10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2017

June may be the gateway to summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but the birding still delivers the thrills of spring migration when you have access to the right birds’ breeding grounds. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Songbirds are still singing, so go find them!

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2017 Louisiana Birds Breeding 101

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NOVEMBER 22, 2017

This diversity makes for a very unique birding experience. One where you get to enjoy the many different local desert birds, right along side the birds that make the warm salt waters they home. Despite the eyesore that is this mine, the wildlife continues to thrive in this harsh environment. Black-throated Sparrows.

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Mountain Lions Mules Sheep Lions 100

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MARCH 7, 2016

This is the lesson I learned at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival back in January when a young birder, Noah Kuck, let me know that he really wanted to see a Carolina Wren. Because Carolina Wrens are common and easy to see, right? It should be no problem to get one to come out for a view, right? I spished.

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North Dakota Birds Florida Wildlife 119

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Southern Florida offers many unique wintering birds, but perhaps none more so then the sparrows that call different parts of Florida their winter homes. Tom Dunkerton tipped me off to an area on the Black Merritt National Wildlife Refuge where some of my target birds can be seen. Think Grasshopper Sparrow !

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Florida South Dakota Sparrows Wildlife 168

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. By the last year of the war, the US increased its military aid to the Greek Government and introduced a new weapon: the first napalm attack after World War II took place right here!

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Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 269

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JUNE 8, 2019

Other uncommon birds for our 2019 list have included the likes of Marbled Wood-Quail, Spot-bellied Bobwhite, Barred Forest-Falcon, Lattice-tailed Trogon, White-flanked Antwren, Turquoise and Snowy Cotingas, Bare-crowned Antbird, and the endemic Cabanis’s Ground-Sparrow. San Vito and Buenos Aires. The Northern Wetlands.

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Costa Rica Species Birds New York 199

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APRIL 18, 2011

Also, I somehow doubt that whether I am stuck at work or not really influences how everyone else experiences spring but this is my blog post so I can use whatever criteria I want to measure how well spring has gone. That means that as of right now the yardstick I am holding does not exist because there are no yard sticks that are zero long.

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New York City New York Walruses Birds 163

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Growing up in central Oregon, allowed me to experience such a diverse amount of habitat, and the wildlife that resides there. This small group of Pronghorn Antelope were right at the refuge entrance. This was just too easy, I could have turned around right there, my primary goal had been completed, but, no, not really.

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Sheep Oregon Mules Livestock 113

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MARCH 14, 2011

Either way, it was a heck of a sight and another example of why Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is the best place in New York City to see amazing wildlife spectacles. I have had similar experiences at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge and you are so right on when you say “am I ever glad that I am a birder!&#

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica New York 170

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MARCH 6, 2011

Corey encountered a bunch of winners, but 24 Common Redpolls at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, in almost the exact same spot he saw them a couple of years ago, feeding on birch inflorescence by the East Pond, were easily his best birds of the weekend. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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2011 New York Deer Birds 154

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MARCH 15, 2011

On the contrary, if you are a traveling birder, you might just find your next birding destination right here on 10,000 Birds. PIP is situated right on a beautiful lake -- the place to be when its hot! Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. The proposal from U.S.

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Portugal 2011 Deer Birds 172

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MAY 1, 2013

Even people with no other interest in wildlife, who couldn’t tell a sparrow from an ostrich (or even a dolphin from a fish) love dolphins. I had my first swim with Inshore Bottlenose Dolphins in Northland’s Bay of Islands back in 2000, and it was a tripy experience. Which has always mystified me slightly.

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Dolphins Sharks New Zealand Albatross 155

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MARCH 22, 2011

In fact Punta Cana is a shining example of how large hotels can conduct their operations in a sustainable manner whilst contributing significantly to the preservation of birds, wildlife and habitats. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right?

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Dominican Republic 2011 Birds Deer 184

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JULY 4, 2018

We spent two blissful days exploring both the waders and wildlife of Lake Yojoa and the tropical splendor of PANACAM Lodge. Nonetheless, a birder’s initial experience in Honduras sets him or her on an inexorable course towards the only species currently named for this gem of a country. That is how the saying goes, right?

