10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2011

Back on the first weekend in May, I attended the Heron Festival at Clear Lake, one of the four aforementioned lakes which also include Eagle Lake, Lake Almanor and the Thermalito Afterbay of Lake Oroville. Note the raised crests as the female (on the left) turns to face the larger male (on the right).

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Critter News

MARCH 19, 2012

A federal government decision to allow a Wyoming tribe to kill two bald eagles for a religious ceremony is a victory for American Indian sovereignty as well as for long-suppressed religious freedoms, the tribe says. The Northern Arapaho decline to say specifically what they will do with the eagles the federal permit allows them to kill.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Killing Wyoming 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

” We are currently offering the opportunity of a lifetime to see a Harpy Eagle that is nesting in the Amazon lowlands, and guides are ready to work! Another – raising and selling trout to survive. Birding guides have been working hard to keep trails open at the lodges. One guide has been taking care of cattle.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Black-chested snake Eagle with a snake at Matheniko Wildlife Reserve Eastern Uganda. Herbert travels broadly to attend birding festivals and fairs as an exhibitor and as a guest speaker on the topics of ecotourism development, community-based Skills training focusing on Women in tourism.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2014

One of them was my longtime-but-never-met rehabber buddy Leslie Jackson, who has accomplished the nearly-impossible task of successfully raising swifts, swallows, and Purple Martins (see one of her eventual graduates). Each summer Seinna, her father, and her mother Christy raise nestling songbirds as subpermittees of WING-IT.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2013

A little bit further, while watching a large Sambar wallowing in the mudbath, Manoj points our attention to a Crested Honey Buzzard on one and a Changeable Hawk-Eagle on another tree. Changeable Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus. Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus. Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca. Osprey Pandion haliaetus.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2018

Wait, those fingers, the upper one is not a buzzard… a small eagle, it’s a dark morph Booted Eagle ! The story is even worse with the vulnerable Eastern Imperial Eagle. Hence, it comes as no surprise that this area was one of the last strongholds of Imperial Eagles in the country (6 to 7 breeding pairs up to the mid-1980s).

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

I don’t know how many of you ever raised chickens but the old joke went something like this. This adult Bald Eagle politely moves away from the nest to defecate (watch out). Well, as it turns out, it’s really uric acid (the white part of the poop). The dark part is undigested feces. Besides, it has just been fed.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2016

The birding at Eilat is so dynamic in so many ways, you can’t just use that easy “gen” to zip over and see a Bar-tailed Lark , that Greater Spotted Eagle that flew overhead, or even the Wryneck hanging out in Eilat’s very own Central Park. Lesser Spotted Eagle was also seen several times along with Steppe Eagle.

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Israel Costa Rica Eagles Raised 189

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

With birds like Ornate Hawk-Eagle and Snowcap possible, how can you not take up birding while living in Costa Rica? The sightings raise several questions. We might have limited space but we make up for it with a massive amount of biodiversity including well over 900 bird species on the official Costa Rica bird list.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 25, 2013

I once raised 5 orphaned blue jays, released them, and was happily watching them fly around my house one afternoon when a Cooper’s Hawk blazed through, grabbed one, and disappeared. Naturally people question the video’s credibility, especially after that stupid and damaging eagle-snatching-a-toddler hoax by a Canadian college.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Coyotes Wounded Rabbits 223

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Wintering Wallcreepers are always a possibility, too, generally in quarries where Eagle Owls are resident. Rock Nuthatches can be elusive Mention of Eagle Owl brings me to to rich variety of raptors to be found here in winter. Steve is a talented photographer: his excellent pictures add greatly to the appeal of the book.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

If you have always wondered what the minimum anesthetic concentration for isoflurane and sevoflurane for the Crested Serpent-eagle is, science has an answer. While serpent means large snake, the Crested Serpent-eagle also eats frogs, as this video shows.

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China Birds Pythons Eagles 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2023

We were in the remote Amazonian forests and not a sound was to be heard except for the rhythmical dripping of water from the raised paddles. He was very alert now, scanning the right bank with his eagle eyes. Do you hear that song?” At first nothing. Then I heard it. The local guide who was at the bow stood up.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2011

Two weekends ago, I took a little jaunt to Eagle Lake hoping to see the complete courtship display of the Western and Clark’s Grebes but alas, I was too late. They begin feeding by dipping that huge bill into the water and scooping prey into their pouch, water flowing out of the pouch as they raise it back up to horizontal.

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Pelicans Fish California Condor North America 165

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2017

Is Belgrade the New Berlin is a question recently raised in Vogue by Marry Holland. Best birds: Common Shelduck , Garganey , Ferruginous Duck , Little Bittern , White-tailed Eagle , Black and Whiskered Terns , Eurasian Penduline Tit , Bearded Reedling , Savi’s Warbler , Common Reed Bunting. eBird checklist. eBird checklist.

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Birds Eagles 2017 Otters 214

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Unlike other birds that drink one sip at the time and raise their heads to swallow, pigeons and sandgrouses drink like asses, lowering their beaks into the water and taking as much as they like. Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus. Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus. White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa. Shikra Accipiter badius.

