10,000 Birds

JANUARY 31, 2018

While we have a bit of a deadline to get to Seattle, approximately 3000 miles north of here, we plan on making each driving day a short one, with a stop in some of the Baja’s best birding hotspots. As far as my year’s list, this last weekend netted me 6 more species, putting me at 127 species. Let the full time birding begin.

Ducks 131

Ducks Blackbirds California Sparrows 131

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. Seattle–Terminal 91. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. The equanimity occurred as the two totals passed 3560.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

They noted 598 species as a team, bringing the year total to 2118 and pushing the life list to 3555. Seattle–Terminal 91. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. They are hungry, tired and don’t need to be chased. Claire and Grant went walkabout for 20 FOYs. 09 May 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Seattle–Terminal 91. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

10 countries were birded by 9 beats and 892 species were noted from 144 checklists. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Seattle–Terminal 91. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Who is going to tell the clans? Does Mel Gibson know? These are they… Alphabetic Taxonomic. 23 May 2018. 01 Jan 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

8 beats shared 126 checklists accounting for 704 species. Seattle–Terminal 91. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. They birded 6 countries; USA, UK, Costa Rica, Serbia, Australia, and Mexico. The year and life lists have been pushed to 2214 and 3564 respectively.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113