Breeders Experiments Sparrows 
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 24, 2014
In honor of fall, and of the Chipping Sparrow that just smacked itself (thankfully not too hard) against my balcony window, here’s a blast from the past: Oct. Or was I, like so many birders, doomed to eternal restlessness, always investing somewhere else with the glamor of new birds and new experiences? Could I go home again?
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2014
Sure, Miami and the Florida Keys do not boast any endemics ( ‘Cape Sable’ Seaside Sparrow is close) at the species level. Coupled with its geologic youth, this makes the southern tip of the state function as a bit of an island experiment. However, few realize how unique and how good the birding can be here.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2022
Seaside Sparrows were singing on both sides and occasionally popped up to give us a view before diving deep back into the Spartina grass, hopefully getting ready to nest. Seaside Sparrow. At the end of the road, we found two Nelson’s Sparrows who quickly flew out to a tiny bit of land in the channel. Eastern Meadowlark.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 19, 2016
Mid-June has so much to offer in the temperate zones, with breeders in one half of the world and migrants in the other. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a Barn Swallow that kept him company in a bird blind while Seaside Sparrows sang and Common Terns hunted in Wildwood, NJ. And to those of you in the polar zones, just why ?
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.
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.* state and Canadian provinces.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2023
This leaves Shanghai in June with basically just the year-round species and the summer breeders, maybe with a few added ultra-lazy individuals of migratory species. The Black-naped Oriole is one of the most attractive summer breeders in Shanghai. Such as the Black-winged Cuckooshrike. Bye, bye, Lesser Coucal.
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