10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2024

A section in the Appendix, “Rare Shorebird Vagrants,” lists 16 additional species that do not show up annually in North America but who have more than ten records; the list notes where the species breed and where their vagrant paths have taken them within North American borders.

North America 259

North America America 2006 Delaware 259

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2022

Carrie answered the question in a 2017 post , stating that “In general, the Europeans of yore assigned the common name ‘rail’ to members of the family with longer bills and ‘crake’ to the birds with stubby ones.” It is listed as vulnerable primarily due to its small breeding range.

Birds 208

Birds 2017 Fish Breeding 208

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2024

Explaining the increase in the number of sightings is difficult, as the Siberian breeding population is declining. This current winter is no exception, and at the time of writing there are no fewer than five to be seen at four different locations. With luck I might well see the Cley bird again before it heads back to Siberia.

Bulgaria 130

Bulgaria Geese Romania Ukraine 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2024

Black-tailed godwits winter in large numbers on the estuaries of both Norfolk and Suffolk, and we know that nearly all these birds breed in Iceland. In breeding plumage islandica godwits develop a deeper red plumage than their limosa cousins. They are of the race islandica , a sub species of the nominate race, limosa.

Lithuania 130

Lithuania Morocco Iceland Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2017

At some point, everyone gets hit with a wave of winged travelers zooming towards their breeding or wintering ground. With April almost over, the real meat of migration fast approaches. If that time hasn’t come for you yet, get ready.

2017 140

2017 Meat Birds Breeding 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2017

Seriously, cardinals are both gorgeous and interesting , but their familiarity across most of North America breeds indifference if not contempt. Brutal cold kept me locked up, which offered a perfect opportunity to appreciate the fifty shades of Northern Cardinals hanging around my house.

New York City 133

New York City 2017 North America New York 133

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2017

June may be the gateway to summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but the birding still delivers the thrills of spring migration when you have access to the right birds’ breeding grounds. I visited Letchworth State Park this weekend, renowned for a ridiculous density of breeding wood warblers.

2017 101

2017 Louisiana Birds Breeding 101

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2015

That’s because these birds won’t breed when rats are around. And let’s face it, would you go to all the effort of breeding if there was a hefty chance that your newborn would just go down some invader’s gullet?). A final round of baiting just launched in what’s being called the world’s largest rat-eradication project.

Georgia 181

Georgia Rats Rodents 2017 181

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2017

Corey will be getting up into the counties north of NYC on Saturday looking for breeding birds and in Queens on Sunday. I’ll be hiking around Letchworth State Park this weekend, hoping to spy some of the resident warblers. How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? Share your plans in the comments below.

Sharks 106

Sharks United States 2017 Australia 106

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2017

Speaking of corvids, Corey’s Best Bird of the the Weekend was actually his best birds of the weekend, a pair of Common Ravens attempting breeding for the second year in a row on Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Maybe they like tennis? How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

2017 100

2017 New York Birds Breeding 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2017

North of the Equator, birders tend to focus their efforts this time of year on breeding birds. No, we’re not trying to ogle avifauna in flagrante delicto (at least I’m not) but rather just catching up with parents and chicks.

United States 100

United States 2017 Investigation Birds 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2017

He had a lot to choose from with displaying Clark’s Grebes , hordes of western hummingbirds, breeding plumaged American Avocets and all the other goodies that can be found in the diverse habitats of SoCal. Corey had a wonderful weekend in Southern California racking up year birds in Orange and Los Angeles Counties.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Coyotes 2017 Owls 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2017

Its eyes have remained black and it has started to get some breeding plumage. Many of the Greater Sand Plovers are now showing good breeding plumage and in a few weeks they will be heading off to the northern hemisphere to breed and you are able to see the brown head colouring on some of the birds below.

