10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

'Does the product above strike you as black humor, only not funny? Let me introduce my guest blogger, Lisa Owens Viani, co-founder of the California-based group RATS ( Raptors Are The Solution ), which educates people about the dangers of rat poisons. I’ll leave today’s blog in her capable hands. It takes a lot of nerve—or something that can’t be printed here—to name your rat poison after the animals that so effectively and efficiently control rodents but that are also being poisoned

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

'Seriously? Just look at this drake. Pretty dapper wouldn’t you say? Pete Dunne calls the Gadwall ( Anas strepera ) the “Dapper Gray Dabbler.” Click on photos for full sized images. Pete goes on to state that “the plumage of the male is distinctive. The head and body are overall gray, shot through with subtle brown highlights and bracketed by a small black bill and a very obvious black butt.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

'There’s nothing like a birdy, bird-filled lunch and I’m not talking about some lemon domesticated jungle fowl tagine either (although that is damn good too!). I mean watching cool birds at close range while enjoying the midday repast. In Costa Rica, whether I happen to be birding for fun or searching out target birds for others, I strive to combine birds with lunch.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

'Those of you who go outside like actual birders and/or adults may not be aware of the latest craze to sweep the internet. No, not the llamas. Or the trailer for the new Frozen short. Or even the welcome news the Obama has vetoed the Keystone pipeline. No, it’s about a blue dress. Or a white dress. With decorations that are either gold or black.

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Speaker: Steve Romanco

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

'Every weekend deserves at least a little excitement, but I’m finding it difficult to get too worked up about another ice-rimed February weekend. So much for going out like a lamb! At least this miserable (YMMV) month is coming to an end. I’ll dream of an opportunity to encounter a cool owl, falcon, or boreal vagrant along the lake this weekend, but I can’t say for sure I’ll actually look for one.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

'Baisley Pond Park in southern Queens is a spot that few birders venture to despite it being a magnet for wintering waterfowl. It is inconvenient by mass transit, requiring a bus ride at the end of a ride on the subway, and the nearest highways, the Belt and the Van Wyck, tend to clog up with traffic. But I visit whenever I can because the park’s namesake pond is mostly surrounded by vegetation, which gives birds cover; it is underbirded, which means that there is a chance to find somethin

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

'As members of an international community of nature lovers, we all experience the weekend in different parts of this wide, wide world. Consequently, only those of you who live in the northern temperate regions can appreciate how I’m feeling about this dreadful month. Author Anna Quindlen expressed this midwinter despair quite eloquently: “February is a suitable month for dying.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

'Jones Beach State Park in Nassau County, New York, is a great place to bird at all seasons. In winter, especially with the kind of winter we have had this year, it can be brutal. I was reminded of this one morning last week when I had to work out on Long Island so thought that I would do some before work birding at Jones Beach. Because, you know, why not?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

'As I mentioned last week, we have suddenly found ourselves in the middle of the city of Melbourne and I am discovering all the birdlife that lives among so many people. I am also learning to allow a lot more time to get around on foot, because in Broome we have such a small population that roundabouts control the traffic and here there are traffic lights.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

'If a blustery, snowy afternoon isn’t custom-made for catching up on bird news, then I don’t know what is. After all, it’s not like I’m going to see anything other than the White-throated Sparrows and Northern Cardinals flitting about the brush pile outside my window. Better to get current on what’s happening with the rest of the bird world. To that end: More caterpillars = less reason to stray?

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