10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

We saw a lot of great birds but only one truly rare one, a species that everyone on that trip will long remember. Unfortunately for me, that special species spotted in the bay separating Hong Kong from China was Red-breasted Merganser. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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2014 Feral Asia China 243

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MARCH 2, 2014

Corey had quite a few species from which to choose for his Best Bird of the Weekend but he couldn’t resist deciding on the Snowy Owl he watched and digiscoped at Tiana Beach in Suffolk County on Saturday. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Birding best bird weekend'

2014 246

2014 Lions Owls Birds 246

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2014

While I didn’t notice any Neotropical migrants this weekend, I was pleased to spot a Tufted Titmouse , a species I tend to miss during winter. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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New Jersey 2014 Louisiana Bears 227

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APRIL 20, 2014

This species is quite rare during migration in my area and this bird was, in one sense, way too early but, for my purposes, right on time. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Who else is feeling good today? The Best Bird of my weekend was a real find. Birding best bird weekend'

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2014 Birds Family Rights 242

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JUNE 22, 2014

Any time you see young of an endangered species it has to be considered your Best Bird of the Weekend. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a no-brainer. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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2014 Endangered Species Birds Experience 233

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JANUARY 5, 2014

This species, which has been on the decline in local Christmas Bird Counts, is always a pleasure to see, and Corey was especially pleased to watch and digiscope them at relatively close range with the light behind him. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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2014 Sparrows Birds Experience 219

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2014

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was one of three great goose species he saw on Saturday during a day-long expedition in eastern Long Island. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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2014 Geese Birds Experience 221

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a relatively common species though it was uncommonly cooperative. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. With this weekend consumed by Halloween excitement, bats were more easily encountered than birds. How did you fare?

2014 208

2014 Bats New York Sparrows 208

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2014

It is the first record of this invasive species for New York City and it served as a nice contrast to the hordes of pigeons in the neighborhood. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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New York City 2014 Breeders Virginia 213

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

I’ve been paying careful attention to nuthatches in anticipating of seeing a gaudy new species of what has always been a prosaic but still pulchritudinous bird for me. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. That’s a global initiative I can support!

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2014 Birds Owls Experience 213

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MARCH 24, 2014

But on the topic of snow, Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was the first Snowy Egret of the year in New York State, one he found at Baisley Pond Park in Queens, a rather unusual location for the species to begin with, much less at the very beginning of spring. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

2014 202

2014 United States New York Birds 202

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JUNE 8, 2014

Though Corey had a heck of a weekend for birds, especially on Saturday, there was one species that stood out, both because of its inherent awesomeness and because it was color-banded. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? Birding June weekend'

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2014 Birds Experience Experiments 180

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

I’ve been fortunate to see two Penguin species in the wild (African and Galapagos) and have dreamed of seeing more–maybe even all!–especially The goal of Around the World For Penguins is simple: Describe the 18 species of penguin and their breeding grounds “from the perspective of a traveller.”

Penguins 279

Penguins Georgia Albatross New Zealand 279

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2014

Birding in Greece – Travel Guide to birdwatching sites in Greece (2014, 2nd edition – I was not aware of the first!) The book ends with a country checklist, 449 species long, and the contacts of the managing authorities of protected areas. While it makes for a richer appearance, is it useful? ISBN 978-960-6861-24-6.

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Greece Macedonia Birds 2014 260

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2014

I had a great time back in 2012 and even more fun in 2014. Florida is a great place to bird in January because in addition to the year-round species there are a host of birds that winter in the relatively balmy climate that Florida has in winter. Get my Florida list to 180 species. Who knows what great birds 2015 will bring?

2015 255

2015 Wildlife Florida Honduras 255

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

I observed this species in the Little Rann of Kutch in India and since then, have been burning with desire to see them back home. The winter of 2014 is quite warm and the numbers are much lower, but the Opovo record, as counted by Vuckovic, is 250 owls. And the citizens of Kikinda are justly proud of it. Once perched, it is easy.

Serbia 247

Serbia Owls Rodents India 247

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

2014), presents an authoritative framework for our understanding of and future work on bird phylogeny. processed the entire genomes of 48 bird species and compared nearly 42 million base pairs of DNA (Hackett et al. Now it’s late 2014, six and a half years later, and here’s what we know today. Open Jarvis et al.’s

Family 279

Family Parrots Birds 2014 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2013

No matter how successful your efforts, you’re bound to begin 2014 with fewer regrets! He is very relieved to finally get a guillemot in New York because the species was coming close to becoming a state nemesis bird for him. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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2013 New York 2014 Birds 191

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2015

Unbroken corridors connecting Finca Luna Nueva to outstanding habitat like the 50,000 acre Children’s Eternal Rainforest also help attract rare deep forest species like White-fronted Nunbird. Corey and I put the lodge’s birdiness to the test as members of the team covering Finca Luna Nueva for the 2014 Arenal Bird Count.

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Costa Rica Birds Farming 2014 250

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

An associated issue is that the Belize and Costa Rica guides share many of the same descriptions of species, written by Howell. Similarly, descriptions of species repeated across volumes do not lose their accuracy with each publication. Other species are splits and lumped and have had their names changed. Why are these issues?

