10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

Fast food containers are popular. “An ” “A nestling American Robin in a bucket of water,” wrote Jane Neville, now in Florida. “Two wildlife biologists brought me a Golden Eagle inside a metal pipe.” wrote Debbie Souza-Pappas in Utah. They were out in the field doing surveys and they found him. What are the odds?

Transported 278

Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 278

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

And in the free-flying aviary that is Florida you can easily be shocked by what you find, but White Ibis seem to show a surprising affinity to the local fast food joints. The western half of the continent sees a lot of Brewer’s Blackbirds mixed in. And in parts of the Rockies, Clark’s Nutcracker reigns supreme.

North Carolina 184

North Carolina Fast Food Sparrows Birds 184

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2016

By Wednesday I was thinking about the odds of the bird both sticking through the end of the day on Friday and Daisy agreeing to me taking the entire day before Mothers Day to twitch a bird that I saw last week in Florida. The long drive back to New York was filled by more lousy, incidental eBird checklists, more fast food, and more road kill.

New York 101

New York Bald Eagle McDonalds Fast Food 101

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2016

Of course, I contacted Carlos Sanchez , alleged south Florida birder extraordinaire, to maximize the returns on what time I could spend. From the bulbuls we went in search of another introduced species that has taken to south Florida like home. And could we just do a quick drive through at a fast food joint?

Florida 117

Florida Miami Birds Owls 117

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Common Myna, a steadily spreading exotic in southern Florida restricted to artificial, man-made habitats. In southeastern Florida, most of the bird species restricted to parking lots and similar artificial habitats are exotic species. Ring-billed Gull, an abundant wintering species in parking lots of southeast Florida.

Miami 124

Miami Fast Food Florida Birds 124