10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2019

This does not include the various changes made to Latin names, taxonomic ordering, nor changes to families.: Red-breasted Blackbird is a meadowlark. However, no matter how one enjoys or takes in interest in the avian side of life, an official list of the birds for a given area is of vital importance.

Costa Rica 201

Costa Rica Owls Panama South America 201

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2012

Photographed at Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge, MT. Barf at blackbirds. Photographed at Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge, ND. If you can identify this bird for what it is, you will earn the respect of your elders and bring much honor to your family. Photographed at Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, ND.

LACS 190

LACS Alaska Connecticut Wildlife 190

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

From the time he can remember, every camping, hiking, or simple trip outside was focused on finding wildlife with herps, mammals, birds and native fish as his primary interests. Either that or having family friends in Germany. Andy Avram is a lifelong resident of northeastern Ohio, just east of Cleveland. A quick sidetrack.

Salamander 139

Salamander Germany Birds Blackbirds 139

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2012

The boys knew what Owls looked like, they saw Screech Owls (and Barred and Great Horned Owls) at a local wildlife park, and we photographed Burrowing Owl families every year at Brian Piccolo Park. I have decided that the bird is an Alpine Chough, a red-billed blackbird that breeds in the Swiss Alps.

Switzerland 217

Switzerland Birds Owls Lions 217

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

The Snow Geese at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge will soon be winging their way north, so he spent some quality time with them, his best birds of the weekend. I always choose a target bird for my trips to Florida, which are mainly to visit with family, but I never ever dreamed that one of my FL Life Birds would be a MacGillivray’s.

2011 133

2011 Deer Owls Birds 133

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

I chanced to glance at a bird perched atop the Oak tree in my back yard, figuring it was one of the Blackbirds or Grackles that had recently returned to my neighborhood. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Instead I saw a flash of orange. The proposal from U.S.

North Carolina 140

North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

I was attending the 3rd Global Bird-watching Conference in Gujarat and suddenly surrounded not just be species that were completely new, but entire families of birds. My fiance and I drove nearly two hours to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in rural Indiana to watch them come in for the evening.

2013 167

2013 Costa Rica Birds India 167

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s not like I had forgotten lists created with friends of ‘songs with birds in the lyrics’, my personal favorites being Sondheim’s Green Finch and Linnet Bird and the Beatles’ Blackbird. It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. As they say, the relationship is complicated.

Egypt 218

Egypt Birds Albania Eagles 218

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

Red-winged Blackbird – Agelaius phoeniceus. Melodious Blackbird – Dives dives. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

2019 120

2019 Jamaica Eggs Woodpeckers 120

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

I will provide some much greater coverage of my trip, and the species that I was able to photograph in the next couple of weeks, but one of the most exciting birds for me, was found during my stop-over at Summer Lake Wildlife Refuge. These secretive little marsh birds are rarely found out in the open, like most of the rail family.

Oregon 100

Oregon Montana California Washington 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

Canada Goose family. Yellow-headed Blackbird. For a disturbing summation of the damage done to our national parks, monuments, and wildlife refuges in one short year, consider this infographic of political maneuvering by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke…. As the first U.S. Photo by © Robin Edwards. Photo by © Robin Edwards.

Canada 152

Canada 2018 Blackbirds Protection 152

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Veraguan Mango by Carlos Bethancourt Although the Neotropical region supports fewer bird families than Africa, there are considerably more bird species here than anywhere else on earth. This means that there are some astoundingly large families of birds in Central and South America. have found their way to Costa Rica.

Panama 210

Panama Costa Rica 2011 Cleveland 210

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Both Puerto Rico and the USVI have active birding communities that are currently excluded from full membership in the ABA family. All Americans Should be Full Members of the ABA Family. Adding Puerto Rico and the USVI would largely achieve the goal of bringing all Americans into full membership of the ABA family.

Puerto Rico 157

Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States 157

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2011

Outside of the Cinclus , Ouzel is also a common name sometimes applied to a variety of Turdus thrushes including the Common Blackbird of Europe, so the literal meaning of the name is “Water Thrush&#. photos courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. But it sounds so much more sophisticated to say Ouzel.

Hunters 183

Hunters Falcons Montana Ducks 183

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. 26 Aug 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 100