10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

“Bird-friendly design” is becoming a common term in architectural and city planning circles and proponents can point to a successful initiative, the retrofitting of New York City’s Javits Center which reduced bird deaths by 90%. ’s Lights Out DC, to name a few.

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 264

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MAY 4, 2012

Queens, New York, May 2009 May is the month of migration in North America. Just take a look at some of the pictures I digiscoped in the first two days of May to get an idea of how great a month May is in the Borough of Queens, New York City.

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New York City New York 2009 Litter 159

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2012

Oh, right, the South Nassau Christmas Bird Count was today and a huge number of New York City and Long Island birders take part in that count every year – and none of them were on their own territory anymore! How does a bird that isn’t even in the eastern North America field guides end up on Long Island?

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New York New York City North America America 218

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JUNE 22, 2011

When I first saw the post on the New York State listserv about the Hooded Crow on Staten Island I wasn’t going to twitch it. It had to be an escaped bird or at least one that didn’t make it to the southernmost borough in New York City under its own power but by riding a boat.* … a.

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JULY 21, 2014

I grew up in Whitestone, and though the birds were not around at that time, I love the fact that they decided to populate this particular area of New York City. According to a December 1970 article in the New York Times , there was a flock of 9 to 12 birds in Fort Tilden. Not in Whitestone, that came later.

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Chicago New York City New York Illinois 220

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JULY 5, 2013

I’ve seen Yellow Warblers in the low shrubs of Western New York pastures, the river valleys of Missoula, and the trees of abandoned industrial sites in New York City. In North America, that is. As you travel south, everything gets all higgledy-piggledy.

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Connecticut Baltimore North America New York City 195

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.

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Birds New York City Squirrels New York 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2011

Though its population is declining everywhere that numbers are available, and seemingly precipitously in North America, it still has an extremely large population. In New York State , however, the Short-eared Owl is considered an endangered species and it has likely been extirpated as a breeder in several of its former strongholds.

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Owls New York City New York Rodents 145

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JUNE 7, 2019

Quite aside of aesthetic concerns, this new infrastructure could be dangerous as well – even deadly. In North America, the United States Fish & Wildlife Service estimates that up to 57 million birds perish every year in collisions with electrical utility lines.

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United States Game North America New York City 121

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

These guides are sequels, updates, and complements to Wheeler’s previous classic books, Raptors of Eastern North America and Raptors of Western North America (PUP, 2003), now out-of-print and fetching prices in three figures on used-book sites. Hawks of North America, 2nd ed. Clark and Brian K. Abieticola).”

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North America Birds Mississippi Bald Eagle 202

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

When you are a New York City-based birder that is pretty pleased with the amount of boxes ticked off on your New York State checklist you would normally want a rarity that you have not seen in the state to show up within an hour drive of your home.

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New York New York City Kazakhstan New Jersey 169

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

I haven’t yet been birding in Europe but whenever I occasionally skim a field guide about the birds on the other side of the Atlantic, I’m always encouraged to find that I’m already familiar with many species found over there, even though most of my birding experience has been limited to eastern North America.

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2017 Portugal Rabbits Europe 121

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OCTOBER 5, 2011

When the bridge opened in 1889, it was the longest bridge in North America and the first bridge to span the Hudson River between Albany and New York City. After several false starts, successful construction began in 1886. The first train crossed December 29, 1888.

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Transported New York City New York Birds 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

The Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America by Nathan Pieplow is innovative, fascinating, and challenging. The Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America is divided into three main sections: Introduction, Species Accounts, and Index to Bird Sounds (also called the Visual Index).

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North America America Birds New York 185

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

Steve Walter is a New York nature photographer, birder, and long-time member of the New York City Butterfly Club. This blog post is written by Steve and by writing it he risks inciting the wrath of a horde of North American birders. To be honest, this was actually a bit of a downer for me.

