10,000 Birds

MAY 29, 2019

The Squirrel Cuckoo is one of my personal trigger birds. Squirrel Cuckoos are a foot-and-a-half long; so long that it can be hard to take their picture with my 600mm lens. A couple more flagship species for the riverbanks of Paso Ancho are the raucous Yellow-winged Cacique , and the adorable Ferruginous Pygmy Owl.

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Squirrels Birds Mexico 2013 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2020

Once I moved to the riverbank, I got to see something else I had never seen before: a Squirrel Cuckoo , drying itself after a good bath. Finally, I’ll let you see some of my encounter with an expressive Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. One allowed me to get almost embarassingly close. It wasn’t my fault; the Sparrow came to me.

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Sparrows Cooking Squirrels Owls 163

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Many of us picture owls in the sky, silently soaring, or perched atop tree branches or light poles as they sleep or keep an eye out for prey. However, on my first trip to Aruba I scanned the ground for a very special type of small owl, known for its terrestrial antics.

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Prairie Dogs Tortoises Owls South America 101

10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2020

The only harassment came from the resident Red-tailed Squirrel family – which seemed to be more curiosity than anything else, as their nest was just about two feet away. A pair of Tropical Screech-owls have been roosting in a cherry tree for a number of years. Both species seemed content to observe each other though.

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Trinidad Birds Squirrels 2012 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2014

Erin Smithies-Baker wrote, “I once had someone call and say they were bringing me a baby hawk … or maybe an owl… no wait, a heron … I couldn’t wait to see what the heck this baby hawkowlheron was. I had a cockatoo, a vulture, a Snowy Owl , and various hawks that all turned out to be pigeons,” wrote Joanne Cina-Dreeben.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Falcons Pit Bulls 250

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2019

We were very lucky to find the Sunda Scops Owl on our last visit the day we left Singapore. It is the smallest owl that we have ever seen and it is tiny, especially when you compare it to the Powerful Owl in Australia. Sunda Scops Owl. It is also a good location for observing otters, squirrels and monitors.

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Singapore Otters Owls Zebras 115

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2013

Normally I feed vultures, as well as hawks and owls, defrosted mice and rats. He then ate a screech owl, a robin, two squirrels, a mourning dove, three chipmunks, and a rabbit. A wildlife rehabilitator friend, newly licensed, recently called to ask if he could feed a recovering Turkey Vulture anything besides defrosted rodents.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Rodents Mice Rats 194

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2022

Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103. Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103.

Sparrows 231

Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots Owls 231

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2020

The late nights with the mosquito crowd are worth it when the owls finally reveal their lethal soft selfs by sound. Squirrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana; Curu, 4-Jan. Middle American Screech Owl– Megascops guatemalae; Raptor Ridge, 6-Jan. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum; Tambor, 4-Jan.

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Costa Rica 2020 Morals Farming 260

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2015

I was not tremendously optimistic as I returned to Forest Park for a second shot at the Northern Saw-whet Owl that our beloved host Corey had tipped me off to back at the beginning of January. I picked out a Red-tailed Hawk bearing a squirrel away to a perch to eat, and got a sharp, crisp view of the messy dismemberment despite the gloom.

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New York City Squirrels New York Owls 154

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2015

These people also know about the rare Unspotted Saw-whet Owl and will take you on a night hike to look for it. We watched Acorn Woodpeckers laugh and dive bomb a squirrel. As the light fails and temperatures fall at the onset of the 2,700 meter elevation night, Dusky Nightjars (E) call, and Bare-shanked Screech-Owls (E) can be heard.

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Costa Rica Panama Nicaragua Honduras 150

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

Many are familiar with dissecting owl pellets, but several birds will caste a pellet including hawks, eagles, gulls, herons and heck, I once witnessed a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher hack up a small one. Above is a pellet from one of a pair of Great Horned Owls that nested a few blocks from my apartment.

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Bats Dissection Owls Minnesota 204

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

66 Squirrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana. 181 Barn Owl – Tyto alba. 182 Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. 183 Crested Owl – Lophostrix cristata. 184 Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. 185 Central American Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium griseiceps.

Sparrows 203

Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots Costa Rica 203

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

This Squirrel Cuckoo, gave me my favorite photo of the trip so far. I have had a tough time tracking down any owls, but we did find this pair of Pacific Screech Owls. The grounds around the lodge had enough birds to keep me busy, and our morning on the river helped us put together a list of 57 species.

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Costa Rica Tigers San Jose Woodpeckers 115

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

1539 is the year list total so far and the life list has reached 4081 as Northern Pygmy Owl , Emperor Goose and Lined Seedeater swelled its numbers. 60 Squirrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana. 217 Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. 218 Northern Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium gnoma. 221 Barred Owl – Strix varia.

Woodpeckers 234

Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds Ducks 234

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

This area, with its year round water supply, supports a huge amount of life, with coyotes, fox, bobcat and many different rodents, like this Mexican Ground Squirrel. The is no refridgeration, so if you do visit, be sure too include a cooler with ice. Then a White-winged Dove showed up.

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Coyotes Rodents Reptiles Fox 133

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2021

Yet, 79 checklists were submitted by 8 beats, accounting for 366 species in 5 countries. Yet, 79 checklists were submitted by 8 beats, accounting for 366 species in 5 countries. Yet, 79 checklists were submitted by 8 beats, accounting for 366 species in 5 countries.

