10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2019

In the header photo you can see where the Pied Oystercatcher family stopped and rested together for a while. The family of four Pied Oystercatchers were on the top of the dunes and were heavily camouflaged in among the vegetation. Pied Oystercatcher family. Footprints for two adults and two chicks.

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MARCH 19, 2021

When the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (or SARS-CoV-2) acquired the name COVID-19 (short for “coronavirus 2019”) last February, many birders couldn’t help but notice the coincidental similarity between that abbreviation and name of one of the most familiar of all passerine families – Corvidae.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Corey finished up his family trip to Costa Rica on Saturday and his Best Bird of the Weekend should be a Pacific Screech-Owl outside of his hotel on Friday night, a lifer! The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of August 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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JULY 28, 2019

Though Corey arrived in Southern California late Friday night, he didn’t get much birding in this weekend other than dipping on a Nazca Booby at Dana Point after delaying his departure to go look for it to accompany his family to the beach. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of July 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

I haven’t always acted in accordance with this philosophy, but those avian observation excursions undertaken with friends or family loom larger in mind than the ones I took alone. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of September 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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JANUARY 20, 2019

I’ve been chasing a family of Trumpeter Swans from one patch of open water to the next. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of January 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. But no matter what infernal heat, abyssal chill, or thunderous precipitation blasts a place, birds still endure and often thrive.

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APRIL 19, 2019

Corey will be enjoying sunshine and hopefully the one endemic species to be found on Barbados as he enjoys a short vacation with his family. The post Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of April 2019? How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? Share your plans in the comments below.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2019

I fell into the latter camp, with cold rain dashing my family’s Father’s Day hike and any interest I had in leaving the house. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of June 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Unfortunately, without sunshine and high temps, this time of year becomes a bit of a bore.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

But, unlike most books focused on a bird family, this one is organized geographically. His wildlife photographs have been published in birding and mountaineering magazines and his devotion to his very favorite bird family, the Albatross, have been documented in his book, Around the World for Albatrosses (2019). Press, 2011).

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2019

If, on the other hand, you managed to eke out a bird of interest this weekend, tell us all about it… I brought the family to Chimney Bluffs State Park, a magnificent slice of New York currently suffering from extremely high levels on Lake Ontario. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of June 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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). Only the 2017 and 2019 sighting were in the same general area; although the first sighting there was of a family unit, and the second was of a single bird.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In 2019, we received the Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence which accounts for the quality, quantity and recency of reviews submitted by travelers on Trip Advisor over a 12-month period. With Mercedes, you will be treated like family, and guaranteed to have the trip of a lifetime!

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MARCH 12, 2021

Besides the few warblers depicted in the mix of songbirds featured on Safe Flight IPA by the Kings County Brewers Collective we sampled in October 2019, I think this is only the second time we’ve seen a warbler here at Birds and Booze, a surprising situation given how popular this family is with North American birders.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

Shorebirds – or “shorbs” for the cuteness factor (as if that needed any enhancement) – remain one of the most fascinating families of birds for me. I had the good fortune to visit Lake Nakuru in Kenya in 2019, one of the high elevation rift valley soda lakes. There is still so much to learn!

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Wildlife Explorers is a newly established travel company, founded in September 2019, which deals exclusively with the service of wildlife photographers. Wildlife Explorers, amongst the numerous trips organized every year, has incorporated some that are designed for both the photographers and their families.

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MARCH 29, 2020

On Boxing Day, when we found the first Gang-gang Cockatoos for our 2019 bird list, we encountered an Echidna. Once again this week I would like to wish you and your families and friends all good health. Echidna from above. It was not concerned about us, because we kept our distance and let it wander into the bush.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

They are one of the most famous families of birds, and for good reason. Then, in late 2019, my world was rocked again by yet another new hummingbird. Most of us are already familiar with hummingbirds, whether in the flesh or in glorious, birdy dreams of lush tropical rainforests.

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MARCH 18, 2021

A typical description of the family is that of “a tropical African and Asian songbird that typically has a melodious voice and drab plumage”, another is “small, dull-colored passerine birds of Asia and Africa”, yet another states that they are “often rather plain” Individual species get even harsher reviews.

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

of January 2019, which resulted in 10,711 species, 40 orders, 246 families and 2,313 genera. But at some stage you have to draw a line and say: this is final, no new updates can possibly be included, or the work will never be finished. The author’s decision was the IOC list, version 8.2 Subspecies are not included.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

This northern fox really does look red, unlike the pale, sandy-coloured animals I saw in Georgia in 2019 ( below ). A Suffolk Otter swimming in the Little Ouse river Not all Otter s want to be photographed But this one emerged, though only briefly The otter is, of course, a member of the weasel family.

