10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

That’s right, I, along with my family and some really good friends, was camping. We spent our evenings cooking, playing cards, enjoying adult beverages, and listening to Barred Owls duets. On Friday night in particular there was a pair of Barred Owls that went through a full repertoire of Barred Owl sounds.

New York 174

New York Cooking Chipmunks Owls 174

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2012

But I’m not talking about owling, or listening for rails, or even pointing a microphone skyward to collect flight calls of migrants. Birds arrive, and immediately start the business of breeding, so they can raise a family and be gone before winter arrives. In the last couple of weeks I’ve seen over 20 new species.

Bald Eagle 170

Bald Eagle Breeding Raised Whales 170

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2017

I started the year in Florida, traveled to India with the ABA in February, combined family and birding in an August trip to California, and in-between saw very good birds in New York and New Jersey. 1) Dusky Eagle-Owl. It was a good birding year. Many sad and unfortunate things occurred in 2016, but the birding was good.

2016 108

2016 India Ducks Birds 108

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) Dale studied scarlet macaws, and worked in their conservation, for three years in southern Costa Rica, followed by a year in the Caribbean working on Whale Sharks.

2011 203

2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 203

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Cory’s Shearwater* Snowy Owl * Purple Martin* Cory’s Shearwater*. Eurasian Wigeon* Short-eared Owl* Eurasian Wigeon* Greater Shearwater. Yellow-breasted Chat* Long-eared Owl* Cory’s Shearwater* White Ibis.

2012 158

2012 2013 New York City Jamaica 158

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2011

Another native bird that quickly showed itself to me in the capital was the Polynesian Triller , a member of the cuckoo-shrike family. The hotel we stayed on was on the shore, from which you could watching passing seabirds, including serene White Terns , as well as summering Humpback Whales!

Tonga 160

Tonga Fiji New Zealand Parrots 160