10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2017
I watch birds pretty much all the time. This may come as a surprise to folks who keep their birding casual, or who limit their watching to a backyard feeder. It will probably be all too familiar to peeps who arise before a cold dawn so they can trudge through some muddy marsh, or who spend well earned bucks to do similar comfort challenging behavior in lands very far from home.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
I was provided a copy of the book Arthur for my review, and the publisher is providing copies for our giveaway.
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Sales and Marketing Management
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
Author: Paul Gordon, Senior Vice President Sales, Rymax Marketing Services, Inc. Recently I was asked to attend a manufacturer’s sales meeting. And as I sat there I felt like Bill Murray in the movie “Groundhog Day.”. The same predictable speeches. The participants eyes glazing over midday. The disappointing welcome gift that no one wanted. The time and money that was spent on the meeting was being wasted as the meeting followed a predictable course.
Animal Ethics
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
This blog had 649 visits during August, which is an average of 20.9 visits per day. A year ago, the average was 20.5.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 2, 2017
When the birding slows down, someone usually lets out the excuse that our hobby wouldn’t be as fun if there was no challenge. There’s everything right about positive thinking but if I was forced to choose between easy looks at lots of stunning birds in an hour or a few sub-standard glimpses at birds over the course of an entire day, I’m hanging with the stunners.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
If there is one thing better than a nice cold beer after a long day of spring migration I don’t know what it is. A mojito while birding in the tropics is often refreshing and a nice glass of red wine after a Christmas Bird Count is a great way to unwind. Birders know the wonderful combination that birds and booze is which is why Birdchick has long been a proponent of Birds and Beers and in Maine there are even dedicated trips called “ Birds on Tap !
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 29, 2017
Most birders of my acquaintance are also broader naturalists. They note butterflies, dragonflies, herps; they understand at least a bit about the ecosystems they frequent; they care about environmental issues, from conserving pockets of local green space to fighting climate change. In that context, what I’m about to say will probably not be that surprising or groundbreaking, but nevertheless: guys, trees are really really cool.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
It is essential that, once learned, any new word should be used immediately in a showy manner to make one look smart. Thus, I give you the Equilux. We all know about the Equinox, the astronomical term to note the time when the Sun crosses the Equator in its seasonal meanderings. Fool that I am, I assumed that equal night would automatically mean equal day too.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 24, 2017
Some of us had long weekends and made them count. Some of us had short weekends or none at all and still made them count. No matter how much time you can spare, you MUST respond to the spectacle of migration taking place right now. Though it is still September and not really proper sparrow season yet, Corey still managed to turn up a nice Lincoln’s Sparrow at Kissena Corridor Park on Sunday morning, his first of the fall.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
Fall migration may want for some of the kaleidoscope colors adorning spring birds, but this time of year offers some of the most exciting birding you can ask for. If, that is, you get out and enjoy it! Some interesting avifauna has been popping up in the Rochester area, and I aim to track a few birds down this weekend. Corey becomes such a whirlwind of bird watching during migration that you could practically see him anywhere, although your odds are best around Queens.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2017
Anyone lucky enough to be high and dry these days can surely appreciate how many birds are on the move. Keep your bins handy, because you never know what you’ll see out there. I was thrilled this weekend to see a bird I haven’t encountered in nearly a decade; maybe American Pipit is common in your parts, but I had to scour the East Spit of Braddock Bay to luck into one.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
Do you ever feel that you do not know your birds anymore? I had that feeling today. Usually I do not start gulling before late October, but finding myself cut off from most of my local patches , I went gulling today, probably my earliest beginning of the gulling season at Ada Huja promenade , along the Danube inside Belgrade – ever. There were the usual 2,500 large gulls.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
Having grown up in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, I made the reasonable assumption that the Black Duck Porter made by Greenport Harbor Brewing Company was named for the American Black Duck , a locally common dabbler found throughout the East End’s many bays and saltmarshes. With its appropriately birding name and label, I thought this beer would make an ideal subject for my inaugural post here on the new 10,000 Birds “Birds and Booze” beat.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
Hi, my name is Dragan and I do not know my shorebirds. If I were to give a speech at the shorebirds conference, those would have been my opening words. Anything else would be a lie. Not that I haven’t had an opportunity to learn them. 18 years ago I moved to Botswana where that gloriously bright sunshine makes observing them easier, while shorebirds themselves ease things further by mostly sporting their wintering plumage.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
If there’s a “ trash bird ” in the world of craft beer, it’s unquestionably IPA. Like starlings and pigeons, these flamboyantly hopped beers are everywhere, aggressively crowding out more modest offerings in taprooms and in the beer aisle, and always leaving a bitter aftertaste, whether you want it or not. These days, it seems that every brewery makes at least one, if not several IPAs, foisted on the market in every imaginable form and permutation of hops, sometimes in the latest attempt to out-
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
While in Belize back in August one of the outings we signed up for was a boat ride along the Sittee River, a mangrove-lined and placid river that flows into the Caribbean just south of Hopkins. We met our guide in the late afternoon and took the short golf cart ride to the marina where he dropped us off on a dock and went to get the boat. (He’s returning for us in said boat in the photo up top.).
