10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

I wanted Penguins. The African Penguins (formerly known as Jackass Penguins) were pretty much a “gotcha”, but I was still tremendously excited to see them on two field trips–the Boulders colony by False Bay and at the Stony Point colony at Betty’s Bay in the Western Cape. And Sunbirds.

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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. What was yours? Maybe I should not say that….who

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JUNE 20, 2013

If Arctic Tern chicks aren’t your thing (and if they’re not, by golly, you’re missing out on an awful lot of cuteness), explore.org also boasts webcams for Atlantic Puffins , Osprey , Common Terns , Great Horned Owls , Long-eared Owls , and Magellanic Penguins.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The “Owls and Albatrosses” chapter, for example, begins with Doug’s personal experiences observing of the nesting strategies of Malleefowl and a Moluccan Megapode, Australasian “chickens who lay their eggs in unusual ways and do not parent. that’s three birds). This is a book that requires attention.

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

There are, for example, the Penguins and Diving Ducks. A flock of wanna-be Groove-billed Ani Well, not exactly like a Pink-throated Twinspot , but the colours of this Snapper do kinda remind me of one This has got to be an owl. But what owl could possibly be this gaudy. Eagle Owls are often seen hiding in small caves.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Would Barred Owls chuckle and admit that, for the record, “No, we really aren’t saying ‘Who cooks for you’?” Penguins would need on site-freezers or other forms of strict climate control, and who would keep the Corvids from playing tricks and getting out of control? Ditto for the Kea.

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

The highlight bird of the trip for me was an unexpected Northern Hawk-Owl; a bird I wanted to seed badly, but thought I did not have a chance to find one. Northern Hawk-Owl. May be in the future I will get to write about king and Emperor Penguins , and South Polar Skuas. After a sharp turn of the road, there it was!

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JUNE 9, 2021

After a good introduction called “The Miracle of Migration,” the substance of the book is organized not by strict taxonomy, but by “loose association” into six sections: Wildfowl and Diving Birds, Seabirds, Shorebirds and Waders, Songbirds, Raptors and Owls, and “Other Bird Migrations.”. A “broad spectrum,” indeed.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I particularly like the albatrosses and owls, shrikes and boubous. Perhaps birds of prey are somewhat overcrowded, but still well organised. Some plates are replaced entirely, e.g. the excellent seabirds, newly painted by Faansie Peacock (a name to remember).

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Eight Owls Make a heart.’ I particularly love the two-page spread of Emperor Penguins looking down at the dad’s feet, each penguin filling its page as a long vertical oval that loops down at the top. ‘Six Pelicans Rest at night. Seven Finches Stand apart. within an old tree’s hollow.

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There is also a 16-page insert of 51 images and photographs, illustrating technology (bird bands, a spectrogram of a nocturnal flight call), people, and birds (a clearly outraged Magellanaic penguin wearing an early geolocation device, a Swainson’s Thrush being fitted with a Motus transmitter).

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MAY 2, 2012

Heroes, mind, you won’t find the Penguin here. 8: Nite-Owl Alan Moore’s 1986 Watchmen is perhaps the most celebrated comic of all time, even ranking in Time Magazine’s top 100 Best Novels (since 1923). 10: Songbird Mellissa Gold was for many years the Marvel supervillain Screaming Mimi.

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APRIL 5, 2011

They also have some great apps specially designed for kids like the Owl app. There are quite a few to choose from but some of the better ones include “ Happy Feet “, a film about Emperor Penguins, and “Hoot&# , a great story about saving Burrowing Owls in Florida. My youngest and a Burrowing Owl 8.

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JULY 14, 2011

This group includes the Suliformes , Pelecaniformes (as newly redefined), storks, tubenoses, penguins, loons , and perhaps tropicbirds. The relationships among these families have been pretty well sorted out, and the entire clade belongs in a clade of landbirds ( passerines, parrots, diurnal raptors, mousebirds, owls , etc.)

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Madagascar Birds Louisiana Groups 164

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

African Scops-Owl or Southern White-faced Owl. The average woman or man will tell you that they have seen a penguin, or an armadillo, or a panda. And that, over time, becomes the truth. Or three, they confirm it was A, and that becomes the truth. I mean, check out my recent post and the comments. I still have no bloody idea.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

White-tailed Lapwing by Jochen Roeder Duncan made a surprising choice: While the twitchers might have gone with the lost Emperor Penguin that washed up in June , my heart belongs to another. What’s not to like about an owl that lives underground? That’s right, my Best Bird of the Year is the Burrowing Owl !

