10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2024

I have encountered a few of the more quirky members of the family, including the brilliant and aptly-named African Emerald Cuckoo, India’s ultra-shy Sirkeer Malkoha, and the fascinating Lesser Ground Cuckoo in Costa Rica. It reminded me of a Roadrunner, which is, of course, also a member of the cuckoo family.

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I didn’t hang around, but took a few photos to capture the Tawny Frogmouth family that has once again bred close to home. It does appear to still have quite a bit of down that will develop into feathers in due course. Tawny Frogmouth family. Young Tawny Frogmouth. Young Tawny Frogmouth.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

I am puzzled as to why Gulls and Terns are almost passed over, with less than two pages of text devoted to a family description and only six species accounts (four gulls, two terns). Family follows family with no page break, making this section a little dense. Woodpeckers are a family of focus for Tuttle-Adams.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

The best laid plans… Last week, I had hoped to get permission to get onto the campus of one or Morelia’s many universities, to look for a family of Wood Ducks that apparently have arrived to spend the winter in its unusual habitat of marshy forest. Mexican Whip-poor-wills , of course, have a Spanish accent! (As

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10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2024

Back when I was a kid growing up in California’s San Mateo County in the 60s and 70s, my family would occasionally drive 45 minutes west and south to Bean Hollow State Beach. Why, Bean Hollow, of course. Of course, I had known none of this when the day began. and my first member of the auk/puffin family.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

And to add to my new year list, of course. There were Vermilion Flycatchers , of course. When I reached the woods, I once again again marvelled at how much Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Hutton’s Vireos look like each other, in spite of being from entirely different families: Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Hutton’s Kinglet.

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Eagles Falcons Sparrows Species 211

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JANUARY 11, 2024

Of course, for even the biggest listers among us, it’s not just the number of species, but also their beauty and personality. There were lots of Hammond’s Flycatchers around… along with 11 other members of the Tyrant Flycatcher family. Of course, you go birding, and you see other beautiful things.

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JULY 16, 2021

There’s a ( Eurasian) Blue Tit ( Cyanistes caeruleus ) flitting around some flowers and butterflies, while what is likely another European member of the family Paridae – possibly either a Willow Tit ( Poecile montanus ) or Marsh Tit ( Poecile palustris ) – seems to alight on the letter “T” in “Natura”.

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I recently got a chance to read a charming new book called The Dog Who Healed a Family: And Other True Animal Stories That Warm the Heart & Touch the Soul. Of course reading about the “puppy express&# (based on the Pony Express), was a great testimonial to just how many kind hearted people there are in the world.

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AUGUST 2, 2020

The header photo above shows where the family rested shortly after the two chicks left the nest on Tuesday. The following day we returned to see if the family of Pied Oystercatchers had moved away from the nest site yet. The family had not moved far and the footprints were clearly visible in the soft sand.

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Eggs Family Falcons Rights 259

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Of course, that means that the birds I saw on September 30 are now somewhere in blogpost limbo, not having appeared in the September post but also not legitimately belonging in the October one. Of course, the female is even more subdued-looking. The male, of course, I am afraid. How exciting.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

Somewhat confusingly, its Latin species name is boulboul – a word that stands for nightingale but of course is also the name of a large bird family, the bulbuls. The Blue Whistling Thrush is of course named for its whistling – you can hear it here. The male Grey-winged Blackbird is similarly attractive.

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Horses Family Blackbirds Species 193

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APRIL 24, 2024

Bright, but not the correct shade or combination – or even family. There were other birds, of course – Brown-throated Parakeets that flew past low and quickly threw us for a heart-pounding loop. But there were no parakeets, only a healthy helping of Sun. Brown-crested Flycatcher partially hidden in the roadside vegetation.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

For the purpose of this post being of a reasonable length, I’m only going to touch on members of the Tyrannidae family of New World Flycatchers which can be found in the cocoa estates of Trinidad and Tobago. There are of course, many other birds which feed on flying insects, such as jacamars and trogons.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

Over the course of the following hour or so we observed many different species *coincidentally* alight on the wall near to the body of the fallen yellowlegs. Did the Black-bellied Whistling Duck represent his family, “showing face” as we say here in the Caribbean? Pectoral Sandpiper (L) and White-rumped Sandpiper (R).

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Elephants Ducks Humane Family 268

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JUNE 24, 2020

What this translates to is an array of bird families that are very similar to that on the mainland – motmots, toucans, jacamars, and antpittas to name a few – but each family is limited to one or two representatives. There is simply not enough real estate for multiple species of toucans for example. Golden-headed Manakin.

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JANUARY 1, 2020

Several have stayed in our home, and of course, invited us to their own homes. They were also believed to be part of the Wood Warbler family. But, of course, I wanted more. Over the years, as the online forum gradually and inevitably evolved into a WhatsApp chat, I found myself forming significant friendships with these birders.

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MARCH 14, 2024

I know this because my brother, Gary, diligently researched our ancestry and even purchased a facsimile of our family crest. Interestingly, each color and symbol contained in our family crest has a specific meaning: Argent/white or silver denotes peace and sincerity. So too, it’s an outward symbol of pride and a way to instill trust.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2024

A Suffolk Otter swimming in the Little Ouse river Not all Otter s want to be photographed But this one emerged, though only briefly The otter is, of course, a member of the weasel family. Why the weasel should be the head of the family doesn’t really make sense. Why not the stoat family or the badger family?)