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Sparrows Woodpeckers Ducks Blackbirds 243

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

You typically do not find a bird this naked or featherless outside of the nest unless there has been a storm or the nest has been attacked by predator like a raccoon, chipmunk, squirrel or corvids. Owls are a little different. They don’t build nests and some like Great Horned Owls take over old hawk or squirrel nests.

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Birds Fox Raised Ducks 265

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

Current well-intentioned environmental pressures to emphasize harvesting large dead or dying trees, if realized, would have further adverse effects on such ecologically and esthetically important species as woodpeckers, swallows, wrens, nuthatches, and owls – to name a few 1.”

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North America America Barn Owls Birds 214

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

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2011 Deer New York Birds 150

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2020

Squirrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Tawny Owl – Strix aluco. Barred Owl – Strix varia. Mourning Dove – Zenaida macroura.

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2020 Sparrows Blackbirds Woodpeckers 154

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2020

Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana). Barn Owl (Tyto alba). Eurasian Scops-Owl (Otus scops). Tropical Screech-Owl (Megascops choliba). Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus). Little Owl (Athene noctua). White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica). Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura). Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis).

2020 152

2020 Sparrows Niger Woodpeckers 152

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

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Brazil Deer 2011 Peru 140

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2013

Later on — after seven years at most, in the case of the Black-backed Woodpecker — these first responders are gone and the holes in the snags serve as nesting cavities for martens, and squirrels and Mountain Bluebirds and Flammulated Owls.

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Endangered Species South Dakota Woodpeckers Sheep 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2021

83 Squirrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana. 242 Barn Owl – Tyto alba. 243 Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. 244 Spectacled Owl – Pulsatrix perspicillata. 245 Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. 246 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum.

Woodpeckers 182

Woodpeckers Sparrows Ducks Parrots 182

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2011

These desert inhabitants are waking up, whilst others, like a pair of diminutive Elf Owls, are settling down after a night of reveling. “Ground-squirrel&# shouts a falconer, thankful that the bird has missed as they can consume a squirrel in a minute or two, limiting their willingness to hunt further.

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League Against Cruel Sports Rabbits Falcons Hunting 270

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

7 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. 92 Crested Owl – Lophostrix cristata. 111 Mottled Owl – Ciccaba virgata. 271 Spectacled Owl – Pulsatrix perspicillata. 307 Barred Owl – Strix varia. 377 Squirrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana. 307 Barred Owl – Strix varia.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Parrots Blackbirds 203

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2021

The year list remains low, at 1425 but the life list was bolstered this month by Donna’s Antillean Nighthawk and has reached 4069. The year list remains low, at 1425 but the life list was bolstered this month by Donna’s Antillean Nighthawk and has reached 4069.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Ducks Niger 245

10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2014

Sometimes in a forest you’d be forgiven for thinking there was nothing but birds, monkeys and squirrels (and mosquitos, obviously), and then at night you start seeing civets, wallabies, and tarantulas. It brings mammals, and frogs in profusion, and reptiles, and insects. So many insects. And spiders, and scorpions.

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Badgers Wildlife Reptiles Monkeys 154

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2021

As such, a parallel post will appear here simultaneously with the year list. As such, a parallel post will appear here simultaneously with the year list.

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2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots 222

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2020

103 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. 123 Barn Owl – Tyto alba. 237 Squirrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana. 498 Barred Owl – Strix varia. 499 Northern Saw-whet Owl – Aegolius acadicus. 103 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum.

2020 174

2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds 174

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2016

Coming from Niagara Falls, New York, it also means freezing, bitter cold, watching for imaginary Polar Bears while pretending to walk through an Arctic landscape, and looking for owls. This Long-eared Owl from Golden Hill was a bonus. So was this Snowy Owl. Snowy Owl- Bubo scanidacus; Niagara county, 2-Jan.

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Costa Rica 2016 San Antonio Sparrows 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2012

As we headed back outside and picked out the quail and American Tree and Song Sparrows around the parking lot area, I discovered a new, mammalian focus of my interest — the Columbian ground squirrel, a charismatic little rodent with white eyeliner, a red nose, and a surprising degree of self-confidence for prey.

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Wildlife Montana Geese Bald Eagle 167

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

The thought of an Oriole foraging in bare winter branches is as foreign as a Petrel on a pool and yet, there it was in my yard picking through an abandoned squirrel’s nest for what appeared to be spiders. They are, for many birders in the eastern part of the continent, one of a short list of quintessential spring birds. Wicked, right?

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North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2021

Checklists came in from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Costa Rica and Australia) and brought the year list for 2021 so far to 1143. Checklists came in from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Costa Rica and Australia) and brought the year list for 2021 so far to 1143.

Sparrows 157

Sparrows Woodpeckers Blackbirds Ducks 157

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species. The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species.

Woodpeckers 199

Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds California 199

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2018

Squirrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana; Santa Barbara de Heredia, 3-Jan. Spectacled Owl – Pulsatrix perspicillata; Sarapiqui, 2-Jan. Striped Owl – Pseudoscops clamator; La Fortuna, 12-Jan. Black and White Owl – Ciccaba nigrolineata; Arenal, 12-Jan.

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Costa Rica Birds Parrots Woodpeckers 156