November, 2020

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Two James Spirits: Doctor Bird Jamaica Rum

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In the midst of a global pandemic, medical professionals have been heralded as heroes, with some even rising to the status of pop culture icons – even as some supposedly advanced nations have been plummeting into the depths of anti-science superstition lately. But one nation that bestows physicians with the respect they deserve is Jamaica, where the national bird is a hummingbird known as the “doctor bird” – the Red-billed Streamerbird ( Trochilus polytmus ).

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A Chinese County Aims to Curb Dog Walking by Threatening to Kill the Dog

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Sasol Birds of Southern Africa, 5th edition

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For several years I lived and birded in the south of Africa , and still have my battered second edition (1997) of the Sasol Birds of Southern Africa, the most trusted local field guide. Now, I am holding the 5th edition (2020) in my hands – what has changed in the meantime, especially in the 9 years since the 4th edition? Before that, while you all know what South Africa is, what exactly is Southern Africa?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of November 2020)

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During a season when many of us have constricted our travel radius from several countries or continents from home to several blocks, the forced focus on local patches seems to be turning up some real jewels in different areas. Nothing unusual in your backyard yet? Keep looking… November 2020 appears full of surprises. I am not only surprised but shocked at my second lifer of the month right here in Monroe County.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior, by John Kricher — a review

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This year has been bountiful in books about bird behavior (reference and otherwise) from the likes of David Allen Sibley , Helen Macdonald, Jennifer Ackerman , Wenfei Tong, and others. The latest is the encyclopedic and delightful Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior , by John Kricher. What do we mean, anyway, by bird “behavior”? How, to humans, is “behavior” separate from the bird itself?

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Forest Bathing

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I’m writing this post primarily because I am currently dreaming of the subject. Having been penned in our house for the last month (and more), the last time we have been out birding seems like a distant memory. I was ardently working to finish a years-long project on the birds of T&T so those last few weeks have not been bird-less by any means.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of October 2020)

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The final weekend of October carries a particularly macabre yet playful resonance in most years. The horrors of this particular year seem to have stolen most of the joy of Halloween, if the meager stream of trick or treaters we saw this weekend were any evidence. But birds don’t seem to care about what ails us humans. They have been moving just as they tend to do this time of year, which can–as you may know–spectacular.

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Hornbills of Yunnan

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China is not that well-known for its hornbills, but in Yunnan province, on the border to Myanmar, some species can be found. While they used to be hunted, they nowadays benefit from the locals having recognized them as a source of income – building hides and charging birdwatchers (mostly Chinese, but a few foreigners like me as well – these are usually the only ones not smoking inside the hides) to observe them.

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The Things We Do For Birds

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Late Sunday afternoon I was relaxing at home trying to recover from my early awakening due to having turned back the clock one hour for daylight saving time. Well, that and over imbibing on Halloween candy, if I’m being honest. I mindlessly opened my phone and scrolled through Facebook…and an image jumped out at me, an image of a flycatcher from Kissena Park in my home borough, a flycatcher I had never seen in Queens, a flycatcher so obscure that I couldn’t even identify it.

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Costa Rica Opens! What About the Birding?

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Back in March, back when the world realized that a pandemic was happening and that it was spreading with tenacious unconscious determination, Costa Rica closed its borders. The abrupt move helped slow the number of cases for some time, helped give the country’s health system a chance at staying ahead of being overwhelmed but it couldn’t keep the virus at bay forever.

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A Japanese in China

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The Avibase China birdlist counts 7 species of minivets for China – one of which is the Ashy Minivet. For Japan, there are only two species listed – again the Ashy Minivet, but also the Japanese Minivet (mostly called Ryukyu Minivet elsewhere), a Japanese endemic which is not on the China list. So, it was kind of exciting to see first one, later two Ryukyu Minivets at my regular birding spot at Nanhui, Shanghai.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of November 2020)

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Most birders I know across the United States–and well beyond–seemed happier than usual this weekend, even ecstatic. Is a winter finch irruption really that exciting? I didn’t catch up with any crossbills this weekend, but my travels took me from Rochester to NYC and back. Of all the birds observed on the highway, the most interesting was surely the Ring-necked Pheasant that blithely strolled out on the NY Thruway but was smart enough to pull back before losing a battle with a s

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of November 2020)

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November doesn’t fit any of the conventional narratives of birding seasons. This month doesn’t really resemble the migratory months or the more staid and settled spans of summer and winter. Nonetheless, November can really cook when the birding conditions are just right. My part of the world in the midst of a glorious winter finch irruption, which meant that Red Crossbill was the star of the show this weekend.

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The Merlin Out Back

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I live in the Central Valley, the most populated part of Costa Rica. For most of its history, this intermontane valley was a melange of wetlands and moist forest watered by rains that drench the adjacent mountains. The rains still fall and the valley continues to act as a basin but nearly all of the marshlands and lakes are long gone, agriculture has replaced much of the forest.

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Domaine de l’Hortus: “Le Loup y es-tu?” Blanc (2018)

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Usually when I think of unseasonably mild autumn weather, I picture a last gasp of summer manifesting itself with an early fall heat wave in September, or maybe a stretch of warmer weather in October before Hallowe’en. But here in eastern upstate New York, as we near the end of the first week of November, we’re a few days into a nearly balmy spell of clement temperatures that’s forecasted to last into early next week.

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Ospreys in the Desert

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Adam Cairns is a photographer, writer and poet. He is returning to the UK after a four year spell in Qatar, in the Middle East. He posts photos and descriptions of the birds he finds on his blog, Birderlife. This is Adam’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds. I was studying a row of Black-winged Stilts on the edge of the concrete rimmed reservoir when a shadow flickered overhead.

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My Birding Buddies

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I finally had to get a new laptop last week. While almost everything is up and running beautifully, I haven’t managed to figure out how to use the updated photo editor program I downloaded, or to transfer my old program to the new computer. It’s a good thing the piece I had written doesn’t depend on images. Still, sorry! It was apparently all the way back in 2012, when I was first getting back into birding after a 30 year hiatus, that I took a sad little picture, with my sad li

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Northern Rosella

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One of the birds that I failed to mention last week at Mary Pool rest area is the Northern Rosella. Northern Rosella are resident in the north of Australia, but not in large flocks. We rarely encounter more than one pair at any location. They are a species that can be well camouflaged despite their bright colours. If they are high up in foliage then you could easily miss out on observing them.

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Predicting My Next Five Queens Birds

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I am shocked to be writing this post already, and doubly shocked that I’ve seen six new species for Queens since I guessed what my next five Queens birds would be just eight months ago, back in March. It’s been a good year for birding in Queens! Considering the ten most recent additions before this March averaged six months apart getting six new species in eight months is mind-blowing.

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So you're tired of isolation ?

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New Zealand Recognizes All Animals As Sentient Beings

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This is my cat boots, i’ve had him for 5 years and wanted to share how adorable he is :)

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Some lil squirrels very friendly

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I was wondering if anyone could identify this jaw bone I found in my yard in Michigan

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Soft Kitty warm kitty little ball of fur happy kitty sleepy kitty purr purr purr

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Sandhill Cranes in our backyard

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It’s been over 48 hours and some goo is connecting some of the triop eggs. Should I change the water or give it more time?

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Just some pretty bird pictures I took!

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I wanted to share some pictures of my little Hamster Ostrava, I made him a massive natural cage so he could live his best hamster life ?? still plenty of work to go but it’s a start! He’s the tiny little black bear looking guy

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These squirrels sunbath on my roof almost everyday.

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