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Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 246

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2014

A good state bird guide needs to offer details about a bird’s look, sound, behavior and habitat in language that is specific enough to differentiate the bird from similar-looking species, but nonscientific enough not to intimidate novice birders. Species are organized in American Ornithologists’ Union taxonomic order.

New Jersey 259

New Jersey Birds 2014 Tail Banding 259

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The following year, 2014, I elected to join a different group birding the lowland seasonal forest at the opposite end of the CBC radius from where I had that wonderful experience the year before. The sandy forest yielded half-decent looks at several uncommon forest species such as this White-shouldered Tanager.

Trinidad 247

Trinidad Livestock 2015 Buffalo 247

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2015

The title of warmest year on record currently belongs to 2014 , but the crown may pass in just a few weeks to the present year. But I wonder how these trends are impacting every other species on Earth… yes, sometimes I can think of someone besides myself! What was your best bird of the weekend?

2015 136

2015 Geese 2014 Birds 136

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2017

He digitized and downloaded all of them, he says, in preparation for his 2015 Big Year — a whirlwind trip around the world in an effort to see 5,000 bird species in one year, something never before done. The result is his delightful new book, “ Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World.”.

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Sri Lanka Cleveland Philippines Birds 187

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

where and when the species is likely to be seen on the east coast, flight style, size and structure as compared to similar species. Of the 426 species on the official state checklist, this guide covers 252. Attention is also paid to when and where each species is likely to be seen in the state.

Pennsylvania 189

Pennsylvania Texas Whaling Whales 189

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

per cent of individuals of a species at a given time” and a vagrant bird as a bird that shows up outside of this range (p. It reminds me a lot of Rare Birds of North America , the 2014 book by Steve N. They define geographic range as encompassing “something like 99.99 It’s not always easy reading. Don’t worry.

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Compassion Birds Eagles Science 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Dorian’s gregarious personality and self-deprecating sense of humor makes even the most meditative sections one of a piece with his birding experiences, producing a good read that may make you think. Plus tales of birding from the point of view of the traveling cyclist. There are also surprises.

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Los Angeles Massachusetts Birds New York City 246

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Covering 1,261 species with data and taxonomy current up to August 2017, the field guide is an exciting achievement. And, then there are the more familiar birds–Wood-warblers, sandpipers, hawks–some species migrants, some species with a wide range. Can you guess which of the species cited above are endemic?

America 214

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 214

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Over 3,200 photographs have been used, most showing species in their habitats. There is also text, distribution maps, a dark red bar “warning” about similar looking rare species, and conservation symbols. So, how do you find the species account for Kestrel if falcons are not placed between woodpeckers and parakeet?

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Ireland Birds Falcons Turtles 201

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago covers 1,417 species, 601 endemics, 98 vagrants, 8 introduced and 18 undescribed species. Only one bird species has become extinct (Javan Lapwing), but many others are endangered, with some considered close to extinction (not surprising in an area with species restricted to one or two small islands).

Indonesia 183

Indonesia Brunei Malaysia Papua New Guinea 183

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

So, for example, Essay #15, “Individual Variation,” uses Herring Gulls to introduce the concept that one species, even one species at a specific age, can vary widely in appearance. The Checklist is more than a taxonomic listing of species and chapter number and title; it also contains useful notes on each bird family.

North America 127

North America Birds Prairie Dogs Barn Owls 127

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

2014 has been a good year for us at 10,000 Birds. Larry starts us off right with an owl that makes birders drool: I was able to see and photograph many great birds in 2014 but my Best Bird of the Year would have to be the Great Gray Owl , the largest Strix in North America. That’s Redgannet’s BBOTY at the top of the post.

2014 244

2014 Costa Rica South Africa Penguins 244

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

A little more than halfway through 2014, a year Marybeth had decided would be devoted to finishing in the top fifty eBirders in Louisiana AND Alabama, there is a terrible accident and time must be put aside for Lynn’s healing and recovery. Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species.

Louisiana 264

Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2014

If you read my weekly posts bookending theweekend birding experience, you know that I pay close attention to phenology. The way the ebb and flow of each season impacts out experience of the natural world must inform our efforts to observe avifauna if we want to optimize our experience. Birding best bird weekend'

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2014 New York California Birds 204

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JULY 2, 2024

Taking inspiration from Matthiessen’s 1967 book (long out of print), which combined his natural history essays with species accounts by Ralph S. Species Profile, Black-necked Stilt, p. From Part I, “Shorebirds in Winter,” p. 41; © 2024 by Pete Dunne and Kevin T. 57; © 2024 by Pete Dunne and Kevin T.

North America 264

North America America 2006 Delaware 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

It’s a unique bird, even its scientific name is wonderful, so it’s not surprising that Gerard Gorman, Woodpecker Expert Supreme, has written a book all about the species. I was surprised to learn that there are two Wryneck species in the Jynx genus: Eurasian Wryneck, Jynx torquilla, and Red-throated Wryneck, Jynx ruficollis.

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Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand Europe 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2021

mi2 of the Danube Backwaters in 2014 (cover photo). Now, I have mixed feelings: cautious and by experience mistrustful, but happy. It is a spacious floodplain between the River Danube and the levee, 2.1 mi at its widest point and some 9 km2 / 3.5 mi2 of the proposed reserve was announced. Golden Jackals in Beljarica.

Serbia 279

Serbia Boars Deer Otters 279