10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2012

One of the sweetest subsections of the duck family has to be the sawbills, formally known as mergansers. Mergansers are a family of diving waterfowl in Merginae , the seaduck subfamily of Anatidae. It is also a species in rapid decline, considered vulnerable by some authorities and endangered by others.

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North America Thailand Russia Ducks 223

10,000 Birds

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. This Black-bellied Whistling Duck was on its way to visit its mate and young brood further afield in the same pond but made a detour. Spotted Sandpiper. Paying respects?

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Elephants Ducks Humane Family 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2011

This fear of the dark and deep is the reason why I am happy and grateful every day I wasn’t born a duck. Seriously, ducks must be the toughest creatures ever, the Chuck Norrises of the bird world, because they endure this thing all the time. He doesn’t go there for the ducks, but for the fish.

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Zoos Elephants Tigers Ducks 185

10,000 Birds

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. In fact, it was guaranteed before I got out of bed! cuerpoRRUÍN!

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Mexico Family Laws Ducks 278

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2024

Taking inspiration from Matthiessen’s 1967 book (long out of print), which combined his natural history essays with species accounts by Ralph S. The gunning trade exploded and shorebird and duck numbers dropped with the use of punt guns , giant guns mounted on boats, and other technological advancements.

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North America America 2006 Delaware 256

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

It was also great to finally travel overseas again, meet a lot of people I did not know (and some I did), to be in a new country… and not just the new country, but its best birding area, where almost all local hotspots are yellow (150+ species) and several are ochre (200+ sp.), impressive for Central Europe.

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Austria Factory Asia Battery 295

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2011

we received an inquiry about a bird “about the size of a small duck, much bigger than a jay… a crest similar to a jay or a roadrunner and it has a remarkably long neck.&# The Green Heron ( Butorides virescens ) is a spectacular species familiar to anyone who pays attention to the places where water meets land.

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Jamaica Fish Adoptable Ducks 251

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

The Peterson Reference Guide to Seawatching offers two types of information: Species Accounts–descriptions of 112 birds within 15 families as they appear over and on the water, and Where to Watch, brief descriptions of 47 sites on the North American eastern coast and interior recommended for seawatching. No rails or gallinules.

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Ducks Groups North America North Dakota 225

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2015

Since we’ve covered some generalities already, once a month I’ll be exploring how a species, genus, or family of birds got its name, and how those names fit in with our larger understanding of, and relationship with, birds. At the request of blog management, I’m embarking on a series of posts on the names of birds.

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Falcons Eagles Meat Geese 258

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Feeding birds is generally regarded as a harmless past-time, a wholesome way for people to share nature and enjoy wildlife with the family. Granted, the law is written poorly, but the man was given several warnings and insisted on feeding birds on the ground and attracted huge flocks of ducks and no doubt raccoons at night.

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Bald Eagle Deer Minnesota Eagles 238

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In late July, I travelled a half hour north of Morelia to Lake Cuitzeo (kweet-SAY-oh) to see if our two inevitable first migratory species from up north, Baird’s Sandpiper and Wilson’s Phalarope, had begun arriving. At that point, neither species was yet present, and there wasn’t much of a lake, either.

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Ducks 2020 Eggs California 248

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2012

The month and this particular period is all the more auspicious for me and mine, as so many friends and families celebrate spring birthdays. My family took our annual post-Easter Egg hunt hike at Powder Mills Park, where I spied several gorgeous matched pairs of Wood Ducks along with lots of different woodpecker species.

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2012 Eggs Hunting Woodpeckers 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2022

As it turned out, the remaining water was too shallow for ducks, except a few Northern Shovelers. Admittedly, early May is too late to find most duck species in Michoacán, even in a good year.) But I did find a wonderful surprise on that trip , a species to which I will return below. Verdins were everywhere.

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Ducks Mexico Fish Breeding 204

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2013

And now we enter into a family of birds more or less unknown to non-birders. And truth told, over the years they’ve been something of a square peg for ornithologists too, not fitting precisely into any of the known families of birds. The feet, pushed to the very back of the body, are adorned with bizarre webbing.

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Jordan Guatemala South America Birds 188

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2012

But a vast number of species DO exhibit dazzling displays of color. This might explain why many predominantly-white bird species have entirely black or black-tipped feathers in their wings. This pigment group is the rarest of the three pigment groups and is found in only a handful of bird families.

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Birds Cooking Groups Parrots 267

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

In Broome we only have one species of Gull-the Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae. It can appear to be a different species due to the distinct differences. You can clearly see from the photograph below of two Pacific Gulls Larus pacificus in Tasmania earlier this year that they are a much larger species!

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Ducks Fish Species Family 177

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2011

This year’s total of waterbirds species nesting on the islands wetlands was 18 with one species of grebe, four species of herons, one ibis, five species of ducks, two species of gallinules, five species of waders and one species of Tern. The wading species also had a successful year.

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Cyprus Ducks Cattle Breeding 172

10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2021

and 180 bird species ( Ferruginous Duck , Black Woodpecker ; Icterine , Eastern Olivaceous and Barred Warblers ) recorded so far. I made this tour myself several days ago (late July), and will report mostly on the species I actually found, as well as some mammals. mi, to the Vrbovski turnoff.

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Farming Fish Birds Boars 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2011

By age 2 she could identify over 10 species of birds in our Johannesburg, South Africa, yard by call alone. Astounding because she picked up birding before she could speak and surprising because this ability was definitely not inherited from anyone in my family, myself included. And perhaps 20 others by sight.

