10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2013

After you have your scope and your camera adapter, take that equipment to a camera store and test away. I had read Mike McDowell’s blog and got an idea of the camera I wanted and could afford, but kept an open mind while we tested different cameras with the scope. So many of my first photos were like this: Arty?

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Florida 2000 Ducks Canada 248

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2011

There are quite a few species of duck that nest in cavities. Most people are familiar with Wood Ducks nesting in tree cavities but Common and Hooded Mergansers, Barrow’s and Common Goldeneyes and Buffleheads ( Bucephala albeola ) are also cavity nesters.

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Ducks North America California Breeding 191

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

We can, of course, count wild, native, species. We can count vagrant species that made it to the area we are in under their own power. We can count introduced species that have met the criteria of the “Bird Police” for the area to which they are introduced. There are lots of birds we can’t count.

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Chickens Florida Feral Eating Eggs 248

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

I’ve only seen this handsome, copper-headed duck once before, years ago – being in Montana didn’t help on that front – and from all accounts this bird was showing well. Do I pursue the sporadic, maybe-not-really-a-species Common Teal ? Except when I looked for it the first time, and it didn’t show at all.

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Iceland Owls Ducks Montana 207

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2017

5) White-winged Duck. White-winged Duck is an ugly duck, maybe the ugliest bird I’ve ever encountered. We went in through the thick vegetation surrounding the pond one-by-one, took photos of the duck roosting in a tree across the pond, and then hiked out as quietly as we could to make room for the next birder.

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2016 India Ducks Costa Rica 167

10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2018

Saddle-billed Storks, Yellow-billed Storks, Woolly Storks, Sacred Ibis, Gray Herons, Reed Cormorants, Three-banded Plovers, White-crowned Lapwings, Blacksmith Lapwings, Egyptian Geese, White Faced Ducks and African Palm Swifts have been there every day. That would have tested out rental insurance policy!

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Lions Buffalo Zebras United States 171

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Driving along ice-choked inlets off Lake Ontario, admiring Mute Swans and scaup species, my commitment to nail this nemesis never wavered. • Explore These Related Posts Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring Stalking a Kiwi Icon Polygynandry and the Alpine Accentor Duck Migration.Or Donna S.

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2011 Deer Owls New York 203

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

This non-technical book is a development from a series of lectures, tried and tested in numerous adult education courses given to non-specialists. Cactus finch, Geospiza species. Galapagos cactus finch, Geospiza species. Mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos. Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla. Black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus.

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Animal Bears Stray Dog Blackbirds 138

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

I bought a new rucksack yesterday and the first thing I checked when I brought it home was, how easily my spotting scope with a mounted window clamp fits in – test passed with flying colours. Knowing that there are reserves with long lists of 600 or more species, I set my threshold at more than 600 birds… and found only a few such hotspots.

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Asia Malaysia Papua New Guinea Thailand 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Hunting sandhill cranes in Kentucky is a bad idea from a public relations standpoint, considering the growing cadre of birders and nature enthusiasts for whom cranes are a touchstone species. Initiating a hunting season on a large, charismatic species like a crane is no way to resuscitate hunting.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 263

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2014

I was chatting with Gordon about this and we discussed how drones could be a safer way to get photos of birds or document birds for breeding surveys, but he was quick to point out, “You and I already have an idea of what a safe distance would be to test that out with an active bald eagle nest. Here’s a guy harassing Osprey.

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Bald Eagle Mississippi Eagles Ducks 254

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Conservationists at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have been using remote controlled drones to watch the nests of endangered breeds and monitor the progress of reintroduced species.

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Idaho Bears Protection Birds 242

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The Skylarks and Northern Wheatears in the barren fields attract all four European species of harrier (but no Montagu’s for Christmas, sorry). They have many different varieties, and I selflessly tasted/tested a dozen different varieties. If you feel guilty about that, scan the river for ducks and geese and check out the muddy margins.

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Portugal Geese Suffering Farming 245

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2012

Greater White-fronted Geese are one of many species that mate for life. We can’t very well ask these birds themselves or test this in a lab, but there is a large body of anecdotal evidence demonstrating that individuals of these species really can have feelings for one another. Photo courtesy of Redgannet.

