10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

So, this post just shows 25 birds I spotted at Nanhui (coastal Shanghai) in October 2019. Always interesting to see the same species both in Germany (in my parents’ garden) and in Shanghai. The post Birding in Nanhui, Shanghai in October 2019 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Sometimes I am tired of words, tired of writing.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2019

While we’ve seen more than 150 amazing species in our first 48 hours attending the 3rd African Birding Expo and the pre-Expo familiarity tour of Uganda, one species stands as first among equals. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of November 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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MAY 4, 2021

Copyright @2019 by Louisiana State University Press. Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species is an enjoyable memoir about birding, birding strategies, birding people, community, life and death, and Louisiana (with some Alabama thrown into the mix). LSU Press, 2019, 272 pp. by Marybeth Lima.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2019

vocal, and common species that ennobles any setting in which it spreads its massive wings. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of December 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. While we saw all sorts of amazing birds, top honors will go not to the rarest or even best looking. How about you?

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JUNE 8, 2019

Although Bobolinks are a very rare migrant, lots of other birds are possible, more than enough to rack up hundreds of species over the course of the year. Each January, I hope to identify at least 600 species over the next 12 months, this year, I’m hoping that Marilen and I (aka Team Tyto ) will find 700.

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JULY 14, 2019

Of those species, his favorite was a young Killdeer , which easily became his Best Bird of the Weekend. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of July 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Corey did not do much birding this weekend but he did get out for awhile on Sunday morning. How about you?

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JUNE 30, 2019

Luckily, for birds, I didn’t have to, as a skulky Winter Wren sought shelter right outside my dining room window, adding a highly improbable third wren species to my yard list. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of June 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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JULY 21, 2019

I definitely didn’t see much, but sometimes the usual species satisfy well enough. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of July 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. One truth you learn in the birding business is that birds are always moving in one direction or another.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Of the species he saw his best was easily a Philadelphia Vireo at Bristol Beach State Park, a surprising migrant that he was please to find. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (First of September 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. How about you?

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JUNE 2, 2019

Corey didn’t have any luck trying to track down rare terns to add to his Queens list this weekend but he did add a bird to his list of species photographed in Queens. A pair of Purple Martins nesting in Broad Channel were his 292nd species photographed in his home borough, making them easily his Best Bird of the Weekend.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2019

Corey, on the other hand, is hightailing it to his hometown in Upstate New York, where he should be able to keep cool and catch a few interesting avian species. The post Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of July 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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APRIL 28, 2019

Corey had most of the morning on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to bird and he made the most of it, adding over twenty species to his year list for Queens and just generally enjoying spring migration. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of April 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. How about you?

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MARCH 17, 2019

Based on how naturally parrots and leafbirds (the real ones in Asia, not the figments that plague birders in every country) blend into foliage, I’d imagine that most arboreal avian species would want the same advantages. Corey enjoyed a spring like outing on Sunday morning, adding eight species to his Queens year list.

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OCTOBER 13, 2019

Our Little Big Day (only half a day birding… feel free to use the term) turned out a little smaller than Ivy and I had hoped, but we mustered 38 species on a day most migrants seemed to spend getting as far from Rochester as possible. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of October 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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JUNE 9, 2019

Of what he did see, a pair of Bald Eagles at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge was the highlight, a species that didn’t used to be around in June in Queens at all. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of June 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. So, Bald Eagles as his Best Bird of the Weekend. How about you?

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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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MAY 31, 2019

Based on how many rare Queens species Corey has pulled over the last month, you have to wonder if there’s anything left for him to see! The post Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of June 2019? Early June offers much for those willing to embrace its opportunities. How about you? appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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MAY 11, 2019

A wonderful variety of bird species are waiting to be seen and among them are many a birder’s favorite avian group, the wood-warblers. Among the most desired bird species during May migration, brightly colored, beautiful and boldly patterned, how can a birder not get hooked on spring warblers? Great Green Macaw!

