10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners.Or Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family.

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APRIL 5, 2021

I knocked down several first birds of spring this weekend (not literally) but will always give Best Bird honors to a Saw-whet Owl , especially one showing as well as the one Ivy and I located at Owl Woods on Easter. Corey was extremely pleased to finally get out and about birding again after his family all caught COVID and recovered.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

It is an odd time of year to travel in the Kimberley, especially with a tent, but we had the opportunity to experience the flooded lands and the different birds that make the area home at this time of year. Tawny Frogmouth family-5th February. Tawny Frogmouth family.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The commonest owls are Eurasian Scops Owl and Tawny Owl , while rare ones include Ural Owl and Eurasian Eagle Owl. The good side of this popularity is presence of restaurants and inns (from personal experience I can recommend a place for carnivores called Vodopad – By the waterfall).

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

’s bird family tree in a new tab and follow along as you read. Sister to this group is the Strisores : the “night birds” (excluding owls), swifts, and hummingbirds. In 2008, Nick Sly published a review of Hackett et al. titled Avian relationships – What do we know? Open Jarvis et al.’s Jarvis et al.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2020

Ivy and I couldn’t shake an owl out of Owl Woods but we walked away with all kinds of FOY species such as the unexpected Yellow-bellied Sapsucker calling high in a tree. But it was during an outing to Rockaway Beach with his family on Sunday afternoon that he saw his Best Bird of the Weekend, his first Piping Plover of the year.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2021

It was a treat to see several wintering members of the esteemed Parulidae family. We did not look for owls nor had access to a marshy lagoon that would have given us more birds, and yet still saw or heard that many species. Topping Off the Day with Striped Owl on the Drive Out. Wintering Wood-warblers.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

It is home to four diverse forest ecosystems (deciduous, mixed, boreal, and lowlands), experiences seasonal weather systems ranging from cold dry Arctic winters to humid, thunder-storm filled summers, and, according to the latest official checklist, hosts four professional sports teams with bird names.* Boreal Owl, p.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2023

It is a bit of an outsider in the bulbul family, being only one of two bulbuls in the genus Spizixos (“chirping bulbul” – a bit strange as many other bulbuls including the omnipresent Light-vented Bulbul also chirp a lot). The Collared Finchbill is a bulbul, even though the name does not state this directly.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

He is also a serious birder (and a birding friend), and his birding observations and adventures are used throughout the book to introduce evolutionary questions and illustrate the mental interplay between personal experience and scientific curiosity. The book is smartly organized into 12 chapters. that’s three birds).

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FEBRUARY 6, 2021

The best test of that proposition, of course, is to repeat it to any one of the hundreds of thousands of birders who have, say, a family. But we frame these birding highlights within a broader, more comprehensive experience, visiting world-class museums, archaeological sites, and cultural landmarks.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Where a birder goes in the Caribbean determines which birds are seen including toy-like todies, Carib hummingbirds, cool pigeons, quail-doves, unique avian families and outrageous woodpeckers. One such special place is the Centro Manu, a small family run reserve that features several star bird species of Costa Rica’s Caribbean lowlands.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2022

Birding has become a family affair for my relatives. My grandmother has gone on birding walks for decades, and was with me when we spotted my lifer Snowy Owl. Later, reflecting on the experience, we all noted how friendly, how positive, how helpful everyone acted that day on the wharf.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Most Americans celebrated a long weekend filled with a lot (maybe too much) food, family, and shopping. My family actually pays attention to eagles too, which makes them more interesting to see. My family actually pays attention to eagles too, which makes them more interesting to see. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2017

On Saturday he dragged his family to the Adirondack Mountains to see a stake out Great Gray Owl in Keene, a first for all three in the family. Though both Corey and Daisy were impressed by the amazing owl Desi summed up his opinion with one word: “Boring!” ” How about you?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2015

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was an adorable Northern Saw-whet Owl at an undisclosed location in Queens. No, he just brought his family to the area he knew one was hiding and waited for Daisy to make the discovery. No matter who found it a Northern Saw-whet Owl is always a pleasure. How about you?

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Penguins are cartoons, emoticons, animated films, children’s books (though owls really take first place here), sports teams, a book publisher, and a Batman villain (a rare example of penguin negativity, though Burgess Meredith did bring an endearing attitude to his 1960’s TV portrayal). .” Press, 2011).

