10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2020

Laughing Falcon – Herpetotheres cachinnans; Raptor Ridge, 5-Jan. Collared Forest-Falcon – Micrastur semitorquatus; Raptor Ridge, 5-Jan. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis; Curu, 4-Jan. Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus; Lakeside Catfish farms, 11-Jan. White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis; Calle Jocote, 1-Jan.

Costa Rica 260

Costa Rica 2020 Morals Farming 260

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Once a Peregrine Falcon flew above the veranda, while several distant King Vultures were soaring above the valley. Add Common Tody-Flycatcher and several Hoffmann’s Woodpeckers and Brown-hooded Parrots to that picture, among many others.

Costa Rica 246

Costa Rica Rats Parrots Raccoons 246

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Noisy Yellow-crowned Parrots indicated that it was time to stop the car and get out. These large parrots are popular in the pet trade, and that’s a likely source of the population of this species on Trinidad. Peregrine Falcon. Yellow-crowned Parrot. For the most part, vultures occupied the sky. Black Vulture.

Trinidad 202

Trinidad Birds Parrots Falcons 202

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

Parrots Over Puerto Rico is a wonderland of colors and shapes. The story of the Puerto Rican Amazon, also known as the Puerto Rico Parrot, Parrots Over Puerto Rico is illustrated with deeply hued collages created by Susan L. The parrots called as they looked for deep nesting holes in the tall trees. Other Europeans came.

Puerto Rico 232

Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 232

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

218 Laughing Falcon – Herpetotheres cachinnans. 222 Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus. 223 Prairie Falcon – Falco mexicanus. 226 Blue-headed Parrot – Pionus menstruus. 227 White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis. 228 Red-crowned Parrot – Amazona viridigenalis.

Sparrows 202

Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots Costa Rica 202

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

This last week I was out with a falconer that had an absolutely stunning pale form Gyrfalcon ( Falco rusticolus ) and the beauty of this wonderful bird really touched me. With the initial successes of the work with and on the Peregrine Falcon other raptors in need garnered more attention.

Falcons 216

Falcons Parrots Breeding Experience 216

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2013

’s “land bird clade,” with passerines, parrots, falcons, woodpeckers, the Coraciiformes (kingfishers, hornbills, bee-eaters, etc.), But to what other birds are mousebirds related? But to what other birds are mousebirds related? They do belong in Hackett et al.’s 2011 ) across different types of analyses.

Kenya 172

Kenya Parrots Africa North America 172

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Even the coat of arms of Sao Tome and Principe consists of a Red-footed Falcon (in spite of the fact that this is clearly a Peregrine ) on the left and an African Grey Parrot on the right holding a shield with a palm tree. Almost all endemics are possible (although 2 are hard to get), among some 70 species birdable in 10 days.

Gambia 237

Gambia Equatorial Guinea Species Rwanda 237

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2021

Laughing Falcon – Herpetotheres cachinnans; Tirimbina, 9-Jan. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis; Tirimbina, 9-Jan. Brown-hooded Parrot – Pyrilia haematotis; Tirimbina, 9-Jan. White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis; San Joaquin de Heredia, 1-Jan. White-fronted Parrot – Amazona albifrons; San Joaquin de Heredia, 1-Jan.

Costa Rica 160

Costa Rica Birds Parrots Woodpeckers 160

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2021

289 Barred Forest-Falcon – Micrastur ruficollis. 292 Laughing Falcon – Herpetotheres cachinnans. 296 Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. 297 Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus. 299 Brown-hooded Parrot – Pyrilia haematotis. 300 Blue-headed Parrot – Pionus menstruus.

Woodpeckers 181

Woodpeckers Sparrows Ducks Parrots 181

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2021

As such, a parallel post will appear here simultaneously with the year list. As such, a parallel post will appear here simultaneously with the year list.

2020 221

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots 221

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

50 Red-crowned Parrot – Amazona viridigenalis. 279 Collared Forest-Falcon – Micrastur semitorquatus. 280 Brown-hooded Parrot – Pyrilia haematotis. 281 Red-lored Parrot – Amazona autumnalis. 282 Mealy Parrot – Amazona farinosa. 417 White-fronted Parrot – Amazona albifrons.

