10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In other words, eBird is effectively a complete history of my birding experiences. 10,000 Birds also has an eBird profile and since I as a beat writer in 2016, I have been a part of that group. And I will continue my quest to see all of my Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding too. Texas and Florida round out the Top 5.

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Michigan Washington 223

10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2020

Having more than 1300 bird species, including over 75 endemics, it is hard to resist the lure of India – something I know from personal experience. Bhanu Singh is one of India’s leading wildlife photographers whose images and articles are regularly published in national and international publications.

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India Lions 2020 Groups 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2016

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a cooperative Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge that contentedly foraged while Corey digiscoped. 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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Legislation 2016 Jamaica Laws 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2016

Corey enjoyed visits on both Saturday and Sunday mornings to the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge where he searched through the shorebirds diligently. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Michigan 2016 Jamaica Birds 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2016

Of the 26 species of warblers and 110+ species of bird he saw this weekend none caught his fancy quite like an extraordinarily Chestnut-sided Warbler which foraged within scant feet for several minutes at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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2016 Jamaica New York Birds 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Nevertheless, it necessary to combine field experience with museum experience to create a vivid and accurate image of a species. Birds of Central Americ a is, of course, more current than Peterson , but both incorporate the major taxonomic splits of 2016. Some features to consider: Birds of Central America is a big book.

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America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 214

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

For the past several years I have been taking advantage of our many National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) here in Northern California. This leads me to my third twitch for the celebrated Falcated Duck ( Anas falcata ) at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge in January of 2012. This was a no-brainer. I found it within 30 minutes.

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California North America Wildlife 2009 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The authors themselves–Rob Hume, Robert Still, Andy Swash, Hugh Harrop, and David Tipling–collectively have 100s of years of birding and photographic experience. WildGuides, Princeton University Press, summer 2016. Britain’s Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland. 560pages, 6.3

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Ireland Birds Falcons Turtles 203

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

There are arguments for adding all territories, but experience demonstrates that the ABA moves glacially when it comes to the ABA Area. Fish & Wildlife Service. As indicated above, ESA applies and there are units of the National Park System, National Wildlife Refuge System, and National Forest System in the Caribbean territories.

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States 202

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

Many birders keep personal birding lists or life lists, documenting the species they have seen throughout their birding experiences. The concept of a big year gained significant attention through books, such as “The Big Year” by Mark Obmascik, which chronicled the experiences of birders participating in competitive big years.

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United States North America Birds America 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2016

Here are some of the New York State birds that 10,000 Birds readers think of as memorable, and the great stories about how and when they saw them: Winston Poon selected Northern Waterthrush, which he saw at Rockefeller State Preserve on May 16, 2016. Or a sequel.)

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New York Bald Eagle New York City Birds 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

I started afforesting our church lot in 2016, just after we were able to fence it. The neighbors had advised me, from experience, that planting trees without excluding the local free-ranging livestock would be an exercise in futility: first challenge overcome.) But someday, when the trees are tall enough, I hope to leave them all.

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ALA 2016 Livestock Free Range 261

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

Her experiences are framed within the larger scientific histories how once common species become endangered, and of how people and organizations have strategized and explored controversial paths to bring their numbers up and nurture them till they fill our skies. This is the chapter where Osborn talks about “second chances.”

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California Condor Falcons California Coyotes 188

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

The bee footage is actually of Rettig in Gamboa in 2009, but I am going to assume that he had a similar, unfilmed experience in the Philippines. Newborn in Laboratory, photo by Eric Liner. I appreciate the fact that the filmmakers labeled the film insert, though you have to be quick to read it. Tampos, G., & Salvador, D.

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Eagles Philippines Eggs Monkeys 203

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. I’m wondering as I write if you are shaking your head, uneasy that all these FACTS will interfere with your love of observing owls, an experience that easily borders on the mystical for some of us. But what do we know beyond these commonly seen and heard behaviors?

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 246