10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

This is perhaps the best place in Florida to find a rare gull for the state and though I had no luck picking a vagrant California Gull out of the teeming hordes I did enjoy myself as much as I did back in 2012. … 10,000 Birds is a Scrub-Jay level sponsor of the 2014 Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival.

Florida 184

Florida Panama Wildlife 2014 184

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

And there is wonder in the beauty of our country, eloquently described as Dorian cycles through the Florida Everglades, the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the Redwood forests of Oregon, and even South Central Los Angeles. This is a smartly written book.

Los Angeles 201

Los Angeles Massachusetts Birds New York City 201

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2013

Rangel Diaz is doing a big year in Miami-Dade County, Florida, hoping to reach 300 species, and keeping a blog about it. Andy Wraithmell is doing a Florida Big Year in 2013 and, again according to eBird, had reached 112 species as of 8 January. And who’s planning one for 2014? Follow along at NC Big Year ’13.

2013 189

2013 Los Angeles New Jersey North Carolina 189

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2014

Yeah, Rufous Hummingbirds , 2014′s selection, are cool. Destinations Florida Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival' Lobby Jeff Gordon, president of the American Birding Association, to make the Green Heron the ABA Bird of the Year in 2015. No bird is as cool as the Green Heron. But Green Herons are obviously cooler.

Wildlife 169

Wildlife Tampa Alligators 2012 169

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

Even today, newspaper and magazine articles about the parakeets have headlines like this one, that ran in the Broward (FL) Sun-Sentinel on March 2, 2014: Monk Parakeets: Delightful Import or Pest? ProQuest Historical Newspapers, viewed July 17, 2014. Florida’s Introduced Birds: Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus).

Chicago 193

Chicago New York City Illinois New York 193

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2019

I’d only ever seen Wilson’s Plover four times previously: once in Florida, once on Trinidad, and twice in Puerto Rico (though those last two sightings were probably of the same bird on different days). I had always avoided chasing one figuring I would eventually find one on my own in Queens.)

Puerto Rico 115

Puerto Rico New York New York City Trinidad 115

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

The following maps I created on eBird show the dramatic growth in the spread of the Eurasian Collared-Dove from 2002 to 2014. In Florida nesting has been reported in every month except January 1. The northwestern spread of this non-native species made it to my yard a few years ago. Click on photos for full sized images.

2002 176

2002 Breeders North America Bahamas 176

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2016

It turns out that there is an example of this with wading birds in the Florida Everglades. Proto-dogs that did not mess with the humans would have a higher reproductive rate than would-be-dogs that lived among the more dangerous carnivores.

Alligators 112

Alligators Leopards Rabbits Protection 112

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2015

2014 was a great year for birding! Read on if you want to indulge me in reliving my version of it… In 2014 I birded in three countries (United States, Canada, Costa Rica), four states (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida), and forty-two counties. (I’m Now we need to top that number next year!

2014 235

2014 Costa Rica New Jersey New York 235

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2013

Now seems like a good time to look in on the birding big years happening in 2013 to see how folks are doing as they tear around their county or region or state or province or country trying to see as many birds as possible before 1 January 2014. Rangel Diaz’s big year in Miami-Dade County, Florida, is going well.

2013 179

2013 New Jersey North Carolina Canada 179

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

A little longer than its predecessor (by eight pages to be exact), the East Coast guide is your handy dandy, pocket-sized, all-in-one guide to the seabirds, marine mammals, sea turtles, fish, and other creatures you are likely to encounter on pelagics or whale watching trips, from Bar Harbor, Maine to Ponce de Leon Inlet, Florida.

Pennsylvania 156

Pennsylvania Texas Whaling Whales 156

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JUNE 18, 2015

You may not have heard about the Florida Bonneted Bat (Eumops floridanus) , and that is fine, not many know this bat even existed. This bat is rare and range-restricted in South Florida, which are some of the reasons it was recently listed as an endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Florida Bonneted Bat roosting in Palm Tree.

Bats 166

Bats Florida Endangered Species Cuba 166

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

Hugh, who years ago helped me find my first Pauraque in the Rio Grande Valley , visited Peru as part of the 2014 World Birding Rally, where he stopped thinking of himself as an experienced birder. led by Rich Hoyer); Surbound Expeditions (Florida, led by Alfredo Begazo); and Field Guides (Texas, led by Rose Ann Rowlett).

Peru 253

Peru South America Birds South Africa 253

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Or, that the grassland Burrowing Owls of Essay #90 (“Breeding Systems: Coloniality”), who require prairie dogs for successful nesting, are different from the Burrowing Owls of Florida, who are able to create burrow nests and breed without the ‘dogs.’

North America 114

North America Birds Prairie Dogs Barn Owls 114

10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2014

the same few states always come to mind first…Alaska, Arizona, Texas, and Florida. Black-vented Shearwater can be abundant in southern California waters some years, as they have 2013-2014. When one thinks of taking a birdcation somewhere in the U.S., That’s where everyone goes, and for good reason. Ventura, CA.

California 191

California San Diego Oakland Birds 191

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2015

Lake Apopka Restoration Area in Lake County Florida is fast-becoming one of the best bird magnets in all of Florida. Situated pretty much slap-bang in the center of the state north of Lake Okeechobee, this massive wetland was once the Florida’s most polluted body of water. Today, through extensive management by the St.

Florida 223

Florida 2015 Farming 2014 223

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

I’ve written reviews of titles in the series, but proof of how good they are came when I gave the ABA Field Guide to Birds of Florida to my 12-year old nephew as a birthday gift. Jake lives in southeast Florida and loves fishing and Blue Jays (the bird, not the team). Mack (Cassowary Conservation and Publishing, 2014) for Birding.

