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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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MARCH 7, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Relying on the Kindness of Birders (and Reflecting on the Muckrace) Coromandel and Miranda Our Top 10 Birding Moments of 2010 Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of December 2010? Exodus: The Migration of Saw-whet Owls in North America.Or Also, note your use of the word “promising candidates&# !

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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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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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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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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 202

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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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APRIL 18, 2012

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY, April 2010 Everyone knows that New York City is an extremely expensive place to live. … This post was first published in April of 2010 but a post like this is too cool to keep hidden in the archives ! ……… a. This post has been submitted to Bird Photography Weekly #34. Go check it out!

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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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MARCH 19, 2012

… This post was originally published on 16 March 2010, but we hate to keep posts this good buried in the archives ! That’s a good way to end up as road kill, which, while it might get your body a good look at a vulture, is not something we want to see happen to any of our 10,000 Birds readers! ……… a.

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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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AUGUST 14, 2013

Despite extensive research Lethaby and King (2010) found few records and conclude that this species is rare indeed. Sinaloa Martins are rarely detected across their range and recently reports suggest that populations of Sinaloa Martins have declined (Lethaby and King 2010).

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MARCH 12, 2012

… This post was originally published on 30 March 2010, but we hate to keep posts this good buried in the archives ! Neotropical specialties like manakins, tanagers, and antpittas may get most of the press but, seriously, what are the tropics without those trusty toucans? ……… a.

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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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APRIL 19, 2011

The April 2010 Gulf oil spill was obviously devastating to the region’s wildlife. However, oiled birds would have suffered even more were it not for the relief workers attending to as many as they could.

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Pelicans Louisiana 2010 Suffering 161

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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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AUGUST 27, 2012

Not only that, but as of its opening as a park in May 2010, it is the largest public park in Berlin. It was one of the busiest airports in the 1930s, is home to a building 1.2 kilometers long, and served admirably during the Berlin Airlift.

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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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JULY 8, 2013

While many worked on the issue, we here at 10,000 Birds like to believe that Julie Zickefoose’s heartfelt and powerfully written blog post here on 10,000 Birds in October of 2010 had a lot to do with the tabling.

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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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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Mario’s image of a Black-winged Kite ( Elanus caeruleus ) and prey won second place in the Digiscoper of the Year 2010 – I look forward to see what he dreams up for next year’s competition!

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MAY 3, 2012

Queens, New York, May 2010 At one time there was an airport in northern Queens called Flushing Airport. a warning to unwary birders… Flushing Airport should not be birded alone … This post was originally published on 12 May 2010 but a post like this shouldn’t be left to languish in the archives !

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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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JANUARY 5, 2012

I gave up year listing a couple of annums back even though I’ve rung up some banner bird bounties in 2010 and 2011. Don’t feel obliged to start a formal list if listing isn’t your style.

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Zimbabwe Atlanta 2012 2011 169

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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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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Consider the fact that in January 2010 eBird participants logged more than 1.5 One of the more recent citizen science projects being run at Cornell, in partnership with The National Audubon Society, is called eBird. eBird serves the dual function of being a global tool for birders whilst simultaneously providing critical data for science.

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AUGUST 9, 2014

In fact, Lark Sparrows have been found there annually since at least 2010, according to eBird , and I am sure for many years before that. Let this serve as a reminder for birders to input their historical data!) As a matter of fact, I saw one at Robert Moses just last year !

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Sparrows New York 2010 Birds 189

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NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Gujarat, December 2010. Target for today: critically endangered Sociable Lapwing ( Vanellus gregarius ). The official definition of CR status says the species could be gone within ten years, or could lose 80 per cent of its population within three generations – whichever comes first.

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JULY 27, 2012

Just before Thanksgiving, 2010, a driver spotted a Red-tailed hawk sitting on a dead rabbit in the middle of the road. Yet I realize banding is a very valuable tool, and gives us information we could not otherwise gather. And to prove it, there’s The Queen. When she didn’t fly off, he stopped his car and approached her.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2015

In November 2010, I backpacked for fifty days via the reasonably good bus system in Ecuador. Brood parasitism from Shiny Cowbird is also a major issue (42% parasitism rate if unmanaged). Pale-headed Brush-Finch are usually feeding on or near the ground. Photo by Dušan Brinkhuizen (www.sapayoa.com).

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