10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
If you are like me, it is likely that you usually have a target species or two for each of your outings. My targets for last week’s trip to Lake Cuitzeo, 30 miles north of Morelia, were Baird’s Sandpipers and Wilson’s Phalaropes. Baird’sSandpipers can only be seen here in August and September, as they stop on their way from the Arctic Circle to southern South America; they do not normally visit central Mexico on its way back north.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
One good thing about birding during a pandemic–the forced restrictions on place and time translate into more time to observe what birds do. And so, I’ve spent the past few weeks observing Black Skimmers doing aerial maneuvers as they skirmish with one another for no discernible reason; young Ospreys building a lopsided nest atop a high school athletic field pole, too sparse for actual nesting but hopefully good practice for next summer; Piping Plover chicks picking grubs out of the m
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Last weekend I ended up spending some time with a few Glossy Ibises at a nearby wetland here on Trinidad and it got me thinking about some of the other ibis species I’ve managed to see. Glossies are rare here but have been turning up with increasing regularity over the recent past. They are the most widespread ibis species, occurring in every continent except Antarctica.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
If you were betting on the most beautiful weekend of the year, you could do worse than put money on the one we’re heading into. Early September tends to provide a tremendously pleasant backdrop to early avian migration. And many Americans will be enjoying a three-day weekend. What’s not to love? I may take a trip out to Montezuma NWR this weekend, both because I haven’t been there all year and on account of the shorebirds that tend to stop over.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
August is a bit of a transition month – from the summer lull at the beginning of the month to the first shorebird migrants a bit later, and the very first migrating passerines at the end of the month. This can mean some interesting birding, if you can bear the Shanghai heat … Of course, the egrets and herons described in my last post are still around.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 30, 2020
The one surviving Pied Oystercatcher chick that I introduced you to four weeks ago continues to thrive. Although it is stood alone in the header photo it has its parents very close by. They will warn it of any dangers both vocally and flying at any threat. The family of Pied Oystercatchers soon made their move to Gantheaume Point. Due to the presence of vehicles on the beach during the day close to the reef they would have had to make the journey over-night.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
I wasn’t ready to talk about this last week – and besides, last week’s post was mostly written a few weeks ago, before life got in the way of publishing it until then. But I wouldn’t be able to go on posting another routine Birds and Booze review at 10,000 Birds this week without mentioning that Katherine, my fiancée and partner for the last seven last years, passed away two weeks ago from a very brief and unexpected illness.
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