10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2022

Should you be impressed by this list and the underlying ambitions, take a look at the migration route of the Amur Falcon ( Wikipedia ). The falcon breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China but winters in Southern and East Africa. Still as impressed as before? ” If in doubt, just classify species as LC?

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

have our minds on turkeys right about now. In the parking lot of a shopping plaza, however, he saw a Peregrine Falcon come plunging out of nowhere to absolutely obliterate a Rock Pigeon. As we approach a long holiday season, birders’ thoughts turn to more than just meals and merriment.

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Soreing Turkey Falcons Birds 207

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2022

Maybe author Sy Montgomery is right when she says that “birdwatchers often look down on falconry,” and maybe not. In training, the falconer must never think of rewards and punishments, Nancy Cowan (pictured below, with her Harris’s hawk, Scoter), tells her: “They don’t serve us. We serve them.”.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The evening was drawing to a close and we had just checked on the roosting nighthawks and were about to check another field for shorebirds when we spotted a lone Aplomado Falcon perched on a distant tree. We observed it as it changed perch and attracted the ire of the resident Tropical Kingbirds , eventually forcing the falcon to depart.

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Falcons Experience Experiments Birds 287

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2017

Dunne is a compelling writer, and if he’s fond of long, multi-clause sentences and elaborate descriptions that might seem outright poetic to people used to terse field guide species accounts, well, I’m right there with him. Birds of Prey: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, and Vultures of North America by Pete Dunne with Kevin T.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2022

But I’ll trade Red-taileds any day for a Northern Harrier , a lovely pair of Peregrine Falcons , and the surprising presence of a pair of Crested Caracaras , normally seen at much lower elevations. A wonderfully close Peregrine Falcon. Believe it or not, Caracaras (in spite of their 4-foot wingspan) are falcons, not hawks.

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JULY 16, 2020

Chris has spent several years conducting bird research in Mongolia, including with the Saker Falcon project. Published by John Beaufoy Publishing, their field guide follows the user-friendly standard of illustrations on the right, and the range maps and descriptions on the left hand page. cherrug milvipes or hybrid between F.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2022

Brown Falcon , Brown Songlark and Horsfield’s Bushlark were the only species surviving in the dry environment. We continued on for 5 more kilometres to where we knew there was water right against the highway. There had been a Nankeen Kestrel near there earlier in the day and just before the storm hit we saw a Peregrine Falcon.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Once I looked through proper glass however, all doubt was blown to smithereens – it was a Bat Falcon. When this Bat Falcon departed this perch, it made the Short-tailed Nighthawks seem like they were running on low-octane fuel. All of this to say that finally I have documented all three species of nighthawk found in T&T.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2020

If conditions are right, the Palm Beach Agricultural Area can be teaming with various shorebird species such as Spotted, Solitary, Upland, Buff-breasted, Least, Semipalmated, Western, and Pectoral Sandpiper, Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plover, Long-billed Dowitcher, and Black-necked Stilt.

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APRIL 4, 2021

Swamp Harrier soaring just to the right of the “depth” sign. Alongside the Black Kites and Whistling Kites we observed a Brown Falcon and a soaring Black Breasted Buzzard. Brown Falcon. There are still Magpie-larks and Masked Lapwings risking their lives in the middle of the highway. Black-breasted Buzzard.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Let us no more speak of this week’s extraordinary failure by a cast of Falcons to finish off their prey. Instead, we’ve got other bird news to cheer us up (or at least take our minds off avian’s inexplicable inability to capture U.S. sports championships ).

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2020

The egg had a clear hole in the upper right where the egg tooth was breaking through the shell. In the second photo below you will notice one is “kneeling” We had noticed a Brown Falcon in the area as we got to the beach too. The Brown Falcon was chased away into the distance. Right feet up!

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Eggs Family Falcons Rights 262

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Stepping off the ferry upon arrival on the island, I was welcomed by nearly 20 Northern Wheatears that crowded the pavement right in front of the boat. This time was invariably spent birding on the island (surprisingly…). The observatory recorded over 500 individuals on the island in total.

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MAY 22, 2024

Ruby-topaz Hummingbird on the left, Glittering-throated Emerald on the right, the out-of-focus blob in the lower centre of the frame is the Blue-tailed Emerald. I was excited to land my first Laughing Falcon , a charismatic species that I had been drooling over for years. Ye of little faith!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2017

This time the tome that three lucky readers will receive is Birds of Prey: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, and Vultures of North America by Pete Dunne. The first and easiest way to win a copy of Birds of Prey: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, and Vultures of North America is to subscribe to the 10,000 Birds email mailing list. How do you win one?

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2019

Bezos has a lot on his plate right now. “We’ll take the Peregrine Falcon ,” at least seven voices said at once. That species could use a cash infusion right away.” ” But the others were back to talking over each other, and me, and mostly what they were saying was Peregrine Falcon, Peregrine Falcon.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Pre-dawn birding for us on October 8 gave four owl species, a Common Potoo (not so common), and then a host of species right at and just after dawn. A final check turned up a distant calling Laughing Falcon but not much else. Male White-flanked Antwren. More Punta Uva followed by Dinner.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

However, a birder can also stay right at the house and see birds all day long. Although Collared Forest-Falcon and Laughing Falcon failed to come close enough to see, we still enjoyed hearing those uber tropical species give their distinctive, voice-like calls. Gartered Trogon. King Vulture.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2014

“I have received so many calls to come rescue a baby hawk or falcon or some kind of raptor,” wrote Jennifer Dudley, and attached this photo. He was right! Someone brought me a Cliff Swallow he swore was a falcon,” wrote Louise Shimmel. Like these ones, here. Can you ID?”. It always is.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2021

It was kind of this Clay-colored Sparrow (left) and Chipping Sparrow (right) to position themselves so well for comparison purposes. Believe it or not, Caracaras are actually falcons, much more closely related to Kestrels than to hawks and vultures. Happily, nobody would struggle to identify a Lark Sparrow.

