10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2013

The series, which was four years in the making, follows birds across six continents, from eagles in North America to hummingbirds in South America, cockatoos in Australia, cranes in Asia, and flamingos in Africa. Above, Snow Geese approach the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. And many more!).

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Downers France South America North America 189

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

A lot of destinations were mentioned, with Central and South America leading the way, New Guinea, Indonesia and Australia appearing only at the middle of the list, and African countries (South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar) lagging at the end of the list.

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Congo Africa South Africa Madagascar 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2017

In 2009, I traveled from New York City to the tropical rainforest of Ecuador. An enlarged version was published in 1997, with color photographs and more coverage of South America. The text still focuses on Central and South America, though the Caribbean is also considered to be part of the Neotropics.

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South America Ecuador Reptiles America 158

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2014

migration corridors from Argentina in the Southern tip of South America to Canada. Red Knots have already lost more than 80 percent of their coastal habitat in Florida, New Jersey, and New York. From North Carolina south to Texas, just under half of beaches are developed. Birds in Delaware Bay.

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Endangered Species Protection Delaware Species 160

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. Wicked, right?

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Ducks 2011 Deer New York 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2012

Now, as a native New Yorker who makes my home in Queens I don’t get to see many lizards. We have just three native species of lizard in New York State ( Northern Fence Lizard , Five-lined Skink and Coal Skink ) and one introduced species ( Italian Wall Lizard ).

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New York Reptiles Eggs South America 166

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2015

When people find out that I moved to Costa Rica from Niagara Falls, New York, one of the first things they ask is if I miss much from the City of the Cataracts. Like the birds that fly thousands of miles south and north each year, I feel restless in September and May.

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Costa Rica Goats South America New York 191

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

Will Raup is a birder from upstate New York who helped Corey learn a lot about birds when Corey was first starting out as a birder. But while their range expansion in the old world was made up of relatively short hops no one expected this species to move westward across the Atlantic Ocean to South America but it did just that!

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Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 170

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2011

As autumn arrives and the days get shorter and cooler Tennessee Warblers make their way south to Central America and northern South America, sometimes as far south as Ecuador. I hope you enjoy the digiscoped shots in this post that were taken at Jacob Riis Park in Queens, New York. … a.

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Tennessee South America Ecuador United States 200

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

While growing up in western New York during the 70s and 80s, sure, we could have found some information, some illustrations of toucans at the local public library. A bird of lowland and foothill rainforest, the Yellow-throated Toucan can be seen in most parts of the Caribbean slope and from the Carara area south to Panama.

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Costa Rica Panama Eating Eggs South America 182

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Large groups of nighthawks have been seen flying during the day, and other birds that winter in South America are just starting to move through in huge numbers. Having come from nearly godwitless Western New York, I have a special appreciation for every single Marbled Godwit standing out there on a mudflat.

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Costa Rica South America Panama Morals 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2016

The nest had broken into pieces when it hit the floor in a clothing shop in Cold Spring, New York; but luckily store owner Elise Gorman and her customer/friend Pat Campbell sprang into action, which was where I eventually came in. These fabulous birds fly all the way to South America for the winter, then return in the spring.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Sanctuary Birds Connecticut 141

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

There is no better place to find grasspipers in New York State than the sod farms on eastern Long Island in autumn. Buff-breasted Sandpipers are hardy little birds, migrating yearly between their grassland wintering grounds in South America and their tundra breeding grounds in the high Arctic.

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Farming Argentina South America United States 158

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2019

I’m lucky that these once-common North American nightjars regularly pass over my house in upstate New York twice a year, both during their northbound spring migration and even more so in the fall on their way south. Good birding and happy drinking! Bota Box: Nighthawk Black Red Wine Blend. Three out of five feathers (Good).

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Goats Seals 2003 South America 122

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

In Costa Rica, it’s also happening, not as in full force mode as the temperate north but that will change in a month when we see thousands of Eastern Wood-pewees , flocks of Eastern Kingbirds , and other species hurrying their way to South America.

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Costa Rica South America Tennessee 2019 155

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2023

Large and colorful, they include Mexico, Central America and sometimes South America, showing the full migration route. I like that there are abundance tables for several different locations, north to south, and that they are connected by arrows to the geographic locations on the range maps.

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Los Angeles North America America Species 220

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Doug Futuyma is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University, State University of New York, and he has taught much of this material to undergraduate and graduate students, and also birders in later years, for literally decades.

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Science Albatross Research Birds 223

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2011

I was worried that I may not have a post for this weekend until I noted Corey’s submission about the Gray-hooded Gull at Coney Island, New York. ’ These were found in Cape Town, South Africa and appeared oblivious to the excitement that their cousin was causing in New York.

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South Africa Pedigree Africa New York 176

10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2011

When Doug Gochfeld posted a belated report he had received of a Gray-hooded Gull * in Coney Island on the New York State birding listserv I was fascinated. Here was a bird that had only been confirmed in the ABA area once before** and it seemed as if this bird was destined to be a single-observer bird.

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New Jersey South America New York Africa 177

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The new series was masterminded by Chanticleer founder Paul Steiner, who was lauded on his death 19 years later for his “brilliant idea of creating bird guides with photographs” and organizing them visually. New York Times, March 11, 1996. Rare Birds of North America. by John Bull and John Farrand, Jr.,

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North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Barred Owl Bombardment About the Author Carrie Carrie Laben, after years of writing and birding in New York State, moved to Montana to pursue her two great passions more effectively. Renato Mar 13th, 2011 at 8:36 am Nice post, the Collared Doves also make it to South America. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 137

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Found throughout South America in ever-dwindling numbers these extremely beautiful birds – threatened by habitat destruction and collection for the wild bird trade – are often difficult to see and hard to find. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

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Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Donna had an embarrassment of riches to choose from: It’s a tie between the Willow Ptarmigan in New York State, the confiding Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo in Panama, and Hoopoe and African Penguin in South Africa. Redgannet’s BBOTY – a Great Grebe. Yes, it was an exceptionally good year.

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2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 194

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

This means that there are some astoundingly large families of birds in Central and South America. 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? Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Panama Costa Rica 2011 Cleveland 213

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The book has garnered positive reviews in publications such as the New York Times , The Atlantic , and The New Yorker. to South America that has brown shoulders and conspicuous white markings on the rump and tail”) notes that it was named for the American naturalist Edward Harris.

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Albatross Bears Ducks Bald Eagle 105

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. 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?

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North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

Five species are not illustrated, the “probably extinct” Ivory-billed and Imperial Woodpeckers, and the little-known, range-restricted Rusty-necked Piculet (tiny area in South America), Atlantic Woodpecker (Brazilian endemic), and Yellow-faced Flameback (endemic to west-central Philippine islands).

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Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 249

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

The Henderson Archaic Pigeon ( Bountyphaps obsoleta ) is another recent discovery, this one discovered in the 1990s and described in 2008 ( Worthy and Wragg 2008 ) from remains found on Henderson Island, which is roughly halfway between Australia and South America.

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Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 278

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

And, I started daydreaming about encountering something a little different, maybe a Horned Frog, Ceratophrys cornuta, a large, squat green and brown frog of South America, with a wide mouth large enough to eat other frogs as well as reptiles. If you don’t live near a science museum, then read this chapter.

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Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 188

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2017

uses the zoogeographical ecozones and denotes North, Central and South America (Nearctic and Neotropical realms) as western and the rest of the world (Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indomalayan, Australasian) as eastern. US-NY-New York-21400-21598 Rockaway Point Blvd – 40.5597x-73.9246. Dunav Požeženo-Vinci-Usije.

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