10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2012

I have been to this festival for the last 5 years and have watched it grow and develop into arguably the best birding festival in North America. We had scheduled one of our afternoons to go and look for Barred Owls in the Palm Bay area of Brevard County. Amazing that they named their restaurants for these lovely owls.

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

Over the past two weeks, an incursion of Snowy Owls ( Bubo scandiacus ) has spread rapidly across the Great Lakes region and down the Atlantic Coast, as far south as North Carolina. This new analysis again suggested that Snowy Owls (and the fascinating fish-owls ) are embedded within the eagle-owl complex.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Looking at a book like Barn Owl by David Chandler, it’s not hard to feel that appreciation even if you’ve never given the matter much thought before. In the end, Chandler comes very near his goal of creating “a book for anyone in Europe or North America who wants to know more about the Barn Owl.”

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The Chiricahua Mountains have some of the best birding in North America. Further up in Portal, the laughter of diminutive Elf Owls takes over, as they fly about catching moths and scorpions. A little further up still and the bouncing ball like call of Whiskered-screech Owls as they wake up from their day slumber.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2011

I waited until now to post about the owl because the small size of the marsh at Plum Beach and the ease with which people can get into the marsh made it likely that if the owl’s location had been publicized it would have faced repeated disturbances from those hoping to see or photograph it. How cool is that? … a.

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JULY 8, 2020

We also have many species that we share with the rest of Mexico, Central America, and/or the southwest of the United States. Fourth, a significant number of migratory species visit us in the winter, most from western North America, but a few from the continent’s eastern side. Photo from our church, here in Morelia.

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MARCH 4, 2020

The same can be said for the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl , this time seen through layers of flowering shrubs. This is significant because range maps suggest that this species does indeed winter along Mexico’s Pacific coast, but does not cross the wider part of central Mexico to return to eastern North America.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Winter may not technically begin for another couple of weeks, but frigid temperatures and wicked snow are assailing various parts of North America. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was one that many birders across the Northeastern and Midwestern United States probably also selected, a Snowy Owl. How about you?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2016

In Oregon, the Barred Owl is taking over Northern Spotted Owl territory and threatening that smaller bird’s survival. On the other hand, the extinction of the Spotted Owl is completely unacceptable. Agonizing quandaries concerning invasive species are well-known to wildlife biologists.

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JULY 2, 2014

One of the major draws to the festival was viewing the Great Gray Owl, but that is for another post altogether. References: 1 Birds of North America Online. The Wildlife Conservation Stamp Project was one of the sponsors of the festival which was hosted by the Klamath Bird Observatory.

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MARCH 25, 2016

The largest hawk in North America weighs about four pounds, so leaving the ground carrying three – let alone twelve – would be aerodynamically (not to mention logically) impossible. The answer is: no. No hawk can carry off a 12-pound pet. No hawk can carry off a 3-pound pet.

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MAY 4, 2021

With two of North America’s major flyways, Mississippi and Central, overhead, and with almost 400 miles of coastline Louisiana is one of those states where you can see Eastern and Western birds and a hell of a lot of shorebirds and waterfowl. And there are the birds. Map by Lynn Hathaway.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2013

Perhaps because of threats to the ecosystems of the many places the Arctic Tern visits (Europe, Africa, South America, and North America), it may be on the decline. (You can learn more about their incredible journeys here.) . For example, over the past decade, the population in the Gulf of Maine has dropped by 40 percent.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Guiding aside, Howell is a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences and the author of many books, including Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America (Princeton). Howell and Fabrice Schmitt: both of them are international bird tour leaders with WINGS. and I am glad to see this bold move in this book.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

This is the first identification guide that I know of that covers Mexico (technically North America but rarely included in North American raptor guides) and Central America. Owls are not included, though they sometimes are in ‘raptor’ guides. klak-klak, keeear!,

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OCTOBER 27, 2018

Considered ‘undeveloped’ as a park, the habitat diversity here is some of the best in North America. Barred Owl. Grandfather Mountain State Park, North Carolina. Appalachian cove forests dominate this park, which is surrounded by the northern portion of the Cherokee National Forest. Photo by © Mike Blevins.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2012

