10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2024

But, as most of our readers know, the phrase “trash birds” usually refers to those species that one sees so often that they become tiresome. This is a species that has very much learned to cohabit with humans, causing its population to explode into new areas. Central Mexico has, of course, its own trash birds.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2023

With my recent relocation to the central forests of Trinidad, I have been afforded the incredible opportunity of observing three oft-confused species in close proximity to one another. In reality these species are rarely in the same place at the same time, however! All the more reason to keep birding!

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The somewhat shoddily edited Wikipedia entry on sunbirds states that there are 145 species in one paragraph and then talks about 146 in the next. There isn’t really a lot of interesting information on the individual sunbird species – but the photos hopefully still make this a post worth looking at.

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Indonesia Asia Species Raised 177

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

The obvious choice was the Mallard , that plucky familiar northern hemisphere species that is the father of the even more familiar domesticated duck. In fact, as the species was quickly identified as as creating hybrids with Grey Ducks, the opinion was by the 1920s that the species shouldn’t be released further.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Recently, while guiding on the slopes of Poas, without too much effort, we had more than a hundred species. Such a birdy day and yet, one that still lacked quite a few species. Poas itself seems to be pretty straightforward but I wondered how far down both sides of the mountain should be included in my species list. Two hundred?

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Costa Rica Species San Jose Birds 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Yes, we do have warm, tropical weather and a fancy assortment of resident and wintering species. Nor is there any trudging through snow in search of extra hardy species or visits to feeders with the hope of finding a grackle or Red-winged Blackbird that failed to fly south. These were some of the highlights. The Count Meeting.

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Costa Rica Eagles Species Blackbirds 243

10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2024

I have noticed that my biologist friends are much more conscientious about counting birds present, but also come up with much larger numbers than I do. After birding and passing through a large number of habitats, our total for the day was 109 species.) Of course, when a group sees 109 species, there are many highlights for the day.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The updated range maps, rather longish and detailed species accounts, and illustrations are presented on convenient facing-page spreads, with 3 to 5 species per plate. In over 200 plates, this field guide covers more than 800 regularly occurring bird species found in Costa Rica.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2024

The idea is to portray one bird for each hour of the day in words and art, presenting the diversity, beauty, and wonder of avian life. Hauber is really good at presenting scientific findings so they don’t seem scientific at all, simply reasonable answers to our questions. Bird Day is a lovely, little jewel of a book.

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Chicago Barn Owls Penguins New Zealand 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2024

I saw 32 species here in my first 24 hours, some of them exciting ones. My second lifer this trip was a migratory Yellow-throated Warbler , a species I could not hope to see my previous trip, which had occurred in early summer. Two classic birds of Mexico’s east coast are also present.

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Barn Owls Mexico Parrots ALA 208

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

Given that according to the HBW, the species prefers dense primary and secondary montane forests, the note that the bird also forages among kitchen waste (in the same HBW entry) seems somewhat incongruous. Fish & Wildlife Service has a web page for this species – but it contains absolutely no information.

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Burma India Birds Indonesia 199

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Species formerly referred to as P. barbata , but present name has priority. One recent study found that this species was sister to P. perdix , and also that race przewalskii (sometimes subsumed within suschkini , but generally paler) was basal to other taxa included within the present species.

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China Birds Austria ALA 248

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2022

The Willie Wagtail – Rhipidura leucophrys is one of Australia’s most widespread bird species, but it is not observed all year round close to our home in Broome. Willie Wagtails are present across much of the mainland and they are a large fantail.

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Australia Species Breeding Birds 246

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 25, 2021

A lot of birds take a shorter trip to Florida and the Caribbean, many spend the winter in southern Mexico, and some species even fly all the way to southern Amazonia (this drink is for you Veerys). Pretty uncommon and greatly outnumbered by the Mourning Warbler but still present in brushy habitats of the highlands. Worm-eating Warbler.

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Costa Rica Kentucky Louisiana Species 229

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The former should number at least a hundred thousand individuals each winter, while the latter should be present in the tens of thousands. Mexican Ducks were also present; these are residents in the area, but not normally on this body of water. Now, this has some major importance for migratory waterfowl and shorebirds.

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Ducks Mexico California Fish 130

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

So, the basic idea is to show 15 species of Australian birds in each post and give you the usual trivia about them. This species has also eliminated the need for childcare – the chicks emerge from this pile on their own and never even get to see their parents. Admittedly, it is mostly grey.

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Australia Birds Koalas Parrots 187

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2020

After a week of lectures, symposia, and poster presentations, I can report that NAOC 2020 was well worth the price of admission. As one topic example, Marconi Campos-Cerqueira presented a paper entitled “Past, Current and Future Distributions of Puerto Rican Fauna: Implications from Climate Change.” Dr. Tom White of the U.S.

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Puerto Rico Parrots Protection Ecuador 253

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2021

Many species seemed to come in threes, and today I shall continue my examination of these. Three species of antshrikes are resident in T&T. Once there is sufficient vegetation to support their voracious appetite, they shall be present. The male Barred Antshrike is often called “jailbird” for its stripes.

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Trinidad Bears Family Groups 218

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Presently, the birds spend their time feeding in the manmade drainage system within what is now designated to be some kind of “gated community” in a few years. Lesser Yellowlegs can easily be confused with the aforementioned species except when they are standing next to each other.

