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JULY 11, 2021

But everything else paled in comparison to his first Black-bellied Whistling-Duck in Queens since 2010. Corey had a pretty amazing weekend, birding-wise, with a host of highlights including Sora , Hudsonian Godwit , Wilson’s Storm-Petrel , and more. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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United States Turtles 2010 Birds 264

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The list below includes the dates I made the prediction and, in bold, the date I saw the bird, if I saw it: Cory’s Shearwater, 3 Jul 2010, 11 Apr 2011, 15 May 2012, 06 Oct 2013. Eurasian Wigeon, 3 Jul 2010, 11 Apr 2011, 5 Nov 2011. Yellow-breasted Chat, 3 Jul 2010, 17 Oct 2010. Lapland Longspurs are fun.

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2010 2013 2011 2012 160

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The initiative to protect this area was launched in 2010. Since August 23rd 2022 it has been considered a part of the newly protected Foreland of the Left Bank of the Danube Reserve. It took 12 years to reach this point. sq km / 7.2 sq mi of the Danube Backwaters in 2014.

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Protection Serbia Protesters Protest 269

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OCTOBER 24, 2021

In 2010 I wrote of a Red Knot that had a bivalve clamped onto its foot. It appears to be able to feed and fly without issue and we will all continue to monitor it over coming weeks if possible. The foreign object may dislodge at some stage and the bird will just look completely normal. Birds do have unfortunate incidents sometimes.

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2010 Breeding Birds Australia 232

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NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Of his three year birds – King Eider , his first in Queens since 2010, Common Redpoll , his first in Queens in two years, and Western Kingbird , his first since last year – the King Eider clearly wins, both because it’s been so long since Corey last saw one and because it was the only bird of the three that Corey got a photo of.

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2020 United States 2010 Birds 200

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JUNE 2, 2022

We entered an area that was clear-cut in 2010. One European Robin disappears into the undergrowth (here it is an uncommon bird for these lowland forests, more commonly found in hilly areas). By law, the foresters should have left 5 mature trees per hectare, but nothing remained.

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Croatia Serbia Shelters France 232

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MARCH 17, 2019

In the last ten years I have seen my first phoebe of the year on dates ranging from a 12 March (2017) to a relatively late 31 March (2010). 2010 – 31 March. And was it late or early? Though it took me until today to see my first migratory phoebe I did see one in Queens in January at Mt. 2019 – 17 March. 2018 – 30 March.

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2019 2017 2010 Jamaica 113

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AUGUST 20, 2013

From Birdlife International, “In 2010-2011 an American Mink Neovison vison, a new arrival on the Buenos Aires plateau, killed more than half the adults in a breeding colony of two dozen nests (Roesler et al. We only observed 6 breeding colonies, two in 2009/2010 and four in 2010/ 2011, totalling 242 nesting attempts.

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2010 South America 2011 Argentina 203

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JUNE 9, 2015

In 2010, Common Ravens nested in Queens. In Manhattan, ravens were seen sporadically beginning in 2010. Over the last five or six years, Common Ravens have been sighted with increasing frequency in New York City, part of a resurgence throughout the Northeast after more than a century of regional extirpation.

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New York City New York 2015 New Jersey 253

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JUNE 17, 2021

The initiative to protect this area was launched in 2010 within the “Wings Across the Balkans” project coordinated by BirdLife International and supported by the European Commission. The proposal was signed by Senka Lecic, Milica Dajovic, Jelena Nikolic Antonijevic and yours truly. Young Roe Deer buck in Beljarica.

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Serbia Boars Deer Otters 277

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FEBRUARY 20, 2021

In 2010 I started Jaguarundi Travel ( www.jaguarunditravel.com ) as a personal project where romanticism and passion have been a crucial part of this nature tourism company that specializes in bird observation.

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Colombia Industry 2000 Birds 237

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JULY 4, 2021

I have written a lot about the Pied Oystercatchers along the coast of Broome since 2010 and you can find posts via this link. There have been some success stories over the years and last year there was one such event. The post Pied Oystercatcher breeding season is here again! appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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Breeding Feral Cats Eggs Feral 254

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MAY 5, 2012

Queens, New York, Spring 2010 This blog post has one purpose and one purpose only; to showcase the amazing array of wood-warblers that made their way to the Forest Park waterhole during spring migration in 2010. ……… a.

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2010 Louisiana Tennessee New York 175

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AUGUST 18, 2013

Palaelodus ) — “firmly establish[es]” ( Mayr 2010 ) the once-controversial idea that the six species of wildly ectomorphic, filter-feeding, brilliant pink flamingos and the 20-odd compact, hunter-diver, more subtly colored grebes are each others’ closest living relatives.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I had experienced this species in much closer quarters before, on a previous sojourn on the island in 2010 I paid a visit to a local breeding facility; I even went trekking sans guide deep into the forest without much success save for one or two distant fly-bys. Nevertheless, I was more than satiated.

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Grenada Parrots Trinidad 2010 130

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JANUARY 28, 2015

The 2010 continental estimate of trumpeter swan abundance was 46,225, an increase of 33% since 2005 and the highest recorded since the surveys began in 1968 3. References: 1 Birds of North America Online , 2 Pacific Flyway Management Plan for the Pacific Coast Population of Trumpeter Swans , 3 The 2010 North American Trumpeter Swan Survey.

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North America Iowa Wisconsin Michigan 176

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MARCH 18, 2012

Flushing Meadows Corona Park, March 2010 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus is a much-maligned and persecuted creature. … This post was originally published on 21 March 2010, but we hate to keep posts this good buried in the archives ! Go check it out! ……… a.

