10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

With the EU funds, the restoration started in 2009 when embankments were built to create one large and six more small reservoirs. It was only then that the local farmers learned the soil was too salty for good yields. And all that water and the environmental services coming with it, were lost.

Greece 234

Greece Turtles Eagles 2019 234

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2021

In 2009 when the Semi-palmated Plover came to Broome for its first visit it was initially thought that it may have been a Ringed Plover , but it was finally identified as a Semi-palmated Plover.

Australia 196

Australia 2009 Rights Birds 196

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2014

I certainly did while participating in International Birding Encounters in 2008 and 2009. Sharon, who was part of our grand expedition in 2009, remembers Hugo well: Besides being a phenomenal bird guide, he was a warm and wonderful human being. Hugo with Ana Cristina Prem, formerly of INGUAT.

Guatemala 221

Guatemala 2009 2008 Birds 221

Critter News

JANUARY 1, 2010

With only 3,200 tigers left in the wild.

Tigers 100

Tigers 2009 Tagged 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2018

My first Wood Sandpiper since 2009. The ones in 2009, the only previous Wood Sandpipers I’d ever seen, were in Kazakhstan. I drove up, parked my car, walked up to the very extensive scope line, and spotted the bird. Easy peasy, the best type of twitch!

New York 101

New York Kazakhstan 2009 Groups 101

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2017

Birds of Borneo (2009): based on taxonomic order from 2008, with some changes due to practical reasons, review here. In the book from 1993 they are at the beginning of the songbirds, in 2009 three quarters towards the end, in 2014 almost on the last pages and in the most recent 2016 guide they are right in the middle. Phillipps, Q. &

Brunei 159

Brunei 2009 2014 2016 159

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2012

Before arriving in the town of Copan Ruinas, Honduras, on February 27, 2009, I had only ever heard Inca Doves. This post was first published on 4 April 2009 but doves like this are too cool to keep hidden in the archives! ……… a. This post has been submitted to Bird Photography Weekly #32. Go check it out!

Honduras 179

Honduras 2009 California Species 179

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2019

It was reported that more than 28 million crossed the south coast of the UK over one weekend in May 2009. Immigration can continue through the summer with butterflies being blown in from the continent, often in huge numbers. as I have some from the family in my garden.

Ireland 123

Ireland South America North America 2009 123

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The Collins Bird Guide 2nd edition from 2009 was a much hated taxonomical revolution/nightmare, changing just about everything. That made everyone happy (with the possible exception of other publishers). Whatever you thought that you knew about birds, it was the time to realise that you know next to nothing.

Europe 257

Europe Birds Woodpeckers Ireland 257

10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2015

2009 – 15 March. If you are interested, here are the dates of my first phoebe from each of the last ten years. 2015 – 28 March. 2014 – 29 March. 2013 – 24 March. 2012 – 15 March. 2011 – 19 March. 2010 – 31 March. 2008 – 21 March. 2007 – 26 March. 2006 – 03 March. Great, I’m your first phoebe of 2015.

2015 170

2015 2006 2014 2007 170

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2017

I saw 425 in 2016, 510 in 2015, 560 in 2014, 517 in 2013, 529 in 2012, 375 in 2011, 601 in 2010, 609 in 2009, 313 in 2008, and 459 in 2007. The last time I failed to do this was 2009 so this should be a gimme. I will see at least 500 species for the year. Over the last ten years my year list totals have varied quite a bit.

Puerto Rico 104

Puerto Rico 2017 Austria Bahamas 104

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2018

2009 – 15 March. Below are my first dates for the last ten years if you are really interested in such things…. 2018 – 30 March. 2017 – 12 March. 2016 – 18 March. 2015 – 28 March. 2014 – 29 March. 2013 – 24 March. 2012 – 15 March. 2011 – 19 March. 2010 – 31 March.

2018 100

2018 2015 2017 2009 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2012

Pico Bonito, Honduras, March 2009 On our way to the lovely Lodge at Pico Bonito on the edge of Pico Bonito National Park in northern Honduras, Robert Gallardo, the organizer of the Mesoamerican Birding Festival and the post-festival familiarity trip that I am currently experiencing, let us all know that a Great Potoo ( Nyctibius grandis ) had been (..)

Honduras 205

Honduras 2009 Birds Species 205

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2013

Since at least 2009 there has been at least one hypopigmented, or piebald, American Robin living in Alley Pond Park in my home borough of Queens, at least for the breeding season. It (or they?*) is assumed (confirmed?) to be nesting there each year but all I had ever managed were fleeting glimpses and couple of lousy photos.

2009 202

2009 2011 Breeding Birds 202

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2016

When my book “ Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings ” came out in 2009, one of my favorite reviews was by Corey Finger of 10,000 Birds. At that point I didn’t know about 10,000 Birds; I had been a wildlife rehabilitator and mother for years, with no time to surf the net for amazing birding sites.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 219

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Birds 2009 219

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Since the 2nd edition of the Collins Bird Guide (published as “Birds of Europe” in the US) from 2009, the field guide market for European guides is practically dead.

Europe 246

Europe Asia Cyprus Turkey 246

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2012

Suzie Gilbert first came to our attention here at 10,000 Birds when she published Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings in 2009. She is also the author of Hawk Hill which was published in 1996.

2009 157

2009 North America Bird Rescue Rescue 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2014

2009 – 15 March. Here are my arrival dates for my first Eastern Phoebes of the year for the last nine years: 2014 – 29 March. 2013 – 24 March. 2012 – 15 March. 2011 – 19 March. 2010 – 31 March. 2008 – 21 March. 2007 – 26 March. 2006 – 03 March. What about you?