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Florida New York Downers New York City 182

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JUNE 4, 2012

A pretty major front was supposed to make its way over New York City in the wee hours so we decided to play it by ear and call each other early in the morning and figure out if the weather would be decent enough to go out at all and, if so, where we would go.

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Cape Verde New York New York City North America 169

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MARCH 20, 2017

3) It is a sequel to Good Birders Don’t Wear White: 50 Tips From North America’s Top Birders , the popular 2007 collection of essays. White and Jeffrey A. Gordon, illustrated by Robert A. Braunfield, just published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. (3) How can you tell the difference, besides the additional word in the title?

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2017 Costa Rica 2007 Hunters 163

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

The Eurasian Collared-Dove , as Larry has already ably pointed out , has spread rapidly across North America since its release in the Bahamas in the mid-1970s. It was just nice seeing a species of pigeon or dove other than Rock Pigeon or Mourning Dove in New York City. Try to tell me this bird isn’t gorgeous!

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New York New York City North America Bahamas 167

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

For example, I was going to add “no tail” to the list of features above, what all frogs share, when I remembered that there are indeed a small family of Tailed frogs, four species in New Zealand and two in North America (though, the tails are quite tiny). If you don’t live near a science museum, then read this chapter.

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Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 197

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Originally from India and the vicinity, it is believed that they had already undergone two major expansions – through Asia Minor in the 1600s, and then across Europe in the 1900s – when they first appeared in North America. We have on here in Ecuador that is very prolific in the highlands. Nicole: Glad you liked it!

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Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 144

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2023

I was concerned and horrified that this happened in my city and astonished when this seemingly local story became national then international news. I knew he was also a former Marvel comic book writer and editor, but did not know that he also, unsurprisingly, had a history of involvement in LGBTQ and Black rights advocacy.

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Emotional Birds Minneapolis Nepal 229

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JANUARY 5, 2015

Whiskered Tern is an awesome bird anywhere but it is even more amazing in North America. Seeing a pair of awesome Ammodramus sparrows in New York City. Which is fortunate, as that allowed me to see both a European Golden-Plover and a Whiskered Tern this year. That’s so cool.

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2014 Costa Rica New York New Jersey 247

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MARCH 21, 2011

It has now returned to seek revenge and wreak havoc in Ontario county before moving on to New York City. It is a Red-bellied Woodpecker that had fallen into a tank of chemical waste which bleached its nape and turned its feathers green with a bright red belly. Why so serious, Corey? Mwahahahahaaaaar!

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New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 216

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MARCH 17, 2011

Corey Mar 18th, 2011 at 7:43 am @Laura Brown: It is a tough situation there and it makes me wish it were possible and economical to catch them all and bring them back to North America. Jochen: I like that name and I might just have to adopt it.

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Ducks 2011 New York New York City 145

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OCTOBER 1, 2011

Will anyone ever break Sandy Komito’s record of 745 birds in North America area in one year? And if you are visiting New York City and would like someone to show you around the birding hotspots feel free to drop me an email. In 1998, there were only 918 species on the ABA Checklist. Thanks so much.

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New York City New York New Hampshire Research Center 157

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

Redgannet, you’ll have to come visit New York City sometime soon. A Sage Thrasher – a vagrant from western North America and only one of a handful of New York State records – was found on the other side of the Hudson River over in Columbia County in early November. Clare (and Grant!)

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2020 Birds Costa Rica Germany 256

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JANUARY 1, 2019

For some reason, even though there are Mandarin Ducks in zoos throughout New York City, this escapee has become an internationally known tourist attraction, even heading the New York Times list of “Five Times the Internet Was Actually Fun in 2018.”

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2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 179

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DECEMBER 28, 2015

2015 was challenging, at best, on a personal level but it was a fantastic year for birds in New York City. In a fairly birdless year that involved no travel outside of northeastern North America, Mike’s Best Bird of the Year had to be the Common Nighthawk observed randomly soaring over the Bronx.

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2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 189