10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

This was where I set up my bird feeders, just one at first, then expanding as everyone expressed delight in seeing the Carolina Chickadees, Dark-eyed Juncos, and Downy Woodpeckers. I picked up a Downy Woodpecker, an every-day visitor. I was shocked when I found the first body, a female Towhee. The window silhouettes were gone.

New York City 247

New York City Birds Illinois Science 247

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2012

It is commonly kept in captivity and has therefore established many feral populations world-wide originating from escaped / released cage birds. This is what happens when people choose their pet birds on visual factors alone without taking vocalizations into account. Very stupid thing to do. Yes, the Egyptian Geese there are countable.

Germany 238

Germany Netherlands Zoos Geese 238

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Feral Pigeon – Columba livia dom. Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos major. Eurasian Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis. Black-headed Gull – Chroicocephalus ridibundus. Eurasian Collared-Dove – Streptopelia decaocto. Eurasian Nightjar – Caprimulgus europaeus.

Bears 267

Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 267

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2017

Feral Pigeon – Columba livia. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos minor. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos minor. Syrian Woodpecker – Dendrocopos syriacus. Common Tern – Sterna hirundo. Common Woodpigeon – Columba palumbus. Collared Dove – Streptopelia decaocto.

Serbia 114

Serbia Breeding Woodpeckers Feral 114

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Feral Muscovy Ducks seem to attract many of those epithets. Not only are the individual ducks hard to look at, but in groups, the feral populations create the same messes other masses of waterfowl do. The word manky means many things in British parlance from dirty and disgusting to inferior and worthless.

Ducks 210

Ducks 2011 Deer New York 210

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2014

Black and Syrian Woodpeckers – year round. Common Crane – migrating over Belgrade, sometimes landing at city outskirts. Whiskered Tern – spring/summer. Long-eared Owl – year round. European Bee-eater and Roller – late spring/summer. Penduline Tit – spring/summer and mild winters. Rose-coloured Starling – irruptions every other year.

Serbia 171

Serbia Eagles Birds Sparrows 171

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. Hoffmann’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmannii. Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus. African Gray Woodpecker – Chloropicus goertae. Downy Woodpecker – Dryobates pubescens.

2019 161

2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Feral geese run the gamut from pure white to almost entirely gray or brown. Like manky mallards, ganky geese display remarkable variety due to both the methodical manipulations of breeders and the variable volatility of the more natural kind of breeding. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

Geese 145

Geese 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2016

What is wrong with a parks department that does nothing about feral cat colonies in the parks but takes down bird feeders? Without the feeders where will the Red-bellied Woodpeckers get their peanuts? When I moved to Queens I specifically chose a place to live close to Forest Park because of the birding opportunities there.

Feral Cats 188

Feral Cats New York City Feral New York 188

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2012

Great Crested Grebe – 3 Little Grebe – 10 Black-necked Grebe – 5 Cormorant – 76 Grey Heron – 2 Mute Swan – 48 Greylag Goose – 48 Bar-headed Goose – 1 (escape/feral) Canada Goose – 18 Egyptian Goose – 1 Mallard – 88 Gadwall – 492 Pintail – 3 Shoveler – 21 Teal – (..)

Germany 176

Germany Birds Ducks Woodpeckers 176

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2018

After a quick run to the coast where I picked up a bunch of new year birds (and saw a Feral Pigeon on my way for my first bird of the year ) I headed to Crocheron Park where the tanager, I presumed, was the sole survivor of the original winter rarity trio of Yellow-breasted Chat , Wilson’s Warbler , Western Tanager.

Ducks 101

Ducks Litter Feral 2017 101

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats. I would dearly love to see an Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and I think our Carrie deserves to observe a Great Auk.

Mauritius 101

Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Every March, hope springs anew that I’ll cross paths with one of these feral fluffballs, but as April ends, so do another year’s delirious dreams. I’ve been chasing Northern Saw-whet Owls , those adorable little predators, for years now.

2011 155

2011 Owls Deer New York 155

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2014

Feral Pigeon Columba livia f. Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major : Heidelberg, BW, Germany, 5 Jan. European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis : Heidelberg, BW, Germany, 6 Jan. Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus : Les-Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Provence, France, 2 Jan. domestica : Fournes, Provence, France, 1 Jan.

2014 145

2014 France Germany Indonesia 145

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

Rock Dove, or Feral Pigeon, ( Columba livia ); Kota Kinabalu, Borneo, 2 January. PICIDAE (WOODPECKERS). Banded Woodpecker ( Picus miniaceus ); Tambunan Rafflesia Centre, 10 January. Maroon Woodpecker ( Blythipicus rubiginosus ); Danum Valley, Borneo, 1 January. LARIDAE (GULLS AND TERNS). COLUMBIDAE (PIGEONS).

2014 150

2014 New Zealand Singapore Rhinoceros 150