10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. Ringer Anhingas and darters , cormorants and shags , frigatebirds , gannets and boobies , pelicans , and the tropicbirds all share a characteristic found in no other living bird: Their feet are totipalmate.

2011 155

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 155

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2021

The year list remains low, at 1425 but the life list was bolstered this month by Donna’s Antillean Nighthawk and has reached 4069. The year list remains low, at 1425 but the life list was bolstered this month by Donna’s Antillean Nighthawk and has reached 4069.

Woodpeckers 256

Woodpeckers Sparrows Ducks Niger 256

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

147 American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. 181 Barn Owl – Tyto alba. 182 Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. 183 Crested Owl – Lophostrix cristata. 184 Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. 185 Central American Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium griseiceps.

Sparrows 218

Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots Costa Rica 218

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2021

Yet, 79 checklists were submitted by 8 beats, accounting for 366 species in 5 countries. Yet, 79 checklists were submitted by 8 beats, accounting for 366 species in 5 countries. Yet, 79 checklists were submitted by 8 beats, accounting for 366 species in 5 countries.

Sparrows 254

Sparrows Woodpeckers Ducks Blackbirds 254

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2014

By the end of a day, the best bird was the White-tailed Eagle that caught and ate a fish right in front of us – a species they have seen in the UK only once. Long-eared Owl – year round. Yet, my best bird was a Common Kingfisher in a quick and low fight above a wheat field – I have never seen anything like it.

Serbia 185

Serbia Eagles Birds Sparrows 185

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2020

Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Tawny Owl – Strix aluco. Barred Owl – Strix varia. Gray Heron – Ardea cinerea.

2020 157

2020 Sparrows Blackbirds Woodpeckers 157

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Watching my first Brown Pelicans , I am inhaling deeply and commenting to Sergio Arias how strong the scent is. From there, we head to a local restaurant to join the rest of the team for lunch, an excellent fish spiced by a reggae/calypso band in the background. In the off season, at least. Snowy Cotinga by Niklas Aronsson.

Costa Rica 149

Costa Rica Reptiles Farming Mississippi 149

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2021

191 Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. 242 Barn Owl – Tyto alba. 243 Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. 244 Spectacled Owl – Pulsatrix perspicillata. 245 Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. 246 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum.

Woodpeckers 193

Woodpeckers Sparrows Ducks Parrots 193

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species. The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species.

Woodpeckers 213

Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds California 213

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Wood Stork and White Pelican. Even a big trip to Canada, though it turned up many other delightful species ( Boreal Owl , anyone?) Fish and Wildlife Service. Little by little, I expanded my horizons. One by one, birds that I’d thought of as pictures on a page became real. Little Auk and Red-throated Loon.

Pythons 191

Pythons Litter Montana 2006 191

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2021

Checklists came in from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Costa Rica and Australia) and brought the year list for 2021 so far to 1143. Checklists came in from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Costa Rica and Australia) and brought the year list for 2021 so far to 1143.

Sparrows 161

Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds Ducks 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2024

Fishing with explosives has been explicitly forbidden as a helpful sign informed. There was a large raft of hundreds of American Coot , an American White Pelican and lots of duck species. The bird hovered, plunged and caught a large fish. I got out, stretched and looked an Eastern Screech-Owl straight into its gorgeous eyes.

Ducks 162

Ducks Emotional Cattle Owls 162

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2019

American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Flammulated Owl – Psiloscops flammeolus. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Burrowing Owl – Athene cunicularia.

2019 121

2019 Sparrows Woodpeckers Idaho 121

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2012

This is the story of the pelicans of New Zealand. Australian Pelican ( Pelecanus conspicillatus ) at Centennial Park, Sydney No pelicans were recorded in New Zealand when the Europeans first arrived, and it wasn’t until 1930 that fossils of pelicans were discovered in a cave in central North Island.

New Zealand 184

New Zealand Pelicans Solomon Islands Palau 184

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Pink-backed Pelican – Pelecanus rufescens. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. Central American Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium griseiceps.

2019 179

2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 179

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Japanese Scops-Owl – Otus semitorques. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. African Scops-Owl – Otus senegalensis. Rough-legged Hawk – Buteo lagopus. 26 Oct 2019.

2019 120

2019 China Battery Jamaica 120

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2023

I always undertake a number of short timed surveys for the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Big Farmland Bird Count in February, and though the counts didn’t add anything to the year list, they were memorable for finding big flocks of finches and buntings, while a daylight-hunting Barn Owl was a pleasing sight.

Estonia 236

Estonia Portugal Greece Barn Owls 236

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. Spot-billed Pelican – Pelecanus philippensis. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Mottled Owl – Ciccaba virgata. Central American Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium griseiceps. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh.

