10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2011

On those occasions the bird was on one of the school ovals, but this time it has decided that the Golf Course right against the Poo Ponds is the place to be. The yellow wattles are larger as well, but there are hybrids between the two species with varying amounts of black plumage.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2014

The calendar year 2014 has just about run its course. It’s all over but the year bird counting, so take stock of any species you’ve added this weekend. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. And that’s a wrap. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Shoebill serves as the symbol of the magnificent wildlife experiences Uganda offers visitors, which may seem a bit odd. That honor goes to the Gray-crowned Crane , a very sexy species in its own right. Having finally seen this iconic species, I can assure you that the experience wildly exceeds expectations.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2013

Of course we should seek reasons to celebrate every bird species we share our weekends with, but is the species that delights us most always the most memorable? He was very pleased to get such close looks at such a cool shorebird species with the sun low in the sky behind him. Birding best bird weekend'

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2013 Jamaica Birds Wildlife 224

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JANUARY 31, 2021

One can only hope 2021 gets more exciting–in a good, healthy, and interconnected way, of course–in the coming months. Corey enjoyed getting out around Queens on both Saturday and Sunday morning, and managed to get his total species in the borough to an all time high for January, with 115.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

I, of course, love a good river delta. Now, it is much easier for me to achieve first-time sightings of species in Europe than it is in Mexico, at this point of the game. So I might have assumed I would not see new species in the Palmones wetlands. The first gave me eight new species for Spain, of which four were lifers.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

What my previous experience had not prepared me for, was that this summer I would see many of those species for the first time all at once. Of course, several resident Warblers were also present: Crescent-chested , Grace’s , Golden-browed , and Red Warblers , and our always common Slate-throated Redstart.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

12 species of cuckoos are on the Costa Rica bird list. This Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo was seen and captured on camera by Josh Beck in Panama, the most reliable place to connect with this rare species. Many a birder with years of experience in the Neotropical region has never ever seen or heard an RVG.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

More than 20 species are recognized, many look similar and to throw a bit more challenging flavored sauce into the Megascops mix, there might be a few more species awaiting description. One of the more recently, officially recognized screech-owl species is the Choco Screech-Owl.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2013

After taking an ornithology course last year, he was hooked and spends most of his free time birding or reading birding blogs. Of course, birding was on the itinerary! I can hardly begin to describe the surreal experience that unfolded before me. It is truly a magical place, an experience like none other.

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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. T&T boasts a fascinating level of biodiversity, however the relatively small size of the islands puts a limit on individual species diversity.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

I found those comments insightful and inspiring, valuable experiences and opinions worthy of sharing to a wider audience than the FB groups where they were initially posted. Eric DeFonso: “I think a ‘good guide’, in the most generic sense, is one who provides for a gratifying nature experience for his or her clients. A teacher.”.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2024

Of course I will! My only other experience with an Audubon Club field trip anywhere, on a cold October morning in the American Midwest, was frankly kind of a bust. But this one was a wonderful experience. According to my list, which somehow ended up being the official group list, we saw 41 species in about four hours.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2023

I began recording my bird sightings with photographs in late 2009, and since then I have seen (or at least heard) a fair proportion of species recorded within my home country of Trinidad & Tobago. Of course, a major factor in this decision rests in its status as a resident species. Well, let me explain.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2020

In the normal course of things, Corey’s first Eastern Phoebe of the year on Sunday morning would have easily been his Best Bird of the Weekend. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

But of course, you can skip them when getting near the end of this post – though that will mean not using your knowledge and skills to help Afghan women. And of course, there is a large number of Rock Doves (feral), particularly near one particular mosque. Oh god, I sound like the Pope now.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2021

It helps that there is a little bird hide almost on top of the hill, guarded by a Chinese lady and attracting a substantial number of species of birds and birders. Even though this is no challenge at all, of course. A Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler made an early experience. So, what was there to see? Always nice to see.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

As part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil giveaway we asked readers of 10,000 Birds to name the bird in Brazil that they would like to see more than any other species. What follows are the responses that readers offered, a veritable aviary of sought after species. It is a really neat bird that I have not seen before.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

But it wasn’t the day’s first FOY species. As it turned out, these were not the only bad photos to help me flesh out my 2022 year list that day (species 201-211, on February 12th). But previous experience with Ejido Triquillo taught me that another species might turn up during the spring.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2013

The natural attractions of midsummer seem more subtle than those enjoyed during the frantic peregrinations of the world’s migratory species. Of course, the reasons why robins might mob a crow are obvious, but I never attributed a mob mentality to that species! How refined are your tastes in nature? How about you?

