10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

Eagle-eyed Pat spotted a Lesser Black-backed Gull in nonbreeding plumage and other birders that week noted a Thayer’s Gull (which we may have seen too–I mean, who expects Iceland Gull in April?). This was the High Island Experience, I was told. Well, he did pause for his photo-op, unlike his cousins. It was amazing.

Houston 213

Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 213

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. Let me know if you have seen the Kirtland’s Warbler, if you were part of the Magee Marsh experience or if you made the trip to Mio, and what that birding trip was like.

Michigan 230

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 230

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The way Harrison explains it, its current “lump” with Iceland Gull is not satisfactory; he follows Malling Olsen (Danish field ornithologist and gull guide author) in keeping it as a full species “pending further study” (p. The value of Harrison’s artwork lies in his decades of experience.

Albatross 279

Albatross Penguins Groups Family 279