10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Now that we have “settled” in Tucson, Arizona, or at least this is where the 5th Wheel is for the time being, it has been nice to be able to spread out a bit. In my exuberance to set up my long desired bird sanctuary, I did not figure in the cost. I need to find a wholesale account for my bird seed somewhere. We will be back often!

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Tucson Costa Rica Arizona Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2019

When we returned to Tucson, from the Bahamas, I was approaching a milestone number, 1300 bird species, and drove myself hard, climbing, hiking, searching, and driving all over the state of Arizona looking for those last eight birds. By 7:30, two of the owls starting calling back and forth across the small ravine, and I had my 1300th bird!

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Costa Rica Tucson South Africa Bahamas 138

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2019

Snowy Owl – Bubo scandiacus. Northern Saw-whet Owl – Aegolius acadicus. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. Short-eared Owl – Asio flammeus. Long-eared Owl – Asio otus. Western Screech-Owl – Megascops kennicottii.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2019

Little Owl – Athene noctua. Elf Owl – Micrathene whitneyi. Barking Owl – Ninox connivens. Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary. Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary. Flammulated Owl – Psiloscops flammeolus. Central American Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium griseiceps. 28 May 2019. 28 May 2019.

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