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Growing up in central Oregon, allowed me to experience such a diverse amount of habitat, and the wildlife that resides there. It is a high desert, with sagebrush flats, surrounded by Ponderosa Pines, yet we still have large waterways, for waterfowl and shorebirds. Many refuges in this part of the state, like Malheur refuge, Summer Lake Refuge, and Tule lake Refuge all get the lion’s share of acclaim, and publicity, and deservedly so.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 9, 2017
Let our expert, Seth Casteel, help match the perfect fur baby with you! From the producers of My Cat From Hell comes the second season of Finding Fido.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
I spent a bunch of time this weekend visiting birding spots in far southeastern Queens, along the coast and adjacent to Nassau County. One of the places I’ve really enjoyed birding and digiscoping at is Bridge Creek, a newly-minted eBird hotspot. I learned about the location because it is in my turf for the Queens County Christmas Bird Count and is a good location to find wintering Greater Yellowlegs and Belted Kingfishers.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
From 29 September through 1 October, the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania, just outside of Philly, will host the third annual American Birding Expo. Optics companies, tour companies, birding festivals, publishers, and wide array of other exhibitors will be present. There will be workshops , field trips , and some amazing keynote presentations , including Julie Zickefoose and Scott Weidensaul.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
We have a small water feature off our back porch. It’s probably about 300 square feet in size, holding maybe 2000 gallons of water. In addition to nest boxes around the property and bird feeders in the yard, the water feature is our most efficient wildlife magnet. Birds, in particular, can’t resist running water. Even though Eurasian Collared-Doves have encroached on my property, I still enjoy the company of Mourning Doves ( Zenaida macroura ).
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
I was lucky. Living so far west in the Panhandle, projections of Hurricane Irma’s path never crossed near Pensacola. Though we could breath a sigh of relief outside the famous “cone of uncertainty,” it has been heartbreaking to watch the devastation wrought in South Florida, the flooding up and down the eastern seaboard and Gulf Coast, and now Maria’s wrath in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
It’s a well-known fact that southeast Arizona in summer is awesome. At least for birders. My first birding trip ever was to Arizona. I signed up because it was in summer, the only time of year I could then take a vacation; I was a beginning birder, right at the beginning of beginning, and I didn’t know enough to look at a Plain-capped Starthroat (thank you again, Megan, for forcing me to look) or why I was almost run over by the birders in my group when Common Black Hawk was called out.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 3, 2017
Apostlebirds- Struthidea cinerea have an isolated population in the Northern Territory which is quite separate from the population that runs down the east coast of Australia and can readily be seen in the town of Katherine and further afield. Apostlebirds have several nick-names and they are all well-suited to the species and the antics they get up to.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 24, 2017
Over the past few weeks we have observed a large increase in the number of migratory shorebirds around Broome and the first few weeks of September brought the arrival of the first of the Oriental Plover and Little Curlew. We have had a very poor breeding season for our resident shorebirds and in particular none of the 16 pairs of Pied Oystercatchers along the 23 kilometre/14 miles stretch of coast that we keep an eye on have successfully bred.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
The Galapagos Islands? Costa Rica? How can a remote archipelago made famous for Darwin, a bunch of finches, and other cool endemic birds be related to the land of quetzals and “gallo pinto” (that would be the local version of rice and beans)? Although Cocos Island is halfway between Costa Rica and the Galapagos, we are still talking about hundreds of kilometers of ocean between us and the place of the big tortoises.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 29, 2017
As September eases gracefully into October, one season morphs day by day into the next. By now, you’ve seen all the signs of what weather is to come. Hopefully, you’ve also been seeing the birds that attend these changes. if not, keep looking! I’m working all weekend but still hope to spot some of the shorebirds filtering through my area.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 29, 2017
I was ready to say goodbye to summer for good with last week’s sour and boozy pumpkin ale review, but after four consecutive days of record high temperatures here Albany, New York this week, I’ve postponed reviews of brown ales, oatmeal stouts, barleywines, and other autumnal brews for at least one more week. As the mercury climbed into the 90s this week, I headed to my neighborhood bottle shop in search of some sudsy and refreshing relief from this unexpected heat wave.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
Whether you’re celebrating a new year or just a particularly birdy period of an ongoing one, you will hopefully find this weekend to be a very special one. Keep your eyes and minds open. I’m happy to be heading down the Delmarva Peninsula to the Chincoteague area, where the birds fly fast and furiously. Corey will be staying around NYC and leading a Sunday bird walk in Kissena Park.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 17, 2017
Certain seasons demand as much birding time as a person can spare, and sometimes even more than that. But be sure to set aside a minute or two during even the height of migration to share news of your sightings. Birding is one of those activities much improved by the stories told by its enthusiasts. For example, I heard tell of a wave of Philadelphia Vireos being spotted recently along a certain segment of the Lake Ontario shoreline.
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