10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2016

Instead, like every spring, Corey was charmed by the Tree Swallows defending their nest boxes at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge when he visited there Sunday morning. 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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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 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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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

A logical and outstanding successor to The Genius of Birds (2016), Ackerman’s award-winning book about bird cognition, The Bird Way explores the diversity of bird behavior, the norm and the extremes, with an emphasis on cutting-edge research and findings that explode assumptions.

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Science Costa Rica Birds Research 220

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 175

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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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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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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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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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2014

The Lodge at Pico Bonito is an inviting, idyllic place for relaxation as well as for enjoying wildlife. Cuery y Salado Preserve protects a coastal mangrove system full of wildlife from monkeys to trogons. We first visited Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge. In case you are wondering, Cristalino Lodge was his other top choice.

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Honduras Monkeys America Birds 163

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, 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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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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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 142

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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