10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

The Eurasian Collared-Dove , as Larry has already ably pointed out , has spread rapidly across North America since its release in the Bahamas in the mid-1970s. In fact, in New York State, other than a small breeding colony west of Rochester, there are very few records of Eurasian Collared-Dove.

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New York New York City North America Bahamas 167

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

.” Some exotic bird species such as Red-whiskered Bulbul and Spot-breasted Oriole have been ABA-countable for decades, managing to maintain very small breeding populations despite the impacts of hurricanes and changes in landscaping.

Florida 228

Florida Miami Bolivia Alligators 228

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2012

However, in southeast Florida where there is no other native, frugivorous pigeon, this species also inhabits and breeds at inland locations such as Kendall Indian Hammocks which is over ten miles inland. If you hear a loud wing-clapping noise while hiking a trail, you likely just scared off your life White-crowned Pigeon.

Florida 192

Florida Miami Bahamas Mexico 192

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2014

Although many South Florida specialties can be seen throughout the year such as White-crowned Pigeon and Snail Kite , most visiting birders decide to come in the months of April and May in search of summer migrants or secretive birds that only vocalize during the breeding season.

Florida 157

Florida Miami Bahamas Breeders 157

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

Black-and-white Warbler by Carlos Sanchez With the northern Bahamas just to the east and Cuba just to the south, southeast Florida biogeographically sits on the northern edge of the Caribbean and so the wintering wood-warbler species are mostly those typically found further south in the islands.

Florida 161

Florida Miami Cuba Bahamas 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Birders who have been to California might be familiar with the latter two, indeed we would be close to the Poor Knights Islands later in the day, the site of the only breeding colony of Buller’s Shearwaters in the whole world. One birder from Australia even got his lifer Red-crowned Parakeet !

New Zealand 180

New Zealand Albatross 2011 Cooking 180

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Kirtland’s Warblers are rare, apparently fewer than 2,000 in the world, they winter in the Bahamas and summer in Michigan. This past June I was invited along by the Edmonton Nature Club on a field trip to a Piping Plover breeding site. Draw a line between those 2 points and our home is not far off their track.

2012 133

2012 Ghana Ireland Costa Rica 133

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2018

Last year it was New Providence in the Bahamas. Instead of being around for breeding birds like my last visit I would be focusing on migratory species and Cape Henlopen delivered with forty-six species in an hour-and-a-half of birding. This is the third year that my family and some our close friends did a vacation together.

North Carolina 100

North Carolina New York Delaware Puerto Rico 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2019

The birds are now breeding in the area, but are quite happy to keep coming to the daily feeding station in groups of over 100 birds. While visiting the Kakadu National Park, I was able to photograph this Rainbow Bee eater right after it had caught a dragonfly.

2018 194

2018 Costa Rica South Africa New Zealand 194

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

These are extremely large stick structures (some articles compare the largest ones to the size of a car) that are usually populated by multiple breeding pairs in separate chambers. Monk Parakeet is the only parrot species that builds its own nest. Some articles speculate that the nests offer protection against the cold.

Chicago 233

Chicago New York City Illinois New York 233

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Mexico, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, and other islands that make up the Greater and Lesser Antilles. Each account contains a range map created by Weidensaul, utilizing diverse sources–breeding bird atlases, banding data, research articles. (It It includes owls found in Canada, the U.S.,

North America 251

North America Owls America Dominican Republic 251

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

192) from the timing of seasons to the ferocity of weather to the shape of breeding, wintering, and stopover habitat to even the size of birds themselves. Climate change looms large over all migration research, it “is reshaping every single thing about migration” (p. It is often hard to be positive.

Cyprus 264

Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2023

The Kirtland’s Warbler is an endangered bird species that breeds primarily in the jack pine forests of northern Michigan. Specifically, the warbler’s primary breeding range is concentrated in a few counties in the northern Lower Peninsula and the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

United States 162

United States Michigan Texas Virginia 162

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2018

Snowy Owl irruptions are relatively predictable and often huge, with birds arriving as far south of their normal breeding range as Florida and the Bahamas. .” There are even a variety of crafts based on Snowy Owls that you can use to entertain children.

Owls 185

Owls Barn Owls Bahamas Woodpeckers 185

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Our North American bird field guides stopped offering this information decades ago, so it’s handy to have it all collected in one handy volume, especially if you’re doing a state breeding bird survey like some 10,000 Birds writers. Donna). ==.

Colombia 246

Colombia Birds Bald Eagle Guyana 246