Bunting by Ross Wanless.

Birds 198

Birds South Africa South America Feral Cats 198