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

There are owls in New York City. Big owls: Barred Owls on Riverside Drive and down the path from Harlem Meer, a Great Horned Owl in Central Park’s Ramble. The NYC owls have little to do with the book in front of me except that it too is about birds and people. But–is that it?

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

In Africa, Larsonidae are represented by the African Penguin. But no post on cartoon birds would be complete without an owl – a Northern Boobook , to be precise. In Europe, further research into Larsonidae is necessary before any conclusive statements can be made. They were made by Wang Jing.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

A surfin’ bird ( African Penguin , Boulders Beach, South Africa). Some farmers probably think so (Red-billed Quelea, Mkuze, South Africa). I am not exactly sure what a “Surfin’ bird” is or means, but I am confident The Cramps know.

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DECEMBER 20, 2014

Sister to this group is the Strisores : the “night birds” (excluding owls), swifts, and hummingbirds. This major radiation of water-adapted birds includes loons, penguins, and the remarkable tubenoses along with a variety of totipalmate and wading birds. The new tree confirms Hackett et al.’s Jarvis et al.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2015

A pair of Burrowing Owls are ready for their close-up. News big bird black-throated blue warbler burrowing owls cats International Bird Rescue mating penguins pheasants social groups spill' Single, for the moment, BTBW above by Corey.). It’s hard out there for a pheasant (in Nepal, that is). Sorry, couldn’t resist.).

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Or the Asian Barred Owlet (Hangzhou, China) – though I am happy this allows me to include some owl photos into this post.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Jean Loscalzo is a penguin buff (Can you blame her?) and would love to watch Rockhopper Penguins. My Brazilian wish bird would be Rockhopper Penguin: raucous, feisty birds with really cool haircuts, a sort of disheveled yellow-black shaggy look that they wear well. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? Wicked, right?

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JULY 7, 2020

with additional sections added if there is just too much interesting information for a two-page spread (“Large Sandpipers,” “Small Sandpipers,” “More Owls,” and so on). Some of the chapters focus on a specific bird, most are about bird families like hawks, tanagers, wrens, etc.,

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2020 Birds Groups North America 264

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

Everyone also loves penguins, which makes Penguins: The Ultimate Guide (Princeton Univ. Hopefully, someone who won’t mind when you sneakily use the book to find out where Northern Rockhopper Penguins (below) nest, how to distinguish Magellanics from Humboldts, or how these flightless, awesome birds evolved.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. Stygian Owl – Asio stygius. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Cano Negro/Rio Frio flooded fields.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. 01 Jan 2018. 16 Mar 2018.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Stygian Owl – Asio stygius. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Alphabetic Taxonomic. Parque do Ibirapuera.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. 01 Jan 2018. 16 Mar 2018.

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AUGUST 4, 2018

Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. European Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl – Bubo lacteus. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. Fraser Hill Central. 13 Jun 2018.

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JULY 7, 2018

Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. European Scops-Owl – Otus scops. 01 Jan 2018. 16 Mar 2018.

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JUNE 2, 2018

Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Whiskered Screech-Owl – Megascops trichopsis. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. 01 Jan 2018.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2018

Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Whiskered Screech-Owl – Megascops trichopsis. Vermiculated Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2018

Vermiculated Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Mottled Owl – Ciccaba virgata. Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Tawny Owl – Strix aluco. Barking Owl – Ninox connivens. Northern Saw-whet Owl – Aegolius acadicus. 24 Mar 2018.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2012

It protects a large area of heathland and woodland and is a good place to look for rarer species like Green Catbirds , Chestnuit-rumped Heathwrens and Powerful Owls. The north shore ferry terminal of Manly is the home of Little Penguins , which draw nightly admirers. The sea itself provides opportunities for seawatching as well.

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MARCH 3, 2018

Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Crested Owl – Lophostrix cristata. Spectacled Owl – Pulsatrix perspicillata. Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. Snowy Owl – Bubo scandiacus. Central American Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium griseiceps.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

I’m not sure who or what Le Capitaine is, but the beer label features a dapper cartoon owl wearing round, wireframe spectacles, a vest and red necktie, with a black bowler – or derby – hat levitating over its head. A Great Horned Owl , the most expected owl species in Colorado Springs according to eBird.

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