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2010 Ducks Fish Birds 204

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NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Here’s what we knew about the Painted Bunting up until about 2010: 1. So, what have we learned since 2010, and why is a Painted Bunting split up for discussion now? These two points are discussed thoroughly in Tom Schulenberg’s 2009 account for Neotropical Birds Online: Painted Bunting: Distribution. Photo by Andy Morffew.

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Mississippi Mexico Alabama North Carolina 272

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MARCH 23, 2012

Manhattan, April 2010 In the busiest and most developed borough of New York City, Manhattan, which is what most tourists think of when they think of New York City (if they are thinking at all), the signs of spring are sometimes subtle, but most are, like much of Manhattan, in your face. ……… a.

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New York City New York 2010 Dogs 162

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MARCH 28, 2015

2010 – 31 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. 2009 – 15 March. 2008 – 21 March. 2007 – 26 March. 2006 – 03 March. Great, I’m your first phoebe of 2015.

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2015 2006 2014 2007 170

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APRIL 8, 2015

I haven’t seen a female yet this year either but here is a photo of one I took back in April of 2010. The males arrive on breeding grounds before the females and, according to their range map, they probably breed here in Shasta County.

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North America 2010 Breeding America 221

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MARCH 30, 2018

2010 – 31 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. 2009 – 15 March.

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2018 2015 2017 2009 100

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JANUARY 29, 2015

Three to Four-day long searches since the year 2010 has proven effective to contain and eradicate the population of African Pythons. I volunteered to help with the first python round up in 2010 when the first large African Pythons were captured.

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Pythons Florida Mammals Reptiles 182

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

There are probably not too many words that will allow you to use two y in the same word, and – I looked this up – ever since a Scrabble rule change in 2010, names of locations are allowed. Don’t ever say you do not learn anything reading this blog).

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China Pythons Birds Rabbits 211

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JULY 7, 2021

There was an empty lot of land next to us until 2010 – I remember seeing a distraught Blue-black Grassquit sitting on the fence as the bulldozer cleared the land. A White-lined Tanager (above) enjoys a fallen mango, while a Blue-gray Tanager (below) prefers to get its mango fix from our porch. Birds have also benefitted.

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Opossums Barn Owls Reptiles Hunting 264

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MARCH 29, 2014

2010 – 31 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. 2009 – 15 March. 2008 – 21 March. 2007 – 26 March. 2006 – 03 March.

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2014 2006 2007 2008 189

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OCTOBER 11, 2019

What finally got me to lug my camera for a before work birding outing this morning was reports of a Prothonotary Warbler yesterday, a bird that was last reported in 2010 in Bryant Park and one which I never mind seeing. This pocket park is well known by New York City birders as a migrant trap and this fall has been no exception.

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New York City Birds Sparrows New York 123

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MARCH 12, 2017

2010 – 31 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. 2009 – 15 March. 2008 – 21 March.

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2017 Jamaica 2008 2015 111

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APRIL 4, 2013

Hold not one, but two international photo contests, one in 2010 and one in 2012. They wanted to put together a book about The World’s Rarest Birds , but were finding that it was pretty difficult locating photographs of the 590 bird species considered Extinct in the Wild, Critically Endangered or Endangered. The solution?

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United States 2012 2010 Birds 179

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NOVEMBER 30, 2015

But I bet Eddie Shea, who reported the eight Gyrfalcons from Alaska in June of 2010, was pretty pleased to see them. Sharon Stiteler , the Birdchick , has the all time high count of Canvasback , in Iowa back in 2010. I would never recover! The most Gyrfalcons ever reported is 8. Which, to be honest, is kind of disappointing.

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Louisiana Birds Nicaragua Iowa 171

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

per year ; between 1966 and 2010 their numbers declined by almost 50%. When eating seeds, these finches use large beaks to crush the seeds, while their tongues “ extract the nut. ” Unfortunately, Purple Finch populations are decreasing by around 1.4%

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New Hampshire United States 2010 Birds 150

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MAY 12, 2015

With competition for nesting sites diminished, the bluebirds rebounded, and their populations have been growing by 2% every year between 1966 and 2010. In the 60’s and 70’s, bluebird lovers and conservationists sought to address Eastern Bluebird decline by building nest-boxes.

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New York New York City United States 2010 160

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JULY 17, 2017

Regular readers have been enjoying Carrie’s deft literary stylings on 10,000 Birds since 2010, but her first contribution to the blog– a tribute to her one of her favorite, albeit extinct, birds –was published a full decade ago. Please join us in congratulating Carrie for her well-deserved recognition.

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2017 2016 Ethics 2010 100

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MAY 26, 2015

As a result, their populations have increased by over 1% per year since 1966, and as of 2010 their breeding population came in at around 14 million. When food sources shrink or disappear in these northern winters, they then benefit from the abundance of bird feeders, and are particularly drawn to suet.

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South Carolina Legislature United States 2010 157

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MARCH 21, 2016

2010 – 31 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. 2009 – 15 March. 2008 – 21 March. 2007 – 26 March.

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2016 2007 2008 2015 103

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APRIL 20, 2016

As Director of SABUKO (the Society for Nature Conservation) , Rukhaia has led his colleagues in making a substantial impact, driving the number of birds killed in two villages down by 80% since 2010. Which makes him a formidable candidate for the prestigious prize.

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Papua New Guinea Snow Leopard Pakistan illegal 100

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MARCH 23, 2013

A lone Smooth-billed Ani, dubbed the ‘Orphan Ani’ by locals, that lingered for months at Anhinga Trail in 2010. Last, a young Greater Ani was photographed in Key Biscayne in December of 2010, but was immediately dismissed due to questions on provenance.

Florida 195

Florida Virgin Islands Miami Breeders 195