10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2021

When it comes to tropical birding, field guides regularly deal with well over a 1000 birds and tend to be on the hefty side. Travel guides are mostly lighter, but this “where to watch birds guide” is truly lightweight and traveller friendly. Each site gets from 2 to 5 pages (but mostly 3-4).

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

It is that special time of year when I’m out and about and someone comes up a bit sheepish and says, “You know, you’re going to think I’m crazy but I saw this bird that was red like a cardinal but had a tiny little black head. Theory 2: for some individual birds, this is the way they molt.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

10,000 Birds is running a series of articles by and about tour guides, tour companies, eco-lodges, and other birding travel organizations. We want to help the birding tourism industry come back strong from the COVID pandemic. That’s what makes us such good company: No birds to be seen at the moment?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2011

As you might surmise, I spend an inordinate amount of time every day thinking about both birding and blogging. As the owner of what has been called ( by me ) western New York’s leading test prep organization , I have to meticulously analyze every aspect of these crucial college entrance exams. You’re better off birding!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2012

Jason Kessler is back with the funniest birding movie of the year. Sh*t Birders Say delivers more laughs in 3 minutes than… well, actual birding! Take the test: if you laugh at least twice, you are definitely a birder. Even the credits are amusing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaX7i1Q7-Rw v=NaX7i1Q7-Rw a.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2013

I was reading Carrie’s post last month and got to thinking about car birding in general. Personally, I am a big fan of car birding, despite the necessary fossil fuel burning that is involved. For many birders, the thought of car birding is as natural as using a field guide. You will see more birds.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2024

I was especially looking forward to take some better photos of the birds I saw last time, which I only managed partly. After all, I’d rather call myself a birder than a bird photographer, although I have to admit that I enjoy doing both more or less equally.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2020

That summer generally signals a decline in local avian diversity probably hasn’t sunken in yet, but rest assured the birds you saw this weekend may grow tiresome in another month. Corey enjoyed camping with family and friends for the long weekend after getting tested for COVID and coming up negative. How about you?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2024

A quick bus ride brought us to the border crossing near the International Birding & Research Centre, a fantastic birding site in Eilat. I was panicking and working through in my head how we would maximize the day without our gear – all those birds just too far away, the pictures we would not be able to take.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2014

First, let’s start with the good: Scientific testing of drones near birding hotspot Cape May, NJ has been postponed to avoid messing with Red Knots and Piping Plovers (like the cutie above that Corey photographed there a few years back). (On Sea World San Diego just welcomed the world’s first “test-tube” penguin.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2016

Shaded dark, even when focused – out of focus, like watching some early Charlie Chaplin movie and trying to ID the birds flittering in the background. The morning I first tested them was filled with migrating flocks of European Bee-eaters and their constant bubbling voices. Still, testing binoculars on a bright sunny day?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

I started to bird from a kayak. For a while, I birded from the least birdable white water racer, the one with those flares behind the cockpit. And when you spot a bird, you stop paddling and reach for binoculars. Back to spotting a bird. I always take notes of my birds. No birding is complete without a notebook.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Indeed, you only live twice: your second life starts when you bird Costa Rica for the first time. And, yee-haw, this would be my second attempt at a second life: three weeks ago I was invited to bird Costa Rica! Do you ever manage to get ready for a birding trip in a calm and orderly fashion? Update: true.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I may have to buy a smartphone : For more than a year, Berres (and his graduate students, of course) have been testing and improving the fruit of that inspiration: WeBIRD, the Wisconsin Electronic Bird Identification Resource Database. This is going to be good.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2021

I knocked down several first birds of spring this weekend (not literally) but will always give Best Bird honors to a Saw-whet Owl , especially one showing as well as the one Ivy and I located at Owl Woods on Easter. Corey was extremely pleased to finally get out and about birding again after his family all caught COVID and recovered.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2012

In my previous blog about Bird Photography Equipment , I reviewed the Canon EF 300 f/4 lens with the teleconverter Kenko C-AF 2X Teleplus Pro 300 DGX. I have had a couple of weeks of testing this configuration and further testing revealed some additional amazing results that I did not expect. crop factor) = 960 mm !!!!

