10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

What’s this? An egg? Where did winter go? A discarded pigeon’s egg reminded me that spring is just around the corner and that nest boxes should be readied in anticipation. Ideally this is a job that should already have been done, so today was dedicated to cleaning out the boxes that dot Le Castille du Gannet. Lady Helen has a “Tut” that carries for miles through the still morning air and I could sense her disapproval from the top of my ladder.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2019

Sliding the glass door to my Florida backyard, I shuffled my slipper-clad feet and closed the opening behind me. The sun had broken through an early morning haze, warming my backyard to over 70 degrees F – a bright spot in what had been a generally gloomy February. Plopping myself down on a bright blue chair, I carefully placed my binoculars on my lap and picked up my knitting.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2019

We’ve landed at last on a month of action, one in which birds will begin to move. Some of the species you’ve spent the last few months with are feeling that itch to change latitude and will inevitably be replaced by a different suite of residents. During that changeover, the population of your local patch will swell to peak numbers during the height of migration.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

It does not seem that long since the shorebirds all returned from their northerly migration and already we are starting to see the change in their breeding plumage. The shorebirds are starting to concentrate on putting on body weight ready for their next journey north. The shorebirds will start to leave Broome next month to breed high up in the Arctic and will mostly fly non-stop to the Yellow Sea in China.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

The shortest month of the calendar year tends to be one of the less birdy as well. Still, twenty-eight days hardly suffice when the world offers so much to see. As promised, I teased a single Iceland Gull out of an endless horde of more common gulls. To keep the good times rolling, I spent the rest of the weekend watching paint dry and water boil. Corey saw quite a few quality birds on his trip to the southeastern United States in the last week but he best bird he saw that fits the criteria of h

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Forget the old news, Rwanda of today is one of Africa’s safest, cleanest and most stable countries. Slightly larger than Wales and about the size of the US state of Maryland, this country’s lure is its 703 bird species and three dozen Albertine Rift endemics among them. The “Wild Rwanda – Where to watch birds, primates, and other wildlife” gives you the info how and where to look for both birds and mammals (not just primates, the title is somewhat misleading).

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