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. For the White-tailed Eagles nest cam on the island, search the YouTube for “Orao Belorepan Veliko Ratno Ostrvo 2017”. Main eBird checklist.

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Birds Eagles 2017 Otters 214

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2016

It has always seemed odd to me that the first magpie species I saw was the Eurasian Magpie on my first trip to Europe. And here’s really hoping that your 2017 is also full of great birds. Black-billed Magpie , 31 July, Golden, Colorado. Or at least written on a blog. Or something. AAAAALLLLLBBBBBBAAAAATTTTTRRROOOOOSSSSSSSS!

2016 185

2016 Puerto Rico New York City New York 185

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2024

You are likely to meet more serious birders in North Norfolk in one day than anywhere else in Britain, or anywhere in Europe for that matter). It is perhaps surprising that Branta rufficollis so seldom associates with White-fronts when in Western Europe. That was in October 1991.

Bulgaria 130

Bulgaria Geese Romania Estonia 130

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

2022 (available in Europe from Helm/Bloombury). and a bird that I didn’t see but feel I know well, the Plain-capped Starthroat that spent a summer in my friends’ Portal, Arizona backyard. Vagrancy in Birds. Alexander Lees & James Gilroy. Princeton Univ. Press, Feb. 360 photos & illustrations; 2.8 pounds; 6 x 1 x 9 in.

Compassion 264

Compassion Birds Eagles Science 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2024

After being ringed my godwit (EY70 137) wasn’t seen again until 1 July 2017, when it was reported from Aldeburgh Town Marshes, not far from where it was first ringed. Through a few Lesser Black-backs nest in Spain, this bird was most likely to have been a winter visitor to the area from breeding grounds in Northern Europe.

Lithuania 130

Lithuania Morocco Iceland Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

Wheeler, Clark has co-written A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors (also with Wheeler, PUP, 2009), A Field Guide to the Raptors of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa (with N. Princeton University Press, 2017. .” In addition to co-authoring Peterson’s Hawks of North America with Brian K. by William S.

Mexico 189

Mexico America North America Falcons 189

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 8, 2017

Nearly half of all buyers surveyed by the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) say that budgets have increased, and 60 percent of buyers report they plan to increase the number of people eligible for incentive travel awards in 2017.

Industry 82

Industry South Carolina 2017 2016 82

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Each individual Species Account begins with common name, scientific name, and measurements (sourced from Howell and Dunn’s Gulls of the Americas and Olsen and Larsen’s Gulls of North America, Europe, and Asia ). And, that’s where the resemblance to a typical field guide ends. Because this isn’t a field guide!

North America 214

North America El Salvador America Nicaragua 214

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2018

At least I felt that way before my first trips to Europe. My 2017, Costa Rica Cave Swallow, Chomes in November is a good place and time for it. We see lifers on labels, in memes, and in art books over and over and it’s a reminder that they exist, they are waiting, that you have to go see them. Most people still need it.

Costa Rica 124

Costa Rica Bald Eagle Eagles North America 124

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2018

In the ensuing years, the enormous popularity of Pilsner – driven in part by the introduction of glassware that showed off the novelty of crystal-clear, golden beer – caused brewers across Europe to respond with paler concoctions of their own. An out-of-range Kölsch from the Pacific Northwest.

California Condor 150

California Condor Oregon California Zoos 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2017

The Eagle Huntress has been well received in Europe and the U.S. 2016, DVD issued 2017, $22.98, discounts available from the usual sources; also available for streaming from Amazon Video and other streaming services. Photo by Andrew Yarme, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. Music by Jeff Peters, title song sung by Sia. 87 minutes.

Eagles 133

Eagles Mongolia Hunters Hunting 133

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

I haven’t yet been birding in Europe but whenever I occasionally skim a field guide about the birds on the other side of the Atlantic, I’m always encouraged to find that I’m already familiar with many species found over there, even though most of my birding experience has been limited to eastern North America. Good birding and happy drinking!