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Honduras Birds Farming America 137

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MARCH 17, 2011

My mother, mother-in-law, and godmother are all visiting right now. Blair Cessna Mar 17th, 2011 at 3:01 pm I do most of my birdwatching right from my computer chair looking out my den window to my back yard. Jochen the swallows have arrived at NYC at Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge too. Mama mia, no birding for me!

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2011 Deer Birds South Dakota 150

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MARCH 8, 2011

What events transpire miles away that make a certain destination attractive to birds and wildlife in one way or another? James has led professional wildlife and birding tours for 15 years and his passion for birding and remote cultures has taken him to far corners of the earth from the Amazon and Australia to Africa and Madagascar.

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Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 188

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Clearly, author Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, the author of 24, soon to be 25, children’s books, is also a birder (and a little research brings up a presentation she gave at Ogeechee Audubon, Georgia with the biographical information and she and her family “love watching birds and wildlife seen near their lagoon on Skidaway Island.”

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New York City Pelicans Birds New York 147

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MARCH 2, 2011

This offering is actually hard to part with: a copy of Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil: The Pantanal and Cerrado of Central Brazil signed by both John Gwynne, who managed the project, and Guy Tudor, eminent neotropical bird artist and art director of the project. Time to give away a wonderful book on 10,000 Birds!

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Brazil Wildlife 2011 Deer 180

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

From the time he can remember, every camping, hiking, or simple trip outside was focused on finding wildlife with herps, mammals, birds and native fish as his primary interests. Soon after I was able to tick the ubiquitous House Sparrow in its native haunts where I was allowed to enjoy it.

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Salamander Germany Birds Blackbirds 138

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MARCH 11, 2011

The experience also inspired my column this month at 10,000 Birds, so check that out when you’re done: Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds.) [.] Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right? Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 152

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MARCH 12, 2011

As part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil giveaway we asked readers of 10,000 Birds to name the bird in Brazil that they would like to see more than any other species. They really appeared to enjoy this, because as soon as they swam back to the rocks they would line up again to repeat the experience.

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 203

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

My own trip was not an intensive birding experience, and August is clearly not the most productive month. Common Kingfisher , Common Hoopoe and the European Bee-eater come from their nesting holes at the high loess-bluff of the opposite, right bank of the river. “I would certainly recommend Serbia to visiting birders.

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Serbia Birds Bulgaria Farming 156

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MARCH 13, 2011

The Snow Geese at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge will soon be winging their way north, so he spent some quality time with them, his best birds of the weekend. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Water levels are right but the waders are still very scarce. link] Donna S.

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2011 Deer Birds Owls 133

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MARCH 21, 2011

from left to right Fred, Mike, Isaac, Andrew, Gene (in back), Tom Though it was an absurdly long trip and the ratio of birding to driving was not ideal the twitch was well worth it. But after repeated good experiences with birders as individuals, Mr Jordan has consented to allow the bird to be made public before it leaves.

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New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 191

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

Perhaps you’ve had the same experience. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Wicked, right? The proposal from U.S.

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Costa Rica 2011 Birds Deer 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Hiking For The Heck of It Reason To Become a Bird Watcher #1: No Batteries Required Welcome Wednesday: Musings on a Big Year About the Author James A life-long birder and native of South Africa, James Currie has many years experience in the birding and wildlife tourism arenas. Wicked, right? The proposal from U.S.

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Panama Costa Rica 2011 Cleveland 205

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MARCH 6, 2011

Informed literature bears out my experience that most birds are seen singly or in pairs. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

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2011 Deer India New York 181

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Duncan Mar 10th, 2011 at 3:01 am I know from experience that Saddlebacks are tricky little guys to catch. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right? A week spent on Kapiti only got us 3 of them! Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Hat-tip to Stella.

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New Zealand 2011 Deer Cats 148

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

I have encountered this situation only one time in my birding experience. Or These Blasts From The Past Fledgling House Sparrow Getting Fed What is a Grackle? Harsh but fair Jory – It was worth a shot though right? Wicked, right? It is not a new book, about 6 years old. You’ll need to be much more specific.

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2011 North America Deer New York 124

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Yes, it’s vital to leash your dog and teach him to be respectful of wildlife, but if you can manage that, he will make a phenologist out of you. Cultures that experience it generally put a holiday of some sort at the end to motivate people to even bother living through it. By you, of course, I mean me.

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Bald Eagle Montana Owls Dogs 156