10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2014

First was an awesome stay in Iceland. You can take in views of waterfowl including Eurasian Wigeon , Barnacle Geese , Trumpeter Swan , and a plethora of ducks and gulls. Also fairly common, but new to my list was a Spotted Flycatcher and a grooming Tree Sparrow that I had almost written off as a House Sparrow.

Finland 173

Finland Estonia Birds Europe 173

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

So, yes, Thayer’s Gull is in the book, but the reader is cautioned that the gull with be lumped with Iceland Gull “in the near future.” Subspecies maps were also added in the 6th edition, and 16 were added in this edition, including maps for Song Sparrow (a big one!), Black-capped Chickadee, and Rock Ptarmigan.

North America 187

North America America 2017 Birds 187

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2020

There are newly determined species resulting from a decade of splits: Ridgway’s Rail, Sagebrush and Bell’s Sparrows, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay and California Scrub-Jay, Scripps’s Murrelet, Cassia Crossbill, and Morrelet’s Seedeater. These are the species that immediately come to my mind, and I probably missed some.

North America 237

North America America 2020 Hawaii 237