10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2016

The answer is: no. No hawk can carry off a 12-pound pet. No hawk can carry off a 3-pound pet. The largest hawk in North America weighs about four pounds, so leaving the ground carrying three – let alone twelve – would be aerodynamically (not to mention logically) impossible. That did not stop a New Jersey animal shelter from publishing this rabble-rousing flyer on Facebook, all written in alarming red capital letters: PARK RANGERS AND VET OFFICES ARE PUTTING OUT WARNINGS.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 22, 2016

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2016

I almost missed it, but New Zealand lost another endemic species recently. Now I’ve written before about how careless this country is with species, having lost around 60 endemics since the arrival of man to introduced species and hunting. Progress has been made in stemming the flow (it has been, so far, a great year for Kakapo breeding ), but against some enemies of species there are no defences, and so it is with no small amount of surprise that I must let you know that the Red-billed Gul

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2016

We all know the feeling. We’re birding in the summertime, when a beautiful whistling calls catches our attention. We turn our eyes and binoculars to the canopy, where we peer through the thick, green foliage. Suddenly, we catch a flash of bright orange: a Baltimore Oriole. Baltimore Orioles spend their winters in Florida, Central, and South America, and migrate north to breed in much of the Eastern United States.

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Speaker: Steve Romanco

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2016

I saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of 2016 on 18 March at Kissena Park, thus kicking off spring for myself two days early. Over the last ten years my average first phoebe has been the 23rd of March, meaning that this bird was five days earlier than average and beat last year’s first phoebe by ten days. (That’s last year’s first phoebe in the image above.).

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2016

As I opined in my post back in 2010 (and continue to preach) the Western Burrowing Owl needs a conservation plan. Above is a photo of the only Burrowing Owl ( Athene cunicularia ) seen at Tuscan Preserve back in February of 2010 when a group of concerned birders installed eight artificial burrows on this property, to be preserved in perpetuity. That original installation (pictured above) was part of a series of 40 artificial burrows created at three separate locations, all made possible by a gr

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2016

Our garden backs onto the bush and as a result of that we do get a variety of creatures wander in, although they are somewhat restricted by the wooden fence. The larger goannas tend to not make it in, but smaller specimens do and we are always aware of their presence due to the reaction of the birds. Brown Honeyeaters are the most common of the honeyeater family in our garden and when a goanna is present they chatter away and we have to look to see what is bothering them.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2016

For all of the pros and cons that drones have, add one tick to the “pro” side of the ledger. A recent study found that conducting bird surveys by drone produced results that were at least as accurate, if not more so, than other counting methods. The Australian research team used drones to photograph populations of Crested Terns , Frigatebirds , and Royal Penguins.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2016

March is birding madness in Costa Rica. People with binos roam the forests in lightweight khaki clothes. They hold up traffic to stare into a flowering tree, take over hotels, and DEMAND easy access to bird feeders from the hot sunny coast to the high reaches of the misty paramo. Hell yeah! Although I honestly wish that was the case and that we would have a four day holiday where everyone is encouraged to do a Big Day, we play as demure a role in Costa Rica as we do in most places.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2016

Easter weekend, whether you observe the holiday or not, often initiates a lot of travel. Half of Rochester, it seems, will be spending the next week driving to, around, and from Florida and other points south. No matter what direction you are headed, take advantage of the opportunity to see a different suite of birds. I’m driving south as well this weekend, but only as far as the NYC area for family fun.

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