10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2020

These are included as part of the summary and are maintained in the list, despite objections by some purists, to give the full, rich experience as enjoyed by your lucky, lucky beats. Hoffmann’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii). Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus). Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major).

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2020 Sparrows Niger Woodpeckers 153

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

Though it is still September and not really proper sparrow season yet, Corey still managed to turn up a nice Lincoln’s Sparrow at Kissena Corridor Park on Sunday morning, his first of the fall. Such a pleasant little sparrow, and easily Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2017 Virginia Sparrows Game 124

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Corey could have chosen his first Pine Siskins of the year in New York, a Red-headed Woodpecker , a late Osprey , or a Vesper Sparrow as his Best Bird of the Weekend this weekend. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Can Snowy Owls be far behind?

2016 177

2016 New York Birds Woodpeckers 177

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2019

An expanse of habitat as vast as Murchison Falls NP in Uganda, as excessively generous in beauty and biodiversity, permits endless ways to experience both its birds and animals. Plus, the food, service, and accommodations meet the highest standards. Mind boggling, I answer! Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle … wow!!

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Uganda Senegal Africa Game 196

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. Also, my all-too-abundant House Sparrows have learned to pull thin, flexible strips off of my bananas’ leaves, which they use to weave their nests. One of our birdiest plants.

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Birds Woodpeckers Madagascar Nashville 158

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2018

In between arctic blasts, I got up to the lake at Hamlin Beach State Park, where I found a very confused and noisy Red-Headed Woodpecker. His Best Bird of the Weekend was either of a pair of young White-crowned Sparrows he found in Kissena Park in Queens, a good bird for winter in New York City! How about you?

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New York City 2018 New York Birds 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2015

I didn’t get too far afield this weekend, but enjoyed the impact adding a nut blend to my feeder has had: Red-bellied Woodpeckers look huge next to the usual sparrows, finches, and chickadees! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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Honduras 2015 Birds Woodpeckers 159

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2020

Most of all, the time and effort is worth it when we see new birds, surpass our goals, and when we share those trying, challenging, exuberant and triumphant times with others because the birding party is always better, always stronger, when you you can enjoy the experience with like-minded souls.

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Costa Rica 2020 Morals Farming 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2024

Eurasian Tree Sparrows frequently find themselves out in the wild without a glass to drink from. Blue T**s, Great T**s) or are predators of their nests (Great Spotted Woodpecker). The Finch Research Network calls it a high mountain specialist, which seems a bit weird given that my photo was taken exactly at sea level.

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Research Germany Iran Humane 130

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Of course, with the Drakensberg still not that far away from Capetown and South African explorers obviously very fond of saving mental energy by simply starting bird names with the word “cape”, we have the Cape Robin-Chat … … the Cape Rock Thrush … … the Cape Sparrow … … and the Cape Weaver.

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South Africa Africa Lesotho Nigeria 241

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Corey, on the other hand, had several stellar birds this weekend, including a Sora at Central Park, a Vesper Sparrow at Willow Lake Preserve, an Orange-crowned Warbler at Jacob Riis Park, and a Broad-winged Hawk and five Turkey Vultures from the hawkwatch platform at Fort Tilden. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2015 Turkey Birds Woodpeckers 151

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

My favorite sighting was a trio of Sandhill Cranes along I-71 in Ohio, but since that didn’t occur on the weekend, I’ll go with fetching Fox Sparrows at our cousin’s Kentucky farm. 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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New York City 2014 Kentucky Ohio 164

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2016

Pileated Woodpeckers take BBOTW honors quite often around here, but who can resist the captivating sight of an adult teaching two big, gangly juveniles the finer points of extracting nutrients from decaying logs? If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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2016 Breeders Birds Hunting 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2023

I’ll still probably try again next June, as this June has been the driest and hottest in memory, and in my experience, summer rains make it much more likely that one will see the Sinaloa Martin. As it happens, there were no Martins to be found that day. The same could be said about so many other species.

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Mexico Oregon Squirrels Science 152

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2018

We had persevered through four years at the top of Battery Harris Platform and could bring our experience to bear on the task of trying to record as many species as possible on a single day from that single spot. We were running low on birds we thought possible with House Sparrow and Downy Woodpecker being two of the easiest left.

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2018 Bald Eagle Battery Birds 206

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

This was where I set up my bird feeders, just one at first, then expanding as everyone expressed delight in seeing the Carolina Chickadees, Dark-eyed Juncos, and Downy Woodpeckers. Over the next few days, I found increasing numbers, goldfinches, juncos, white-throated sparrows. I picked up a Downy Woodpecker, an every-day visitor.

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 259

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

With the easy-to-use platform offered by the Great Backyard Bird Count, birders of all ages and experience levels set out to find, tally, and document as many birds as possible within the boundaries of Miami-Dade. Song Sparrow is a genuine rarity in Miami-Dade. This Lincoln’s Sparrow is far more common. Swamp Sparrow: 44.

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Miami 2015 United States Birds 168

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

This is where Gila Woodpecker and Yellow-breasted Chat meet Squirrel Cuckoo , Bat Falcon , and Black-throated Magpie-Jay. These striking and inquisitive jays were perhaps the bird of the trip for me, and we took our time to soak in the experience of encountering these wonderful birds.

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Mexico Costa Rica Arizona Birds 198

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. Boldly patterned and full of character, this endemic sparrow was the highlight of my first day in Mexico. Time flew by.

