10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2021

In 2021, the American Ornithological Society announced that it has now classified the Bahama Nuthatch as a distinct species, Sitta insularis. A 1931 daily newspaper article (likely from The Philadelphia Bulletin) reported that Bond “brought back thirty species of birds never before represented in the Academy’s collections.

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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. I remember the talking (Song?)

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

This week’s wine is a lovely 2017 rosé from the Chateau de Colombe produced under the Appellation Bordeaux Contrôlée. Its holiness may not be in question, but from the label drawing, I’m not quite sure which species of the family Columbidae the Sainte-Colombe pigeon belongs to. Château de Colombe: Bordeaux Rosé (2017).

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Our wine of the week – the 2017 Raimat Saira Albariño – features these graceful, long-necked birds on its label, where the storks take shape in a flying formation of lovely geometric abstractions reminiscent of the work of Charley Harper. Raimat Saira Albariño (2017). Good birding and happy drinking! Three out of five feathers (Good).

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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.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2015

A bird species battling an onslaught of invasive rats just got a glimpse of hope. While this is happy news for any parents, and wonderful news for any threatened species (these Pipits live only on Antarctica’s South Georgia Island and number only 3,000-4,000 pairs), it’s tremendous news for those trying to eradicate rats from the island.

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Georgia Rats Rodents 2017 212

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

The ones that will be in the calendar, the elite 12 are selected by not only the quality of the image, but most colorful, most unique, and in the case of a couple of birds cut out this year, species that appeared in last years Calendar.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2017

With only a few weeks left before we turn the page on 2017, birders around the world have been burning their proverbial candles at both ends to observe as many birds as possible. Anyway, two species of nuthatch are visible from my toasty warm kitchen, so let’s give this weekend’s honors to White-breasted Nuthatch.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

Here’s hoping that 2017 is a much better year than 2016! All of 2016 only netted me one new species for Queens, a Greater White-fronted Goose. I will see at least 500 species for the year. So having reached 500 or more species in six of the last ten years makes me confident I can do it again. That really sucks.

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Puerto Rico 2017 Austria Bahamas 110

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JANUARY 7, 2017

If not, I hope the following tips will convince you to come on down to this easy birding paradise: 100s of bird species are closer than you think. I know, there are literally hundreds of birds in the ABA region and the Western Palearctic too and recent major Big Years have nabbed well over 700 species in the ABA. Yes, hundreds.

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Costa Rica 2017 West Virginia Birds 138

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In the case of most of these wonderful bird species, I probably know where they are most likely to be found. In ten years of hardcore birding, I have seen Aztec Thrushes only four times, never twice in the same year (2017, 2018, 2019, and now, 2024). Another local species that loves burnt-over areas is the Gray Silky-Flycatcher.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2021

And, some time later, during the final stages of the bird-atlassing work, computer models of Serbian ranges for some 150 bird species were produced for the first time ever: Some bias was created because of the large data set from Belgrade and environs where the majority of active eBirders live. The consequences were amusing.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2021

When you mention “Africa” to a birder, it is likely that at least two thirds will instantly think “Kenya”, and for a good reason: it is home to over 1,060 bird species and boasts many globally important birding areas. Each site gets from 2 to 5 pages (but mostly 3-4). Endemics are indicated with a bracket “(E)”.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

One of my favorite bird species living by my house is the Juniper Titmouse. In 2017, my neighborhood, Aldea de Santa Fe, began a Juniper Titmouse Nesting Box Project in collaboration with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s NestWatch Program. A total of 79 fledged, which beat our 2017 count of 52.

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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.” Anyway, it seems to work reasonably well for the two species I saw here.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

She was attracted by the number of different species and their colors. She has a very broad knowledge of species. In Ecuador, there are 1.600+ species of birds. Mindo Cloud Forest has been always on top of Christmas Bird Counts all over the world with 450+ species! Why organize with us your birding/photo tour in Ecuador?

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Ecuador Spain Cows 2018 221

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MAY 14, 2017

Global Big Day 2017 is in the books, with 15,954 participants submitting 40,698 checklists to eBird accounting for 6,068 species … so far. What a weekend for birders all over the world. I hope you were able to be a part of the festivities.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

A local birder friend of mine, Ricardo Arredondo, mentioned to me just last week that while the Swainson’s Hawk is supposed to be only a transient species during migration here in southwestern Mexico, he has seen it throughout the winter months near his city of Zamora. There is, however, a downside to this phenomenon.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

In the same day, just a few meters up the arroyo, there is a plethora of desert species. They make themselves right at home in some of the nastiest plant life around, flying in and out of, and perching on the many different cactus species that live here in the desert of Baja Sur, Mexico.