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JULY 9, 2020

As I simply saw too many interesting birds during my short Delhi birding trip in 2019, I decided to cover the trip in two separate posts. The Robert Smith of the lapwing family. Having a scientific background, I correctly posted part 1 before part 2, which is below. Kind of a Nazi in the bird world, I guess. Red-wattled Lapwing.

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DECEMBER 28, 2019

I am determined to instill the same love for the natural landscape in my friends and family, especially any new, tiny members. Daily birding in my own hometown added to the joy of seeing common species in uncommon circumstances, like a Bald Eagle perched on a Destin sand dune. Not so much.

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MAY 4, 2021

Marybeth learns as she birds, embraces listing goals as a means of engaging with community, unabashedly enjoys a little competition, struggles to balance her absolute joy in birding with unexpected, life-and-death family obligations. Copyright @2019 by Louisiana State University Press. LSU Press, 2019, 272 pp. by Marybeth Lima.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Photo by © Mike Blevins. Denver, Colorado. Measure 2A Parks and Open Space – Healthy Parks and Rivers for Everyone. – Operating and maintaining any related additional acquisitions and capitals improvements”.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Lees and Gilroy delineate vagrancy status and trends for every bird family worldwide, highlighting examples, synthesizing research, and framing it all with their own thoughts and conclusions. It’s a unique title; twitchers and naturalists interested in migration will find it fascinating reading and valuable for future reference.

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JULY 6, 2021

If you had your choice of one bird family to pursue, to seek out and observe and photograph and kvell over, which one would you choose? A passion for one bird family is also very useful. I hope by this time you have settled on a bird family for your avian obsession. (I

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MARCH 23, 2020

Great Shearwater – At this point, seabirds are my weakest family in Queens with the most species having reported in the borough that I have not seen. 318 – Burrowing Owl , 16 May 2019: An unbelievable find and a thrilling chase, this bird at Big Egg Marsh was as as astonishing as it was unpredicted. Sooty Shearwater – Ditto.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

The third weekend of January, I travelled to the coastal city of Acapulco to give a seminar on family finances at a church there. And my one lifer for the trip was a family of Rufous-naped Wrens that apparently live in the same garden. My schedule was not too full, so there was lots of free time to check out the local fauna.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For oceanic birds he uses the taxonomy that he and Kirk Zufelt developed in Oceanic Birds of the World: A Photo Guide (PUP, 2019). Checklist for Belize lists 622 species in 76 families, of which 104 are rare or accidental and four introduced. This is particularly helpful for bird families that might be new to birders.

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MARCH 3, 2020

One of these days, Jeopardy will feature a category called “Field Guides” and the first clue will be: “This landlocked South American country finally got its own bird field guide in 2016, but it wasn’t available in the United State until 2019.” This unfortunately happens with the large Tanager (Thraupidae) family here.

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AUGUST 11, 2019

We have observed the first Pied Oystercatcher chicks of 2019 over the past two weeks grow steadily. Over the two weeks since I first introduced you to this family of Pied Oystercatchers there has been a lot of walking. Pied Oystercatcher family. You can also see that the legs of the chicks are almost as wide as the adults!

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Ackerman surrounds each individual story with background facts and studies on other birds who mimic, play, parasitize nests, engage in complex cognitive routines, parent in unusual ways–presenting a complex mosaic of avian behaviors amongst bird families and the scientific histories of trying to understand them.

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MARCH 11, 2024

This is the home of the Rusty-naped Pitta , admittedly one of the less glamorous of the family, particularly the subspecies found in Yunnan, but still a nice sight and still a pitta. No doubt, the Lesser NLT will be relieved not to be bossed around by its erstwhile bigger family member anymore.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Ballantine and Hyman explore how birds communicate and summarize studies on how that communication functions in diverse bird families all over the world. New insights from female bird song: towards an integrated approach to studying male and female communication roles, Biology Letters , publishe April 03, 2019, [link].

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The chapter on “Capturing Bird Behavior” (my favorite) gives detailed examples of behavior cues and sound cues to look and listen for in anticipation of interesting preening, courtship, and family behavior. Rocky Nook, 2019 (eBook December 2018; paperback March 2019). by Marie Read. Paperback: 340 pages; 10 x 8 inches.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The breeding ecology of the Yellow-bellied Warbler was actually studied exactly here at Nonggang in 2019 by 3 Chinese researchers. Another member of the magpie family, the White-winged Magpie , makes do with far fewer colors. A female shama attacked several Cantor’s Kukri snakes approaching its nest ( source ).

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JUNE 8, 2019

Snowcap and White-tipped Sicklebill – Choice hummingbirds in a speciose, fantastic family of birds. We also saw a Ruddy-Quail-Dove at Carara National Park on Global Big Day, a quail-dove sweep will require four more species of these shy terrestrial doves.

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