10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2015

I took a few shots of the male Calliope Hummer a few years ago, perched next to a male Anna’s Hummingbird ( Calypte anna ) seen in the background here for comparison. and here… that male Anna’s Hummingbird is looking a bit suspicious. He’s moving closer.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

Whatever Corey will be doing surely pales in comparison, so let’s not even talk about it. Maybe invasion is on my mind because I’m on the eve of an amazing voyage. Thanks to my new best friends at Proexport Colombia, I’ll be birding this weekend in the birdiest country on Earth. How about you?

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JANUARY 30, 2022

Double-barred Finch and a Bar-shouldered Dove for size comparison on the same rock. Despite the word “little” the Corellas are large birds compared to others that visit our garden apart from the Pheasant Coucal. Little Corellas feeding.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In comparison with ELs, EL 10s and NL 12s have the same field of view, as well as EL 8s and NL 10s. Or those lightweight foldable CL models that fit a shirt pocket, like Pocket or Curio, which I expect to see in the next James Bond movie!

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2012

Comparison of 180mm macro with the EF 300mm plus Kenko 2X TC The image quality of the 180 mm macro is only a little better. Comparison with 100-400 f/5.6 To do this I have gotten both lenses as close as possible to the subject which means the 300 is 1.25 meters away from the subject and the 180 mm is 0.4 meters away.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2011

And here, for comparison purposes, is a Yellow-pine Chipmunk that is not of the Olympic Chipmunk subspecies at Mount Rainier National Park. I’m glad that we got the chance to watch a few of them while we enjoyed Olympic National Park and I hope that some day we get to see them again!

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10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2012

Here’s is what your run-of-the mill Laysan Albatross chick looks like, for comparison. I was sad to leave Midway for many reasons, but one of them was that I was unable to see what Moby Dick would look like once he shed all his baby down and took off into the Pacific.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2011

Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus poiocephalus As to its origin, a few examples of the African form of the gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus poiocephalus are shown here to offer a comparison. Interestingly (credit must go to David J. The only photo I have is the one below, from a trip to Buenos Aires in May 2011.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2013

Now, apart from the fact that most of us have only very rarely seen burning pencils, it is difficult to grasp what he meant by this comparison. You can further check this striking similarity and the sharpness of the comparison by studying the next few images of Greater Flamingos in flight.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2013

… For comparison purposes, here is a shot of a Black-chinned Sparrow, another desert sparrow found at Red Rock Canyon. The bird in these pictures was the first of its species I had seen in six years and it more than made up for lost time. Click the image above for a bigger version.

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Las Vegas Sparrows Nevada United States 230

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

This means that any comparison of results obtained in different years may not reflect the success of a birder’s endeavours but rather the variation of the overall birding conditions of the respective years, which are outside the sphere of anyone’s influence.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2020

While the 480-odd species recorded within T&T may outstrip our fellow Caribbean islands by leaps and bounds, it pales in comparison to the massive lists of mainland South and Central America. Birding in Trinidad and Tobago has been likened to an introductory chapter in the book of birding in the Neotropics. And for good reason.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2021

It was kind of this Clay-colored Sparrow (left) and Chipping Sparrow (right) to position themselves so well for comparison purposes. The best way to identify the Chippy is that its eye line reaches both in front of and behind the eye. Happily, nobody would struggle to identify a Lark Sparrow.

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Sparrows Falcons Woodpeckers Species 263

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2023

I’m also a big fan of birds lining up in pairs for purpose of comparison. There seem to be an unusually large number of American Wigeons on the lake this winter. Which is fine… I like American Wigeons. These two are a Cinnamon Teal and a Blue-winged Teal. Ring-billed Gulls are the most common gulls at the lake.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 30, 2020

The juvenile Pied Oystercatcher gives you a glimpse into its development when it stretches a wing out and when it stands close to its parents for size comparison. Adult and juvenile Pied Oystercatcher. Juvenile Pied Oystercatcher having a stretch. Juvenile Pied Oystercatcher front on.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2021

birders are rare, so the recent release of a “ National Survey of Birdwatchers: Nationwide and Flyway Comparisons ” is notable. National Survey of Birdwatchers: Nationwide and Flyway Comparisons. Comprehensive surveys of U.S. Some background and my subjective views of the highlights are below. Citation: Patton, Stephanie.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Those of us in North America may not necessarily associate “uppies” with the highly derived Long-billed Curlew , but check out the Eastern Hemisphere’s Little Curlew for comparison. Long-billed Curlew ( Numenius americanus ) cc-by winnu Godwits Godwits are next: large, impressive shorebirds with awesome, upswept bills.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

Birding by Impression is a conscious, deliberate method of identifying and recognizing birds based on the study and evaluation of “distinctive structural features and behavioral movements” and comparison with nearby and similar species. So say Kevin T.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2011