Woodpeckers 202

Woodpeckers Sparrows Parrots Blackbirds 202

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2019

Bat Falcon! White-fronted Parrot. . We have had it a few times along with more regular numbers of expected Crimson-fronted Parakeets and White-crowned Parrots. During spring migration, we were happy to see several of each of these eastern birds forage in fruiting trees across the street. Plain-capped Starthroat.

Costa Rica 156

Costa Rica Barn Owls Birds Parrots 156

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2018

Orchards would be as surprised as many of us were to learn that falcons are more closely related to parrots than they are to the superficially similar raptors of the family Accipitridae. Be that as it may, the name is such a well-meaning gesture it seems unfair to quibble over its nomenclatural faults. I’m sure the folks at E.Z.

Falcons 100

Falcons United States North America Oregon 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2020

Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans). White-crowned Parrot (Pionus senilis). White-fronted Parrot (Amazona albifrons). Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima). Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo). Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri).

2020 153

2020 Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds 153

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2016

One website I found suggested a few others that may be true but I hadn’t encountered before, are young cranes actually called colts, or falcons eyas? The site also seemed to suggest a few that seemed flat out wrong; parrotlets aren’t baby parrots, they are a type of small parrot, same with owlets and peeps.

New Zealand 104

New Zealand Parrots Rats Bats 104

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2018

Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis; Sarapiqui, 1-Jan. Barred Forest-Falcon – Micrastur ruficollis; Arenal, 13-Jan. Collared Forest-Falcon – Micrastur semitorquatus; Sarapiqui, 7-Jan. Laughing Falcon – Herpetotheres cachinnans; Sarapiqui, 7-Jan. Mealy Parrot – Amazona farinosa; El Tapir, 1-Jan.

Costa Rica 155

Costa Rica Birds Parrots Woodpeckers 155

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

262 Laughing Falcon – Herpetotheres cachinnans. 266 Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus. 269 White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis. 270 Red-lored Parrot – Amazona autumnalis. 271 White-fronted Parrot – Amazona albifrons. 272 Mealy Parrot – Amazona farinosa.

Woodpeckers 233

Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds Ducks 233

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species. The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species.

Woodpeckers 198

Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds California 198

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Some birds are put next to each other to aid in the identification process, for example, falcons follow hawks. The book roughly follows American Ornithological Society taxonomic order; a version date or number isn’t given, but it’s probably the 2020 version, before the Big Reshuffle of New World Warblers.

Los Angeles 194

Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 194

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Parrots galore : Down by this one river, there were flocks of Mealy, Red-lored, White-crowned, Blue-headed, and Brown-hooded Parrots. Parrots in Costa Rica require plenty of old trees for nesting as well as for food. I wish I would have been quicker on the camera draw because the bird was low enough to see that it very well.

Costa Rica 157

Costa Rica Birds Parrots Farming 157

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2012

This article is about the parrots we have, not the ones we wish we had. Yes, Germany has parrots, or parakeets to be more precise. A Birdy New Year! Here in Germany, we don’t wish we had. Because we never have had.

Germany 244

Germany Netherlands Zoos Geese 244

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2021

Checklists came in from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Costa Rica and Australia) and brought the year list for 2021 so far to 1143. Checklists came in from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Costa Rica and Australia) and brought the year list for 2021 so far to 1143.

Sparrows 156

Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds Ducks 156

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2019

Laughing Falcon – Herpetotheres cachinnans; Carara, 3-Jan. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis; Carara, 3-Jan. Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus; Villas San Ignacio, 7-Jan. Brown-hooded Parrot – Pyrilia haematotis; Carara, 3-Jan. White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis; Carara, 3-Jan.

Costa Rica 113

Costa Rica 2019 Parrots Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2020

7 Collared Forest-Falcon – Micrastur semitorquatus. 49 Brown-hooded Parrot – Pyrilia haematotis. 104 Yellow-crowned Parrot – Amazona ochrocephala. 449 White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis. 450 White-fronted Parrot – Amazona albifrons. 493 Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus.