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Mexico Birds Owls Sparrows 177

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

My personal favorite is the night image of a White-crowned Sparrow beginning a night of migration, the sparrow’s usual bright white-and-black head and brown-patterned body muted by the inky blue darkness, the bill pointing upwards towards the stars. As I said before, the page design is impeccable.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2017

I go somewhere new, I’m excited about the experience, I write about it. The first birds were normal; the Turkey Vultures , Mourning Doves , a distant Red-bellied Woodpecker cackling. Most of my blogs for 10000 Birds fall into the”trips” category. But all birders know the value of your home turf, a.k.a.

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Birds Turkey Woodpeckers Florida 100

10,000 Birds

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.* state and Canadian provinces.

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North America Birds Owls America 220

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2015

During the 30 minutes or so I spent checking on this nest box, where the nestlings are just days from fledging, we were visited by a (non-cavity nesting) Chipping Sparrow ( Spizella passerina )… and the first occupants on my bluebird trails, the Oak Titmouse ( Baeolophus inornatus ).

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Tenant Farming Illinois North America 161

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

In this first installment, I will focus on my impressions and experiences in the highlands portion of our tour. The experience of seeing a pair feeding and calling in the mountains of Honduras felt like a much more genuine birding experience to me. Trips Honduran birding La Tigra motmot'

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Honduras Costa Rica El Salvador Arizona 222

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

There are charismatic birds like Barrow’s Goldeneye, Evening Grosbeak, Red and White-winged Crossbills; mysterious seabirds like Leach’s Storm-Petrel; ‘little brown jobs’ like Winter Wren and Nelson’s Sparrow; a treasury of warbler species, 27 in all, many state breeders.

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Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 205

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State. You can see the Species Account for Henslow’s Sparrow above, in the banner photo. Pileated Woodpecker, for example. Each bird found to be breeding in Pennsylvania during the period of the survey is accorded two pages.

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Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 236

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Here are some of the best experiences of my excellent trip. A Ladder-backed Woodpecker and then Lesser Goldfinches flew onto the tree next to me as I observed the Roadrunner feeding in an empty lot and a Cactus Wren called from the other side of the lot. Now, years later, it was time to return. A Roadrunner crossed in front of me.

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Arizona Lovebirds Phoenix New Jersey 103

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Our guides were researchers from Callisto, patient and always smiling Yannis Tsanakis (above) and Maria Petridou with her infectious laugh and stories of her Sun Bear and Jaguar research experiences. Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos major. Eurasian Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis.

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Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 270

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

According to eBird, the chronology of my life list includes White-Headed Woodpecker at No. But Northern Cardinal, Catbird, and White-throated Sparrow do not appear until the 270s, during a visit to Central Park while on business trip to New York City. 10, Mountain Quail at No. 11, Wandering Tattler at No. Geography is destiny.

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San Francisco Portland United States Puerto Rico 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2012

Having jumped around a bit while writing up my trip to Hungary – sharing a few galleries , a trip to find an elusive woodpecker , and the most exciting news in optics since Galileo discovered Jupiter’s moons – I thought it was time to go back to the beginning of the trip and proceed chronologically.

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Hungary United States Birds Woodpeckers 161

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2018

This is why the Yellow Warblers and Baltimore Orioles of summer don’t linger to experience October 31st, and even late fall migrants like kinglets and sparrows move to slightly warmer regions. Lacking the benefit of heated shelters, birds must heed that warning or perish. It’s delicious to the eye is what it is! JUST SCARY.

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Costa Rica Bats Birds Falcons 168

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2016

This year, visiting Niagara Falls until January 6th gave me the chance to experience a bit of both latitudes. Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus; Niagara county, 2-Jan. Hoffmann’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmanni; El Rodeo, 9-Jan. Hairy Woodpecker – Picoides villosus; Niagara county, 2-Jan.

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Costa Rica 2016 San Antonio Sparrows 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2020

Where can I see Cabanis’s Ground-Sparrow followed by a fantastic meal ? I savor the timeless experience of scanning these tropical waves for storm-petrels and lost jaegers. This odd nocturnal creature is around the same size as a Barred Owl. What has Chambito been seeing in Cano Negro? How about sites for Snowcap ?

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Costa Rica Birds Thailand Family 223

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2013

Redgannet was originally conceived as a way to encourage my colleagues (in case you haven’t read the profile, I work as a flight attendant for an international airline) out of the shops and their hotel rooms to experience something that the local natural scene has to offer. Spotted Wood-owl.

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Singapore Woodpeckers Parrots Zebras 161

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2012

Few experiences birding get me more excited than adding a new bird to my Queens list. Two of the four Lark Sparrows I have seen in Queens Two out of ten is not good enough, leaving me smack-dab on the Mendoza Line. Lark Sparrow - 26 August 2011 – Also at Edgemere Landfill, the first of four I saw in the borough last fall.

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Connecticut 2011 2012 Jamaica 175

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2012

What I learned convinced me to block out a full day to experience my first taste of Japanese birding. In fact, rather than repeat what Jeremy does so well, I suggest you go read it now and come back to hear how my experience differed. Also worth your time is the ramen at Ramen Bayashi!

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Japan Birds Stud Ducks 121

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

He brings to this book an academic background in biology and horticulture and, more importantly, decades of experience developing strategies for the best backyard bird feeding practices. Jim Carpenter is the founder of Wild Birds Unlimited, the popular bird feeder and seed franchise. The latter appear to be suburban apartments.

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Birds New York City Squirrels New York 179