This didn’t detract from the pleasure of finding one of North America’s most strikingly marked wablers. This individual was seen during a recent visit to San Francisco while I was looking for a Great Horned Owl’s nest in Golden Gate Park. It was almost as if the species had been forgotten.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Rough-legged Hawks (or Buzzards ) don’t seem to generate much excitement here in northern North America. They spice up their vole-based diet with the occasional Snow Bunting or Ptarmigan or even a young, confused Short-eared Owl. When suitably-sized branches for fixing the nest are scarce, they sometimes use caribou bones.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

Residents of southeastern Arizona that you can also see here are the Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Yellow-eyed Junco , and Elegant Trogon. If you live on the west coast of North America, Arizona is much closer. I took this photo of a Grace’s Warbler just this Monday. I love Red-faced Warblers !

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The Lab operates All About Birds , which has free and authoritative information on identification and bird biology, as well as Birds of North America. Both operate websites that provide useful content, including lists of major birding festivals (there are now dozens across North America throughout the year) and birding hotspots.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

At first, from a distance, I thought it was a hawk or an owl. These are the largest nightjars in North America, significantly larger than Whip-poor-will or any of the nighthawks. And then I heard its distinctive and weird call. A Chuck-will’s-widow !

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Bank and Barn Swallows also migrate through in huge numbers, maybe even the majority of the individuals of these common species that breed in North America. There are also hawks, small owls that eat birds, cats near the ground, and snakes, always snakes. How many Sinaloa Martins also fly this way?

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MAY 7, 2019

How to Know the Birds talks about 200 commonly found birds in North America (including one extinct bird, the Passenger Pigeon) in 200 brief essays, each exactly one page long. But, it’s more than that, because each essay also includes “a big idea, a method or technique or resource, about bird study in our age” (p.

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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. Larry’s BBOTY – Great Gray Owl. Maybe I should not say that….who

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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? From conversations I have had with Tico birders, they would be likewise elated to lay eyes on the fish eagle of North America.

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JULY 5, 2013

In North America, that is. The ABA currently lumps the Mangrove Warbler and Golden Warbler with the Yellow Warbler (the IOC lumps Mangrove and Golden Warbler together but splits them from the Yellow Warbler that breeds in North America.) As you travel south, everything gets all higgledy-piggledy.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

Sure, this is my first trip to North America, but still, who could find fault with 20+ wood warblers in a day? Just before we went out to go try find the displaying Woodcocks, an Eastern Screech Owl had payed us a visit. The Biggest Week in American Birding – on the shores of lake Erie, Ohio – is going really nicely.

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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. • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover? Wicked, right?

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MAY 6, 2013

To say nothing of the opportunity to glimpse lifer birds that I’d likely never get to spy in my midwestern neck of the woods, including the adorable Western Screech Owl captured so wonderfully here by Larry Jordan. So I’m quite interested in exploring a new territory. These people have thought of everything!).

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

” But a lot of birds of prey like to sample the lighter fare on the invertebrate menu: kites and small falcons eat dragonflies, screech-owls eat beetles and even Swainson’s Hawks will follow a tractor to get grasshoppers that are kicked up.

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10,000 Birds

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.

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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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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

But getting a grip on gulls can be rewarding, and even within a large group of seemingly drab-colored, dump-loving trash eaters, there are spectacular species, like the dramatic Sabine’s Gull, the nearly mythical Ivory Gull, and easily one of the most sought-after species in North America, the mysterious Ross’s gull. (p.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2015

During the Pleistocene, Dholes were found across the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe and North America, sharing their space with sabre-toothed cats. Previous posts about the same tour: Melghat Tiger Reserve: The Search for the Rarest Owl of India. If they can survive next to such neigbours, how come they are endangered?

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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. Our native bluebirds, woodpeckers, owls, and flycatchers have paid the price of bardophilia ever since. Those wacky pharmacists.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2015

— and link that to something abut the Great Grey Owl and my BFF Analiese Miller who is an amazing, emerging, photographer who has recently trained her 300mm Cannon F4 lens on the birds (including the Great Grey) at Sax Zim. Birds Cassin''s Auk crows Great Grey Owl Mass Death research' You see, it is all connected.

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JULY 26, 2014

One wonders how innocent the Spotted Owl finds the rampant range expansion of the Barred Owl. – Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand – The Cattle Egret Expansion – Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere) – It’s a Myth – Isn’t It?

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