10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Unlike many other estuaries in this part of Florida, Rookery Bay is protected by the Estuarine Research Reserve system, and remains almost entirely undeveloped. Rookery Bay, FL. As we watched, a slightly different silhouette soared in from the blue sky above, landing gracefully near a Red Mangrove tree.

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Florida Mexico Protection Pelicans 142

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

At dawn, my feet hit one of the protected beaches with Wendy Allen, the manager of the North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, one of the science and outreach organizations working within Hobcaw. Brown Pelicans perched on wooden pilings. Looking for turtle tracks (but also birds and shells). miles down the beach, 2.5

South Carolina 100

South Carolina Turtles Costa Rica Belize 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Clearly, author Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, the author of 24, soon to be 25, children’s books, is also a birder (and a little research brings up a presentation she gave at Ogeechee Audubon, Georgia with the biographical information and she and her family “love watching birds and wildlife seen near their lagoon on Skidaway Island.”

New York City 147

New York City Pelicans Birds New York 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2015

I did a little research, and came across good birding reports on Gulf Park, so to Gulf Park I went. We were only a few miles from shore, so watching Ospreys and Bald Eagles return with fish from the Gulf was fascinating, as were the Double-crested Cormorants and Brown Pelicans that periodically flew overhead. Red-headed Woodpecker.

Alabama 150

Alabama Bald Eagle North Carolina Woodpeckers 150

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. According to the latest research data, the total Brown Bear population in Greece is 475 to 500 and here in the Pindos range there are 350 to 400 animals (Pilidis, 2015, in pub.).

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Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 269

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2013

Years ago it was pointed out by somebody, probably Tinbergen or Lack or Wynn-Edwards or one of the other great bird-savvy ethologists of the day, that young Pelicans would blackmail their parents by biting their own wings, a very self defeating activity for a bird with a huge and powerful beak.

South Africa 183

South Africa Fowl Africa China 183

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary was an amazing and unexpected treat, but that’s because I failed to do my research. Multitudes, hundreds of Brown Pelicans and Terns–Least, Common, Foster’s, Sandwich, Royal, and Caspian. Eastern Meadowlark. Bolivar Flats & Rettilon Road.

Houston 209

Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 209

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OCTOBER 24, 2018

Most of the time, I know enough about an area, or have done some research into what is found there, that I am pleasantly surprised at best. Rarely am I caught too off guard, when it comes to visiting a National Refuge. Not so with our visit to Bosque de Apache NWR in southern New Mexico.

New Mexico 113

New Mexico Mexico Tucson Arizona 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

” I’m down as the observer of a White Pelican at the Whitestone Bridge on Dec. They wrote books and published research. It will chiefly be of interest to birders who bird the Bronx and to ornithologists and researchers in related fields who plan to study the birds of New York City or do comparable studies.

New York City 149

New York City New York Birds Breeding 149

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Research indicates that this decline can be tempered by management of cattle grazing practices, preventing growth of shrubs and trees and the invasion of non-native plants. I need to add that Sprague’s Pipit, like many of the grassland birds we saw, are declining in alarming numbers.

North Dakota 138

North Dakota Birds Sparrows Blackbirds 138

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Getting to see Brown Pelican and Magnificent Frigates circling over head was a very familiar sight back on the Baja. While we were in a beautiful Air BnB, which was owned by some awesome bird lovers, I personally had not done enough research on the area.

Costa Rica 113

Costa Rica Falcons Mexico Groups 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2014

For decades researchers have made annual trips out to the Tortugas to catch Sooty Terns, attach tiny silver bands to their legs with unique identification numbers, and then set them free again. The park is home to not one, not two, but large three colonies of breeding seabirds: the Brown Noddy , Magnificent Frigatebird , and Sooty Tern.

Birds 177

Birds Florida Groups Breeding 177

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds. The 900 acre Maquam bog is designated as a Research Natural Area and the refuge was designated as an Important Bird Area in partnership with the Audubon Society.

Fish 143

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 143

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The plight of these birds inspired her, along with a handful of other concerned individuals, to do everything they could to save them, and by April of 1971 International Bird Rescue Research Center (now known as International Bird Rescue) was incorporated as a non-profit organization.

Bird Rescue 198

Bird Rescue Rescue San Francisco Birds 198

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Several recent studies have found that tinamous are embedded within the ratites, which means that either they regained the ability to fly or (as many researchers feel is more likely) that flightlessness and large body size arose multiple times within the paleognaths, a topic discussed in detail at Tetrapod Zoology. Jarvis et al.

Family 279

Family Birds Parrots 2014 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2013

The cover designs, like the parent book, are cheerily colorful; the Eastern guide is green, featuring a photo of a Rose-breasted Grosbeak, the Western guide is blue, featuring a White Pelican just landing onto the water. Vagrants and accidentals need to be researched in the parent volume. Both guides measure 5.5 inches wide by 8.5

Birds 157

Birds North America Groups Falcons 157

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Plus other Diving Ducks and Dabbling Ducks, as well as Swans, Geese, Cormorants and Anhingas, Loons, a couple of Grebes, Alcids (this is where my heart starts to go pit-a-pat), Tubenoses (love that term), one species of Frigatebird, a Gannet and two Boobies, Pelicans, Skuas and Jaegers (more pit-a-patting), Gulls, Black Skimmer, and Terns.

Ducks 231

Ducks Groups Species North America 231

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2017

I never researched the resort, imagining that it lacked the amenities my family wanted, but visiting for dinner allowed us to rent its grandeur without forking over the considerable room rates. Panama inflicts usurious car insurance policies on visitors, so do your research. Brown Pelican. Magnificent Frigatebird.

Panama 100

Panama 2017 Monkeys Family 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Great White Pelican – Pelecanus onocrotalus. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus.

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2018

American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. 01 Jan 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. 03 Feb 2018. 03 Feb 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2018

American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. 01 Jan 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2018

American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. 01 Jan 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. 03 Feb 2018. 03 Feb 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. 03 Feb 2018. 03 Feb 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. 03 Feb 2018. 03 Feb 2018.

2018 101

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. 01 Jan 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. Ridgway’s Rail – Rallus obsoletus.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. Ridgway’s Rail – Rallus obsoletus.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Great White Pelican – Pelecanus onocrotalus. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Spot-billed Pelican – Pelecanus philippensis.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

.” And, if you don’t believe them, just take a look at some of the photographic comparisons of species they present: Or, of albatross plumages: Or, read about the taxonomic confusions and scientific lapses in research on petrels, Albatrosses, storm-petrels, and diving-petrels.

Albatross 155

Albatross North America Birds Groups 155

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

.” So, the guide also covers more familiar birds that spend some of their lives on or close to land—seaducks, grebes, skimmers, gulls, terns, loons, cormorants and shags, and pelicans. Also, sheathbills, called “honorary seabirds” due to the fact that they are only found in seabird colonies.

Albatross 279

Albatross Penguins Groups Family 279

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2019

With some updates based on subsequent research, the “Birds of Cambodia” taxonomically follows the “HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World”. Among them are 2 endemics ( Cambodian Laughingthrush and Cambodian Tailorbird ) and a further 15 near-endemics, as well as the 52 vagrants.

Cambodia 148

Cambodia Birds 2001 Groups 148

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. 03 Feb 2018. 03 Feb 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100