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2013 Jamaica Birds Wildlife 186

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Of course they have nothing to do with the quality or knowledge of a birder since they are primarily a function of a) dedication b) time c) money and d) a good internet connection. One of the best aspects of this post is that it is not about a specific bird species. Frustration all around. Which is fair enough.

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Feral Asia Species Florida 248

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

That is, of course, dependent on me finishing a manuscript in a timely way by the end of February which I am well on my way to doing, having completed over one hundred species accounts thus far. Vagrants, pelagic species, and birds with tiny, difficult-to-find populations are mostly not included.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2015

All the world’s redpolls probably represent a single species, and redpolls probably look different in different places more because of environmental influences on how their genes are expressed than because of stable underlying differences in the genes themselves. ” What to do? ” So where does all this leave us?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2013

But he really appreciated the Surf Scoters he saw at Shinnecock Inlet out in Suffolk County on Long Island on Saturday so he chose that species. Of course, he sent this to me before he did his Queens County Christmas Bird Count on Sunday so who knows what his actual Best Bird of the Weekend was! How about you?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Rather, I am speaking of what a certain group of birds must experience every day. These are the few species who prefer to spend their lives hanging upside-down. We each have reasons to give special love to certain species. Of course, birds that are rare, new, or especially beautiful are beloved by most birders.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2022

While preparing an article this week for a local newspaper on the nighttime denizens of Tobago, it crossed my mind that I never considered owls as a group, far less target species for any particular outing (except for a select few, upon which I shall expound here). This resulted in my only photograph of this species to date.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

This country boasts over 1,000 bird species, vast wildernesses, a superb network of protected areas, the greatest concentration of large game and predators on the planet, excellent lodges and friendly people. The Baobab-studded woodlands and wetlands of the park harbor over 550 bird species and they sure come thick and fast!

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Yes, we do have warm, tropical weather and a fancy assortment of resident and wintering species. Nor is there any trudging through snow in search of extra hardy species or visits to feeders with the hope of finding a grackle or Red-winged Blackbird that failed to fly south. These were some of the highlights. The Count Meeting.

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Costa Rica Eagles Blackbirds Species 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Both species can theoretically breed in central Mexico, but in my experience are almost exclusively winter visitors. Of course, the super-abundance of marsh birds at Iramuco was not really a good thing, as it resulted from severe environmental stress factors. And it brought friends.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

In the high part of Ajanaco we could watch Giant Hummingbird , Creamy-crested Spintail (an endemic specie), Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch , and by Pillahuata we could watch Chesnut-bellied Mountain Tanager , Band-tailed and Barred Fruiteaters , Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan. InkaNatura Travel www.inkanatura.com whatsApp +51984691838).

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2015

The Marine Nature Study Area in Oceanside is one of the premiere places in New York to get great looks at a variety of saltmarsh species without having to slog through a saltmarsh. It was an exciting experience to see this heron going about its business from close range, close enough that I could hear the crabs being crushed.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Of course, at the time I was also using really sad little binoculars, and a sad little field guide: a Spanish-language edition of Roger Tory Peterson’s 1973 A Field Guide to Mexican Birds. What I didn’t know was that this is a very special species. At the time, I did not know any birders in my city of Morelia. or Canada.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Those two parks, combined with some nice birding from the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway along the edge of Bayonne Golf Course on the east side of Bayonne, have gradually increased my Hudson County bird list to 124 species, good for a tie for twelfth all-time on eBird for those keeping score at home.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2020

By late March, hordes of Laughing Gulls and multiple species of pelagic terns gather for their turn. I did however manage to be in the right place at the right time to experience a gang of Magnificent Frigatebirds that had a Red-footed Booby surrounded. The seabirds are of course, the main attraction. Sooty Tern.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2014

It was a very pleasant experience. And so they began blasting nightjar song while the bird was still singing, and of course it immediately shut up. Not because I think the birds will be traumatized by the experience, but because I just don’t want that experience to be my experience. Florida Canyon, AZ.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2024

As I have mentioned repeatedly over the past months, life this spring has gone topsy-turvy in central Mexico, as we experience what has certainly been one of our driest years in history. I have now seen the species in eight different years. Of course, Paso Ancho is also a hotspot for many other beautiful species and endemics.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2024

I could imagine that timing the earlier emergence of insect prey at the breeding grounds is particularly problematic for insectivorous species. Eurasian Green Woodpecker In other areas, the lawn was densely covered in daisies and I experimented a bit with photographing from low angles to make the daisies look even more dense.

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