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APRIL 7, 2019

I found myself in fine company on the hawk watch platform at Braddock Bay, where streaming flocks of Turkey Vultures were infiltrated by a variety of hawk species. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (First of April 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Did you join the party?

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MAY 17, 2019

Track down a species that isn’t supposed to be seen in the NYC area, and you’ll likely find him too. The post Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of May 2019? Corey has been a man on a mission lately, knocking down rarities with a quickness. How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding?

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MAY 5, 2019

We encounter all sorts of exciting FOY species, including a particularly gorgeous Black-throated Green Warbler. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (First of May 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Don’t worry: the month of migration has just begun.

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APRIL 12, 2019

Many species, of course, have yet to begin their migrations in earnest, but many more who weren’t in your area last week may pop up for the first time this weekend. The post Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of April 2019? Be there to greet them! Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Are you the sort of birder who takes comfort in the thought that you might find new species within driving distance of your home? Or are you the kind of completist who is driven to distraction by the knowledge of unseen species in your general vicinity? The post Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of February 2019?

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JANUARY 13, 2019

Though he had quite a few species to choose from his easy favorite was any of the many Razorbills he saw at Breezy Point. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of January 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Fortunately, I was able to spot one extremely quiet and still bird… I think it was frozen!

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MARCH 29, 2019

Even this early in the season, watchers have been rewarded with some tasty species. The post Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of March 2019? I’ll be positioning myself on the Braddock Bay Hawk Watch platform when I can this weekend. Corey kicks off this first Queens Botanical Garden bird walk this weekend. How about you?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2019

The best of the bunch was a winter species, Common Redpolls probably winging it to the boreal forest. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of March 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. No worries, because better days lie ahead. Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed.

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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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MARCH 1, 2019

Some of the species you’ve spent the last few months with are feeling that itch to change latitude and will inevitably be replaced by a different suite of residents. The post Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2019? We’ve landed at last on a month of action, one in which birds will begin to move.

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JANUARY 11, 2019

We all tend to leap into the first week of a calendar year, celebrating even the most common species as additions to a fresh year list. The post Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of January 2019? But even if you’re dealing with irregular warmth or frigidity, your birding year may depend on your efforts this weekend.

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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. Nobody has seen any ever since after Category 5 Hurricane Dorian buffeted the low-lying islands with 200-mph winds for two days in September 2019. There’s just one problem.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2019

The sighting or species in question need not meet any standard except those you set for it. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of February 2019) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. While I can’t Marie Kondo your busy schedule, I’d like to help reconnect you to those birding moments that spark joy.

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JUNE 13, 2024

If you have birded very long, you are probably aware that members of closely related bird species, when their ranges overlap, sometimes love each other very much, and have babies. When this happens particularly often, such hybridization processes can result in entirely new species.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

Some of us have already enjoyed some New Year’s day bio-blitzing, but the first weekend of the year offers so much potential to become reacquainted with the species you haven’t seen since 2019. Embrace it… the opportunity, not the birds! How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding?

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Seychelles’ small landmass combined with geographic isolation results in few species. He is the author of Underwater Guide to Seychelles (2015), Underwater Eden (2019) and Reef Fishes of Seychelles (2021). The book ends with further reading suggestions, list of useful websites, and the index of both English and scientific names.

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JANUARY 19, 2019

To surpass a challenging number of species, the planning, the conniving for major birding should have begun back in the past, in 2018. Every day counts and to seriously maximize the species total, a birder needs to maximize time in the field at the most productive places during the most productive times and then some.

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MARCH 28, 2024

In 2019, this lone American Flamingo found a friend: a Chilean Flamingo. After birding and passing through a large number of habitats, our total for the day was 109 species.) Of course, when a group sees 109 species, there are many highlights for the day. Flamingos !”

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JANUARY 8, 2019

Species with small ranges ( e.g. , single island endemics) or tiny populations ( e.g. , endangered species) are especially vulnerable. Nevertheless, the 2017 CBC tallied 1,934 birds of 82 species, both of which were low counts for past CBCs ( e.g., the 2016 CBC had 2,579 birds, 97 species).

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