10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2023

This post is not a twitch, but it is much more fun to read if you first dwell upon the sentiments from the last picture of Corey’s post from East Pond, Jamaica Bay, 2015 It would be a bold birder that calls a Common Ringed Plover , Charadrius hiaticula where Semi-palmated Plover , C. semipalmatus is also an option.

Iceland 236

Iceland Stray Breeders Canada 236

10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2011

Queens, the finest borough in New York City, as I may have mentioned before, is where I have now seen a whopping 279 species! What species will be the ten to get me to 289? It was hunting around the edges of the West Pond of Jamaica Bay back at the beginning of March, a day that I saw both the individual in Queens and one in Brooklyn.

Jamaica 158

Jamaica Owls 2010 New York City 158

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2012

I first met Anthony Collerton when he was trying to see the Barrow’s Goldeneye at Jamaica Bay back in February. That made me wonder why someone would put so much energy into a species that is regular in New York and not a lifer. It really depends on where the strays and vagrants show up in the second half of the year.

New York 183

New York Stray Vermont Marine Life 183

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2017

Like the ladies’ man above which Corey photographed a few years ago at Jamaica Bay in NYC.). In some cases the males strayed from their Alaska home base for a bit of far-flung sex tourism in Canada and Russia.). —Dion, “The Wanderer” When it comes to being a Romeo on the run, few birds can match the Pectoral Sandpiper.

Russia 102

Russia Rights Stray Alaska 102

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

are up next, with a wonderful Australian species: It is very hard to choose a Best Bird of the Year any year. The male of this species has a royal blue throat, a white chest and rump, and a long v-shaped tail with intermittent white patches that makes it looks like part of it are floating in space. Clare (and Grant!) How cool is that?

2020 251

2020 Birds Costa Rica Germany 251