10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Nonggang Babbler shown earlier is a good illustration of the Wikipedia statement that “this group [Old World Babblers] is among those Old World bird families with the highest number of species still being discovered.” or San Francisco. Meanwhile, the Pin-striped Tit-babbler curses its fate.

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China Birds Vietnam Asia 200

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2017

We had been at sea for 5 days and 5 nights, over 100 miles off shore, sailing non-stop from the USA-Canada border to San Francisco. Both species can be found mingling together, in small groups, as they forage for crabs that have been exposed by the receding water. One of these is my very first Black-crowned Night Heron.

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San Francisco Shelters Canada California 100

Critter News

APRIL 25, 2009

Daniel Andreas San Diego, wanted for alleged involvement in 2 bombings in San Francisco has been listed by the FBI as one of their Most Wanted Terrorists. San Diego has ties to animal rights extremist groups. He is known to follow a vegan diet, eating no meat or food containing animal products.

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Daniel Andreas San Diego Extremist San Diego Animal Rights 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

Farallon NWR , a group of islands near San Francisco, hosts the largest colonies of breeding seabirds south of Alaska. Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. For example, essentially the entire population of the endangered Whooping Crane winters at Aransas NWR in Texas.

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Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico United States 189

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2017

Ashy Storm-Petrel : Approximately 50% of the world’s Ashy Storm-Petrels breed on Farallones NWR , a group of rocky islands 30 miles from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. A handful of Hawaiian Petrel chicks were recently translocated to Kilauea Point NWR on Kauai.

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Albatross Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico 137

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

We rented a car and drove to Point Reyes from San Francisco early on a Saturday morning, stopping for a quick detour at Muir Woods (because who wouldn’t stop there?). We headed into Point Reyes with vague plans to meet up with one of my college buddies, which turned out to be a big mistake.

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Seals Elephants Whales Whaling 182

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2013

They happen, and are not completely understood…that said, the differences between the groups (“Thick-billed”, “Easter”, “Sooty”,” Slate-colored”) are more often than not quite drastic. This “Sooty” Fox Sparrow was photographed in San Francisco, CA.

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San Francisco Fox Sparrows California 173

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2020

I have seen Mallards in places as distant as San Francisco and Munich. I continue to hope that history will someday repeat itself with the House Wren group. And there was great rejoicing thoughout the land!) But you pretty much must come to Mexico to see the Mexican Duck , which I see every time I go to our nearest lake.

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San Diego San Francisco Mexico Baltimore 172

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2019

Why this one city alone would be named for birds, in this country of 1,800 species, is unclear, but it could very well be a designation inspired by the nearby Islas Ballestas, an uninhabited island group just offshore from Pisco and home to enormous breeding colonies of Humboldt Penguins , Inca Terns , Peruvian Boobies , and many other species.

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Peru San Francisco Parrots Chile 121

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This makes no sense at all for a group that purports to be the national birding organization for the United States. Most Americans now live within the ABA Area, but by far the largest excluded group is the Puerto Ricans and the overwhelming majority of them are Hispanic. But progress is slow. The USVI are almost as easy: Cyril E.

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States 149

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2023

I can still recall the thrill of that first morning outside San Francisco, surrounded by new birds. For two of my group – Michael Lambarth and Sandra Fisher – this was their first serious birding trip, and they were bitten by the bug. I saw 42 lifers that day, ranging from Northern Mockingbird to Anna’s Hummingbird.

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Sri Lanka Kenya San Francisco Greece 229

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2021

We have examples of enough historical styles of buildings, mostly built with local stone, to draw groups from architecture schools. Best of all, you can fly here direct from Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. ” Well, the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Los Angeles San Francisco Costa Rica Birds 187