2017 100

2017 Breeding Birds Australia 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Howell does not place the White-tailed Hawk anywhere near Morelia, but I have seen it in every cuadrant of the city, and know for a fact that it breeds near the church I pastor. They were probably not preparing to go south. Steve, if you ever happen to read this, I want to express my deepest respect for your work.

Mexico 298

Mexico Science Breeders United States 298

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2019

The striking Golden-cheeked Warbler nests only in the hills of central Texas near Austin but a substantial part of those breeding grounds have leveled in favor of development. Although it breeds in areas as small as 25 acres, Golden-cheeked Warblers are much more successful in larger un-fragmented patches.

Austin 170

Austin Texas Endangered Species United States 170

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

A fine example of site faithfulness in shorebirds can be shown by the Grey-tailed Tattler “35” that was flagged in Taiwan in August 2012 and has returned to our local beach during the non-breeding season for five years now. These following photos were taken February 12th 2017.

Taiwan 102

Taiwan 2017 2012 Breeding 102

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2018

Among travel guides, due to its extensive coverage of natural history and birding sites, recommendation goes to Laurence Mitchell’s Serbia: The Bradt Travel Guide (5th edition, 2017). Breeding season May – June , 261 eBirded species (yet, only about 242 breed in the country). Little Bitterns are back by late April.

Serbia 150

Serbia Macedonia Geese Owls 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2017

On Sunday May 19 2017, he was euthanized. Only a little for Ezra, whose suffering was quickly ended, and certainly not for Red-tailed Hawks as a whole – the species is numerous, widespread, adaptable, and not in a position to be devastated by the loss of a single breeding individual.

Feral Cats 106

Feral Cats Montana Suffering 2006 106

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2017

eBird says that, at the time of writing (April 2017), there are some ten hotspots that have crossed the 100 bird species mark. At the southeast part of the lake is a breeding colony of Black-crowned Night , Purple and Squacco Herons. eBird checklist. km / 1 mi to the fish farm entrance. Main eBird checklist.

Birds 204

Birds Eagles 2017 Otters 204

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2023

During the breeding season, some Cattle Egrets look like teenage girls who have just discovered the existence of make-up, and consequently massively overdo it. However, in 2017, the journal published a paper with the (spoiler alert!) It is probably all downhill from here. What’s next? Identification of subspecies?

Birds 130

Birds Cattle Raised Mammals 130

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

September 2017, Cerrado, Brazil. Author Joshua Hammer, who previously wrote about a different type of real-life-unexpected-caper in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu , read about Lendrum in the Times of London in 2017, realized the possibilities, did the research. We are cautioned to keep the location of the eagle a secret.

Falcons 206

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 206

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2021

The same publisher, Lynx Edicions, has already covered New Guinea region (943 species, including the total of 456 endemics), encompassing Indonesian West Papua (also the West Papuan Islands, Geelvink Bay Islands and Aru Islands) in “Birds of New Guinea – including Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville” (2017).

Indonesia 264

Indonesia Timor Brunei Guinea 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience. Because, as this book demonstrates so well, it is sometimes important to look back in order to move forward. It’s a very mixed chapter.

New York City 148

New York City New York Birds Breeding 148

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2021

Yellow-green Vireo: The first of 2020’s “vindication birds” I had “seen” my first Yellow-green Vireo in 2017, when I took some much-better-than-me birders to Paso Ancho, and one pointed out a bird call and some movement in the brush. The Magpie-Jays would check me out while I drank my morning coffee by the pool.

Mexico 164

Mexico 2020 2019 Turkey 164

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

Birdlife South Africa has previously done two of these types of trips before, previously called Flock to Sea – Namibia in 2013 and Flock to Nowhere in 2017, in partnership with MSC Cruises. About half of all breeding Wandering Albatross nest on the Prince Edward Islands. Which makes it a haven for seabirds….and and seabirders.

South Africa 263

South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 263

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2019

In the case of birds that breed in the Arctic, they may only spend a fourth of the year up north. In 2017 I made my annual January pilgrimage to get my first Cuitzeo sightings, only to discover that this half of the lake was completely dry. You may even have donated to organizations supporting wetland preservation there.

