10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2020
It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. McWilliam realizes he’s dealing someone special, a career falcon egg-thief.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 26, 2024
Now a common breeding bird on the island: Spurwinged Lapwing For many visiting birders, Eleonora’s Falcons are one of the biggest draws. They are very late breeders, as they feed their young on autumn migrants which they generally intercept out to sea. So too do Woodchat Shrikes, while Red-backed are only occasional breeders.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 19, 2022
While Black Terns are regular migrants and even rare breeders (only 2 to 5 pairs nation-wide), White-winged are ill-numbered migrants and very irregular breeders (the last breeding was a decade ago). By the end of the wood, there’s a small wetland, a huge bird above, one more White Stork? An immature White-tailed Eagle. The same eagle?
10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2018
The only unstreaked pipit around here and a characteristic breeder of sand dunes is the Tawny Pipit and this one shows well, holding to the grass edge. On the opposite side is a smallish falcon, obviously too short-tailed for a Common Kestrel, a Eurasian Hobby first comes to mind… but a male Red-footed Falcon on migration it turns out to be.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2015
The best bird was one lovely Common Chiffchaff that was very hard to locate in the thick crown of an old juniper tree, followed by one mysterious small falcon. For longest lists, go there in May when migrants are still passing while the local breeders are active and visible.
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
Bravo to the American Birding Association and Scott & Nixon on their excellent 20th field guide! * *Sports teams with bird names are the Toronto Blue Jays (baseball), Toronto Raptors (basketball), Raptors 905 (basketball), Toronto Falcons (hockey). © 2023 by Chris Earley and Scott & Nix, Inc., Bohemian Waxwing, p.
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