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2024

Having learned from my Namibian experience I walked away briskly. I listened, ascertained where the commotion was coming from, thought “ probably birds mobbing some predator, could be an owl, let’s go ” and moved towards the mob of birds. It’s just the warm-up. Then I heard a ruckus.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Corey finished up his family trip to Costa Rica on Saturday and his Best Bird of the Weekend should be a Pacific Screech-Owl outside of his hotel on Friday night, a lifer! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2019

They all oohed and aahed over Indigo Buntings (rightfully so), but the highlight for me was a Barred Owl hollering just out of sight. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2014

So many people devoted serious time this weekend to acquiring gifts for family, friends, and strategic acquaintances. I tried to rustle up some Short-eared Owls down at Nations Road, a notorious haunt for these magnificent beasts. Curse my rotten owl luck, I didn’t see a single one, but did manage a pale Rough-legged Hawk.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2021

A Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler made an early experience. While owl literature generally states that owls can turn their head by 270 degrees, this looks more like 360 degrees to me … Which leads me to another, kinder theory: Corey was afraid of Yoga teachers getting very depressed after seeing how flexible these birds are ….

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Corey, on the other hand, birded like a boss; his Best Bird of the Weekend™ was either of the two Snowy Owls at Breezy Point in Queens. On Saturday, he only found one out there but with his folks visiting he made another trip out with the whole family and spotted both owls, one of them a gorgeous adult male.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

There are owls in New York City. Big owls: Barred Owls on Riverside Drive and down the path from Harlem Meer, a Great Horned Owl in Central Park’s Ramble. The NYC owls have little to do with the book in front of me except that it too is about birds and people. But–is that it?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2020

Which tours saw the most roosting owls? This odd nocturnal creature is around the same size as a Barred Owl. I savor the timeless experience of scanning these tropical waves for storm-petrels and lost jaegers. In Costa Rica, our July birding news usually consists of interesting sightings during the mid-summer tours.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2016

For the sake of family peace, I left my bins at home, which meant that the tastiest species I could put a name to was Dark-eyed Junco , which I’ll be seeing a ton of over the coming months. After all, if you can’t choose your first Snowy Owl of the year then what would you choose? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2015

Many of these species were very high on my life bird wish list, and the country itself would be a totally new experience: a vibrant and enchanting culture, a varied and tasty cuisine, and stunning and new landscapes. We decided to take it easy that first evening and try owling on another date. I could not refuse. Time flew by.

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Mexico Owls Birds Sparrows 178

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

Marybeth learns as she birds, embraces listing goals as a means of engaging with community, unabashedly enjoys a little competition, struggles to balance her absolute joy in birding with unexpected, life-and-death family obligations. The book focuses on two listing events: her 2012 Louisiana Big Year and her 2016 Louisiana 300 Year.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2015

Just like we did last year my family spent this past weekend camping at North Lake State Park, up in New York’s gorgeous Catskill Mountains. Common Ravens “kworked” from the trees, a Hermit Thrush sang from across the lake early Sunday morning, and Barred Owls woke us with a wonderful duet on Saturday night.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2013

I spent the weekend with my family in the Bronx and was amazed by the proliferation of Red-tailed Hawks. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was either of the two Short-eared Owls he saw at Edgemere Landfill in Queens. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

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JUNE 8, 2019

Snowcap and White-tipped Sicklebill – Choice hummingbirds in a speciose, fantastic family of birds. One of those occasions was by invitation from the San Vito Birding Club , a memorable experience I will cover in another blog post. Owls and Other Creatures of the Night. and several owls.

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Costa Rica Species Birds New York 202

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The inner side of the front cover contains the visual Quick Reference with paintings of one representative of the family followed by the relevant page number. I particularly like the albatrosses and owls, shrikes and boubous. and having them in your pocket makes a huge difference in your birding experience.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

That’s right, I, along with my family and some really good friends, was camping. We spent our evenings cooking, playing cards, enjoying adult beverages, and listening to Barred Owls duets. On Friday night in particular there was a pair of Barred Owls that went through a full repertoire of Barred Owl sounds.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2019

I also spent a week in northwestern Costa Rica on a family vacation, a long weekend in Barbados, a week in Georgia, and two week-plus-long trips to visit relatives in southern California. Our family trip to Barbados was mostly about the beach but it was also chock full o’birds! Number 7 – Barbados Bullfinch.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

And, it shows us the birds in brief, non-captioned close-ups of songbirds and owls and soaring overhead pans of migrating hawks and waders. The experiences of children observing birds, touched on in the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2016

I was waiting at the entrance gate for everyone in our group to gather, when I remembered that someone had told me about nesting owls at the Taj. Luckily, I didn’t have to look hard to find the Dusky Eagle-Owl’s nest. It was a big owl. Soon, it was time to leave the Taj Mahal. Maybe it was the intimidating stare.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2021

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls will also sometimes do so.). You truly cannot experience the Gray-barred Wren without hearing the raucous calls shared among group members of this highly-social species. It is not that close of a relative of the Northern Mockingbird , being in the same family, but a different genus.

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