Ducks 115

Ducks Blackbirds Pelicans United States 115

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

The first chapter covers the species, the second plumages and moults, the third feeding, the fourth physiology, the fifth breeding, the sixth migration – oh, those migrations – and the last their gregarious habits. Publisher: Whittles Publishing, 2017. Chandler has thrown down the gauntlet. Challenge accepted. Author: Richard Chandler.

Botswana 117

Botswana 2017 Groups Europe 117

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. The guide covers the all–1194 species in the Species Accounts, including 959 native breeding species, 219 Nearctic migrants, 8 breeding visiting species, and 5 introduced species.

America 213

America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 213

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2017

The Species Accounts tell us the birds’ stories, and a lot of information is packed into these paragraphs: appearance; age and gender differences in appearance; how the species differs from similar birds; interesting behavior or nesting notes; whether it is common or uncommon or rare; migratory or resident, breeding or nonbreeding in Kruger N.P.;

Ecuador 170

Ecuador Wildlife Reptiles Mammals 170

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2016

I will also give you the link here for 2017 in case you are reading this next year or want to plan a trip for next year! Most of the Red Knot are in very good breeding plumage now and they do stand out very well on the grey rocks. If you get a chance to visit Gantheaume Point then be mindful that all those rocks may not be rocks!

Taiwan 100

Taiwan Breeding Japan 2017 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Already many birds have arrived and no doubt many are thinking of breeding. Hopefully they will consider breeding in the area like they did in 2017 when the land was also flooded for an extended period of time. It won’t take long and they will start to breed like they did here in 2017 and 2018.

2017 228

2017 Geese Ducks 2018 228

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2017

Here is a map of all Black Woodpecker observations in Germany and Luxembourg during the breeding season 2012 – 2017, generated with the best data base in the world, ornitho.de (ignore the colours, they do not show concentration but denote “proof of breeding”, “likely breeding” etc.).

Germany 100

Germany Woodpeckers Luxembourg North America 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2017

That is hardly a surprise: this area holds 3 to 4 breeding pairs of White-tailed Eagles, which represents the biggest density per square mile anywhere in the country! Then, there were Eurasian Otters , which I’ve seen twice. But, at this time, the Belgrade Amazon still stands.

Eagles 165

Eagles Campaign Otters Serbia 165

Animal Person

AUGUST 12, 2010

In " Move to Limit 'Factor Farms' Gains Momentum " in today's New York Times , we learn that farmers in Ohio have agreed to phase out gestation crates within 15 years and veal crates by 2017. I won't get into whether I find that to be a victory. This adds another layer to yesterday's discussion about family. Irv Bell's farm is a family farm.

Gestation Crates 100

Gestation Crates Farming Veal Crate Factory Farm 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2023

I visited Tengchong in late 2020 and wrote about it – but I also went there earlier, in 2017, and this post shows some photos I took during that trip, along with the usual comments that seem to be much more about ridiculing my fellow humans (especially ornithologists and the like) than providing useful information on birds.

China 180

China 2017 Birds Indonesia 180

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

Apo near Davao City, PEC is the site of a Philippine Eagle conservation breeding program. So, I highly recommend reading “In The Aerie Of The Philippine Eagle” , by Greg Breining an excellent article published in the September 2017 issue of Living Bird , the magazine of the Lab of Ornithology, before or after viewing the film.

Eagles 203

Eagles Philippines Eggs Monkeys 203

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2017

Greater Adjutants are huge birds that were once widespread across much of Southeast Asia; today there are two small breeding populations in India and Cambodia. Finally, deciding that a duck that required 250 acres of land to breed probably did not welcome intruders, we tiptoed out of the swamp. Bring on 2017! 6) Garganey.

2016 109

2016 India Ducks Costa Rica 109