10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2012

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY, April 2010 Everyone knows that New York City is an extremely expensive place to live. If one is lucky enough to find a place that one likes one must often pay in rent per month what would easily be a mortgage payment in a more sane part of the country.

New York City 166

New York City New York Jamaica 2010 166

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

I put it in a small box for several hours, where it appeared to recover, but studies have shown that internal injuries from a strike usually kill the bird. FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness. The more glass, the more bird kills. ©2012 Donna L.

New York City 247

New York City Birds Illinois Science 247

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

If you followed Dorian’s adventures on his Big Year blog, Biking for Birds , you are familiar with many of these stories, but not the major one, the internal journey that was going on inside Dorian’s mind as he pedaled and birded: his history and multi-year struggle with alcoholism and related addictions.

Birds 204

Birds Los Angeles Massachusetts New York City 204

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

House Sparrows were introduced to New York City in 1852 and later in other areas. Now, there is a new study that has significant advantages of the Bumpus study, though the latter will still be useful in teaching about evolution because of its limitations and the questions it raises.

Killing 189

Killing South Africa Nebraska Collecting 189

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

From Hiro, we learn how Northern Pygmy Owls are “rule breakers,” not incubating eggs till all are hatched and then raising owlets that mature at the same rate even though the eggs were laid asynchronously (as most owl eggs are). It’s a huge subject, especially when you start looking at owl symbolism as it appears in art.

Owls 200

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 200

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Without further ado, here are our Best Birds of the Year for 2015… Jochen makes us all jealous with a bird that most of us would kill to see. 2015 was challenging, at best, on a personal level but it was a fantastic year for birds in New York City. 2015 was great and here’s hoping 2016 will be even better.

2015 180

2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 180