10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 24, 2018
rufifrons occasionally strays to southern Texas or Arizona, but on the whole, they are seldom seen north of the border. aureocapillus group of races. cabanisi group is found in southwest South America and the birds seen in Central America will be from the B.c.cucillivorus group. The Rufous-capped Warbler, B.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 17, 2013
New World populations of the widely distributed Sandwich Tern ( Thalasseus sandvicensis ) are treated by some authorities (including the British Ornithologists’ Union) as a distinct species: Cabot’s Tern ( T. Proposal 2013-A-7 would split the Sage Sparrow ( Amphispiza belli ) into two species: Great Basin Sage Sparrow ( A.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Slightly larger than Wales and about the size of the US state of Maryland, this country’s lure is its 703 bird species and three dozen Albertine Rift endemics among them. The intrepid could easily discover something totally unexpected if they stray from the beaten path…”. are covered in the remaining 49 pages.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
As the story goes, way back in the late 19th Century and organization called the American Acclimitazation Society was working hard to introduce every one of the 600 species of birds mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays to North America. The AAS released some hundred European Starlings into Central Park in 1890 and 1891.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 16, 2012
Evening Grosbeak ( Coccothraustes vespertinus ) by putneypics The finch family, Fringillidae, comprises more than 200 species distributed throughout the Western Hemisphere and across Eurasia, Africa, and Indomalaya. Nine species of grosbeaks form the first smaller branch within this third great branch of finches. And back to finches.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2012
Like several of my favorite NWRs, this one was established as a haven for migratory birds, most notably waterfowl, during the bad old days when uncontrolled hunting and habitat loss had put the future of even species we now think of as common in doubt. An additional fly-over by more Trumpeter Swans got the group charged up.
10,000 Birds
JULY 26, 2012
South American seriemas also belong with this newly recognized group, as explained in my earlier post. In any case, the species does come north into U.S. And also, the AOU officially recognized the new species Bryan’s Shearwater ( Puffinus bryani ), based on a reevaluation of a specimen collected in 1963 in Hawaii.
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