10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

If you think it is rather pretentious to start a birding blog post with a Kafka story, I fully agree with you. Anyway, the story is not quite how I remembered it, to be honest, but fitting enough to describe the almost claustrophobic birding experience in ever-shrinking Nanhui. I just want to point out it could be much worse.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2014

I have a larger post coming out next week as part of a special 10,000 Birds topical extravaganza, so for now just three little things. But did you know that there is a bat that specializes in eating birds that are migrating at night? Giant Bats Snatch Birds from Night Sky. Birds research' When you arrive at John F.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2013

But, as Wikipedia points out, it has taken on a new meaning in the Caribean: The roti wrap is the commercialization of roti and curry as a fast-food item in the Caribbean. I bolted mine down quickly both because it was so delicious and because I wanted to wander around and look for birds a bit. Just check out the iguanas!

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2016

I dipped a bird recently – possibly a lifer. First I noticed a red cap – a male, then striped flanks and pale-red undertail, but couldn’t see its wing because some part of the bird remained hidden by a branch at any given time. I opt for the bird richest section of the lake, visible from the eastern dyke. What to say?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2016

On my recent short family vacation to Miami, I was granted a single day to get out and really bird like a madman. The reason the location is remaining undisclosed is that reliable Mangrove Cuckoos are difficult to find in the American Birding Association area and are a very sought after species. Come on, Carlos!

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2012

Saturday was set aside for birding. Redgannet was in town and had all day to get out looking for birds so I had booked us for the pelagic trip out of Freeport and our plan was to find his life Snowy Owl and then get on the boat and enjoy a host of alcids, gulls, and gannets. The owl, much to Redgannet’s dismay, was a no-show.

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Geese Fast Food Owls Agenda 192

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2024

And if you like birding, it’s a good place to spend time before or after meetings and explore. Late autumn 2022, I decided flying in a day early to do some weekend birding. It was David’s first time birding. Now it was a bit lighter, diurnal birds became vocal. A weekday would be better for timid birds.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2024

Of course, excellent opportunity to go birding with my friends Brad and Laura. My colleague Doug wrote me an email describing the whereabouts of these “rosy finches” and my wife had to manage my excitement with horse tranquilizer… What a fantastic little birds. This is a simple grey and black bird but I have always wanted to see one.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

There is a wonderful site called UAE Birding , that makes a great reference once you have decided how much time you have to spare and it carries a list of part-time guides who may be able to show you around. For a comprehensive description of the park, go to UAE Birding. For a quick snapshot, try a winter post from Redgannet.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2023

May is a busy month for birds migrating through Shanghai – and of course, last May was completely missed due to the lockdown. So, I spent a lot of time birding this month, and to keep this post at a manageable length, it mostly only covers the first half of May. The video is notable for the bird basically refusing to move at all.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2016

For a couple of years now, I have been chasing a bogey bird whenever I visit Dubai. The Arabian Babbler is a reasonably common bird with a preference for arid, scrubby areas. A couple of roads cut back through the circle to the central area which boasts a fast food restaurant, a mosque and toilets. .

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2018

Everyone likes to see a rare bird. Whether it’s new for your life list, country list, state list, or county list, a new bird is a joy, a blessing. After all, once you have checked a bird off of your checklist there is no checking it again (unless you are into year listing). What’s a motivated lister to do?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2016

That made the Gray Kingbird that was found way up in Livingston County on Monday, 2 May, such an intriguing bird. By Wednesday I was thinking about the odds of the bird both sticking through the end of the day on Friday and Daisy agreeing to me taking the entire day before Mothers Day to twitch a bird that I saw last week in Florida.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Although the two activities seem mutually exclusive at first glance, shopping mall parking lots and the edge habitats that surround them can be ideal for incidental birding in the holiday season or even any season. In southeastern Florida, most of the bird species restricted to parking lots and similar artificial habitats are exotic species.

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