10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2013

If Arctic Tern chicks aren’t your thing (and if they’re not, by golly, you’re missing out on an awful lot of cuteness), explore.org also boasts webcams for Atlantic Puffins , Osprey , Common Terns , Great Horned Owls , Long-eared Owls , and Magellanic Penguins. Photos courtesy of explore.org/projectpuffin and Audubon.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Penguins would need on site-freezers or other forms of strict climate control, and who would keep the Corvids from playing tricks and getting out of control? The Accipiters and other bird predators would either have to be prohibited from attending or at least need to be kept separate from the rest of the tasty looking attendees.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Aleksandar started birdwatching when he was 10, after a face-to-face encounter with an Erect-crested penguin. A Black-chested Buzzard Eagle ( Geranoaetus melanoleucus ) circled above us and a number of Brown-bellied Swallows ( Notiochelidon murina) were seen. It was a Plain-capped Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpines ).

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

We were rewarded with Common Golden Eyes, Golden Eagles, a Northern Goshawk, Common Redpols, Boreal Cheekadees, Ravens and many more. May be in the future I will get to write about king and Emperor Penguins , and South Polar Skuas. Vegetation turning colors at the end of the Alaskan short summer.

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

There are, for example, the Penguins and Diving Ducks. Eagle Owls are often seen hiding in small caves. You should know by now that there are a good number of birds that spend an appreciable amount of time underwater. This Rock Cod (Grouper) tends to hang out directly on the coral surfaces. Talk about having birds on the brain, huh.

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DECEMBER 23, 2014

The Hudwit edged out more than 650 other birds on my Costa Rican year list by a large margin because unlike Resplendent Quetzal , Maroon-chested Ground-Dove , Ornate Hawk-Eagle , and even Unspotted Saw-whet Owl , the last and only documentation for Hudsonian Godwit in Costa Rica occured in 1975. Donna’s BBOTY – an African Penguin.

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2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 188

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Who cares if they nest in the Antarctic and eat penguins? This is the downside of having eyes like an eagle, and is extremely aggravating. . “They are much more interesting on television than in person” – Martha C. South Polar Skua. “This bird struck me as weak and mundane. Those bastards!

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Puffins Albatross Penguins Experience 248

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JULY 4, 2023

Their common names reflect their size, appearance, residence, and sometimes their sound, ranging from the simple to the eponymous: Little Owl, Powerful Owl, Pharaoh Eagle-Owl, Cloud-Forest Pygmy-Owl, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Morepork, Christmas Island Boobook, Blakiston’s Fish-Owl.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 210

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

White-tailed Lapwing by Jochen Roeder Duncan made a surprising choice: While the twitchers might have gone with the lost Emperor Penguin that washed up in June , my heart belongs to another. And so I came, twitched, remained and watched instead of coming, twitching and driving on. It was all mushed up but you could still see its feathers.

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2011 Birds South Korea North Dakota 182

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

No Eagles here as I think they are crap (even though Hotel California is probably one of the most popular songs in Chinese karaoke places). Apparently, birds are living in a monarchy, thus REM are reflecting on “King of Birds” A bird king ( Southern Banded Snake Eagle , St. Not really exactly my style of music though.

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South Africa China Germany Birds 225

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OCTOBER 12, 2019

A couple of the songs are sung, not from the human point of view, but from the bird’s – or maybe from both at the same time, as with “Bald Eagle.” When Seymour woke from hers, she remembers, she heard a whooshing sound at either ear, and tuned both ways to see Bald Eagles – they were flying and she was flying with them. “I

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Bald Eagle Blackbirds Birds New Jersey 182

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DECEMBER 20, 2014

(clockwise from top left) Common Loon ( Gavia immer ), Emperor Penguin ( Aptenodytes forsteri ), Black-footed Albatross ( Phoebastria nigripes ), Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis ), White Ibis ( Eudocimus albus ), Marabou Stork ( Leptoptilos crumeniferus ), Pied Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax varius ). The new tree confirms Hackett et al.’s