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APRIL 18, 2021

We’re still far from peak passerine passage, but getting closer every day… I had to move my bird feeder from its perfect position this weekend, because of–of course–squirrels. Corey enjoyed getting out on birding outings both mornings of the weekend, and was out in nature with his family both afternoons.

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Squirrels Louisiana Birds Family 235

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OCTOBER 3, 2021

They may well have all been from the same family. Black-breasted Buzzards are a lot more distinct in flight with their wing panel pattern than on the ground, unless of course they spread their wings! They all came together in one area close to the water and wandered around on the grass. Black-breasted Buzzard interaction.

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APRIL 13, 2022

While the entire Tyrannidae family of Tyrant Flycatchers is massive, the Myiarchus group of those recorded on these two islands comprises just three species. The perfect situation of course is for the birds to vocalize, as each is quite distinct. Simple and straightforward enough, right?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

According to the whisky’s packaging, “the distillery has been watched over by a family of rare eagles, since 1898.” Presumably, this sentinel duty has involved many generations of watchful eagles – unless, of course, this aquiline family has been blessed with the unusual longevity of Pale Male.

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MARCH 14, 2024

A Roadside Hawk perched on a post next to, of course, a road. There is also a family of Barn Owls on the premises, and I have briefly seen the largest of them (enormous!) A Snail Kite flew overhead, unfortunately a bit too far away to fully appreciate its sharply-hooked bill, made for eating, well, escargots. flying by at night.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As we walked up the “beautiful river” (which is what “Río Bello” means) Nacho pointed out trees from the dogwood, holly, and linden/basswood families. You might not guess this Lobelia is from the same family as the popular bedding flower with that name — until you see the individual flowers close-up.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2022

The exploration of triads within the avifauna of Trinidad and Tobago has taken me through various families and species groups on this blog. On the topic of patience, the Plain-brown Woodcreeper follows rivers of army ants as they course through the forest floor, much like antbirds do. It’s taken a life of its own to be honest.

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JULY 21, 2021

Of course, I also go there several other times each year; I have, after all, seen 160 species at this endemic-rich site. And we do, in fact, have some scrawny members of the family here in Morelia, but they hardly deserve the name. Not that I measured him, of course. But I never, ever miss a February and July in Paso Ancho.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2024

By Hannah Buschert Hannah Buschert started birding in college thanks to a required Biology of Birds course and a professor who included Sir David Attenborough’s Life of Birds to punctuate lessons. The first we went to was a family home with generations of mezcaleros and the process being completed in their front courtyard.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2021

The raucous Spotted and Gray-barred Wrens are in the Cactus Wren family. And when you do get it to come within sight (alas, with playback, always), it can be as bold as any other member of this cocky family. But, since I know this is my one place to find this Wood-Wren , I of course went looking for it.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2021

The best test of that proposition, of course, is to repeat it to any one of the hundreds of thousands of birders who have, say, a family. The popular stereotype of birders is that we’re obsessives, focused only on the feathered to the exclusion of anything else.

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JULY 12, 2024

Of course, Paso Ancho is also a hotspot for many other beautiful species and endemics. Motmots definitely make up one of the bird world’s glamour families. In the end, we saw somewhere between 12 and 20 individuals for the day, depending on how many were repeats. Western Mexico offers only one, the endemic Russet-crowned Motmot.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The HBW states that “even in their native range of Africa, they are considered pests due to their willingness to eat farmer’s crops and their prevalence on golf courses” I have to say, destroying golf courses clearly is something I hold in their favor. students comes in handy). And I do not see much of a helmet either. .

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APRIL 5, 2022

It also summarizes the vagrancy status of every bird family in the whole wide world, which makes it fun to read as well as superbly educational. The Family Accounts are the fun part of the book. The Family Accounts are also a deeply informational, documented source of information for researchers.

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

As the Poinciana trees lost their leaves we suddenly “lost” our family of Tawny Frogmouths. We were very pleased to find the Tawny Frogmouth family had not relocated too far! Of course it is always nice to stand under a shady tree at this time of year when the heat and humidity are challenging! Pink flowering gum.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

As mentioned in many other posts on this blog, the avifauna of Trinidad & Tobago consists of several species and family groups occurring very interestingly, in threes. I hadn’t noticed this until I began compiling my own book on the birds of T&T some years ago, and I thought it rather uncanny.

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MAY 19, 2021

Of course, plenty of non-endemics also turned up to have their picture taken. Here in Michoacán, we have four different species from the Myiarchus genus of the Tyrant-Flycatcher family. Of course, to say they are “different” is incredibly generous of me. Great Kiskadees are common (and noisy) residents of the area.

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JULY 24, 2023

It is a bit of an outsider in the bulbul family, being only one of two bulbuls in the genus Spizixos (“chirping bulbul” – a bit strange as many other bulbuls including the omnipresent Light-vented Bulbul also chirp a lot). The Collared Finchbill is a bulbul, even though the name does not state this directly.

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