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India Birds Boars Eagles 257

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2014

The lodge is unusual in having a raised walkway behind the lodge, allowing those of us keen to bird or watch wildlife when most normal people are resting in the middle of the day. Wallace’s Hawk Eagle was a lifer. I quickly stepped out and went around the block of rooms to get a better look! Orangutans never get old.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Those two creme a la creme neotropical king raptors, Crested and Harpy Eagles , have also been seen at Luna Lodge although not for some years. The two king eagles might still be somewhere in the Osa but I didn’t hit that avian jackpot while guiding a Birding Club of Costa Rica trip a couple weeks ago.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2012

Which these days involves a frenzy to breed and raise a brood. Birds arrive, and immediately start the business of breeding, so they can raise a family and be gone before winter arrives. Birds like American Coots and Long-eared Owls in Arviat, to Bald Eagles in Whale Cove.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2012

They reside there at the top of a small mountain sanctuary as mythical as my first remembrances of ancient thunderbirds, living, mating, and raising young. But there is also this: It’s not unusual for a condor to wait days for a meal, often “notified” first by ravens and golden eagles who are frequently the first to feed.

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California Condor California Idaho Utah 262

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Still, this way or another, the year is ending with some glorious species, e.g. a rare Greater Spotted Eagle. I observed my first GS eagles in India some 8 years ago, then the first for Europe in Greece only last December , and finally I have them in my home country list.

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Moldova Serbia Greece Eagles 168

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2014

When the land is flooded after rain it will move inland and breed at the ephemeral lakes and raise its young there. The Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus is a large black and white shorebird that has distinctive long pink legs. It has a fine straight bill and is found in a variety of places around Broome.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2016

One bird was flying towards us and, just prior to avoiding us, only slightly raised its head (showing us its yellow throat) before picking up an insect in mid-air. The morning I first tested them was filled with migrating flocks of European Bee-eaters and their constant bubbling voices.

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Serbia Birds Eagles Fish 190

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2015

From 1993 to 2004, biologists released 289 captive-raised whooping cranes into central Florida. He waved me down and I braced myself, expecting him to point out any of the several Bald Eagles I had already spotted. ” Was I? Yes, dear fisherman, yes!

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Cattle Bald Eagle Florida Endangered Species 251

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Crested and Harpy Eagles stand out as birds that seem to still be around but in such low numbers that those monster raptors could easily up the extirpated list by two. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every.

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Costa Rica Species Panama Falcons 270

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

We have never had a pair succeed in raising all of their chicks and even to succeed in raising one takes a lot of effort because they are so dependent on their parents. They are the only pair in our area that lay three eggs, with all other pairs generally laying two eggs and sometimes only one egg on their second attempt.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2021

Some might even protest at being kept separate, raising their voices as they eye the main conference birds with hungry intent. The Accipiters and other bird predators would either have to be prohibited from attending or at least need to be kept separate from the rest of the tasty looking attendees.

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Costa Rica Belize Guatemala Protest 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

My husband and I zipped up windbreakers and pulled down hats to stay warm as we traversed the raised path, watching Common Gallinules, White-Faced Ibis, and American Coots probe for food along the exposed mud. A flock of Black-necked Stilts flies past me. While the whistling ducks may have been the highlight, there were birds everywhere.

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Ducks Wildlife Texas Bald Eagle 164

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

And we did , for the Peregrine Falcon and Osprey , the Brown Pelican and Bald Eagle. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. We could do it! Then the 80s happened. We must fight to save every species we can, every ecosystem, every niche.

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California Condor Guam Whales Whaling 256

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2016

I’ve seen baby name lists that propose plenty of seemingly random nouns, but I have to say that unless you want to be the parent of a series of paperback westerns, just slapping a label like Eagle or Teal on your bundle and calling it a day is unlikely to bring you long-term satisfaction.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2015

This Cape Francolin was raising a family less than a hundred metres from the main gate. The gardens are particularly famous for a nesting pair of Spotted Eagle-owls. All three can be found strutting around in the grassy areas maintaining the same indifference to people that other birds treat antelope with. As is the Swee Waxbill.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Raptors and other predatory birds have largely rebounded, and there seems to be be no shortage of Brown Pelicans, Peregrine Falcons and Bald Eagles. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. Can you imagine having to go to Alaska just to see our national bird?

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Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 253

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2019

For 13 years, this organization has carried out a bird-a-thon to raise funds for such projects as reforestation in Ecuador and protecting nests of the Harpy Eagle in Brazil. Participate in the Rainforest Biodiversity Group’s annual bird-a-thon.

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Costa Rica Species Belize New Jersey 203

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2013

The place was lousy with Swainson’s Hawks , and we may even have spotted a distant Golden Eagle. The specials for our dinner at The Slanted Porch in Fallon included dishes prepared from cows and lambs raised by local 4-H Club kids.).

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Nevada Barn Owls Cows Lamb 214

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

As if a nod to my quiet appreciation for the force of nature, a lone Bald Eagle opened great wings and sailed across the sound, heedless of the breeze trying to push it back. A few times the sand was thrown up at my uncovered legs, stinging, but I felt mostly awe at my surroundings. Waves crash along Navarre Beach Park.

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Puerto Rico Bald Eagle Florida Birds 140

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

The one bird I did not see here, however, was the Bateleur Eagle … One highlight in the area is the Saddle-billed Stork , likely to be the tallest species in the stork family. Each of these ‘families’ consists of a single mating pair and 1-5 ‘helpers’ who assist in raising the young.

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