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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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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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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 271

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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 278

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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 236

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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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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 247

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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 254

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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 239

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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 196

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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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New York City New York Jamaica 2010 230

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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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Peru 2011 Deer 2010 245

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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 225

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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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Florida Virgin Islands Miami Breeders 235

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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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Kansas Ecuador 2010 Species 233

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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 264

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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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South America San Diego Mexico America 242

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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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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 199

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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 Protest Protesting 279

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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 204

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JANUARY 26, 2014

The AOU lumped everything into “Yellow-rumped Warbler” ( Dendroica coronata ) in 1973 and most recently reconsidered the complex in 2010 (see Proposal 2010-A-4 ) but voted 7-4 to maintain the status quo. So what does all this mean — if anything — for how the birds are split or lumped at the species level?

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United States 2011 Guatemala North America 267

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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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New York City Homelessness New York Baltimore 190

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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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Birds illegal Parrots 2010 269

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JULY 31, 2012

The irony, of course, is that Doepke probably had no idea that the very minor provision for $10,000 to protect bird habitat was included in the multi-million dollar, 115-page environmental bill from 2010. The freedumb, it hurts.

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Minnesota 2010 Protection Birds 182

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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 225

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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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Birds 2010 Humane Family 251

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

Eveling and her team have banded well over 2,500 birds since the inception of the program in 2010; mostly Western Sandpiper , Semipalmated Sandpipers , Sanderlings , and Semipalmated Plovers. The first ever Surfbird captured and color banded by the team brought some excitement early this year.

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Peru South America Delaware New Jersey 257

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MAY 21, 2011

All photos in this post come from Corey’s June 2010 experience of Wood-Warblers at the Forest Park Waterhole. But you’ll probably agree that diminished productivity is a small price to pay when spring migration arrives at your front door!

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Nashville Tennessee 2010 Canada 235

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MARCH 1, 2013

( When Duncan Wright contacted us back in 2010 to say that he thought we might enjoy showing some photos on 10,0000 Birds of Wellington’s big, boisterous parrots, he was 100% spot-on. Three years later, we still look forward to his weekly dispatches from the austral ends of the Earth!

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New Zealand Possums Parrots 2010 220

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MARCH 24, 2012

… This post was originally published on 09 March 2010, but we hate to keep posts this good buried in the archives ! Anyway, what I am clumsily saying is that after the pheasant the birding day was essentially done and I headed home earlier than expected with the hope that Daisy will let me out again soon. ……… a.

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Chickens Birds Blackbirds 2010 215

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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 264

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APRIL 11, 2011

Let’s first take a look at the predictions from July of 2010 and October of 2010 side-by-side. It was a very odd bird that several of us had seen back in May of 2010. When last I wrote a post like this I was somewhat disappointed to discover that I only managed to correctly guess 33% of my additions correctly.

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Jamaica Owls 2010 New York City 194

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Here’s a portrait of a Red-breasted Sapsucker taken at Lema Ranch in January of 2010. Back in the summer of ’09 I wrote a post on a Juvenile Nuttall’s Woodpecker that was foraging in an oak tree and an Anna’s Hummingbird that was feeding out of the sap wells in that tree. References: 1 Birds Of North America Online a.

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Alaska North America Woodpeckers 2010 207

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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Like most Kiwis I was shocked by the pair of earthquakes that laid Christchurch low in 2010 and 2011. That event also had me swearing a lot this week, especially when it struck. This isn’t the first time I’ve written about earthquakes here. And we in Wellington had a bit of a shock when a swarm of quakes struck our region in 2013.

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Albatross New Zealand Fur Seals 218

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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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Owls 2011 Spain 2010 257

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

First recorded in Florida in 1949, it has been gracing the mature yards and suburban parks of Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties for several decades, although it has recently experienced significant declines in its population perhaps due to Hurricane Wilma in October 2005 and the severe winter cold of 2010.

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Miami Costa Rica Florida 2005 230