10,000 Birds

JUNE 10, 2020

Every other year or so, we experience the lightest of frosts, nothing killing, and our warmest temperatures (in the 80s and 90s) occur in late spring. It doesn’t seem to offer food or shelter for birds; but, being the tallest tree on the block, is an important stopover for lots of species. Mostly, we don’t let them.

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Birds Woodpeckers Madagascar Nashville 222

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2024

There are a few spectacles in the birding community that are high energy, happen quickly, and is worth any effort to experience it. One such experience is a bird grounding event, sometimes called a fallout. Birders explore these migrant traps, which are an oasis of food, water, and shelter, to see if anything has been blown in.

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Texas Alabama Alligators Nashville 246

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

What my previous experience had not prepared me for, was that this summer I would see many of those species for the first time all at once. We are in the middle of our monsoon season, and I had to repeatedly find shelter from brief midday showers. In contrast, this Slate-throated Redstart really knew how to pose.

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Mexico Nashville Virginia Shelters 248

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

While most of the country will soon witness a mass exodus in terms of diversity and numbers of warblers, southeast Florida’s formerly empty suburban parks will soon be full of wintering passerines seeking food and shelter in the balmy, pseudo-tropical climate again.

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