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Fish Family Eggs Humane 240

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2022

In pastures of the hot lowlands, they tend to be lines of stunted Gumbo-Limbo trees or some other heavily pruned species. In addition to those birds and the Squirrel Cuckoo pictured above, the following are some of the more common hedgerow species of Costa Rica. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird and other hummingbird species.

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Costa Rica Birds Sparrows Woodpeckers 260

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Because, let’s face it, when you get off that plane and look at those severe volcanic landscapes and then find yourself face to face with one of the islands’ four mockingbird species, you’re not going to think, “Oh, look, lava and a mockingbird.” They complement Kricher’s text.,

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2006 Tortoises Sea Lions Sea Turtles 249

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2023

The Crested Pigeon family remained in the tree away from danger for quite some time with both parents present. Although Crested Pigeons are quite a common bird Australia-wide you don’t always find a nest, so that you are able to observe the family grow.

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Breeding Australia Eggs Family 196

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Also, our winter visitor species are starting to arrive. Fortunately, lots of other cute birds were present. These little Tyrant Flycatchers, present from Mexico through Colombia, never fail to charm, with their jaunty crests and characteristic “chewY-chewY!” Tufted Flycatchers could be poster-birds for cuteness.

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Colombia ALA Canada Mexico 223

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

An associated issue is that the Belize and Costa Rica guides share many of the same descriptions of species, written by Howell. Similarly, descriptions of species repeated across volumes do not lose their accuracy with each publication. Other species are splits and lumped and have had their names changed. Why are these issues?

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Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 213

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2023

This resulted in no large flocks of Oriental Pratincoles in the area during the past few months and less Terns than in other years when there have been more locusts present. The cattle moved away from the flooded areas and the area beside the highway is home to many species of birds.

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Cattle Ducks Species Birds 147

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

The official bird list is well over 900 species and literally hundreds of fantastic tropical birds are accessible but when to go? According to eBird bar charts, most of the resident species are also seen at other times of the year. The high and dry season just also happens to be when most folks would rather escape the winter blues.

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Costa Rica Thailand Species Hawaii 299

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Even species that do not undergo visible changes (to us, at least) begin to behave differently. Gifts are presented, heads are bowed, and tails are cocked. White plumes sprout from the back of its head, adding to its irresistibility. The courtship dance is a sacred one, and it is taken very seriously by all concerned.

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Cattle Bears Breeding Animal 183

10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2021

Since it was the first link in this chain, Pino Real was where I met many of Michoacán’s flagship species. As I look back at my eBird species list, it is astonishing how many of my lifers were first seen there. To my shock, I had a wonderful outing, with 63 species seen in six hours. That chain continues to this day.

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2013 Emotional Abandon Abandoning 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2022

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes – Coracina novaehollandiae are a common bird species around our home in Broome, Western Australia. They are present throughout much of Australia and as their name would suggest they have a black face! They have one very distinct feature when they land, which is that they shuffle their wings.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2023

A vagrant Isabelline Wheatear was present on the island the day before I arrived, so I felt that I at least deserved the warbler (another Isabelline Wheatear was found a few days after I left Texel, so they are clearly messing with me). Common Redshank A Siberian Stonechat was found by the lighthouse on my second day. maurus and S.

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Birds Groups Ducks Rights 231

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2021

The water is clear and it would be easy for the Little Egret to see the fish that are present. Our sub species is Egretta garzetta immaculata. However, we do occasionally observe the vagrant sub species Egretta garzetta garzetta and that does have yellow feet. It is quite content running about in quite deep water up to its body.

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Fish Australia Breeding Species 226

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

I also felt slightly mocked by the fact that the species is so regular on passage here that people don’t even report it in the rarities groups (since I very obviously showed my excitement when someone at the observatory mentioned they saw a wryneck on the beach).

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Birds Adoptable Groups Species 216

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Insects and a host of other invertebrate life have evolved with these plant species, and thus depend on them. Tallamy presents data to demonstrate the stark difference between native trees and exotic trees in their ability to support insects. Locally native plants are the base part of the local ecology. The sad part of the story?

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Wildlife North America Mammals Breeding 263

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2023

This 400 pages multi-taxon photographic guide describes 984 species from all 26 states, including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. While the photos are of high quality, in many cases one photo is insufficient to ID the species (especially trees and many a songbird). There are no range maps. 1000 photographs • ISBN 978-1-913679-01-9

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India Wildlife Tigers Reptiles 130

10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2020

One of the ways I could describe the unique mix of birds I can see here in southwestern Mexico, would be to divide our species into five categories. The invasive species are few, but, unfortunately, very numerous. But there is a final group of species here, about which I have not written very much.

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Mexico Birds Honduras United States 193

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2024

There’s also a much greater variety of species of deer living here now than than there were four or five hundred years ago, for along with our native Roe and Red Deer we also have large populations of Fallow, Sika, Reeves’s Muntjac and Chinese Water Deer. Reeves’s Muntjac , a highly successful invasive species in the UK.

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Fur Deer Boars Estonia 207

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

As soon as I looked at it more closely it was quite clear that it wasn’t a scaup of any species, despite its resemblance to a North American Lesser Scaup. I hadn’t considered the possible parentage more than the two probable species involved, but intriguingly a Pochard drake x Tufted duck looks quite different.

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Geese Ducks Falcons Latvia 188