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Sparrows 2017 Battery Pelicans 142

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Don’t panic yet, but do plan for how you’ll spend the rest of 2017 making this birding year one to remember. I’ve dipped on a few fancy species recently, so I’ll be watching the wires for their potential return. The denouement starts this weekend. Corey will be cleaning up in the Queens area.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Australian Magpies are a species that most people are familiar with, but often for the wrong reasons. Their plumage varies throughout Australia, but due to their size they are hard to mistake for another bird species. In a bit of fun Australian Magpies won the Bird of the Year title in 2017.

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Chickens 2017 Australia Species 212

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2017

I am a birder and I can claim that out of Serbia’s total of 350+ bird species, highly urbanised inner city areas of Belgrade hold almost 100 birds, while the outskirts have more than 200 species. eBird says that, at the time of writing (April 2017), there are some ten hotspots that have crossed the 100 bird species mark.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

Nine species (including the Hermit Thrush and its migratory identical-twin species, and our five non-migratory Nightingale-Thrushes ) belong to the genus Catharus. Being such a difficult species, I was very grateful that my first sighting of the Aztec Thrush, in April of 2017, involved not only photos, but also witnesses.

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Mexico North America 2018 2017 264

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APRIL 22, 2021

Just last year, 5 new bird species and 5 new subspecies were discovered in a few short weeks of fieldwork on the islands of Taliabu, Peleng and Batudaka. In recent years Indonesia has been competing with the Andes as the region giving rise to the biggest number of undescribed bird species (naturally, all of them endemics).

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2024

I finally became the first person to pass him up in first place for the state in 2017, a full 52 years after he finished his work here. One young girl had sent her a photo she had taken with her mobile phone, wanting to know what species it might be, and was it a good one. His lists were included in eBird posthumously.)

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2014

In the case of Midway, a National Wildlife Refuge , the offending species is Golden Crownbeard ( Verbesina enceliolides ) , an innocuous-looking flower that’s native to Mexico and the Southwestern United States. You’ve no doubt heard about birds being put at risk by nonnative cats, rats, and even goats. But plants?

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Albatross Goats Rats Japan 207

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

Just about anywhere a birder ventures, the miniscule members of the latter family can be seen, and in most tropical locales, it’s not just one species. Unlike much of the eastern United States, a dozen or even two dozen species of hummingbirds can be present in habitats south of of the Tropic of Cancer. The female.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

There was a time when I thought each bird species had its own individual song. Then I found out that there was this vocalization called a ‘call,’ so I thought each bird species had its own individual song (but just the males) and individual call. How do they know? I do wish there was more about research on female bird song.

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North America Birds Research America 279

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OCTOBER 2, 2022

The species is only in the north of Australia and they are often found in locations that are hard to get to year round. We have been able to observe Purple-crowned Fairy-wrens in a few locations across the north of Australia and they were quite easy to see in the car-park at Big Horse Creek in 2017.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

It is only in recent years that the White-quilled Honeyeater became a separate species from the Blue-faced Honeyeater. eBird mentioned the changes in August 2017. The White-quilled Honeyeaters really can’t be mistaken for any other species. The colours of the White-quilled Honeyeater are also a stand-out feature.

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Australia 2017 Species Birds 165

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APRIL 13, 2021

The methodology section is detailed, but the highlights are that the survey was conducted online, and more than 33,000 birders completed at least part of the survey, which was conducted in 2016-2017, long before the COVID-19 pandemic. (I Thus, birders like natural areas close to home with rare species, and perhaps some ducks.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered ” under the Endangered Species Act. Nevertheless, in 2016, FWS denied the petition , finding the Golden-cheeked Warbler “has not been recovered, and due to ongoing, widespread destruction of its habitat, the species continues to be in danger of extinction.”

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JUNE 3, 2017

Our beats were out waving their binoculars around, contributing to the 50,000 checklists submitted and boosting the total which exceeded 6,500 species. It may be possible to find out how many species the beats found on the big day but, quite frankly, life is too short. shared xxx checklists producing xxx species.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Photos courtesy of Mosetlha Bush Camp A dusty-red road leads me through Marico bushveld deeper into the 750 square kilometers large wilderness of the Madikwe Game Reserve – the 4th largest reserve in South Africa, home to 350 bird and 66 mammal species, some 4 hours’ drive from Johannesburg.

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MARCH 26, 2017

Rochester is still wintry, but bird activity among the common species has picked up quite a bit. Your first weekend of spring or fall may have been uneventful in terms of birds, but pace yourself. We still have months of blissful migration ahead of us! My best sighting was a Hairy Woodpecker puffed up to fight the cold.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Because, let’s face it, when you get off that plane and look at those severe volcanic landscapes and then find yourself face to face with one of the islands’ four mockingbird species, you’re not going to think, “Oh, look, lava and a mockingbird.” The updating of the text is very important.

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JANUARY 5, 2019

We have to be careful about staying hydrated in hot, humid conditions, and keeping with the patience needed to find Bare-necked Umbrellabird, Sharpbill , or other rare and challenging species. As with every new year, a birder can also make resolutions to keep for the next 12 months, these are mine: Identify 700 species in Costa Rica.

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