2019 122

2019 Jamaica Eggs Woodpeckers 122

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Thanks mostly to David Lindo, The Urban Birder, there are a few British bird groups touring the country every year now, even the BBC came to film the world famous Long-eared Owl gathering in the town of Kikinda with more than 700 birds in some winters. 2 Baranda fish farm. eBird bar chart. #2 eBird bar chart. #1 eBird bar chart.

Serbia 168

Serbia Birds Farming Bulgaria 168

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2015

PELECANIDAE (PELICANS). Pink-backed Pelican ( Pelecanus rufescens ); Mkuze GR, South Africa, 30 January. African Fish Eagle ( Haliaeetus vocifer ); Chobe NP, Botswana, 1 January. Grey-headed Fish Eagle ( Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus ); Singapore Botanical Gardens, Singapore, 25 February. STRIGIDAE (OWLS).

2015 185

2015 South Africa Botswana Singapore 185

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

American White Pelican: 19. Brown Pelican: 53. Barn Owl: 3. Eastern Screech-Owl: 5. Great Horned Owl: 3. Burrowing Owl: 3. Barred Owl: 1. Fish Crow: 492. Red-breasted Merganser: 7. Common Loon: 1. Pied-billed Grebe: 91. Horned Grebe: 3. Wood Stork: 77. Magnificent Frigatebird: 3. Anhinga: 95.

Miami 169

Miami 2015 United States Birds 169

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2017

It was a destination I had never experienced so I made a few phone calls and got some information from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife agent who actually runs both the Butte Valley and the Shasta Valley Wildlife Areas, which are about 25 miles apart. A few weeks ago I led a field trip to Butte Valley Wildlife Area.

Wildlife 100

Wildlife Chipmunks Sparrows Blackbirds 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2015

And it had to start at 5:45 am, because if we wanted owls this was when we had to get them. It was a dark and foggy ride into Nags Head Woods, the only forest of any sort on the islands, and we paused every few hundred meters and listened for owls. The three main impoundments at Pea Island were packed with birds.

North Carolina 150

North Carolina Rattlesnake Sparrows Owls 150

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2021

Here they are; 1 Little Tinamou – Crypturellus soui 2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis 3 Snow Goose – Anser caerulescens 4 Graylag Goose – Anser anser 5 Brant – Branta bernicla 6 Barnacle Goose – Branta leucopsis 7 Canada Goose – Branta canadensis 8 Mute Swan – Cygnus olor 9 Black (..)

Woodpeckers 156

Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds Ducks 156

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2020

203 Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. 251 Oriental Scops-Owl – Otus sunia. 252 Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. 253 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. 254 Tawny Owl – Strix aluco. 255 Barred Owl – Strix varia. 436 Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus.

2020 295

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds 295

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2021

We had not seen an Australian Pelican on our last visit, but now the water level had dropped there was one lone bird. The Black-necked Storks were busy fishing as were the Gull-billed Terns and White-bellied Sea-Eagles. There were also White-faced Herons , White-necked Herons and White Ibis. Intermediate Egret. White-necked Heron.

Pelicans 229

Pelicans Australia Parrots Eagles 229

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Barking Owl – Ninox connivens. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. Common Ground Dove – Columbina passerina.

2020 151

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds 151

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

95 American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. 128 Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. 198 Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. 231 Mottled Owl – Ciccaba virgata. 320 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. 363 Barn Owl – Tyto alba.

2020 130

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots 130

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2021

The year list ends on a provisional (some beats will be birding ’til the final whistle to try and salvage a ravaged year) 1803 species from 1602 checklists submitted by 12 beats from 16 countries.

2020 230

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Ducks 230

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium costaricanum. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. Burrowing Owl – Athene cunicularia. Sakule fish farm (Jer Lake). Sakule fish farm (Jer Lake). Sakule fish farm (Jer Lake). 26 Nov 2019.

2019 143

2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 143

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

The life list reached 4052 this month. The life list reached 4052 this month.

Sparrows 197

Sparrows Woodpeckers Ducks Parrots 197

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Great White Pelican – Pelecanus onocrotalus. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus.

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2019

Great White Pelican – Pelecanus onocrotalus. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Elf Owl – Micrathene whitneyi. Barking Owl – Ninox connivens. Flammulated Owl – Psiloscops flammeolus. Central American Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium griseiceps.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. Stygian Owl – Asio stygius. fishing beach. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Green-and-rufous Kingfisher – Chloroceryle inda. 25 Oct 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2019

enta fish farm. American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus ichthyaetus. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Mountain Scops-Owl – Otus spilocephalus.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Jodrey State Fish Pier. fishing beach. American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. 14 Feb 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Stygian Owl – Asio stygius. fishing beach. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Watch out for Tom during October to see this anomaly put right.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113