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2015

As a result, some of the most popular and exciting birding destinations in the world run on Tico time. Having visited quite a few outstanding ecolodges in my blessed life, I’ve learned that exceptional birding destinations must first and foremost harbor exceptional, accessible birds. A handsome Crimson-collared Tanager.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2012

Summer birding gets a bad rap, especially around here, but July offers one highlight. As soon as the test began, so did the monotonous cheeping. My conjecture was confirmed three hours into the test when that streaky little bugger hopped out into the open. I blame Baby Bird Week. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2012

One of the defining characteristics of birds, besides the obvious features of wings and feathers, is their bills. From toucans to curlews and from hummingbirds to flamingos, birds display an almost otherworldly diversity in these body-parts. Bills are instrumental in defining three of the senses in birds – taste, touch and smell.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

Bird Navigation is an amazing, mysterious thing. For years, birds have outsmarted scientists over this issue, mainly I think because people looking into navigation originally made the incorrect assumption that birds are birds and there is a navigational method that they use. Also, consider this. But what about pigeons?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

While not on the scale of bird migration, it is routinely and somewhat lazily described as the biggest annual migration of humans in the world. Like a film star wearing a whig and big sunglasses in a public place, this bird at first glance looks fairly nondescript. Once the bird takes up a different position, it gets more interesting.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Some birders like to see just birds, while others like birds, but don’t mind stopping or even taking detours to see other creatures along the trail. I like to see birds for a long time and hear their vocalization; even if these are common species. Elliott’s and Possibly a Markham’s Storm-petrels (bird on the left).

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2014

Birding in the Amazon Rainforest has its pros and cons. However, rainforest birds live in specific microhabitats and are often much easier to hear than to see in the dense multilayered rainforest. This Birding Rally’s competitors were companies that specialize in birding and nature tours.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2020

My business trip to Florida to host the Tests and the Rest Winter Conference 2020 was more than just a professional success. January in Florida always delivers on tasty birds. Corey was so bummed about having to lead an Owl Prowl in an area with no owls that he decided there were no good birds this weekend. How about you?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2020

As someone who has recorded over 80 episodes and counting on the Tests and the Rest podcast, I’ve learned that hosting interesting guests can be really enjoyable. Check out this episode at the Bird Banter homepage or using one of the following links to your preferred podcast platform: Apple Podcasts. Google Play.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

Birds are a subset of dinosaurs (See: Honey, I Shrunk the Dinosaurs. Prior to the extinction of all of the other dinosaurs, resulting from a cosmic impact event about 65 million years ago, the ancestors of modern birds were different from modern birds in many ways, but also similar in many ways. So how did beaks evolve?

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

When I saw the NL Pure in a webinar for the first time, immediately – before the webinar ended, I asked my Swarovski sales rep for a pair to test. I kept them in my backpack until yesterday, didn’t want to hold them, to get any impressions… I wanted to test them as a tabula rasa (a clean slate). And today I did.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2012

Across 4 studies, the authors found that participants scoring in the bottom quartile on tests of humor, grammar, and logic grossly overestimated their test performance and ability. Although their test scores put them in the 12th percentile, they estimated themselves to be in the 62nd. Fascinating, no? Where did you see an eagle?

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

As I crept through the forest and wondered where the birds were, a hint of movement caught my attention on the other side of a tree fern. They give you an unfair, unnatural advantage and anyone who watches them doesn’t know the real deal when it comes to birding. The moth sheet : This is one heck of a sweet bird feeder invention!

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2020

In Costa Rica, our July birding news usually consists of interesting sightings during the mid-summer tours. These and other important birding related questions come to mind and during a normal July, I would be personally and actively helping answer them. Which tours saw the most roosting owls?

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This, 2022, has been a curious year for books about birds and birding. Dragan]: Europe’s Birds: An Identification Guide , by Hume, Still, Swash, and Harrop is a photographic guide. The artwork of “Europe’s Birds” is dazzling, the text condensed and comprehensive, and the layout and design are without peer.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2022

In the previous period I wrote mostly book reviews (but of some really great books ), yet I cannot remember when the last time was that I wrote of birding itself? Perhaps in my December posts on birding Colombian Amazonia ? Driving with open windows (to hear the birds) becomes unbearable and I am heading out of this fish farm.

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Mules Breeders Farming Fish 247

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2014

They form bachelor herds where they test their strength against their peers, finding their natural place in the hierarchy. The purpose is to test each other, not to receive or cause injury. Birding Impala South Africa' A pair of young bloods were pushing each other back and forth near the visitor centre at Pilanesberg recently.

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South Africa Rhinos Africa Birds 201

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2012

Photography is a great tool to improve bird ID accuracy as explored in my previous post Photography and Birding. This is a great addition for a quick macro photo of insects, flowers, or even bird feathers if the opportunity comes. Speaking of filters I ran a quick test of a UV that I added to my lens. macro of $1474.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Conservation / Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru? Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru? One way volunteers help is by participating in a bird banding workshop called Bird Ringing Forever.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

so I’m a bit behind in my intense pursuit of scientific findings related to birds. First, the bird butts. It is interesting to note that the vast majority of birds flying by out there are going the other way. But I do have a few items. All I see are their buts. But that’s not the most interesting thing I’ve seen recently.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2015

You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout … Depending on where you live in the world, winter birding can test the spine and mettle of any naturalist. Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend ! Birding January weekend'

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