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It’s 2020! The post What Was Your First Bird of 2020? What was your first bird of the year? Of the decade, even? Here’s hoping it was something good and it starts you off right on a whole year of wonderful birds! Happy New Year to you from the 10,000 Birds crew! appeared first on 10,000 Birds.
I saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of 2020 this morning at Cunningham Park in my home borough of Queens, where I was looking for my first Rusty Blackbirds of the year. (I 2020 – 15 March. The post First Phoebe of 2020 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. I found them too!) For me, it is now officially spring!
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When I first spotted the label of this week’s wine in my local shop, I took one look at the songbirds on it and rightfully assumed this 2020 Emiliana Natura Rosé was from some European winery. Emiliana Natura Rosé (2020). The post Emiliana Natura Rosé (2020) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Good birding and happy drinking!
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The post Birding Serbia in the 2020 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Winter One for the Christmas: European Robin Yours truly And my cat giving me the look. I wish you all a happy, healthy and bird-rich new 2021. Cover photo: Great Egrets in glorious October sunshine at Beljarica Levee.
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Bogle Vineyards: Juggernaut Pinot Noir (2020). A few years ago, we were treated to an especially charming, almost serene portrait of this bird on a can of beer that remains one of the better depictions of any bird we’ve seen at Birds and Booze, in my opinion. Good birding and happy drinking! Three out of five feathers (Good).
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While not my quite my first sighting of an Olive-sided Flycatcher for 2020, this difficult species is always a welcome find as it makes it way through Mexico to reach Central and South America. The post Where I Went Birding that Third Weekend of September 2020 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Brown-backed Solitaire.
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This is my year list for 2020, the list of the bird species identified from January 1st, 2020 to December 31st, 2020. It’s going to be good, it already is, I wish all you other birders out there a fantastic, fulfilling year of birding in 2020! Lifers are in caps and the most outstanding species are in bold.
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The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of August 2020) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Corey had an easy time picking his Best Bird of the Weekend: either of the two Whimbrel that flew over him on Rockaway Beach on Sunday morning, his first of that species in Queens this year!
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The post Nanhui, Shanghai in early spring 2020 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Finally, the Marsh Grassbird can more or less only be observed (and heard) in March and April – the rest of the year, it is pretty much invisible.
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No matter where you find yourself, heed the imperative of 2020: live to see better days! The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of August 2020) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. As we speed towards the end of an utterly odd August, dangerous weather conditions and flame threaten to engulf various swathes of our world.
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population of 128 million households in 2020, according to AVMA data. Around 45% of U.S. households own dogs and 26% of households own cats out of the total U.S. Owners often travel with their pets, whether for vacation or even a trip to the veterinarian. However, no data exists on how many pets have been injured or killed in car accidents.
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