Papua New Guinea 175

Papua New Guinea Penguins 2014 Guinea 175

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

But for some poorly (or not-at-all) understood reason, its spread across North America has shown a very northwesterly orientation, so while birders as far away from the epicenter of the North American introduction in Florida as British Columbia get to see Eurasian Collared-Doves regularly we New Yorkers and other northeasterners are deprived.

New York 167

New York New York City North America Bahamas 167

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2016

That, at least, is the case for most birders in North America, unless they reside in Florida and have no clue as to what a winter is anyway. Few things can spell out “winter birding” as poetically as the sighting of a rare northern owl that has more or less unexpectedly found its way to southern, more balmy environs.

Germany 102

Germany Owls 2013 2006 102

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2016

And, the birds and birding trips to Arizona, Florida, California, the waters of North Carolina, and Alaska—always back to Alaska—start accumulating. He tied Komito’s record officially in 2014, when the ABA Checklist Committee approved the addition of the Common Redstart seen on St.

2013 104

2013 Arizona San Diego Massachusetts 104

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

The maps cover established ranges, but at least in one case–Egyptian Goose–they don’t cover areas in which the bird has begun to establish a new foothold (Florida). As I said above, the text is carefully footnoted; data reflects recent surveys up to 2014, and the scholarly articles up to 2012.

North America 140

North America Asia Europe America 140

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2014

I just booked a trip to a place even more exotic than Florida; although I’m not leaving until mid-February, studying trip reports begins now. Corey will be adding warm weather birds back into his identification banks in preparation for his imminent arrival at Space Coast. How about you? Share your plans in the comments below.

Estonia 152

Estonia 2014 Florida Birds 152

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MARCH 4, 2014

So, yes, here is the March 2007 record of the first Loggerhead Kingbird that I saw in Key West and there is the second record of Greater Sand Plover, a bird I saw on Little Talbot Island, Florida in May 2009. (I I like the the attention paid in the illustrations and text to differentiating similar species. . by Steve N. 2 line illus.

North America 245

North America America United States Birds 245

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Florida Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma coerulescens. Florida Canyon–lower. Florida Bass Conservation Center. Florida Canyon–lower. Emerald Tanager – Tangara florida. 14 Aug 2018. Steller’s Jay – Cyanocitta stelleri. Chilao–Campground. 13 Feb 2018. 01 Jan 2018. 04 Jan 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Facebook bought Oculus for $2B in 2014 but have since closed over 200 of its 500 Oculus pop-ups at Best Buy due to poor performance, some days going without a single demonstration. As a side note, the most valuable unicorn in my home state, Florida, is Magic Leap – a firm founded in 2010 that has raised $1.4

Emotional 59

Emotional Branding Legislation 2018 59

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Florida Bass Conservation Center. Florida Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma coerulescens. Emerald Tanager – Tangara florida. American Bittern – Botaurus lentiginosus. Sweetwater Wetlands Park. 27 Jan 2018. Razorbill – Alca torda. Breezy Point Tip. 27 Jan 2018. Ruby-crowned Kinglet – Regulus calendula.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Florida Bass Conservation Center. Florida Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma coerulescens. Emerald Tanager – Tangara florida. American Bittern – Botaurus lentiginosus. Sweetwater Wetlands Park. 27 Jan 2018. Razorbill – Alca torda. Breezy Point Tip. 27 Jan 2018. Ruby-crowned Kinglet – Regulus calendula.

2018 113

2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Florida Bass Conservation Center. Florida Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma coerulescens. Emerald Tanager – Tangara florida. Sora – Porzana carolina. Sweetwater Wetlands Park. 27 Jan 2018. Razorbill – Alca torda. Breezy Point Tip. 27 Jan 2018. Ruby-crowned Kinglet – Regulus calendula. 26 Jan 2018. 26 Jan 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Florida Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma coerulescens. Florida Bass Conservation Center. Emerald Tanager – Tangara florida. 14 Aug 2018. Steller’s Jay – Cyanocitta stelleri. Chilao–Campground. 13 Feb 2018. Blue Jay – Cyanocitta cristata. 01 Jan 2018. 04 Jan 2018. Fraser Hill Central. 13 Jun 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Florida Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma coerulescens. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP. Emerald Tanager – Tangara florida. Finca Hamadryas. 09 Jan 2016. Steller’s Jay – Cyanocitta stelleri. 13 Feb 2016. 01 Jan 2016.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 154

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2014

How have these species accounts changed from The Sibley Guide to Birds , published in 2000 (heretofore called Sibley One) to The Sibley Guide to Birds, Second Edition , published in March 2014 (and heretofore called Sibley Two). Knopf, 2014. Written and illustrated by David Allen Sibley. inches, 624 pages.

North America 228

North America Birds Alaska America 228

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Florida Bass Conservation Center. Florida Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma coerulescens. Emerald Tanager – Tangara florida. American Bittern – Botaurus lentiginosus. Sweetwater Wetlands Park. 27 Jan 2018. Razorbill – Alca torda. Breezy Point Tip. 27 Jan 2018. Ruby-crowned Kinglet – Regulus calendula.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

As a birder, I’ve seen the sounds of guns scare off geese and ducks I was trying to observe in New Jersey waters, and shuddered over the skins of Northern Pintails and American Wigeons seen in boats along Alligator Alley, Florida. So–not a fan of hunting. And, neither are most of our 10,000 Birds writers. Harrison, 2005, PUP).

Ducks 113

Ducks Geese North America Hunters 113