10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2013

This European Starling was actually in the process of clearing out an active House Sparrow nest in this photo. Here the male House Sparrow attacks the invading starling. Both are non-native species in Minnesota and drive out native flickers, bluebirds and other cavity nesters to take over to raise their own young.

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Sparrows Squirrels Birds Minnesota 168

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AUGUST 17, 2019

The raising of the bins took place along roads through semi-shaded coffee farms and on the grounds of Villa San Ignacio , a hotel with big old wonderful trees and regenerating forest. Euphonias, sparrows, warblers, and tanagers. Less common but still expected were looks at White-eared Ground-Sparrow and Red-crowned Ant-Tanager.

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Costa Rica Birds Parrots Sparrows 196

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JULY 8, 2018

Encountering exotics raises all manner of questions in birders, the toughest of which rarely center on identification. Seeing these birds in captivity obviously inspired desire to see them wild and free, but some birds like the peacock that strutted unfettered among visitors seemed as natural on site as the starlings and sparrows.

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JANUARY 20, 2020

Luis Gonzalez is a Miami resident and IT major who was originally born and raised in Cuba. The birds in questions were the aforementioned Canada Goose and three happily foraging Chipping Sparrows. Because it turns out that only me and my partner got to see these two “rarities” of the north, and only I got the pictures to prove it.

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Canada Cuba Miami Florida 167

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

A beautiful series of raised boardwalks have been constructed, allowing year round access to the area, thru the marsh area, all the way out nearly a half mile into the tidal flats. These were my first Fox Sparrows of the year. Over 200 species of birds can be found on the refuge, depending on the time of year.

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Fox Washington Geese Sparrows 127

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. What could be plainer than the Eurasian Tree Sparrow ? So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. Nest building: a good activity for a rainy day. You should try it too.

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Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 187

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

After such a mysterious bird, it is time to enjoy the simple pleasure of seeing ordinary birds such as the Eurasian Tree Sparrow. Finally, the Azure-winged Magpie raises a hen-and-egg question: What was first, the color of the bird or the color of the Tibetan prayer flag? Unfortunately, I did not manage such a photo this time.

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China Mongolia Birds Russia 174

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

Seaside Sparrows were singing on both sides and occasionally popped up to give us a view before diving deep back into the Spartina grass, hopefully getting ready to nest. Seaside Sparrow. At the end of the road, we found two Nelson’s Sparrows who quickly flew out to a tiny bit of land in the channel. Eastern Meadowlark.

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 213

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

For example, we might just enjoy the calls and antics of those White-throated Sparrows while searching for a Harris’s. Those who only raise binoculars within their own backyards might also decide one day to venture further afield to look for the ones in the field guides that aren’t making it into their limited sphere of birding.

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Costa Rica Species San Jose Birds 185

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2015

Though they can have more than one successful brood each year, in the early 20th century their populations were decimated by invasive European Starlings and House Sparrows. Both species are notoriously aggressive, and out-competed bluebirds for the nesting cavities they needed to raise their young.

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JANUARY 1, 2019

Harris’s Sparrow, Central Park, NYC. Now, if you know NYC geography and its transit system, you will know that it isn’t always easy to get from the East side to the West side, where the Harris’s Sparrow was located. Baird’s Sparrow, North Dakota. Another sparrow! This bird was a wonderful surprise.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Swifts and swallows are notoriously hard to raise and/or rehabilitate, so rehabbers who don’t specialize in them tend to lose their heads when they’re successful. said Leslie, who successfully raised five of them last summer. The NAILS they possess!” Civilians: I hate to tell you, but it gets worse.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Wildlife Raised 228

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2012

I’ve seen mourning behavior in a longterm captive Savannah Sparrow whose temporary cagemate, a dark-eyed junco, recovered from its wing injury and was released. When the junco was released, the Savannah Sparrow called frantically, became greatly agitated, then quit eating and sat, silent and still, on his perch for two days.

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Birds Parrots 2003 Raised 273

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JULY 7, 2020

My personal favorite is the night image of a White-crowned Sparrow beginning a night of migration, the sparrow’s usual bright white-and-black head and brown-patterned body muted by the inky blue darkness, the bill pointing upwards towards the stars. As I said before, the page design is impeccable.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 264

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Even sparrows, if you choose the right species and play your cards right, can be elevated to ‘cute’ status. a sea gull.''” Of course, that raises an important question – what is the most interesting gull in the world? We tossed this idea around on Facebook for a while and came to few conclusions.

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Seals Lifestyle Turtles Parrots 222

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JANUARY 13, 2021

My first time out with it, I took the following picture of a White-crowned Sparrow. This Field Sparrow (lifer!) But when you raise the AV as high as possible, making your depth of field very shallow, something magical happens: the bird stays focused, but the background melts into a lovely impressionistic pattern of colors.

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Birds Sparrows Raised Wildlife 154

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

And yes, sparrows in areas with polluted air are less healthy. They are also raised commercially for meat and eggs, as described in that beacon of ornithological knowledge, the World’s Poultry Science Journal. Thank god that this does not apply to humans. They can also learn phonetic categories ( source ).

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Birds China Eggs Owls 199

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

In 1898, Hermon Bumpus published a paper about change in the morphology in a population of House Sparrows that he proposed was an example of Darwinian Natural Selection in action. House Sparrows ( Passer domesticus ) are introduced birds over most of their very large range. As you know, a lot of birds are killed in the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2015

The Feral Pigeon and the House Sparrow came the day after, when in the lush green oasis of the Sanitas nursery tea garden I noticed the announcement of the next meeting of the Botswana Bird Club. Under that impossibly blue sky of Africa.

