10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

He is a current member of the North Carolina Bird Records Committee and an eBird coordinator for North Carolina. For example, on finding gulls: Close study of gulls is not for everyone, and birders shouldn’t feel obligated to get deep into it if you prefer colorful, less-confusing, families of birds.

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Birds North Carolina North America Owls 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

They formed their little clumps along the water, all the species mixed together until a walker approached too closely. Though we were almost rained out, my graduation Outer Banks trip will remain a highlight of my time in North Carolina. Shorebird cluster along the beach.

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North Carolina Alligators Wildlife Woodpeckers 171

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2015

Over Memorial Day weekend (23-25 May) my family and I spent the weekend along the Delaware shore enjoying the beaches, natural areas, and tourist traps that make visiting the shore such a delight. That I got to share a bunch of these birds with my family later in the day on Sunday was nice too.

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Delaware New York Birds North Carolina 173

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2018

Moth plates from Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America (left plate) and Southeastern North America (two right plates). There are over 11,000 species of moths in North America. I have a hard enough time with the 1,103 bird species on the ABA Checklist. Let that sink in.

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North America America Oklahoma Missouri 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. Why is there no state or federal money available to care for federally protected species? Monte in California agreed: “I’d like some time just to watch healthy wild families.”. Charitable Things.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma New York 245

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2012

The first, the much caricatured hard-nosed lister who stops at nothing to get just one more bird, and the second, the deep-patch birder who just wants to hang around the common species. That regular common species are ignored? Both of these opposite ends of the birder spectrum combine effortlessly in the county birder. State tick!

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McDonalds South Carolina North Carolina Jordan 166

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

Many winter in Florida, admittedly something of a freak state when it comes to overwintering passerines, but a few Orioles can be found up the coast as far north as North Carolina, and the odd bird finds its way into the Piedmont, the part of the state, well inland mind you, where I live. But how does the apply to Orioles?

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North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2013

I’m living and birding in North Carolina. My schedule – as a young semi-professional with a family – is hardly set in stone. Even so, I managed nearly 50 species even without many with webbed feet as the landbirds came through. We all knew that area well, and were rewarded for it.

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North Carolina Missouri Blackbirds Sparrows 160

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Evening Grosbeaks have been reported flying overhead across the state (even practically in my backyard), a couple Common Redpoll s made the listserv, and a trio of White-winged Crossbill s spend a few days at a botanical garden on North Carolina’s coast, the first such sightings in decades down here. That’s fine by me.

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North Carolina Niger 2008 Canada 144

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2013

Recently a baby was born in North Carolina with Trisomy 13, a chromosomal abnormality so severe most carriers die at birth. Those unable to fathom how one could celebrate a life by filling the skies with latex locked horns with those unable to fathom how any type of alternative could be suggested to a family during their time of loss.

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Wildlife Agenda North Carolina Raised 253

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Written in the tradition of the classic Hawks in Flight , but very much a product of the experiences of its birder authors, this is a groundbreaking book that offers a new way of identifying migratory birds at sea to all of us who observe the waters of eastern North America with expectation and excitement. No rails or gallinules.

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Ducks Groups Species North America 231

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The return home included a total of 5 ½ hours of flight delays, one missed flight, and we subsequently missed the entire town of Charlotte, North Carolina. Our first stop was the Lakeview Drive Ponds, Corey’s primary birding location when he and his family visited the island a few years ago. The Little Big Year species – 1291.

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Bahamas Costa Rica Abandon Abandoning 125

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

North Carolina’s 2nd inland Pacific Loon was on Lake Townsend in 2008. They’re a life-saver and well worth asking your friends and family if you’re still in need of a holiday gift. The goal of a CBC is not get as many species as possible, but it’s impossible to avoid the competitive aspect.

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North Carolina Massachusetts 2008 Suffering 171