10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It covers 434 species across 9 orders and 18 families of birds. The way Harrison explains it, its current “lump” with Iceland Gull is not satisfactory; he follows Malling Olsen (Danish field ornithologist and gull guide author) in keeping it as a full species “pending further study” (p.

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Albatross Penguins Groups Family 279

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

In June of 2013 he embarked on a whirlwind tour of Europe, spotting birds in Iceland , Russia , Finland , and, as you’re about to find out, Sweden: We took a quick flight from Helsinki and arrived in Stockholm, Sweden, arriving at our fourth country on this trip. I was pleasantly surprised by what I found in the park that sunny day.

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Sweden Denmark Geese Birds 167

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

And having a kind and loving family I was given a wonderful gift for my birthday, a full day’s birding! Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides It was a pretty impressive haul of birds by the time we ended the day at dusk in Calverton. I am a groundhog.

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Groundhogs New York City New York Sparrows 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2011

While on a residency in Iceland, during which I pursued interests in music and invention, I brought a camera to record little moments in a strange new landscape. It was kindled by my grandmother when I was a child but lay dormant until I’d spent enough time in San Francisco to feel at home.

San Francisco 209

San Francisco California Condor Coyotes Minnesota 209

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Álftafjörður, E Iceland. Another exciting find on October 27th was a family of Whooper Swans at the Killingholme Haven Pits. Last year we had only encountered the one Whooper Swan at North Cave Wetlands and this year we had already encountered several family groups in the area. Whooper Swan family. Elmley, Swale estuary.

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Norway Iceland Family 2016 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

So, yes, Thayer’s Gull is in the book, but the reader is cautioned that the gull with be lumped with Iceland Gull “in the near future.” Most of the species are described in the Species Accounts, arranged taxonomically into 86 family chapters. ” It’s a tough, fast-changing taxonomic world out there! .

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North America America 2017 Birds 185

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2011

I love South Park , Family Guy , and Robot Chicken , and if you know those shows then they should be more than enough explanation for that last sentence. I was particularly pleased with the Ruby-throated Hummingbird , and the fact that I managed to rack up Glaucous , Iceland , and Lesser Black-backed Gulls on my pelagics.

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Birds Delaware Iceland 2006 172

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

There is extensive behavioral descriptions for familiar gulls like Laughing, Ring-billed, and Herring, but far less information on less common species like Iceland Gull, whose profile mainly consists of the differences between the Kumlien and Thayer’s subspecies. This is the kind of information I love to learn and use in the field.

North America 204

North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 204

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

This totally crazy bird is the crème de la crème of the cracid family, and besides being endangered (population estimated at under 2,500), its habitat choice of cloudforests on the steep slopes of a few volcanoes and mountains in southern Mexico and south-western Guatemala makes it a tough bird to seek. Secondly, well just look at it.

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2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 151

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? Iceland Gull – Larus glaucoides. Is it wrong of me to go birding to get away from the kids now that they are at home all day? August is the make or break month for relationships. Bravo if you have. Happy birding if you suddenly find yourself single.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100