Breeding Experiments Owls 
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2019
The last couple of weeks have really been a boom for me personally, as far as spotting our local owls goes. Getting to actually see four species, in the last two weeks, and to hear two more is almost unheard of in my experience. It all started in getting to photograph the Northern Pygmy-owls in Madera Canyon.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2013
A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. For the nature lovers and birders who participate in breeding bird surveys, the atlas represents hours, often hundreds of hours, of volunteer time spent within a community of citizen scientists doing what they love, observing birds. So, what exactly does a breeding bird atlas contain?
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2012
The usual understanding of why irruptions of birds – from Red-breasted Nuthatches to Snowy Owls – occurs is that there is a shortage of food. Birders are delighted by Snowy Owls. Remember that friend of mine that saw 17 breeding pairs of Snowy Owls in a single valley? No lemmings left in the north?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 20, 2024
Then sometimes when you see these birds actively regaining their energy and getting ready for defending territories and breeding, they give the impression that their migration had just been a short jog around the block rather than a marathon across desert, mountains, and oceans.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Above them, on limestone cliffs, Alpine Swift and Crag Martin breed. The commonest owls are Eurasian Scops Owl and Tawny Owl , while rare ones include Ural Owl and Eurasian Eagle Owl. Forest covers 70% of the area (hornbeam, beech and oak). About 120 species have been recorded so far.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
Islands, for various reasons, experience more extinctions than continents (with Africa being the only continent not suffering a bird extinction!). Then rumors leaked out that at this same site the mythical Red Owl could easily be seen, Madagascar Serpent Eagle was breeding and other rare birds and lemurs abounded.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2021
An uncommon species in Costa Rica, it was in a brushy area that reminded me of its breeding grounds. We did not look for owls nor had access to a marshy lagoon that would have given us more birds, and yet still saw or heard that many species. Topping Off the Day with Striped Owl on the Drive Out. Agami Heron. 171 Species.
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