2020 173

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2018

Harpy Eagle, Crested Eagle, Solitary Eagle, Orange-breasted Falcon) – There might be no other better way to refer to these species when seeing them for the first time in Costa Rica because each is more or less a grail bird, most of all for local birders. ” WTF!

Costa Rica 158

Costa Rica Chickens Birds Soreing 158

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2017

In Costa Rica, even the super shy Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon is seen more often than the island pigeon with the snow-white cap. The Bat Falcon that joined us for breakfast. . Birds with white on them are much more likely to take the form of goodies like the Snowy Cotinga , or two species of tityras.

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica San Jose Birds Bats 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2012

the relationship between songbirds, parrots, and falcons) and proposes with some surprising new hypotheses of its own. The study also provides additional support for the relationship between songbirds, parrots, and falcons , which was recognized by the American Ornithologists’ Union just this year. McCormack et al.,

Parrots 138

Parrots Falcons South America 2008 138

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2015

Put those binoculars into practice in places like Laguna del Lagarto , the Sarapiqui area, and the Osa Peninsula, and a day of birding might include three trogon species, two to three toucan species, several wrens, manakins, parrots, five or more woodcreeper species, etc., and the list goes on… You might see a White-ruffed Manakin.

Costa Rica 168

Costa Rica Birds Texas Cattle 168

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

This explains why, if you are looking at the list of plates in the Eastern guide, the “South Florida” subspecies of Red-shouldered Hawk and the “Florida” subspecies of Red-tailed Hawk are near the end of the guide and not with the other plates in the Species Accounts, and why Aplomado Falcon is the very last species in the Western guide.

North America 190

North America Birds Mississippi Bald Eagle 190

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2015

Sometimes, you gotta travel to find the breaks in the rain but when you do, the toucans are calling, and parrots, raptors, and other large birds are trying to dry out in the treetops. For example, including falcons and excluding owls, I have seen 34 species and still have a chance at several more.

Costa Rica 154

Costa Rica 2015 Species West Virginia 154

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2020

When you review the system, it makes perfect sense: falcons are placed with hawks, nightjars are next to owls, and grebes are close to ducks, rather than separated from them by quail and grouse. Then again, try explaining to a new birder why falcons come after woodpeckers and before parrots!

North America 207

North America America Hawaii Birds 207

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Most of these birds are escaped/freed pets who have established breeding populations, and many of these populations are growing; others could be falconer’s birds, or part of a zoo or private collection.

San Francisco 171

San Francisco San Diego Connecticut South America 171

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2024

Mealy Parrots made their presence known, and we were treated with excellent views of Blue-headed Parrot that flew into a tree we were already examining. Familiar, but beautiful regardless: Blue-headed Parrot Another small parrot species landed on a tree in the distance. Meanwhile, the forest edge was awash with birds.

Guyana 208

Guyana Parrots Trinidad Woodpeckers 208

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Laughing Falcon : This snake eating specialist is widespread and common in many parts of the Neotropical region, it is nevertheless always cool to hear and see. Yellow-naped Parrot : This vulnerable species is regular in sites just outside the national park. Look for it on the boat tour, or at the edge of any wetlands.

Costa Rica 173

Costa Rica Birds Malaysia Protection 173

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2013

We had White-bellied Cuckoo-shrikes and Grey Fantails in the trees and overhead we observed Brown Falcons, Black Kites, Red-tailed Black Cockatoos, Blue-winged Kookaburras, Red-winged Parrots and Cockatiels. The picnic area was also productive with nice tall shady trees and green grass.

Seals 168

Seals Zebras Investigation Australia 168

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

In addition to Scarlet Macaw and Yellow-naped Parrot , they included the likes of: Collared Forest-Falcon. As with any extremely birdy area, the highlights were many (and this was one of the slower days at Carara!). White-whiskered Puffbird. Tawny-winged Woodcreeper (and four other woodcreeper species).

Costa Rica 141

Costa Rica Owls Birds Eagles 141