10,000 Birds
JUNE 15, 2016
It’s a bang-up breeding year for super-endangered birds! First, wildlife officials in Louisiana announced the first successful wild Whooping Crane nest in that state since 1939. Now, it’s Spoon-billed Sandpipers’ turn. The species, which migrates from the Russian Arctic to Southeast Asia, is down to about 200 breeding pairs in the wild, due to habitat loss and poaching.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2016
This is about two birds flapping, not one, but I needed a title. So the other day I was sitting at my outdoor table, minding my own business, when two birds came sailing around the house and nearly took my head off. I don’t know what the issue was – trespassing, lovers’ quarrel, uneven division of parental duty – but one was out to get the other.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 16, 2016
When I picture state birds, I picture the gorgeous Scissor-tailed Flycatcher of Oklahoma, the pristine white feathers of Alaska’s Willow Ptarmigan , or the haunting call of Minnesota’s Common Loon. I don’t picture chickens. And yet, that is the very bird Rhode Islanders chose for their state bird: the Rhode Island Red Hen ! In the 1950’s, there was a special election sponsored by the Rhode Island Federation of Garden Clubs, the Providence Journal Company, and the Audubon
10,000 Birds
JUNE 11, 2016
In Costa Rica, June is breeding bird count season. We have counts in gardens, counts in parks, and count routes in many parts of the country. That said, I wish we had more counts because so much of the country needs to be surveyed for birds. Protected area or not, there has been change in the air, and we need to see how the birds are responding. It’s a shame that we couldn’t have started several years ago but at least we have a few years of data to work with, and trends should also b
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2016
Fatherhood, for those of you who have never had the pleasure, is rich with moments of joy, satisfaction, and lots and lots of fun. And then, believe it or not, we dads actually get celebrated! While Father’s Day varies from country to country, June dominates other months, with the third weekend of June the big daddy of dad’s days. Must be on account of the excellent birding weather… This weekend, I plan to drag my kids kicking and screaming on a hike.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 16, 2016
My nestling Red-shafted Northern Flickers ( Colaptes auratus ) are around two weeks old now and the adults are still entering the nestbox to feed them. According to Birds of North America Online: “Nestlings huddle at the bottom of the nest until about 11 days old, then for about 1 week they array themselves around the circumference at the bottom of the cavity with their chins and throats pressed against the wall; at 17–18 days they are strong enough and claws sharp enough to cling to cavit
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 13, 2016
On Sunday, 5 June, word of Jay McGowan finding a Gargeney at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in western New York State hit the listservs. Lots of birders got to see it that day, the next day, and all week long. I had to work all week and my first shot at this potential first state record wasn’t until Saturday. Fortunately (for me) Anthony Collerton had made an attempt on the bird earlier in the week but had dipped, only to learn that it was seen several hours after he left.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 12, 2016
Every self-described birder grapples sooner or later with the question of misplaced rarities, namely whether or not to chase them. Weird birds seem to pop up in many parts of the world with an unpredictability that is somewhat predictable. For example, if you live in the southeast United States, you might not be able to predict which Caribbean vagrants will blow in, but you can bet a few tasty ones will make landfall every year.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 12, 2016
There is one bird that visitors that come to Broome to bird often seek out and that is the Yellow Chat. It can be found quite reliably if you know the right local areas to look and can be easier to find than photograph! Yellow Chats are endemic to Australia and are small passerines and the male bird is bright yellow with a black crescent across its chest.
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