By way of comparison, an American Robin is 23-28cm.) Still no parrotbills. oh, yeah, that’s right, its a Black-backed Forktail ( Enicurus immaculatus ). A bad photo of a good bird. Collared Falconet ( Microhierax caerulescens ) at 15cm long, it is not particularly big. (By www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkGCWbbFlD0

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It is reliably identified by its larger size, darker and browner colour, longer/thicker bill and longer tail in direct comparison to “Southern” Common Redpolls (nominate flammea subspecies). Hornemann’s is most reliably identified by its larger size in direct comparison to flammea Common Redpoll or exilipes Hoary Redpoll.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2013

Even by comparison with a couple of Dunlin and a one-legged Western Sandpiper, the Least Sandpiper look less than a satisfying mouthful. Most of you would have been looking at much bigger birds last Thursday. The individuals above were seen at the top of the tide, pushed hard against the shore of San Francisco Bay.

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JULY 5, 2011

The Tirolean Alps are – well – rather barren by comparison. I then lived in Central America where there were more bird species than my bird books (and my competence) could hope to identify. But then again, those are some pretty hard acts to follow.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

At first, he was chased by a Hooded Crow , roughly appearing similar in length, but the crow visibly massive and heavier, so the falcon took flight to find himself another dry branch and land near a Common Kestrel, offering more comparison time. Finally, one Lesser Whitethroat in a bush by the road… and a sunset turns into darkness.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2012

The subject begs for facile metaphors and easy comparisons, and rejecting such is one of my favorite hobbies after birding itself. I am writing (hopefully, by the time this posts, have written) on the odd confluence of good birding territory and historic gay cruising zones. The Magic Hedge in Chicago, of course. Plum Beach in Brooklyn.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2015

I figured that it is only fair and right to include the male Mountain Bluebird ( Sialis currucoides ) for comparison. Firstly, if you check the wonderful photo galleries here at 10000 Birds, you will find some excellent shots of the female Mountain Bluebird that Corey took in New York, of all places! Click on photos for full sized images.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

A couple of crows even showed up for a handy size comparison. This was no Merlin , not with a fat dumpster-fed pigeon in his talons as he climbed easily to the corner of a nearby school building. Back at home with Swarovskis in hand, I confirmed what I already knew by scoping out a heavily helmeted head.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2011

If “The greatest prayer is patience,&# as the Buddha is alleged to have said, then the comparison is perhaps apt, as nothing embodies patience more than Nyctanassa violacea. Yellow-crowned Night Herons have a presence about them when they are hunting that reminds me of Buddhist monks.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2024

In comparison, over 15 thousand Griffons make the same crossing each season. These are African, sub-Saharan, vultures that were unknown in Europe until recent times. A Ruppell’s Vulture arriving at Gibraltar Seasonal migration counts average around 40 birds but have exceeded 60.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

When I could, I tried to do side by side comparisons: Above is a Chaffinch that I took with the iPhone and my scope. The camera has surprising light gathering ability–although using a Swarovski ATM 80 doesn’t hurt the process either. Here’s the same Chaffinch but taken with my SLR.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2013

Upon arrival at Cristalino Jungle Lodge, I was immediately struck by how different this part of the Amazon Rainforest is in comparison to the lodges along the Napo River in Ecuador. Eduardo leads guided tours privately as well as for Birdquest and can be contacted via email for such inquiries: epatrial@gmail.com.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2011

My own Solitary Sandpiper sighting seems paltry in comparison. Where some might dwell on billions of dollars in property damage and lost productivity, birders see mega-opportunity! What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2021

Here’s another female Broad-billed Hummingbird , and a Dusky Hummingbird for comparison. It is not present in our migratory visitors, I’m happy to say. But with our residents, this pattern isn’t very helpful at all. Male and female Duskys both have this facial pattern, darn them!).

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10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2020

But, in comparison with most of my sightings, these Anis looked almost gaudy. On the other hand, the low lighting gave me a chance to see something I had never before noticed: the subtle coloration on the Groove-billed Ani’s feathers. I have no shame; I want to show off this Mangrove Cuckoo , although the photos were not the best.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2018

Hence try the comparison of the species richness not per country – but per square mile. Still, thinking where to travel next, you may have only two weeks and cannot make up your mind which areas to visit. It may be slightly impractical to focus on big countries such as Brazil or Indonesia.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2011

So comparisons of bill shapes, foot shapes, and the like can certainly stimulate the imagination, but we need rigorous science to explore and synthesize more molecular work, morphological analysis, and biogeographical hypotheses in order to close more gaps in our understanding.

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Parrots Falcons Costa Rica South America 258

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

I had hoped to have some Semipalmated Plover chick photos for comparison but as of last night they seem to be still at the egg stage. Why does this Common Ringed Plover have eight legs? Ahh, that’s why. A short time after hatching, these chicks are up and mobile and very fast. With some serious legs.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

In comparison, what I call a true pelagic trip was one that had as ultimate prize storm petrels, shearwaters, jaegers, skuas, tropicbirds, albatrosses, and other unexpected surprises seldom seem near the coast.

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