10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2019

I assumed it to be some kind of domestic breed or an escapee and didn’t pay it much attention. It returned last year with a small flock of Canada Geese and then again this year with a much bigger flock, nearing 150, that contained more oddities. But then compare the size of it against the Canada Geese. We love sharing!

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2012

The breeding populations of both Barnacle Goose and Pink-footed Goose are increasing in Greenland and it seems that more and more individuals are heading west and south with breeding Canada Geese and make their way to the eastern United States and Canada.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Though Ron is based in Ontario his reports are eagerly anticipated by birders across the northeastern United States and eastern Canada because it takes into account a vast array of data to figure out which irruptive species might show up where. The Ontario breeding population of this grosbeak is stable. There are two subspecies.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2012

Warbling Vireos are found breeding in open deciduous woods, often riparian, across Mexico, the United States, and southern Canada. Their fondness for open woods means that they often adapt well to breeding in parks and it was Van Saun Park in New Jersey’s Bergen County that I found the individual shown in this blog post.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Their are two separate subspecies of the Nashville Warbler , one occurs east of the Mississippi River ( Oreothlypis ruficapilla ruficapilla ) and the other, pictured here, formerly called the Calaveras Warbler ( Oreothlypis ruficapilla ridgwayi ) in northwestern United States and adjacent Canada.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2024

That issue aside, SAVING THE SPOTTED OWL—ZALEA’S STORY is a detailed nonfiction picture book with a view expands from one specific owl, to Spotted Owls in general, to conservation efforts via breeding centers to save other endangered species.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2013

The Lazuli Bunting breeds in brushy habitats from sea level to more than 3,000 meters throughout the western United States and southwestern Canada. The female is not as flashy or as easily distinguishable as the male but is beautiful in her own right.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2012

Indigo Buntings breed from southern Canada across the eastern and central United States, and as far west as Nevada. Though the birds I saw were silent they can easily be found on breeding territory by listening for their repeating song, which is often transliterated as “Fire! How willing were these birds to pose?

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2024

She lives and birds in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with some trips farther afield. A Palm Warbler , in breeding plumage, hopped onto the end of our table. By Leslie Kinrys Leslie Kinrys has loved birds since her father put a House Sparrow fledgling in her young hands. We decided to have a picnic lunch there.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Though Ron is based in Ontario his reports are eagerly anticipated by birders across the northeastern United States and eastern Canada because it takes into account a vast array of data to figure out which irruptive species might show up where. Ron Pittaway has published his winter finch forecast for the winter of 2014-2015. TREE SEED CROPS.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2024

Although his back garden is Gibraltar and the Strait of Gibraltar, Clive has an intimate knowledge of Iberian birds but his work also takes him much further afield, from Canada to Japan to Australia. Griffon Vultures have a long breeding season. Isn’t it a bit late to breed? He is the Director of the Gibraltar National Museum.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2020

The annual parade of birds is happening and the feathered participants are dressed in their best breeding suits. Now is when we can venture into the closest park and see birds of the deep woods, species that breed far from town. Now is the special time that birders look forward to all year long. Summer Tanagers also migrate.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2011

The Tennessee Warbler is a poster child for the boreal forests of Canada and the far northern United States. Its population actually fluctuates in response to the availability of Spruce Budworm and though it nests on the ground it is entirely inseparable from the forests of the north during breeding season.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2014

They are a non-migratory species found in western coniferous and mixed-coniferous forests, breeding from Alaska, western Canada, and the United States south through western Mexico to Nicaragua. Although they are normally non-migratory, populations that breed at high elevations typically move to lower elevations during the winter.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

This is Canada, so it goes without saying (but I’ll say it anyway), that common names are given in English and French. A two-page spread is devoted to the Gyrfalcon, which Earley proudly tells us is “one of the most sought-after birds in Ontario, if not all of Canada” (p. Bohemian Waxwing, p. 206, photo by Brian E.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The purist birders take little interest in them, regarding them as no more interesting, or exciting, than the flocks of Canada Geese that have long been established in the county. The European Breeding Bird Atlas 2 makes interesting reading. This Barnacle goose is part of a resident breeding flock in North Norfolk.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2011

Right now great flocks of wood-warblers are making their way north from the southern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America to breed across the United States and Canada. Wood-Warbler Week is a celebration of all wood-warblers and we hope you join us in celebrating these absolutely wonderful birds.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2012

They are fiercely territorial on breeding territory, but in migration they often gather in rather large numbers. Eastern Kingbirds breed across the eastern United States and much of southern Canada. Eastern Kingbirds can pull off amazing aerial maneuvers but can also look very inefficient in flight.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

and Canada. And finally, in my humble opinion our resident House Wrens (Brown-throated) are way cuter than the grayer House Wrens (Northern) that breed up north and winter down here: The post Cute and Cuter appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Mexican birder friends assure me that is definitely not the case in other parts of their range.).