2014 189

2014 2006 2007 2008 189

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2015

You see, back in 2009, I put up a blog post called “ First Robin of Spring.” And, here on 10,000 Birds, we have already had our first comment on an old blog post talking about “stamping” the first robin of spring. Who stamps on robins? What kind of blog is this? Not to worry, not to worry.

Iowa 256

Iowa Nebraska Indiana Michigan 256

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Their were 1,805 pairs of Kirtland’s Warblers found in Michigan this year, second only to 2009′s 1,813. The population has stabilized with neither increases nor decreases of greater than five percent since 2007. A couple dozen pairs also nest in neighboring states and provinces.

Michigan 169

Michigan 2007 2009 169

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

During the breeding seasons 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 we monitored 251 lakes on the main plateaus of Santa Cruz province, southern Patagonia, Argentina, where the entire population of Hooded Grebes spends the breeding season. We only observed 6 breeding colonies, two in 2009/2010 and four in 2010/ 2011, totalling 242 nesting attempts.

2010 203

2010 South America 2011 Argentina 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

When we first ran this post in March 2009, we received links from David Ringer , Danny Germer , Nick Sly , Coyote Mercury , and Shelly. Frankly I love them, especially since I just spotted my first Common Grackles of spring. Have you written about a species of grackle or captured a photo that does this dashing dastard justice?

Coyotes 223

Coyotes United States Blackbirds 2009 223

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2013

As for chasing Black Guillemots in New York, well, the first one that I could have legitimately chased turned up in December of 2009 out east on Long Island. Since 2009 there really hasn’t been a guillemot that was twitchable until two Fridays ago when one turned up at Shinnecock Inlet.

New York 160

New York 2009 Birds Farming 160

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2016

It, or its descendants, have been present in the park since at least 2009. Instead, he chose one of his favorite individual birds, or at least a descendant of one of his favorite individual birds, the white American Robin of Alley Pond Park. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

2016 100

2016 2009 New York Birds 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2017

2009 – 15 March. Below are my first dates for the last ten years if you are really interested in such things…. 2017 – 12 March. 2016 – 18 March. 2015 – 28 March. 2014 – 29 March. 2013 – 24 March. 2012 – 15 March. 2011 – 19 March. 2010 – 31 March. 2008 – 21 March.

2017 111

2017 Jamaica 2008 2015 111

Critter News

APRIL 12, 2009

It's in Los Angeles this year.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Animal Rights 2009 Animal 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

The case involved the deaths of more than 150 birds, including 14 eagles, at two plants in Wyoming between 2009 and 2013. In what is apparently the first case of its kind, a U.S. wind-energy company has admitted that its farms have killed birds, and has settled with prosecutors. These fatalities violate U.S.

Farming 183

Farming Wyoming Eagles Killing 183

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2011

Edwin Rist, a 22-year-old from the United States, stole 299 bird skins from the Natural History Museum at Tring (in England) in 2009 and had been sentenced to a 12-month suspended sentence has now been ordered to pay a fine of £125,150, which is the amount that he had made from the sale of the skins.

United States 160

United States 2009 Birds 160

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2014

Brian Stoneman (1946-2009) was a friend of mine and a top class birder. He grew up in the London East End and spoke hardly understandable cockney.

Turkey 218

Turkey 2006 Europe Pelicans 218

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2012

This post was first published in February 2009, but we can’t bear hiding something this good in the archives. Instead, it is likely that these squirrels are leucistic. Whatever they are, white squirrels are just as eager to assault my bird feeders as their gray kin. And Mike still sees white squirrels nearly every day!)

Squirrels 202

Squirrels Rodents Mammals Bears 202

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2016

2009 – 15 March. Below are my first dates for the last ten years if you are really interested in such things… 2016 – 18 March. 2015 – 28 March. 2014 – 29 March. 2013 – 24 March. 2012 – 15 March. 2011 – 19 March. 2010 – 31 March. 2008 – 21 March. 2007 – 26 March.

2016 103

2016 2007 2008 2015 103

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2017

It was May 2009 and we were canoeing the Jojkica branch opposite the downtown Belgrade. The flutes of Golden Orioles could be heard from every other tree crown, but keeping to the very tops, they are hard to spot. European Pond Terrapins resting on a floating log.

Terrapins 120

Terrapins 2009 2010 Hunting 120

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2015

After DDT was banned in 1972, they began to recover, and in 1985 eastern Gulf Coast and Atlantic populations were removed from the list, while in 2009 Brown Pelicans were completely de-listed. In 1970 the Brown Pelican was listed as nationally endangered.

Louisiana 160

Louisiana Pelicans Legislature Seals 160

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2011

“National Geographic has assumed management of day-to-day operations for Scienceblogs.com, expanding a relationship with Seed Media Group that started when National Geographic took on ad sales responsibility for Scienceblogs.com in 2009.&# That is the entire text of the statement National Geographic put out.

2009 154

2009 Science Groups 154

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

We had not observed a Powerful Owl since we were living in Portland, Victoria for a few months in 2009, so once the opportunity arose to go looking for one at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney we took it!

Owls 113

Owls Portland Australia Transported 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2014

But I did chase one back in 2009 that I dipped on. The first, back in 2009, was when I was in Honduras. No, I will persevere and see each of these birds at my next opportunity. Otherwise, they will become true nemesis birds. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher – I haven’t made a ton of effort to find one of these.

Costa Rica 198

Costa Rica Hungary Honduras Woodpeckers 198

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2015

In the northern Backa region of Serbia, in the mid-1970s there were more than 37,000 active nests of Rooks, while in 2009 there were less than 8500, indicating a loss of more than 76% over a time span of 35 years ( source ). The smallest rookery in Pancevacki Rit had a mere 4 nests, the largest 102 – on average, 31.5 nests per colony.

Experience 246

Experience Experiments Science Serbia 246