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Birds Game South Africa Wildlife 277

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2024

There are beautiful beaches, a plethora of amazing food and drinks, a multitude of family fun locations, a world-renowned zoo, and one of the biggest birding festivals in the US. My family visited San Diego every year as part of a Disneyland-SoCal Road trip to escape the rainy Christmases at home near Portland, Oregon.

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San Diego Sea Lions Lions Birds 191

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2024

One always wants to see as many species as possible in a single day, whether on an ocean island with few species, or in Suffolk, England. It was in this latter region that he reports seeing 60 species on his first outing of this year. But how many species can one see over a few hours in the highlands of central Mexico?

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Mexico Birds Woodpeckers Sparrows 203

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

They are endemic to New Zealand, but unlike many endemic species that have not suffered at the hands of humans, in fact they have expanded their range as forests have been opened up for pasture. They are the only endemic duck species that hunting is permitted for, in fact, the other species being either too rare or outright extinct.

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New Zealand Sanctuary Suffering Ducks 156

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Did I dare dip my toe into this catalog of tantalizing species? Not a great place for a family vacation, though I think Duncan will disagree. The Indexes show images of the most common birds of the area against a painted background, with page references to species accounts. Now, I’m not so sure. Back to the field guide!

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Brunei Asia Birds China 172

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

About 120 species have been recorded so far. About 180 species have been recorded so far. Almost 230 species have been recorded so far. Head back to the town of Opovo, south of Baranda, and ask for the Kod Bobe Restaurant (Chez Boba), a second generation in the same family and the best restaurant in the area.

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Serbia Woodpeckers Owls Eagles 256

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2012

We are back from our ten-day family vacation to Berlin and Prague and it was awesome. Mandarin Ducks are countable in Germany. As soon as I spotted Aix galericulata though, I remembered, and was pleased to add the species to my life list. Nothing, that’s what! There is some pretty cool bird graffiti in Berlin.

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Germany Ducks New York Birds 163

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2014

I spent this past weekend in Saugerties at my folks’ house in order to look for Easter eggs, let Desi enjoy time with his cousins, and generally have a good ol’ time with family. I had no luck with the rails or bitterns but I did manage to see quite a few species, including some that were very cooperative.

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New York Birds Ducks Blackbirds 169

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Many birds around the world in the Robin family ( Turdidae ) are favorites due to their musical songs. The quail, guans, ducks and pheasant are hunted for their meat. The introduction of exotic animals has extirpated and continues to threaten hundreds of species. Little boys kill thousands of birds each year with slingshots.

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Honduras illegal Parrots Pets 185

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2016

Blackbirds, as a family, often have those simple descriptive names that are easy to mock ( Yellow-rumped Warbler , ugh) until a non-birder comes describing such a species to you and asking for an ID. Audubon greatly and sincerely admired Brewer, by all available evidence.

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Blackbirds Boston Science Sparrows 189

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

So, the basic idea is to show 15 species of Australian birds in each post and give you the usual trivia about them. This species has also eliminated the need for childcare – the chicks emerge from this pile on their own and never even get to see their parents. Similarly, the Grey Shrikethrush is neither a shrike nor a thrush.

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Australia Koalas Parrots Birds 180

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

Of course Africa could not to be left out of the pink weekend so I have researched all African species whose official or alternative names include the word “pink”. Its mostly found on the ground in thickets or the edges of dense vegetation and usually in small family parties. Another not very pink species is the Pink-footed Puffback.

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Africa Somalia Mozambique Pelicans 202

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2012

Occasionally it would duck as the camera shutter clicked, but apart from that it seemed quite unconcerned. They are placed in the Cisticolidae family which has representatives throughout the Old World and whose Christmas get-togethers also include the eponymous Cisticolas, the Apalises (Apali?) and Camaroptera.

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Asia Africa Ducks Family 159

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2013

It’s among a handful of species — American Robin, Black-capped Chickadee , the unholy trinity of House Sparrow – Rock Pigeon – European Starling , a few others — that have been everywhere I’ve ever lived. We never would have gotten all those extra species of Red Crossbill that way.

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Connecticut Baltimore North America New York City 169

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Fairy Martins were busy nesting under the bridge and the water body and surrounds were home to Glossy Ibis, Black-necked Stork, Australasian Grebe, Australasian Darter, Plumed Whistling-Ducks, White-faced Herons and Great Egret to name a few species. Plumed Whistling-Ducks. Black-winged Stilt. Red-kneed Dotterels.

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Ducks Birds Investigation Australia 145

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2013

It is really good to be home and back with our familiar birds and although we have already seen 320 species this year they have been mostly away from home. We are now seeing species we have seen in other locations in our own patch. The only ducks we saw were Pacific Black Ducks, Grey Teal and Hardheads. Sacred Kingfisher.

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Birds Ducks Australia Breeding 154

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

There are no Atlantic Puffins on Hog Island; they live locally only on Eastern Egg Rock, a painstakingly-restored seabird nesting colony which hosts three species of tern (including the endangered Roseate Tern ), Eider Ducks , Black Guillemots , and more, as well as 120 pairs of puffins.

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Puffins Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eggs 274

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2015

After the birding bugs bites, the abundance of new and colorful birds makes it easy to overlook or even blatantly ignore sparrows, “seagulls”, female ducks, and flycatchers. At first glance, every single species seems to be nothing more than an eye-ring and pair of wing bars. The Yellow-olive Flycatcher is one such species.

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Costa Rica Panama Species Sparrows 188

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2015

On the drive I had picked up the flamboyant Red-collared and Long-tailed Widowbirds , extraordinary members of the weaver family who’s ridiculous tails make them easy to spot even from a moving car. Longclaws are African members of the pipit and wagtail family, and unlike the rest of the family they have gorgeously-coloured throats.

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South Africa Africa Falcons Family 145