10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2018

1PM – Clare: Cameras with AA Batteries are the Best. 1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. 7AM – Intro Post. 7AM – Corey: Snowy Owls are Superior in Every Way to Great Gray Owls. 1PM – Mike: Lookalike Birds Should Be Lumped. 7AM – Donna: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds.

Bald Eagle 100

Bald Eagle Battery Hunters Owls 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2018

1PM – Clare: Cameras with AA Batteries are the Best. 1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. We are more refined, merely enjoying invasive species, thinking extinct birds are gone and you should get over it, and that those who like to watch gulls probably have a screw or two loose. 7AM – Intro Post.

Bald Eagle 110

Bald Eagle Battery Monkeys Hunters 110

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2018

That, and 10 days back on the way was going to be a great to recharge the batteries after a long round-the-world trip. A pair Bald Eagles were doing fly-bys over our heads , and there were Belted Kingfishers, Canada Geese , A pair of Mallards, and three Great Blue Herons. Here is a small group shot of those Purple Martins.

Oregon 100

Oregon Bald Eagle Owls Washington 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2018

We had persevered through four years at the top of Battery Harris Platform and could bring our experience to bear on the task of trying to record as many species as possible on a single day from that single spot. Sure enough, it was just to our north harrying a…wait, that’s a Bald Eagle ! Species number 81!

2018 233

2018 Bald Eagle Battery Sparrows 233

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform.

2019 137

2019 China Battery Jamaica 137

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2015

We chose the Battery Harris Platform at Fort Tilden, along the barrier beaches of the Rockaway Pensinsula in Queens, because it affords a great view of both the bay and the ocean, as well as a wide expanse of dune scrub habitat. But what, exactly, is a Big Sit?

2015 164

2015 Bald Eagle Battery Falcons 164

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Battery Pt. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Pallas’s Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucoryphus. Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. White-tailed Eagle – Haliaeetus albicilla. US-NC-Creswell-808 Spruill Town Rd W – 35.8355x-76.4209. 05 Jan 2016. 06 Jan 2016.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 154