10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2016

The first to publish was New Jersey and since then six more states have come out: Colorado, Florida, California, Pennsylvania, Texas and New York. Who wouldn’t want to open up a present and find out it is a book about birds? These books make wonderful gifts!

North America 106

North America North Carolina New Jersey New York 106

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Sarah Atlas is a search-and-rescue dog handler, one of many civilian volunteers who serve with New Jersey Task Force 1. They were to be deployed to Ground Zero with 200 other members of New Jersey Task Force 1, including structural engineers and medical workers, as well as other search-and-rescue people. Lautenberg.

New Jersey 100

New Jersey Rescue Medical Dogs 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2014

The fastest route was across New Jersey and a big chunk of Pennsylvania on Interstate 80 and then north forever on Interstate 81. We crossed the Delaware Water Gap, the Endless Mountains, the Southern Tier of New York, and then, as I pushed my Ford Focus to its limits, we crossed the law and the law won.

New York 231

New York New York City South Dakota Bald Eagle 231

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2012

His main purpose here is presenting the way he looks at birds, “the whole bird and more” approach to birding. But, before we get to the patch, Lovitch takes us to his home state of New Jersey for a “Case Study” in applying his principles and better birding skills on the road. I loved this chapter.

New Jersey 234

New Jersey Science United States Birds 234

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

Dale Rosselet is an educator, and tour leader, associated since 1983 with New Jersey Audubon, where she is currently Vice-president for Education. Both are birders first and foremost, both are known in the New Jersey birding community as mentors, and it shows. Geography, for example.

Birds 169

Birds New Jersey Science Groups 169

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2012

Seeing this bid brings back memories of those times living on the east coast and birding New Jersey where I wish I would’ve payed better attention. The easiest way to point out the differences will always be to present a comparative photo. The darker chest is a good indicator as well as the lack of darkness on the cheek.

Denver 166

Denver Ducks New Jersey United States 166

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2014

I landed in Tulsa on a Saturday, and later that night Kim told me the presentation I was scheduled to give the following afternoon might be sparsely attended, if not canceled, because of the approaching snowstorm. I live in New York; I’ve also lived in Maine and Switzerland.

Tulsa 182

Tulsa Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma Wildlife 182

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

Currently, that includes leading “Birds and Art” tours for VENT, editing the book review section of ABA’s Birding magazine, presenting at festivals and bird clubs, plus writing maybe the most erudite birding blog around, Birding New Jersey (it’s more than New Jersey).

North America 147

North America Sparrows America United States 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2015

That was the first thing we–our New Jersey Audubon group of 11 birders, led by Scott Barnes–noted as we exited the airport. Full disclosure: Both close-up photos were also cropped, slightly brightened and contrasted, in the interests of presenting a bird that is difficult to differentiate from its background.).

Honduras 248

Honduras Birds Costa Rica Groups 248

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

These were apparently the original focus of the project, and, as explained in the Preface, the authors decided at some point to expand status coverage to the Bronx, Central and Prospect Parks, New York City, and the New York City area, which encompasses parts of Westchester County, Long Island, and New Jersey.

New York City 149

New York City New York Birds Breeding 149

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2012

They lurk ever-present in our sub-concious as sacred items on an unobtainable, yet highly desirable, list. Even still, there are believed to be only 100 pairs of Pel’s Fishing Owls in the entire delta, an area roughly comparable in size to the US state of New Jersey. Birding’s Holy Grails.

Owls 246

Owls Fish Botswana Barn Owls 246

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

New York City apartments don’t allow feeders to be hung from fire escapes (though I know certain birders that skirt that rule), and it wasn’t until I had already been birding for four-and-a-half years that I obtained a small yard in central New Jersey in which I could place a feeder or two or three.

Birds 172

Birds New York City Squirrels New York 172

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2017

I started the year in Florida, traveled to India with the ABA in February, combined family and birding in an August trip to California, and in-between saw very good birds in New York and New Jersey. The year list total is 709 countable and 2 non-countable birds. I like to add, “But I’m not a lister!”

2016 109

2016 India Ducks Birds 109

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2012

It seems likely that eventually a population will take root in the Bronx because Pileated Woodpeckers are relatively common in Westchester County, which is just north of the Bronx, and Bergen County, New Jersey, just across the Hudson River.

New York City 245

New York City New York Woodpeckers New Jersey 245

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Also present in other parts of the park were fox and white-throated sparrows. Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network. I see why people sometimes call them gray ghosts. Falling through the ice could not have been fun.

2011 154

2011 New York Deer Birds 154

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Species Accounts–Plates: Three plates are presented for most species: Winter/Spring, Summer/Fall, and Flying (usually a 2-page plate whose length accentuates the beauty of waterfowl in flight). To help us practice, Waterfowl presents mystery plates. So–not a fan of hunting.

Ducks 117

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 117

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

There were birders from a wide cross-section of the United States: Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, Iowa, Wyoming, Washington State, Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida. I’m sure there are states that I missed, but you get the idea.

South Africa 253

South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 253

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2016

It was my second field guide, and I quickly gave it that worn look I imagined all “real” birder’s field guides had by dropping it into the creek at Allaire State Park in New Jersey (by accident!). I purchased my first Sibley— The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America —in 2003. ” Thank you, David Sibley!

North America 159

North America 2003 Birds America 159

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Kevin Karlson is co-author of The Shorebird Guide , Birding by Impression , and The Birds of New Jersey. Dunne and Karlson are presenting an alternative system of gull identification, one that they believe is simpler than the traditional emphasis on cycles and plumages. This is their second co-authored book.

North America 199

North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 199

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2011

birders on the dike at Higbee Beach before sunrise Call notes, flight style, shape of tail, length of wing, and overall jizz are all buzzing through the heads of the birders on the dike as the birds blow by. On my visit, which was on Sunday morning, 23 October 2011, the most common birds were yellow-rumps, robins, and flickers.

Bald Eagle 192

Bald Eagle Woodpeckers Blackbirds 2011 192

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Each species/subspecies is presented by age and type of pose, though not strictly so for each species. I was happy to see that the Mississippi Kite map documents the kite’s incursion into the Northeast, including two notable nesting sites in New Jersey and New Hampshire. Plate 3, Osprey, Birds of Prey of the East.

North America 190

North America Birds Mississippi Bald Eagle 190

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I grab my binoculars, camera, and field guide and drive 2-and-a-half hours to southern New Jersey. A second quick finding tool is the Visual Index of Bird Families on the inside front and back covers, presenting the 86 chapters in order with bird images, text, and page numbers. Forsythe NWR.

North America 182

North America America 2017 Birds 182

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

The Prologue presents the two contrasting obsessions, a narrative that intrigues with promises of more details to come. Credits: Red-ruffed Fruitcrow, Brazil, by Francesco Veronesi, used under Creative Commons license; Spangled Cotinga by Mathias Appel, Flickr, public domain. The Feather Thief is divided into four parts.

Collecting 103

Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 103

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Forty-seven sites are described here, ranging from interior sites like Whitefish Point, Michigan and Conejohela Flats, Pennsylvania to coastal sites like the Cape May Avalon seawatch in New Jersey and Brier Island, Nova Scotia. Some of these are well-established migration counting points; others have been included for their potential.

Ducks 231

Ducks Groups Species North America 231