10,000 Birds
MAY 28, 2017
Black Woodpeckers are usually easy to find in Germany. At least one birder will now likely grab his war hammer and check flight availabilities from New York to Frankfurt as well as average prison sentences in Germany for first degree murder. Here in Germany, we have them. Well, they are big. Forest types?
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
Sure, occasionally a bird has given me problems, like Black-backed Woodpeckers back in 2007 when I was doing an alleged Big Year in New York State, but not seeing a bird for a single year does not make it a nemesis. But Black Woodpecker ? Yet, here I am, back from Austria, minus one Black Woodpecker sighting.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2014
Sure, I didn’t like it in 2007 when I was doing a (not very) big year in New York and Black-backed Woodpecker would not cooperate for me. Just in New York State I have seen eight different Whimbrel. This is an American Dipper by Redgannet, who probably wonders what the big deal is.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2013
A text message that let me know about a mega-rarity in New York ! New York State’s first Grace’s Warbler. March was very slow so I took the time to enjoy the common birds , especially woodpeckers and turkeys. I was pleased to add a new woodpecker to my Queens list too. Indigo Bunting.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 21, 2011
They are not so incredibly rare in Germany anymore but this was the first I’ve seen around Heidelberg and the first anywhere since 2009. If it doesn’t count: Crested Tits popping up all over my neighbourhood, south of Heidelberg, Germany. Kirby Adams Mar 21st, 2011 at 10:03 am Mine was several flocks of Cedar Waxwings.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
Barred Owl Bombardment About the Author Carrie Carrie Laben, after years of writing and birding in New York State, moved to Montana to pursue her two great passions more effectively. You’d think that the parks of New York City would be a natural for this bird, if it can survive from India to Montana. Wicked, right?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 9, 2011
Palm Warblers in Central Park Answers to A Diabolical Quick Quiz Cow Birds About the Author Jochen Jochen Roeder was born in Germany and raised to be a birder. Here in Germany, where garbage is a costly thing to get rid of, it’s big “sleek and white-collar&# business. They’re Back! And definitely take a look at gulls.
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