10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2019

Zach Schwartz-Weinstein is a writer, teacher, organizer, and birdwatcher who lives in upstate New York. This longspur,” Driver writes, “is named after a man who fought for years to maintain the right to keep slaves, and also fought against multiple Native tribes.”. McCown is an extraordinary case. Well, no more!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2020

Kroodsma waited for years for the right opportunity to record its different songs, a “cascade of sweet and liquid notes,” one naturalist said, “like the spray of a waterfall and sunshine.”. Good field guides to bird sounds are certainly available, particularly Nathan Pieplow’s for eastern and western North America.)

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

In the late nineteenth century, Eugene Schieffelin, a wealthy New York drug manufacturer, resolved to introduce to North America every species of bird mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare. And there’s no doubt that he introduced the starlings whose descendants are right this very moment pacing off our backyard.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2022

While growing up in Niagara Falls, New York, I often wondered if the warm and humid weather was similar to the constant short-wearing climes of tropical places. Shorebirds have left their northern tundra pools and boreal fens, August is when they pass through much of North America.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 25, 2017

And sometimes we have no idea where to start, which is where I find myself (on a micro-level) right now. Still, they’re neither endangered nor threatened, either in North America as a whole or in New York State. Unfortunately, sometimes we don’t have the political will to do that.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2012

In New York, as is the case across most of the area where the “eastern” wood-warblers migrate, there are four species that are almost always the first to appear. In fact, its population has increased over 78% in the last forty years in North America, a remarkable increase!

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Yet they also bring up questions, which I’m going to talk about right now before diving into the specifics of the guides themselves. I think we do have the right to expect that artwork and species descriptions when repeated are current, reflect recent studies and taxonomic thought. © 2023 by Steve N. © 2023 by Steve N.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

Driving to the eastern extremity of New York State with the hope of seeing a bird, rare for North America, is an odd and entertaining way to spend the predawn hours. Still no lapwings. Perhaps now would be a good time to pause and explain why we wanted to see Northern Lapwings.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Manky Muscovy Ducks Manky Muscovy Ducks By Mike • March 2, 2011 • 6 comments Tweet Share The Muscovy Duck ( Cairina moschata ) attracts more attention than most ducks, at least in North America.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2011

and Colombia respectively, have secured thirteen new conservation easements in Colombia with private landowners that will protect important habitat for the Cerulean Warbler – North America’s fastest declining neotropical migrant songbird. Wicked, right? RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? Hat-tip to Stella.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

A professional hawkwatcher for many seasons, his passion and knowledge saw him invited to join the board of the Hawk Migration Association of North America in 2013. Newly surrounded by wildlife, he found his love of birds reignited. His blog is still intermittently updated at www.underclearskies.com.

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10,000 Birds

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. Barnacles as compose. Yet they are ours. We made them.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2018

Of course, I had great plans to review the entire Mendocino line-up of bird-named beers sooner or later, but I was in no particular rush: I figured I could always fall back on one of their beers whenever I failed to happen upon some new, flashy birdy beer to review.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Larry starts us off right with an owl that makes birders drool: I was able to see and photograph many great birds in 2014 but my Best Bird of the Year would have to be the Great Gray Owl , the largest Strix in North America. What was yours? Let us know in the comments…see you there! Yes, it was an exceptionally good year.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Consider Estero Lagoon for example… In North America there are nine regular plover species, ten if you include the more vagrant Common Ringed Plover. This is an endemic breeding bird in North America and much is now being done by various federal and non-profit groups to ensure and foster its conservation.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

In the right season, with a little luck, we often find it, and sometimes it perches high and long enough that we can admire its scimitar of a bill, its stern face pattern, and even the patch of rusty red on the undertail that gives the species its English and its scientific names. Wicked, right? at Princeton University in 1990.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2018

I wonder if birders in North America before European colonization were eager to watch the colors of a singing male Indigo Bunting go from shaded black to shining sapphire blue? When I was a kid, I remember asking about the possibility of seeing a Bald Eagle around western New York. I’ll start with some global ones.