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Albatross Lifestyle Birds Raised 245

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2019

More than 5,000 bird species in the world make some kind of seasonal movement. As a test of endurance, as a physical ordeal, it’s both miraculous and monstrous.” ” Other birds are the subjects of Kaufman’s wonder, too, such as the early ducks — pintails, green-winged teal, and various diving ducks. “The

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Ohio Bats Legislature Ducks 203

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2023

These two Hadada Ibis are reenacting the mirror scene from “Duck soup” (sort of). The White-eared Barbet is another bird species with an annoyingly sensible Latin species name, leucotis (white-eared). But the same species was never found again. I think the people running the place even fed them.

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South Africa Africa 2018 Birds 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

Several Ferruginous Duck and one surprising male Goosander , four Glossy Ibises , Common Kingfishers , Eurasian Hopooes , a high note of a Penduline Tit somewhere from the willows along the canal, Eurasian Spoonbills , European Turtle Doves gently purrring …. What is the status of this species in the Kerkini NP?

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Baicich, one of our most passionate proponents of American birding conservation — misguided though he is on the topic of the Duck Stamp — has identified the Bold Ideas presented on the Conserving the Future site that deal specifically with birds and birding issues. • Explore These Related Posts Greenough – Green Enough.Or

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2011 Deer Wildlife Birds 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Here is a little test-there are 6 species of shorebird in the photo-can you identify them? I really can not compete with Corey and all his great photos of ducks , so here is a photo of my favourite duck door stop! And I do acknowledge your move from “deadly critter&# to “duck&#.

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2011 Australia Deer China 150

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There is much to enjoy and appreciate here and I only wish I could have tested out some of these species accounts in pelagic waters before writing about them (sadly, the 10,000 Birds pelagic to Antarctica was canceled this year). SCOPE & SPECIES ORGANIZATION. It covers 434 species across 9 orders and 18 families of birds.

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Albatross Penguins Family Groups 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

are up next, with a wonderful Australian species: It is very hard to choose a Best Bird of the Year any year. The male of this species has a royal blue throat, a white chest and rump, and a long v-shaped tail with intermittent white patches that makes it looks like part of it are floating in space. Clare (and Grant!) How cool is that?

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2020 Birds Costa Rica Germany 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

These sorts of tests have been done in many species and it has always been assumed (hoped), that what they found in the little white cages at the back of the zoology department had some wonderful relevance to what happened in the real world. Instead, those species that are neophobic tend to have either a naturally.

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Cats Costa Rica 2011 Deer 203

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2012

Bill Schmoker , Nikon Birding ProStaff member, and I spent a day in the field testing the new Nikon EDG VR Fieldscope. Our outing on January 7th was based around chasing this winter adult male Long-tailed Duck at City Lake in the middle of Denver, CO. Few divers strike to the heart of birders than a male Ring-necked Duck.

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Denver Ducks New Jersey United States 189

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Although a few unexpected hick-ups occurred, such as significant travel delays (which have become the norm when using Germany’s trains) and positive Covid tests that prevented some family members from joining, it was refreshing to spend some time somewhere else, particularly in a scenic and relaxing environment like the Tegernsee.

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Germany Woodpeckers Game Family 225

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

And similarly with 99 other birds — raptors, songbirds, ducks, and otherwise. Colombia is one of those countries that Dragan’s dreams are made of: it has 1,965 bird species – more than any other country in the world. Among them are 94 endemics and 101 near-endemics, four introduced species and only 42 vagrants.

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Colombia Birds Bald Eagle Guyana 246

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2024

Lilac would have been a more appropriate name as this shrub was everywhere – seems to be an invasive species. The town is central to many other hotspots and it should be possible to get to more than 100 species in a day or two. It’s full of waders, ducks and geese. Singing birds were everywhere. Watch the signs!

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Sweden Geese Portugal Minnesota 130

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

While the species favors forested hills at moderate elevations ( source ), there are no hills at all here at Nanhui, so maybe these individuals are outcasts or just eccentrics. Chestnut-winged Cuckoo: This could be your host species! In the HBW, there are about 40 species with the word “plain” in the species name.

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Birds Sparrows Mountain Goats Protection 259

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck , 11 July, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, New York (2nd Queens sighting). Fortunately for me, I came across one in a mixed-species flock while out birding one morning in the vicinity of Lake Tahoe. So I waited until my quarantine period was up and I had a negative test and then went for the bird.

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New York California Birds Owls 264