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Africa Botswana Birds Europe 212

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2016

House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove and Laughing Dove are abundant and vie to distract the eye at every turn. The offspring remain and help out raising subsequent broods. Mushrif Park can be productive on its day and Green Bee-eaters are reliable enough to brighten up a dull day.

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DECEMBER 28, 2015

This of course raises questions of what happens when all of the inland nesting grounds of all the loons becomes covered with glacial ice during ice ages, then later, the ice melts and the lakes return. We’ll give Duncan a pass on this one… A sparrow? Yes, Dragan chose a sparrow. Another sparrow? Sedge Wren !

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2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 185

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2013

It is built to reach out into the water when the dam is full and is reached along a raised walkway, screened from the mammals, reptiles and birds that may be roosting, resting, feeding, drinking or waiting in ambush close by. The hide on Mankwe Dam is a must-see for any visitor to Pilanesberg NP and kept me enthralled for hours this morning.

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South Africa Mammals Reptiles Elephants 172

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2018

And so, driving through the snowfall I spotted what I believed to be Tree Sparrows foraging on the road in front of me. But through binoculars I noticed small raised crests and supercilia joining on hindneck – Woodlarks ! Although individual birds were spotted during winter, this is the first known flock of them in the snow.

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Moldova Birds Serbia Greece 119

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2013

On a Big Year, every species counts equally, even the lowly House Sparrow. Greg Cantrell is doing a New Jersey Big Year, hoping for 300 species, and raising funds for the New Jersey Audubon Citizen Science program. Last year saw quite a few big year records fall to dedicated birders. What records will fall in 2013?

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2013 New Jersey Los Angeles North Carolina 199

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2016

Today is the United Nations World Wildlife Day, a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the living world around us. Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. The closer one raises her head, than lies back. It rotates its head 180 degrees to keep an eye on us. Humbly, we approach on foot. The other two are motionless.

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MAY 14, 2016

It was organized to boost eBird use, raise funds for bird conservation, and just get more people out birding. I might also make some baffling stops en route to see if I can hear or see silky-flycatchers, ground-sparrows, and other incidental birds.

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APRIL 2, 2016

Unlike other bird races where participants keep tight-lipped about bird species as mundane as a House Sparrow , this event gives a prize to the team that helps the most. Raising $67,000 plus for conservation! : It also happens to be the friendliest bird race because everyone is encouraged to share sightings and help each other out.

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APRIL 4, 2017

The Zapata Swamp, Ciénaga de Zapata , is of course known for the three birds that bear it’s name: the Zapata Rail, the Zapata Wren, and the Zapata Sparrow. The bird flies around our group, alights onto a bush and, just as I raise my camera, dives into the bush. I took a brief, wobbly, video of the process. Then back again.

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Cuba Birds 2015 Bahamas 165

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JULY 5, 2022

Over the next few days, I found increasing numbers, goldfinches, juncos, white-throated sparrows. FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness. I was shocked when I found the first body, a female Towhee. I hoped it was an anomaly.

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 255

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APRIL 5, 2019

Escaped partridges, quail, and pheasants are never as abundant or harmful as the much-maligned big three invasives – Rock Pigeons , European Starlings , and House Sparrows. Despite their foreign origin, introduced gamebirds in North America seem to enjoy a better reputation among birders than other nonnative birds.

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North America Vermont America Farming 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

And fun and food are, I’d submit, not enough reason to fell a bird in which only one in three pairs manages to raise a single chick each season; a bird that has captured the imagination and hearts of tens of thousands of people, whose sonorous purr floats down from on high like the voice of a pterosaur. Thank you for your efforts.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

While this allows for the delightful prospect of Thanksgivingakkah, with attendant turkey dreidels and whatnot, it does raise certain perennial questions of the nature of time itself, as applied to birding. Rosh Hashanah, the New Year of the Jewish calendar, has come relatively early season-wise this year.

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Psychology Livestock North America Adoptable 159

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

But, I didn’t expect that Henslow’s Sparrow would have a page-full repertory of sounds: Song (3 different types), Whine series, Seet series, Seet and Tseew night calls, Tink calls and Tsit calls. It includes sounds made by American Goldfinch, Bachman’s Sparrow, Hooded Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, and Red-winged Blackbird.

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North America America Birds New York 170

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JUNE 14, 2017

They stay here in Mexico despite the heat, and raise their families. This Song Sparrow was in the Seattle area last winter, and got so nicely framed with the local foliage. With that massive bill, it makes for a wonderful profile! We always have a few American Avocets that do not migrate back north.

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Seattle Mexico 2017 Falcons 108

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JULY 26, 2012

But as I and others have said before, it does raise a very practical question about what field guides, which have for the most part been slavishly devoted to taxonomic order, are going to do. So apparently we almost got an Aztec Dove!

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Falcons Parrots California Breeding 172

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APRIL 21, 2011

The templates can be discovered by raising birds in the absence of adult song, and they often sound very little like the normal final product. The bottom two are the songs of individuals raised in isolation, representing only their “built-in&# template unaffected by the experience of hearing normal adults. London: John Murray.

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Zebras Birds Humane Raised 256

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JANUARY 27, 2015

The list includes Bachmann’s Sparrow , Red-cockaded Woodpecker , Crested Caracara , Snail Kite , and, oddly, Whooping Crane. From 1993 to 2004, biologists released 289 captive-raised whooping cranes into central Florida. On my previous trips I was successful on each and every species except for the crane.

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