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2017 Portugal Rabbits Europe 159

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

and of course visited several bookstores and noted at least five different field guides, including the massive identification guide I reviewed back in 2017, The Australian Bird Guide by Peter Menkhorst, Danny Rogers, Rohan Clarke, Jeff Davies, Peter Marsack, and Kim Franklin. I recently visited Australia (Yay!)

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Australia 2017 Birds New Zealand 278

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2024

If you see a flock of kestrels in southern Europe, then the chances are that they will be Lessers, for the Common Kestrel never flocks, though occasionally in summer you will see a family hunting together. However, a drastic decline followed, and census results for 2016 and 2017 produced counts of around 2,500 pairs.

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Falcons Spain Europe Portugal 246

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

They may eat other insects if they have to, but all they really want are ants and Gorman lists 24 species of ant that are part of their diet in Europe, any life stage will do. Gorman also leads bird tours in central and Eastern Europe and posts photos and updates on his work on his own website and, as I said before, Facebook.

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Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand Europe 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

The main attraction for birders here are the hornbills – I have written about them before , so this post will be more on the other birds I saw there in 2017. One would think that for a species as common in Europe as the Grey-headed Woodpecker , the HBW would spend some effort to update the species entry. I am only joking!

Myanmar 147

Myanmar Birds China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

She started guiding at Rancho in 2016, only to embark upon a Costa Rica Big Year in the next, 2017. My other guide, Mercedes Alpizar, grew up near the Rancho in the Turrialba area, graduated in Ecological Tourism and studied English at the University of Costa Rica. Why go that far?

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Rats Raccoons Parrots 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2018

There are, for example, many examples of species that have moved due to (pre-human) climate changes – a dung beetle , now present only in altitudes over 3,000 meters in Tibet, was once the most common dung beetle is northwestern Europe. Thomas’s exposition and argument are, at minimum, well worth serious consideration.

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Humane Species North America illegal 145

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2018

A friend of 10,000 Birds, he talked to Corey about his mission to create this guide in 2012 and wrote about his goal to create a Spanish-language version of the guide in 2017. Europe, and Honduras itself. Many birders are familiar with Gallardo’s fundraising initiatives, which included a speaking tour in the U.S.,

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Honduras Birds 2015 Family 150

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

JUNE 2, 2020

Distribution maps (derived from the maps used for Gregory’s field guide, Birds of New Guinea, Including Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville (Lynx, 2017), which in turn were updated from Handbook of the Birds of the World ) accompany each species account. Princeton University Press, 2020 (published in Europe by Helm).

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Guinea Papua New Guinea Birds Family 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2017

Hordes of birders from all across Europe went there and got cracking views of this long-staying bird, but I was not one of them due to the distance involved and a lack of time (certainly not a lack of envy and desire). They are absolutely common along Europe’s coasts, and even venture far into the Mediterranean Sea during the winter.

2016 124

2016 Germany Italy Netherlands 124

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

These images are a wonderful cross-section of Gould’s best work, pulling from books on Toucans, birds of Australia, Trogons, Europe, and Darwin’s Voyage of H.M.S. All of Elizabeth’s birds were drawn from skins, though the Birds of Europe images benefitted from her observations of real live birds.

Australia 246

Australia Birds Europe Collecting 246

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

As of January 2017, Ducks Unlimited has conserved 13,902,792 acres in North America, including 5,509,855 in the United States.* The closest contenders are Chris Early’s Waterfowl of Eastern North America, Firefly Books, 2005 and Waterfowl of North America, Europe, and Asia: An Identification Guide by Sébastien Reeber, PUP, 2016.

Ducks 178

Ducks Geese North America Hunters 178

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2018

Gulls of the World: A Photographic Field Guide is a successor, or companion, as the author terms it, to Klaus Malling Olsen’s classic guide, Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America (Helm, 2004*). So, we start with Dolphin Gull and end with Red-Legged Kittiwake, a totally different sequence from the 2017 eBird listings.

2004 189

2004 North America America Europe 189