10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Way back in January Mike and I made a quick trip to Puerto Rico with the hope of cleaning up on all of the endemic species on the island. We needed to see a parrot on the one evening we had left, 17 January, and failure was not an option. How about some pictures of parrots? Our vigil began. And waited. And waited.

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Parrots Puerto Rico Apes Endangered Species 101

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2020

Daniel Cadena — “The Origin and Future of a Tropical Diversity Hotspot” Beyond that, I primarily limited myself to the subject matter of hurricane impacts on birds and anything about Puerto Rico. But I also dabbled in topics such as Snowy Owl eruptions, urban ornithology, window strikes, and eBird (of course).

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Puerto Rico Parrots Protection Ecuador 260

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Despite the Central American nation being occasionally confused with Puerto Rico, Costa Rica is not an island, it doesn’t really count as “Caribbean birding”, so what gives? Roosting Great Potoo and Crested Owls! Centro Manu has those too, best of all, a pair of incredibly easy Crested Owls.

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Costa Rica Puerto Rico Birds Owls 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

Monk Parakeet is the only parrot species that builds its own nest. Stephen Pruett-Jones, an evolutionary biologist who has extensively studied the Monk Parakeets of Chicago, only says that the nests offer a successful alternative to the tree hollows or palm trees utilized by other parrot species. The answer lies in the nests.

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Chicago New York City New York Illinois 209

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2017

Last year beats were being spotted way beyond their usual habitat with checklists shared from India, Puerto Rico and Israel. Eastern Screech-Owl – Megascops asio. Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. Puerto Rican Screech-Owl – Megascops nudipes.

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100