Experience Groups North Carolina Species 
10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2014
I saw my first Swainson’s Warbler in eastern North Carolina, along the Roanoke River near the town of Weldon. The story is etched into my memory not for my experience with the bird, which was an obstructed view of a singing male through a mess of dense underbrush at about 100 feet, but for the effort it took to get there.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 21, 2015
These and several other species might end up being armchair ticks if and when we take a closer look at their evolutionary history. This bunch of possible Costa Rican crypto birds can be grouped into four main categories: (1). A species that lives in both Costa Rica and South America but might be two separate species. (3).
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2021
There was a time when I thought each bird species had its own individual song. Then I found out that there was this vocalization called a ‘call,’ so I thought each bird species had its own individual song (but just the males) and individual call. There is so much here! How do they know?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2019
During the decade, I submitted 1,219 checklists and observed 555 bird species, all in the U.S. In other words, eBird is effectively a complete history of my birding experiences. After an initial period when all species are new, the lifers begin to follow a pattern. and Canada. Our honeymoon in the U.S Virgin Islands ( St.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 30, 2012
The Delmarva Peninsula juts southward towards North Carolina like the appendix of the eastern seaboard. It’s southernmost third, given to Virginia by accident of history rather than geopolitical intention, lies apart from the rest of the state both culturally and geographically. Something to work on, I guess.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
He is a current member of the North Carolina Bird Records Committee and an eBird coordinator for North Carolina. We need more publishers of quality birding books and more birder-writers offering fresh views, sharing their experiences, covering new, niche subjects. And Nate knows that. Actually, I exaggerate.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 5, 2016
Perhaps the best experience of the two days I spend offshore was not a bird, but a mammal. The depths of the North Atlantic are unknown and, in many ways, unknowable. Up until the middle of last century, this species of whale was only known from the remains of beached individuals. I can’t wait to get out there again.
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