10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The sun was setting fast as my mom and I left Council Grove, Kansas, after a delicious steak dinner and a three hour expedition across the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. We loved the undulating green of the Kansas Flint Hills, and the positive endorphins of the hike pumped through our veins. There was a lake here?

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Kansas Pelicans ALA Cows 115

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2018

I would add new sightings to my current year list, which has stood at 250 since the Bell’s Vireo I spotted in Kansas on September 7th. Blue Jays called near the boat ramp, and a lone, juvenile Brown Pelican paddled lazily in the lapping waves. But it was not to be. – a late start by any measure.

Florida 113

Florida Alabama Kansas Pelicans 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2020

But before we get into new predictions, let’s take a look at what I predicted would be my next ten birds way back in 2015 when Barack Obama was still president, the Kansas City Royals were working their way to a World Series victory, and I was still on the young side of forty. Below are my predictions exactly as I made them.

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2018 2015 Birds 2019 164

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Jason hoisted his colours in Kansas and claimed the state for 10,000 Birds. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. 01 Jan 2018. 01 Jan 2018. 01 Jan 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113