10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Tags: Asides • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get to it already!

Deer 140

Deer 2011 New York New York City 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover? The proposal from U.S.

Experience 162

Experience Experiments Deer 2011 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. We need more predictions, more plates, and more promotions ! The proposal from U.S.

Deer 124

Deer 2011 New York New York Times 124

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover? The proposal from U.S.

Deer 124

Deer 2011 Oklahoma New York 124

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover? The proposal from U.S.

2011 145

2011 Deer New York Birds 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Tags: Asides • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today!

Honduras 145

Honduras 2011 Deer Denmark 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Really… you too? • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

2011 140

2011 Deer New York Texas 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Tags: Asides • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today!

Deer 140

Deer 2011 Birds New York 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Get to it already! • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

Brazil 140

Brazil Deer 2011 Peru 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. If you are sensitive to mildly bad language don’t click the link. The proposal from U.S.

2011 156

2011 Deer New York Owls 156

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

On Sunday at Kissena Park I saw five species of sparrows. A mixed species flock of sparrows (american tree, field and chipping) was by the bike track parking lot. Also present in other parts of the park were fox and white-throated sparrows. I see why people sometimes call them gray ghosts. The proposal from U.S.

2011 156

2011 New York Deer Birds 156

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Tags: Asides • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today!

DC 145

DC Washington Deer 2011 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. The jury is still out but what a cool bird! Hat-tip to Shawn. The proposal from U.S.

2011 145

2011 Deer Cuba Hunters 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Here’s hoping the Liben Lark defies the odds and long graces the grassy plains of Ethiopia!

Ethiopia 145

Ethiopia 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. And how unfair is it that my folks have had better looks at redpolls this year then I have?

2011 140

2011 Deer New York New York City 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2011

Keep your eyes to the skies for sawbills, like this Red-breasted Merganser by Corey Finger Tags: march , weekend • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? We, along the coast in Los Angeles County, have a FY Harris’s Sparrow here now for about a week. Then Harris’s Sparrow is my best bird of the weekend!

2011 145

2011 Los Angeles Deer Birds 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Tags: Asides • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today!

2011 133

2011 Deer New York Obama 133

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

… … Tags: duck butts , ducks , mallards • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? We even have both a male duck butt and a female duck butt for you. We only ask that you not tell us why you like duck butts so much. We really do not want to know. Without further ado, duck butts. Get yours today! The proposal from U.S.

Ducks 219

Ducks 2011 Deer Brazil 219

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

… Tags: brazil , giveaway • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! And if you like entering contests in which books about birds are the prize please make sure that you also enter the latest 10,000 Birds giveaway, in which we are giving away three copies of The Crossley ID Guide.

Brazil 150

Brazil Wildlife 2011 Deer 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

They are commonest where they are intensively protected and managed, but these places are often remote and hard to visit. Seeing a wild kiwi is potentially the highlight of a star-strewn birding visit to New Zealand, but please respect the tenuous situation the five species are in and any measures in place for their protection.

New Zealand 148

New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 148

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. You have no idea how bad it can get. The proposal from U.S.

Squirrels 145

Squirrels 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Tags: iatb • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today!

2011 145

2011 Deer Costa Rica Birds 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Central Park White-Throated Sparrow Slaty-backed Gull (?) Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Get yours today!

Ducks 153

Ducks 2011 Jamaica Deer 153

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

I may have to quit blogging… Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! I blame Charlie Sheen. What is even more terrifying is that the link takes you to Cracked. • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover? The proposal from U.S.

2011 152

2011 Deer New York Owls 152

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The conservation need is urgent: great attention has rightly been paid to Brazil’s Amazonian rainforest but not enough resources have gone to the Pantanal and the Cerrado, of which only 4% and 5%, respectively, are protected.

Brazil 209

Brazil Wildlife 2011 Birds 209

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. ……… This is the first in what will be a series of posts about national birds.

Denmark 166

Denmark 2011 Honduras Deer 166

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Slimbridge Wetland Centre (c) Mike Fuller @Riverhead, NY (c) Joe Kelly Magnificent Muscovy (c) Karen Davis Tags: ducks , features , manky , muscovy • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? If you have great photos of manky Muscovy Ducks you’d like us to add to this gallery, send them to mike AT 10000birds DOT com!

Ducks 224

Ducks 2011 Deer New York 224

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

… Tags: diving ducks , ducks , flight • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

2011 150

2011 Ducks Deer New York 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. … This is the second in a series of posts about national birds. Get yours today!

Nicaragua 192

Nicaragua El Salvador 2011 Deer 192

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

… Tags: Breeding plumage , gulls • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

Breeding 145

Breeding 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

We remember starlings not skylarks, House Sparrows not Eurasian Tree Sparrows , Cattle Egrets not… well, whatever we’ve forgotten because it didn’t do as well as the Cattle Egrets. Tags: collared dove , doves , interior west • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today!

Montana 137

Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 137

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

Many thanks to Jason Kopp for the photos above taken during last year’s courses held at Explorer’s Inn Tags: banding , peru , tambopata • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! If so, learn more about 9 days in Peruvian paradise banding birds and contributing to both research and conservation !

Peru 204

Peru 2011 Deer Birds 204

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Pavonine Quetzal ( Pharomachrus pavoninus ) Tags: ecuador , quetzal • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! • Explore These Related Posts Long-wattled Umbrellabird in Ecuador Velvet-purple Coronet Rufous Potoo (Nyctibius bracteatus) in Ecuador Fruiteaters (Pipreola) in Ecuador Jacamars in Ecuador.Or

Ecuador 202

Ecuador 2011 Deer New York 202

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Get yours today! The proposal from U.S.

Geese 145

Geese 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. You never know what you might see! Get yours today! The proposal from U.S.

Wildlife 155

Wildlife 2011 Sacramento Jordan 155

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

Talk about Big Sky Country – One of Corey’s 10 Views from a Van in Kazakhstan Tags: march , weekend • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? I hope you, dear reader, have better plans… Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday. Get yours today! The proposal from U.S.

2011 145

2011 Deer Birds New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

And, as a bonus, your spouse/partner will probably want to go birding with you more often… Tags: Portugal , Worldwide Birding Adventures • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! So if its wine, food, history and birds you’re after this is the place. The proposal from U.S.

Portugal 177

Portugal 2011 Deer Birds 177