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Sparrows Falcons Woodpeckers Species 210

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

When you travel north along the highway from Broome towards Willare and Derby you come to a wide bridge with a sign that says “Cockatoo Creek” I would highly recommend that you pull up on the right after you have crossed the bridge and park where the plaque is for the official opening of it.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Yet they also bring up questions, which I’m going to talk about right now before diving into the specifics of the guides themselves. I think we do have the right to expect that artwork and species descriptions when repeated are current, reflect recent studies and taxonomic thought. © 2023 by Steve N. © 2023 by Steve N.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2021

We sailed right into a group of more than a dozen Hoatzins (cover photo, by Tyler Ficker) with their orange mohawks and blue facial skin. Instead of a Pterodactyl, we had one rare Orange-breasted Falcon by the mountain top, which greeted us in the scope-view. Left to right: my guide Edson Moroni and the local shop keeper Daniel Luis.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The Latin species name of the Brown Falcon is berigora , which made me hope it was named for some colorful and potentially sleazy racist naturalist (you may have realized I like these stories, even though I am not a person who slows down when seeing a car crash). Unfortunately, berigora is just an Aboriginal name for this falcon.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Located right where the Yangtze River enters the sea (and dividing it into two parts), it is mostly flat farmland. P eregrine Falcon. Northern Lapwings are difficult to get right on a photo, as their metallic greenish sheen often comes over as just undifferentiated black. Eurasian Kestrel.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2021

Golden Vireos can also be seen near my home, while Rufous-backed Robins even visit my garden, when conditions are right. In case you were wondering, I’ll clarify that the header photo is of a Crested Caracara , a weird hawk-sized falcon that can’t decide whether it wants to be a hunter or a carrion-eater.

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JUNE 22, 2019

The three huge eagles are lottery winner rare and the Orange-breasted Falcon has never been documented for the country but the rest are seen here and there on an annual basis. However, that healthy suite of hawks, kites, and forest-falcons comes with an ironic footnote. Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle.

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MAY 2, 2018

We landed in Melbourne, where we had rented an Air BNB for three nights, right in the heart of down town. This Brown Falcon was very patient, giving me several minutes to photograph it. I have been looking forward to this visit for some time. The other side of that, is that I really do not like big cities all that much.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2022

I even picked up a species at a wedding on Sunday, since I had not previously been in Morelia’s historic center at the right time for the White-throated Swifts that fly there in the mornings and evenings. This Peregrine Falcon also seemed to be in quite a hurry; no surprise, that. No lifers yet this year, unfortunately.)

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

This area also is where I hope to fill in a few target birds, like the newly spilt Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay, Pinyon Jays and Prairie Falcons. One morning, I woke up to see a White-breasted Nuthatch in the tree right behind our 5th wheel, but before I could get out there with my camera, it was gone, never to see seen in the next three days.

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OCTOBER 6, 2012

Atlantic City is now known for Peregrine Falcons. But what it even better – for me, at least – was the Peregrine Falcons. A coworker met up with me and we will killing time before the first event we had to be at when he said, “Hey, is that a falcon?” Wait, what? ” And yes, yes it was.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Start your week on the right foot by sharing what made the last two days special for you, at least from a nature-loving perspective. Sadly, the award must be posthumous, as birders at the pond later on Saturday watched the one-eyed wonder get killed by an opportunistic Peregrine Falcon. How about you?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2022

This will change over time of course and once it rains again you would need to consider if you had the right vehicle to access the area. Dragonflies photobombing on the right as we approach. You wouldn’t necessarily take any vehicle in there, but you no longer need to worry about high clearance or four-wheel drive.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

“Nothing is more humbling,” he sighs, “than spending a few hours in a boat or on a riverbank, unsuccessfully trying to catch a fish, and then seeing an Osprey dive and catch one right in front of you” (p. Photographs, most by co-author Brian E. It’s designed for carrying about in the field, sized 4.5 by 1 by 7.5

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

The guide presents 69 species and 1 subspecies, from “NEW WORLD VULTURES: Cathartiformes” to “OSPREY: Pandioninae” to “FAMILY: Accipitridae” (Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Hawk-Eagles), to “FALONIDS: Falconidae” (Falcons, Forest-Falcons, Caracaras, Kestrels, Merlin). Here’s a sample of Plate 30, Bat Falcon and Orange-Breasted Falcon (pp.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Must be a joke, right? Orange-breasted Falcon : Since there aren’t any specimens of this regal neotropical Falco from Costa Rica, we actually aren’t even sure if it used to live here. Hope for a vagrant comes in the form of an Orange-breasted Falcon sighting from west-central Panama. What a horror! What a disaster!

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