Bald Eagle Battery Species 
10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2018
1PM – Clare: Cameras with AA Batteries are the Best. 1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. 1PM – Carrie: Invasive Species Can Be Awesome. 7AM – Intro Post. 7AM – Corey: Snowy Owls are Superior in Every Way to Great Gray Owls. 1PM – Mike: Lookalike Birds Should Be Lumped. 7PM – Corey – Twitchers are Losers.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 24, 2018
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. 1PM – Clare: Cameras with AA Batteries are the Best. 1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. 7AM – Intro Post.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 15, 2018
The days for me to add to my Little Big Years species count are getting fewer and fewer, and with it, my budget. 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. Little Big Year species count: 834. US species count: 139. eBird Submissions: 251.
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. At 8:30AM we were already at 53 species and we knew we still had many more easy birds to find.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
172 lists were shared and 1004 species were seen, both records for October, so well done beats! 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.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 12, 2015
In addition to having more participants, we had more bird species, 76, beating out last year’s inaugural effort by two whole species. We really had to work hard for our 76 species this year too, and it makes me wonder if it will possible to ever break a hundred species from the platform during an October big sit.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2016
All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Battery Pt. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Pallas’s Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucoryphus. 05 Jan 2016. 06 Jan 2016.
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