10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2016

The depth of knowledge, and experience shown here, as well as the writing skills leave me in awe most every week, as I scroll thru the weekly entries. In an effort to look back on the year, I have added, and deleted, written and scratched off, a list of birds that would represent my “Best Ten Birds” of 2016.

2016 100

2016 Grizzly Bear Puffins Mexico 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2021

In August 2016, the newly planned Chinese Belt and Road harbour development inside the most valuable 9 km2 / 3.5 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 Golden Jackals in Beljarica.

Serbia 279

Serbia Boars Deer Otters 279

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2021

The survey also sought to identify “the key attributes important to birding experiences” and learn more about “decisions to participate in birdwatching and level of identity as birdwatcher.”. A core portion of the birdwatcher survey involved discrete choice experiments (DCEs). Broadly speaking, they were not.)

Minnesota 264

Minnesota Pennsylvania Ohio United States 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

My core values demand that I get outside often enough to experience the real world, rather than what I see while watching football. He was pleased to spot all of his target species, from Yellow-breasted Chat to Ovenbird. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

2016 136

2016 Squirrels New York Birds 136

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

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. It’s fascinating stuff.

Science 257

Science Costa Rica Birds Research 257

10,000 Birds

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?

Costa Rica 242

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 242

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2016

For the sake of family peace, I left my bins at home, which meant that the tastiest species I could put a name to was Dark-eyed Junco , which I’ll be seeing a ton of over the coming months. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

2016 124

2016 Birds Owls Family 124

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. The 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in India allows you to focus on species (Index at pg. India is a huge and logistically frightening country. 16), making the planning process easier.

India 263

India Lions 2020 Groups 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2016

But evolving patterns of both weather and species distribution still promise wonder in the weeks and months ahead. I’ve added plenty of new species to my year list, but the bird I appreciated most this weekend was the one closest to home. As migration advances, most birders have enjoyed the frenzy of new first-of-year sightings.

Baltimore 103

Baltimore 2016 Birds Experience 103

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2017

The year 2016 is done and gone and 2017 beckons us onward, bright and new and shiny, hopefully full of birds. Here’s hoping everyone has a wonderful 2017, full of amazing birds and experiences. Here’s hoping everyone has a wonderful 2017, full of amazing birds and experiences. What was your best bird of the weekend?

2017 124

2017 2016 New York Birds 124

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2016

Even though I only had an hour before work, I racked up just about all the warblers I wanted; any weekend I see a Blackburnian Warbler , I know which species is my favorite. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

2016 100

2016 Jamaica New York Birds 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2016

I got a good dose of seaducks this weekend up at the mouth of Irondequoit Bay; the most interesting species amidst the mixed flocks was a lone Bufflehead hobnobbing with Common Goldeneyes. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

ALA 103

ALA Arizona 2016 Horses 103

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2016

I enjoyed encountering a lot of first-of-year spring arrivals, but the species that most piqued my interest was White-winged Scoter , with a late flock of 17 hanging around Braddock Bay. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

2016 100

2016 Adoptable Florida Birds 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2016

An enjoyable late day walk at Durand Eastman Park uncovered more species than expected, but my favorite were two brilliant Eastern Bluebirds. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

2016 100

2016 Birds Experience Experiments 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2016

I noticed plenty of species I hadn’t seen all winter, but was most surprised by an energetic Northern Mockingbird. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. No matter where you live, you may have seen the signs this weekend. Don’t you love this time of year?

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Woodpeckers New York 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2017

Don’t think we’ve noticed that most of you don’t play along with this game of sharing the best–meaning the coolest, rarest, fanciest, or dearest–bird species you’ve spotted in a given weekend. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

2016 100

2016 2017 Geese New York 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2016

This weekend, millions of people, young and old alike, were driven to explore the most unlikely corners of the world in a relentless, unquenchable thirst to track down species they hadn’t ticked before. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

Michigan 100

Michigan 2016 Jamaica Birds 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2016

The best way to appreciate mundane species is through a new filter. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. And on the other end of the spectrum, I may be writing about birding, but that alone doesn’t get me in front of exceptional avifauna.

Idaho 100

Idaho Colorado 2016 Birds 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2016

However, more impressive than shorebirds for me were the seven species of tern that (hehe) turned up, especially the cackling flocks of Black Skimmers that wheeled right overhead. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

2016 100

2016 Virginia Jamaica Birds 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2016

India was not on my list of places to go in 2016. For most of the birders in our group, visiting the Taj Mahal was the fulfillment of a bucket list experience, and they left feeling ecstatic over its beauty. The species is crepuscular and nocturnal, but can sometimes be seen during the day. It was a big owl.

