10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Today’s post is written by Monte Merrick, wildlife rehabilitator and co-director of the Humboldt Wildlife Care Center/bird ally x in Arcata, CA. The species name is long enough to be the middle line of a formal English haiku. So we used MAFR, the American Ornithological Union’s 4-letter code. This may have also helped us accomplish our daily tasks without swooning every time the name was said.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The Mourning Dove ( Zenaida macroura) is among the most abundant and widespread terrestrial birds endemic to North and Middle America. Their habitats vary widely in both rural and urban landscapes; open habitats are preferred and the species generally shuns only extensively forested areas and wetlands 1. This gentle bird frequents bird feeders and readily nests almost anywhere.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

The Squirrel Cuckoo is the most common and widespread of all New World cuckoos. Wherever this cuckoo occurs, it never fails to be center of attention, even for those who don’t pay much attention to nature and birds. Photo: Christoph Diewald (Flickr). The Squirrel Cuckoo is more often seen as it flies from tree to tree or across a clearing in the forest.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2015

As with every tribe, we have our own set of sayings, slang, and “shop-talk” Many of us talk about twitching, lifers, and sewage ponds with nary a second thought even though such speech outside the birding community would provoke confused glances at best, and, at worst, concerned calls to family members or “the authorities” Our hobby-related lingo also changes by locale.

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Speaker: Steve Romanco

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Sometimes great birding days are not about all the birds you see. Some are great because of just one. I had spent the morning on Navarre Beach, walking the pier looking for sea turtles and dolphins, then making my way down the beach. A thunderstorm threatened, casing a dark shadow across the green waters of the Gulf, but rain never fell. The beach had a fair number of shorebirds, plus dozens of Least Terns scanning the surf for little bait fish and other prey.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

By almost every standard, autumn has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. Days are still slightly longer than nights, although every day carries us closer to equipoise. But even if the solstice lies weeks away, anyone who ventures out this weekend will see the best signs of fall: migrants on the wing. Get out there! I’ll be outside scanning the skies for Neotropical migrants making their way south.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

No matter how you feel about the contributions of American and Canadian workers, you can’t deny the exceptional timing of Labor Day in the more temperate North American countries. School either just started or is starting soon, weather in most places simply demands grilling, and birds are on the wing. What more could you want for a three-day weekend?

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

I spent the early morning hours the last two days on the beach in the eastern Rockaways, taking advantage of slanted light and cooperative birds. With shorebird migration still in full swing and lingering gulls, terns, and skimmers, it is a digiscoper’s bonanza, with the most difficult decision generally being where to point the objective end of my Swarovski.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

One of our favourite National Parks in the Northern Territory is just over the border when you leave Western Australia and it is not only a beautiful area with its geological formations, but also offers great birding. You can camp in the park, so you can explore the area at different times of day and observe the varying wildlife. It had been almost two years since we camped at Keep River National Park and because it is positioned just over the border we could camp there for a few nights before w

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

I start today with an update from last week, were I spoke about New Zealand’s muted reaction to the official shortlist of tea towels… I’m sorry, flags , that have been picked as part of a longwinded and dull process to not pick a new flag. I’m pleased to report that Kiwis have reacted by rallying around a rejected design that doesn’t have anything at all to do with the All Blacks , and are pushing for this to be included in the referendum.

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