Breeders Experiments Owls 
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 12, 2021
Most of the breeders seemed to have departed already on their journeys south but he did enjoy a Barred Owl serenade in the wee hours of the morning two days in a row so the Barred Owl wins as his Best Bird of the Weekend. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2020
But we’re not confined to a wasteland of resident breeders just yet, are we? Near as I can tell, that horrific “huahhh” was coming from a Barred Owl apparently as confused about its evening’s itinerary as I was. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2011
You’ll enjoy your earliest experiences of birding best if you allow the pros to do the heavy lifting for you: Let them find the birds and, more important, identify the birds for you. Only the ignorant expects to hit a hole in one first time out on the links or to throw all strikes as a beginner bowler.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2023
It is home to four diverse forest ecosystems (deciduous, mixed, boreal, and lowlands), experiences seasonal weather systems ranging from cold dry Arctic winters to humid, thunder-storm filled summers, and, according to the latest official checklist, hosts four professional sports teams with bird names.* Boreal Owl, p.
10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2024
Actually we couldn’t be seen, as it was still too dark, but we did hear a couple of birds to start the day: Tawny Owl and Cetti’s Warbler. We continued until well after sunset, but both Little Owl and Barn Owl eluded us, as did Grey Partridge. According to my phone, I’d walked close to 21,000 steps.
10,000 Birds
MAY 28, 2016
We have to figure out when the highest numbers of migrants coincide with resident breeders to increase the probabilities of breaking the previous record, or to at least hit your Big Day birding goal. Scouting can also turn up rare birds, fruiting and flowering trees, and maybe even an owl roost.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2022
There are charismatic birds like Barrow’s Goldeneye, Evening Grosbeak, Red and White-winged Crossbills; mysterious seabirds like Leach’s Storm-Petrel; ‘little brown jobs’ like Winter Wren and Nelson’s Sparrow; a treasury of warbler species, 27 in all, many state breeders.
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