10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Scanning the water for rarer species… S. The only mammals of the day were feral Nutrias (Coypus), aquatic rodents originally from southern South America released from the bankrupt fur-farms and well established here. warns me of two locally rare Bean Geese. Watch for the dark beaks.” Yeah, right. And nope, no LBBGs.

Geese 176

Geese Boars Hunting Serbia 176

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

eagles and vultures ) so we need to pay attention. Also, in relatively natural, or wild, lands in much of the US the feral cat population will be limited by a healthy wild predator population. About 15 million birds are killed annually by hunters, and of course this is distributed among a very small number of species.

Killing 274

Killing Cats Fish Feral Cats 274

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2015

Gordon, president of the ABA, an Introduction, Species Accounts, Acknowledgements, Image Credits, a Checklist of the Birds of the state, and a Species Index. Species Accounts in both titles are arranged loosely in ABA Checklist order, with some flipping around of order within each family.

Colorado 237

Colorado Florida New Jersey North America 237

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

Does the word define a species within country terms, regional terms etc? Is the term defined at the sub-species or full species level in terms of classification? The species must be listed as a separate, full species by both of the most widely used ornithological bird lists, Sibley/Monroe and Clements.

South Africa 205

South Africa Birds South America Feral Cats 205

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2017

The species he was thrilled to see was the Mute Swan. Well, for me – no, but for Nicolaas, Mute Swans were a lifer species. He has seen them before in Cape Town, but those were introduced and feral birds, while in the Balkans they are indigenous and – countable!

Birds 123

Birds Namibia Greece Feral 123

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2017

Bank Swallow) holes, among 60+ other bird species. White-tailed Eagle – Haliaeetus albicilla. Feral Pigeon – Columba livia. And the answer is yes, there are dozens of European Bee-eater and Sand Martin (a.k.a. Today, there were maybe 50 Sand Martins flying over me, but it took me a while to ID them.

Serbia 117

Serbia Breeding Feral Woodpeckers 117

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

They range from the successful eradication of feral cats from Marion Island (hear that, Corey?) Betty’s Bay was also a great place to see all of South Africa’s cormorant species, including the endangered Bank Cormorant. We observed far fewer Lesser Flamingos, a near-threatened species. How do you tell the difference?

South Africa 253

South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 253

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2023

At a recent Queens County Bird Club meeting, hawk expert Josh Haas illustrated his presentation on migrating hawk identification with videos of hawk species on a split screen, so we could see the differences between, let’s say, a flying Red-tailed Hawk and a flying Broad-winged Hawk. And video resources.

2011 100

2011 2005 North America Eagles 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2020

I also often observe a pair of Wedge-tailed Eagles towards the hills on my left as I follow this section of trail. I always approach the bridge slowly to see what bird species are below and around the area. There is a family of feral foxes that I often encounter near Bennison Creek. Pacific Black Ducks. Bennison Creek Bridge.

Fox 153

Fox Feral Ducks Horses 153

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Sure, they’re beautiful and powerful, a reminder of the feral freedom of the skies. There are photographs of buteos soaring overhead and harriers gliding low, of eagles coming at you head-on and flying away with only the tail in focus, of falcons backlit and kites in shadows. I confess, I don’t always love hawks.

2011 188

2011 Eagles Utah 2005 188

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2020

149 checklists were submitted, accounting for 465 species. You may notice a few non-commital “sp” entries and/or a few domestic/feral/hybrid forms. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). Eurasian Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus). Accipiter sp. Accipiter sp.).

2020 152

2020 Niger Sparrows Woodpeckers 152

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Black-fronted Dotterels , Magpie-larks and Willie Wagtails ran along the muddy edges where there was evidence of feral pigs. Raptors are well represented in the area with Black Kites , Whistling Kites , Nankeen Kestrels and Wedge-tailed Eagles. Ducks were also well represented by Pacific Black Ducks and Australian Wood Duck.

Ducks 100

Ducks Pigs Zebras Feral 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Whenever possible we have used our Christmas Day to see how many bird species we can get in our local area and this year was no different. We usually try and plan a route prior to the day with particular bird species in mind and also taking into account the tidal range for the day. We rarely see them so close to town.

Feral Cats 117

Feral Cats Zebras Feral Ducks 117

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

They contributed 150 lists accounting for 1032 species and more than 36,000 individual birds. Thus 100 species were missed by the time he woke up and noticed that eBird had reset the counters at midnight(do you guys have nothing better to do?). Black-chested Snake-Eagle – Circaetus pectoralis. They came home exhausted.

2019 168

2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 168

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2014

I am certainly not complaining though, as a repetitive working routine that will lead to around 500 species a year is better than the working routine I had in the late 2000′s, where seeing more than 250 species a year would have been extraordinary. See more than 500 species. See more than 20 lifers. The Birding Diary.

2014 145

2014 France Germany Indonesia 145

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

For Borneo I’ll be accepting the split endemic species listed in Myers (2009), some of which I think eBird could at least offer as subspecies options (I’d also welcome an eBird app that works). Species are listed by family according to the order eBird spits them out to me in. ACCIPITRIDAE (HAWKS, EAGLES AND ALLIES).

2014 150

2014 New Zealand Singapore Rhinoceros 150