India 189

India Tigers Owls Birds 189

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2016

Unlike other bird races where participants keep tight-lipped about bird species as mundane as a House Sparrow , this event gives a prize to the team that helps the most. But isn’t all of that data sharing counterproductive for a bird race where the team with the most species wins? This is a Masked Shrike.

Israel 189

Israel Costa Rica Eagles Raised 189

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 187

Pennsylvania Texas Whales Whaling 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2024

I discovered that it had been ringed on 26 September 2016 at Iken, on the River Alde on the Suffolk coast, so almost exactly four years before my sighting. They are of the race islandica , a sub species of the nominate race, limosa. Rings are not the only way of marking birds, and with a number of species wing tags are more often used.

Lithuania 130

Lithuania Morocco Iceland Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

Osborn, a passionate field biologist who participates to the core of her being three re-introduction projects aimed at saving three very different, endangered species: Peregrine Falcon, Hawaiian Crow (‘Alala)*, and California Condor. She crafts her prose with a visual immediacy that bring you directly into her experience.

California Condor 166

California Condor Falcons California Coyotes 166

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?

Ireland 166

Ireland Birds Falcons Turtles 166

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Donald Kroodsa’s “The Hour (or Two) Before the Dawn” is an adapted chapter from his book Listening to a Continent Sing (PUP, 2016). The essays range widely in place, bird, and voice, though the emphasis is on the North American.

New York City 223

New York City Fox Owls California Condor 223

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2016

The other day, Redgannet, when sharing the 10,000 Birds combined bird list for 2016 , mentioned that I had made some sort of notable contribution by submitting 25 checklists in one day. Perhaps the best experience of the two days I spend offshore was not a bird, but a mammal. But the truth is perhaps more pedestrian.

Whales 100

Whales Whaling North Carolina Mammals 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

The next rare bird that I was able to chase came a couple of years later in January 2016. I make this statement with this addendum; I would not post the location of a species that could be targeted during hunting season. I hope you enjoy these photos of my recent experience with the Snow Bunting. This was a no-brainer.

California 100

California North America Wildlife 2009 100

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 153

Indonesia Brunei Malaysia Papua New Guinea 153

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2016

Both are declining species who have attracted the attention of birders and conservationists, and both are hanging on, showing the remarkable spirit that I think characterizes New Yorkers throughout the state. Neither is Gyrfalcon, and I’m hoping we will see much more of both species so Corey will have to write an expanded 2nd edition.

New York 100

New York Bald Eagle New York City Birds 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

She doesn’t know the species till it emerges, almost dreamlike, from the heavy glare of the sun. This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. Fox encounters 69 species, some singly, some in huge feeding or migrating flocks.

Fox 100

Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Biological Conservation 199 (2016): 146-156. For example, fancy words will be used where normal words might seem appropriate: birds of the same species are “conspecifics” (and they will never, ever “flock together”). This paper, which was cited in the paper we just discussed, conducted the relevant experiments: Addison, Jason A.,

Transported 113

Transported 2011 Research 2012 113

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2016

The 2016 tide chart is also useful if you want to see the dinosaur footprints at Gantheaume Point, because you need the tide to be below 2.16m for them to be visible and due care is required over slippery rocks. At this time they are extremely vulnerable as they attempt to get out of the water either by flying or even swimming to shore.

Taiwan 100

Taiwan Breeding Japan 2017 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2016

This year, visiting Niagara Falls until January 6th gave me the chance to experience a bit of both latitudes. Back in Costa Rica, walks through coffee and fields near the house, and a few other day trips have upped the list to 250 species. The locals don’t always get along with the migrants. White-eyed Vireo! .

Costa Rica 103

Costa Rica 2016 San Antonio Sparrows 103

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

Birders often venture into various habitats, such as forests, wetlands, grasslands, or coastal areas, to encounter different bird species. The primary objective of birding is to identify bird species based on their physical characteristics, behavior, and vocalizations.

United States 147

United States North America Birds America 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2016

Here is what you need to do: Send me a brief description of the best bird you’ve ever seen in New York State–name of species, where you saw it, when, and why this is a bird that has stayed in your memory. Each species account includes tips on where and when to find the bird in the state. 352 pages, 7.2

New York 185

New York New York City Birds 2016 185