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APRIL 15, 2012

If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed.

2012 221

2012 United States Fox New York 221

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DECEMBER 30, 2012

You are undoubtedly reviewing the best and worst of everything you experienced in 2012 as we prepare to ring in the New Year. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Time to put another year in the books! What was your best bird of the weekend?

2012 149

2012 Birds Experience Experiments 149

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JULY 1, 2012

If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed.

2012 219

2012 Birds Experience Experiments 219

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APRIL 29, 2012

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2012 221

2012 Birds Experience Experiments 221

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MARCH 18, 2012

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2012 215

2012 Jamaica New York Woodpeckers 215

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

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2012 205

2012 Sparrows Birds Experience 205

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MAY 6, 2012

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Chicago 201

Chicago 2012 Florida Birds 201

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

With enough observation and experience, we notice slight variations and how those aberrations sometimes ripple throughout ecosystems. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Some phenological oddities, however, are blatant enough to catch everyone’s attention.

2012 186

2012 New York Suffering Birds 186

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

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Pennsylvania 194

Pennsylvania 2012 New York Farming 194

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AUGUST 12, 2012

I found the experience of authentically aggressive heat rather refreshing, but much prefer my moderate New York summers! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. But like so many things, evaluations of temperature can be relative. What was your best bird of the weekend?

2012 174

2012 United States New York Birds 174

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JANUARY 29, 2012

That magnificent predator was too distant for decent photos, so I snapped some of the Long-tailed Ducks on which the owl has been sustaining itself… As for Corey, his Space Coast experience is yielding ABA birds and lifers in buckets. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

2012 181

2012 Medical Owls Birds 181

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MARCH 11, 2012

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2012 190

2012 ALA Woodpeckers Eagles 190

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JUNE 17, 2012

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Hungary 193

Hungary Miami 2012 Trinidad 193

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

On this final day of 2012 it is time, just like it was on the final days of 2010 and 2011 , to share your Best Birds of the Year. Here, without further ado, are your Best Birds of 2012, in no particular order. I think my official Best Bird of 2012, though, was (finally, finally seeing) the Burrowing Owl. Happy New Year!

2012 133

2012 Ghana Ireland Costa Rica 133

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AUGUST 2, 2012

The summer span of school-free days from late June to early September always seemed to me to be an experience all United States students held in common. Then again, my position is based on my personal experience and preferences. No kid should be stuck in school in early August! Maybe Kentucky has it right.

Kentucky 173

Kentucky Michigan United States 2012 173

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FEBRUARY 5, 2012

The only thing that marred the gorgeous experience with the owls was a coterie of photographers who had decided that their images were more important than anything else and were out in the dunes trying to get better pictures. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

2012 171

2012 Owls New York Birds 171

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APRIL 1, 2012

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Lamb 184

Lamb Louisiana 2012 New York 184

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

Check out this graph adapted from eBird that shows the frequency of sightings in the United States in 2012 – Red-breasted Nuthatches are showing up on birders’ checklists just over sixteen percent of the time! And because cones were abundant nearly everywhere in their range, they had plenty to eat.

United States 275

United States Owls Atlanta North Carolina 275

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FEBRUARY 1, 2014

I think most readers of 10,000 Birds will, at this point, remember my great disappointment in January of 2012 when I went on the Black Rail field trip at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival and neither heard nor saw a Black Rail. Mike had already explained to us that, in his experience, Black Rails at St. Johns NWR'

Wildlife 220

Wildlife Philippines Florida 2012 220

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MAY 27, 2012

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2012 181

2012 United States Birds Experience 181

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JANUARY 22, 2012

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Iceland 181

Iceland 2012 New York Birds 181

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APRIL 10, 2020

No, I haven’t lost track of the calendar — though that’s quickly becoming a more common experience in our new reality — but occasionally life gets in the way of blogging, which is what happened this week. I don’t have a proper post ready for you today, meaning there’s no customary Birds and Booze story and review for now.

Collecting 264

Collecting Connecticut New York Industry 264

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AUGUST 5, 2012

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New York City 181

New York City Michigan 2012 New York 181

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OCTOBER 14, 2012

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2012 173

2012 United States Birds Experience 173

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JANUARY 15, 2012

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2012 173

2012 Birds Experience Experiments 173

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FEBRUARY 12, 2012

If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Believe it or not, this icy tableau includes a Purple Sandpiper What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed.

Polar Bears 186

Polar Bears 2012 Bears Geese 186

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JULY 22, 2012

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New York City 181

New York City 2012 Chickens New York 181

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

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2012 173

2012 Falcons Farming Eagles 173

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

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2012 165

2012 Falcons Owls Birds 165

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

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Obama 170

Obama 2012 United States Campaign 170

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

My life experience allows for a generally calm and balanced demeanor. This is what I am able to conclude from my age-related immense treasure trove of experience, which makes it an indisputable truth. If you feel the inclination to experience failure, try spotting legs on them: Legs: The Expendables 1. Legs: The Expendables 2.

Goats 246

Goats Indonesia Science Experience 246

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JANUARY 11, 2015

Even better was that these were the first Corey had seen since 2012. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What’s not to like about a tiny alcid? How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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2015 2012 Birds Experience 200

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JUNE 10, 2012

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2012 165

2012 Birds Experience Experiments 165

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

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Costa Rica 171

Costa Rica 2012 Birds Experience 171

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DECEMBER 9, 2012

If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. Since my waxwings shots weren’t that hot, let’s enjoy Corey’s wayward pelican.

Pelicans 163

Pelicans Japan 2012 New York 163

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DECEMBER 6, 2012

Nature lovers who love to travel know that few experiences are more enjoyable than preparation for a big trip. The mundane details that actually allow a trip to happen are tedious, but researching all those potential birds… huge fun! Your theoretical trip list will always be so much more extensive and exotic than your actual list.

Singapore 174

Singapore New Zealand 2012 Japan 174

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MARCH 29, 2012

Perhaps you don’t work in that kind of environment, but don’t let that stop you from immersing yourself in the experience of a world in flux. Think your coworkers would be up for an office pool to pick the next early migrant to arrive? Corey will be kicking around the NYC area, so send your swankiest vagrants his way.

Portugal 172

Portugal 2012 Owls Birds 172