10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 14, 2019
As always, I was the first to the platform and in the light northwest wind and under a full moon I sipped my coffee and willed birds to make some noise so I could start checking off species. Eventually, an Eastern Towhee che-winked and I had my first species for the day. The moon was impressive as it sank down to the horizon.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 11, 2011
This Yellow-crowned Amazon was not quite as vociferous as his Central American cousins And like many of these birds, I too love to spend time beneath the water – there are few things better than free diving or scuba diving with dolphins, whale sharks or coral reef fish. But what owl could possibly be this gaudy.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 28, 2014
It’s almost a bucolic place; sea turtles nest on the beaches, Humpback Whales and bat rays frolic just offshore, and you can buy the freshest fish from the panga fisherman at Punta Lobos every afternoon. Other desert denizens (that we missed) include Harris’s Hawk , Elf Owl , and Pyrrhuloxia.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2013
Like several species, breeding Peregrines were extirpated during the height of the DDT era but have reclaimed their island domain in more recent years. The Channel Islands have all sorts of species and subspecies that are endemic to the islands, including mammals, reptiles, plants, and of course birds, many of which are nonmigratory.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2013
Now my Queens list stands at a whopping 302, which means I have actually added thirteen species since my last predictions. Cory’s Shearwater* Snowy Owl * Purple Martin* Cory’s Shearwater*. Yellow-breasted Chat* Long-eared Owl* Cory’s Shearwater* White Ibis.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2017
1) Dusky Eagle-Owl. But the best was when we were gathering at the gatehouse to leave (many of us still taking Taj selfies) and a sister birder casually asked if I’d seen the Dusky Eagle-Owl. I tested the waters before my California pelagic, with a brief Atlantic Ocean voyage, a whale watching trip from Montauk, N.Y.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 4, 2012
On the subject of parrots, I have seen no less than ten species of parrot in the suburbs of Sydney, from the massive Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo to the beautiful Crimson Rosella. This ranges from the eucalyptus forests that everyone associates with Australia, and are home to New South Wales’ only endemic species, the Rockwarbler.
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