10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2023

This post is not a twitch, but it is much more fun to read if you first dwell upon the sentiments from the last picture of Corey’s post from East Pond, Jamaica Bay, 2015 It would be a bold birder that calls a Common Ringed Plover , Charadrius hiaticula where Semi-palmated Plover , C. semipalmatus is also an option.

Iceland 258

Iceland Stray Breeders Canada 258

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2012

I first met Anthony Collerton when he was trying to see the Barrow’s Goldeneye at Jamaica Bay back in February. It really depends on where the strays and vagrants show up in the second half of the year. then eventually you’re going to see most of the residents, spring migrants, wintering species and regular breeders.

New York 202

New York Stray Vermont Marine Life 202

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Common Cuckoo is a fascinating bird, an obligate parasitic breeder that employs numerous strategies, including fraud and murder, to survive. But in 2020, with all my travel plans cancelled and pretty much everything shut down, I wasn’t straying too far from Albany, New York for birding.

2020 263

2020 Birds Costa Rica Germany 263