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2024

I noticed that many birds had moved from setting up territories and breeding to feeding chicks, I thought it would be worth sharing some more observations. Fieldfare European Robin Back to the water, where Egyptian Goose , Greylag Goose , and Canada Goose were all followed by various numbers of fluffy chicks.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Counting the Birds I was in my teens when I undertook my first bird-survey: it was field work for the British Trust for Ornithology’s The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland. The breeding and wintering birds of Britain and Ireland. Published in 1976, The Atlas was, I believe, the very first work of its kind.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2012

My spring has been pretty amazing so far with 146 species spotted since April 1 and Cerulean , Worm-eating , and Yellow-throated Warblers and a host of other species spotted before May even arrived, but the first couple of days in May have been even better.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2024

Many species come here to winter, breed or moult despite the presence of six refineries. For instance, Lesser Black-backed Gull s have a substantial breeding colony right next to a chemical plant. A nearby little wetland allowed me some good looks of Greylag Goose , Canada Goose ; Egyptian Goose , Mallard and Eurasian Teal.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2011

Yellow-headed Blackbirds ( Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus ) are robin-sized blackbirds found in prairie and mountain meadow wetlands of the western and central United States and Canada. You see, the males arrive in the breeding grounds before the females and establish a territory that they defend aggressively against other males.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2020

But it was the Long-billed Dowitchers who were really rocking their breeding plumage. How on earth do they breed so quickly up north?) The slightly more numerous Snowy Plovers , however, will stay right here; Lago de Cuitzeo is one of the few places where this species breeds in central Mexico. And there were lots of them!

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

One year he was very excited when his female Hawaiian Goose hatched four healthy goslings, the first time he had managed to breed this species. Both geese are quite closely related as they are members of the genus Branta , which also includes the Redbreasted Goose, Brent Goose, Cackling Goose and Canada Goose.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The wonderful folks at eBird have teamed up with the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration in order to help predict and track migratory birds as they make their way from wintering grounds to breeding grounds in the United States and Canada. It’s pretty cool so check it out !

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2013

Proposal 2013-A-6 would split the shearwater taxon baroli , which breeds on several Atlantic island groups (the Azores, Canaries, Selvages, and Madeira) and strays to North American waters, from its current position as part of the Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis ) complex. Shearwater split. So what do you think?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2011

Iceland Gulls do not breed in Iceland. They do winter there, as well as in northern parts of Europe, in eastern and central Canada, and across the northeastern and central United States, but like many other birds named after places they essentially have a misnomer.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2021

While numbers were low, our first migratory Baird’s Sandpipers and Wilson’s Phalaropes had arrived from their breeding grounds up north, right on time. A single Laughing Gull turned up in his breeding plumage, several months early. west coast, Pacific Northwest, and western Canada. Still, there were a few good signs.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Northern Saw-whet Owls breed across a broad swathe of Canada’s forests and down into the northern United States, further south at higher elevations.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2012

female Pine Warbler at Bayonne Park, Bayonne, NJ – almost as bland as wood-warblers get With a large and increasing population spread over a wide area – it breeds across eastern Canada, the eastern United States, and into the Caribbean – BirdLife International considers the Pine Warbler a Species of Least Concern.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2013

The Black-capped Chickadees have been adjusting their songs for weeks; now they are well-practiced and ready to get on with the business of breeding. I pass over the bridge on my way to class and a Song Sparrow is starting to defend a clump of bushes along the river.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2011

Here are the clues, and their answers: 1 st two words … I’m listening to a local birdsong right now, eastern US north to Canada, common, suburban … Tufted Titmouse … “Peter, Peter”. 3 rd word, 1 st syllable … what do Kirtland’s Warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush, Palm Warbler, American Pipit (and maybe others) ­­­­­have in common? …

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

An auspicious Bald Eagle sighting – positioned high in a pine tree – heralded the beginning of a magical afternoon, where we sailed amidst over a million breeding seabirds. On our way to the breeding rocks, we saw a group of Ruddy Turnstones fly off, but they turned a corner before we could get acquainted properly.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

Beware breeding and nesting swans! Also of interest is how Mute Swans are employed to deter Canada Geese. That’s one of the valuable takeaways from this tragic tale out of Chicago of a man drowned by the very swans he cared for. Which would you rather: slovenly geese or homicidal swans? Hat tip to Meredith!)

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2014

One of the two sub-species of Red Knot occurring in North America, the Rufa subspecies breeds in the Canadian Artic Region and migrates along the east or Atlantic coast of the United States. The other sub-species, Calidris canutus roselaari , migrates along the Pacific Coast and breeds in Alaska and the Wrangel Island in Russia.

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