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Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

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JULY 7, 2020

If you want to learn more about avian visual field, the essay cites two related essays in the book on Eagles and Meadowlarks (though there is a typo–it should be p. 167, Meadowlark line of sight–not p.67). copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. Three page spreads have a different format.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 264

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Additionally, each of Antarctica’s so-called endemic species ( Emperor Penguin, Antarctic Petrel and South Polar Skua ) actually wander more widely in the southern oceans and have been known to turn up in other locations. Easter Island statues by Honey Hooper. Gough Bunting by Ross Wanless.

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Birds South Africa South America Feral Cats 204

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NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Black Eagle – Ictinaetus malaiensis. Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus alboniger. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle – Hieraaetus ayresii. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. 16 Jun 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Black Eagle – Ictinaetus malaiensis. Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus alboniger. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle – Hieraaetus ayresii. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. 16 Jun 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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AUGUST 4, 2018

Black Eagle – Ictinaetus malaiensis. Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus alboniger. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle – Hieraaetus ayresii. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. 16 Jun 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

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JANUARY 5, 2019

Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Brown Snake-Eagle – Circaetus cinereus. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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JULY 7, 2018

Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Brown Snake-Eagle – Circaetus cinereus. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Brown Snake-Eagle – Circaetus cinereus. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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JUNE 2, 2018

Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Brown Snake-Eagle – Circaetus cinereus. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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APRIL 7, 2018

Golden Eagle – Aquila chrysaetos. Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. Wedge-tailed Eagle – Aquila audax. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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MAY 6, 2018

Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. Lesser Spotted Eagle – Clanga pomarina. Greater Spotted Eagle – Clanga clanga.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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MARCH 3, 2018

Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. Greater Spotted Eagle – Clanga clanga. Wedge-tailed Eagle – Aquila audax. Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. White-tailed Eagle – Haliaeetus albicilla.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Jackass Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Stony Point–Penguin Colony. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Black-breasted Snake-Eagle – Circaetus pectoralis. Brown Snake-Eagle – Circaetus cinereus. Tawny Eagle – Aquila rapax.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Jackass Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Stony Point–Penguin Colony. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Changeable Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus limnaeetus. Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus.

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DECEMBER 4, 2021

ospreys are mostly right-“handed,” and carry their food, while flying, in one foot only, to fight off kleptoparasites like bald eagles with the other), and of detail, as well, of the process involved in taking that particular photograph. Each image is accompanied by a page of prose detail on the bird (e.g.,

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JULY 31, 2013

Even better, at the end of the dock a large New Zealand Eagle-ray was feeding under the clear still water, and stayed there long enough for those who wanted to see it to come down. A final interesting bird was heard that night over another round of beer and wine, as several Blue Penguins made the bay their home.

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New Zealand Charlotte Hunting Family 164

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JULY 2, 2016

Little Eagle – Hieraaetus morphnoides. Lesser Spotted Eagle – Clanga pomarina. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. Changeable Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus limnaeetus. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle – Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus. 27 Apr 2016. 27 Apr 2016.

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2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

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AUGUST 6, 2016

Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Changeable Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus limnaeetus. Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. Black Eagle – Ictinaetus malaiensis. Tawny Eagle – Aquila rapax.

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2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

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JUNE 4, 2016

Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Changeable Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus limnaeetus. Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. Black Eagle – Ictinaetus malaiensis. Tawny Eagle – Aquila rapax.

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2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Black Eagle – Ictinaetus malaiensis. Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle – Nisaetus alboniger. Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle – Hieraaetus ayresii. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. 16 Jun 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

In Cantebury, where there are moa there might be Haast’s Eagles. After checking the local beaches for the South Island Yellow-eyed Penguin , we’re off on a boat for the tour of New Zealand’s offshore islands. But our excitement at seeing moa here isn’t just for themselves. Next we head to Invercargill.

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