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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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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Second of all, Lewis’s Woodpeckers are birds of the west and they rarely stray to New York State. Fortunately, Tom spotted it flying in and landing in a tree over the house and we all enjoyed scope views of a great bird, a lifer for most of us and Isaac’s 400th bird in New York State! Why is that awesome?

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Photos of birds from northeastern areas predominate, not surprisingly since photographer Marie Read lives and works in upstate New York. Yellow Warblers are able to recognize Cowbird eggs, and if conditions are right will build a new nest floor on top of the egg and their own eggs, burying them.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2017

At least one birder will now likely grab his war hammer and check flight availabilities from New York to Frankfurt as well as average prison sentences in Germany for first degree murder. So, your next step is to search for the right habitat. Well, they are big.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

he said “But you saw the flash of black and white, right?&# He is the author of numerous books about birds and nature, including, most recently Feeding and Identifying Birds and The Young Birder’s Guide to Birds of Eastern North America, both part of the Peterson Field Guide Series from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing.

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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. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. White and Jeffrey A. Braunfield. Braunfield.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

My ears perk up with every new song, my tail wags (ok, not literally, but darn close) every time I see or hear about a newly-returned migrant. So right now I’m feeling pretty good about Eurasian Collared-doves. Wicked, right? Bonaparte’s Gulls on the Niagara River Bird Feeders in Forest Park What is a Tern?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Bufflehead are the smallest of North America’s diving ducks. Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? Hat-tip to Stella. Coreys 2011 Year List - 228 Copyright © 2011 10,000 Birds.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

He caught the itch, so to speak, when he arrived at Sapsucker Woods in Ithaca, New York, and he refined his birding skills with the Lab of Ornithologys Spring Field Ornithology course. Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2011

Stuff dropped off of the massive container ships or cruise vessels that ply these waters between New York and the Caribbean or just washed out from rivers on the mainland to collect in what is known among oceanographer types as the North Atlantic Subtropical gyre. Gallon jugs that once held detergent. Rusted, empty aerosol cans.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Tags: national wildlife refuge , north america , parks • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Hat-tip to Stella.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

The vast majority of Baltimore Orioles that breed in North America return to the tropics between Mexico and northern South America for the cold half of the year. Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Hat-tip to Stella.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

It is also familiar at inland sites in winter, especially reservoirs and refuse tips, and breeds in the relatively-Northerly regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. I am clearly not.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2023

Chris Cooper was (and still is) a well-known, valued member of the New York City birding community, a member of the board of directors of NYC Audubon and at the time one of the few black faces seen with binoculars in the Ramble. It is not what I expected, totally.

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APRIL 4, 2023

There are also two pages illustrating the “Holistic Approach,” silhouettes of each species (Western birds on the left, Eastern birds on the right), that allow for comparison of structure, size, and shape. I’m curious how the remaining Tyrant Flycatchers of North America will be divvied up–Kingbirds and Kiskadee?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

In 2007 Jory became the "least consistent birder" to see 300 birds in New York State in one year. North America 2. North America 3. North America 4. North America(?) North America 6. North America(?) North America 8. Wicked, right?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

All of the shots in this post were taken on 12-13 March 2011 at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, New York. 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. Wicked, right?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Sure, occasionally a bird has given me problems, like Black-backed Woodpeckers back in 2007 when I was doing an alleged Big Year in New York State, but not seeing a bird for a single year does not make it a nemesis. It’s not that I wasn’t in the right spot. I have never before had a true nemesis bird.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

For the full story, check out this link to the New York Times article. Animal rights advocates have singled out the crates, known as sow stalls, as inhumane, and several states have moved to ban or restrict their use not only in pork production, but also in the production of eggs and veal. Here's an excerpt.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2022

(Famously, the Blackburnian was the spark bird for notable birder Phoebe Snetsinger; it was also the spark bird for my friend Marylee,) Without warblers, migrant hotspots like the Ramble in New York City’s Central Park would be empty in May. He has been birding since he was a kid, led birding trips across the U.S.

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