10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2015
The other day I was exploring a new area for the first time, birding the national park that I’ve watched only in BBC documentaries, the place famous for the largest Dalmatian Pelican colony in the world – more than 1300 pairs! Dalmatian and White Pelicans (White = the black ones). Have you heard of it? Can you pinpoint it on a map?
10,000 Birds
JULY 10, 2014
Enjoy your patches and your resident breeders. I’ve birded that part of the United States more than a couple of times but nonetheless look forward to the constant pelicans and Purple Martins! Anyone who knows me knows my favorite kind of birding: vacation birding. I’ll take new birds in new habitat any day. How about you?
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10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2019
Spotting Blackpoll Warblers around here breaks bittersweet; obviously, anyone would enjoy spotting one of these monochromatic songbirds, but with this late migrant comes the promise of months of little more than resident breeders. Don’t tell me migration is over already! How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2012
This colossal bird is now placed in its own family Balaenicipitidae and it forms an ancient link between storks and pelicans. Satellite tracking has shown that these individuals migrate northwards through South and into East Africa during the winter months.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2022
Multitudes, hundreds of Brown Pelicans and Terns–Least, Common, Foster’s, Sandwich, Royal, and Caspian. I’m sure regular visitors to this area could tell you more about how the winds and tides affect the migrating birds and when the breeders start to nest. Anahuac NWR–Skillern Tract.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Great White Pelican is not just the name of a non-existent glam-rock band but also of a bird species. Greater Flamingos are considered cooperative breeders as fledglings are raised in a creche, in which large numbers of young are watched by multiple non-breeding adult greater flamingos. They probably did not even have Twitter then.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2020
The first three sections are brief, presenting a summary of the bird’s current NYC status (migrant, resident, breeder, vagrant, etc.), ” I’m down as the observer of a White Pelican at the Whitestone Bridge on Dec. Eaton, and John Kuerzi. Which is true.
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