10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Birders who venture off the beaten path may run across a sign like the one above. But what is “wilderness” and how does it differ from any other federal land? The short answer is that wilderness areas are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System and they are protected by the Wilderness Act of 1964. Simply put, wilderness areas are the most protected public lands in America.
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OCTOBER 6, 2021
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Animal Ethics
OCTOBER 24, 2021
It is with great sadness that I note the passing of Nancy Regan, co-founder of the Culture & Animals Foundation and lifelong animal advocate. I lost a dear friend, and the world lost a champion of compassion and animal rights.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 30, 2021
Migrant birds make an incredibly perilous journey, twice per year. How’s that for an understatement of the obvious? The equation seems incredible. On the breeding grounds of the north, a small bird flies into the night, takes a bearing for the south, gains altitude and flies onward. Flap, flap, glide. A few flaps and a glide, giving flight calls now and then perhaps to stay in touch with the other birds moving through the dark early autumn skies.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2021
The islands and surrounding islets of Trinidad and Tobago boast an astounding list of almost 500 species of birds. For such a small place, birders are often spoiled for choice, there seems to be a representative of almost every neotropical family making their presence felt in some corner of habitat. On this blog, I have spoken previously of a trend I managed to pick out while compiling the information for a book I published last year.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 21, 2021
When it comes to tropical birding, field guides regularly deal with well over a 1000 birds and tend to be on the hefty side. Travel guides are mostly lighter, but this “where to watch birds guide” is truly lightweight and traveller friendly. It easily fits in your jacket pocket, even a side pocket of your cargo pants; hence you are certain that you will carry it with you, check it during a flight or a long transit drive.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 16, 2021
Another October Big Day has come and gone and thus made its way into the sacred birding archives. Similar to 2020, more than 32,000 people participated, 78,000 checklists were submitted, and more than 7,200 bird species were identified. Nothing like getting as many people to bird at the same time as possible and see what they find! It shows how many people are into watching birds, how many use eBird, and the incredible wealth of bird life found on our one and only home planet.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 17, 2021
The Great Bowerbird bowers around Broome don’t last forever despite their solid construction. We have extreme weather during our wet season with cyclonic winds and torrential rain. Sometimes the Great Bowerbirds just appear to want a slightly different location and move the items to a new bower. Several male birds will work together to build the perfect bower to attract females.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Dulan County is a large county in east-central Qinghai, China. Sparsely populated and at an average altitude of 3200 meters, it has a bit of an end-of-the-world feel to it, particularly the ranger station at around 4000 meters, where we stayed for a few nights. Good for animals, of course – particularly some shy mammals. Therefore, apologies in advance for the largish number of mammal photos in this post.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2021
October is on the wane, but the birds just keep coming. Maybe they’re going. Either way, we just want to be where they are. Is that so much to ask? I wasn’t really where any uncommon birds were this weekend, but I’m never far from very vocal Northern Cardinals , which is a good thing. Corey had two species he wanted to make sure he saw this weekend because it is their prime migration time and he hadn’t seen either all year.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 2, 2021
Birding in the Caribbean is about islands, beautiful beaches, extra special endemics, rum, and smiles. It could also be much more, maybe less, it all depends on how you want to rock an international birding trip. Where a birder goes in the Caribbean determines which birds are seen including toy-like todies, Carib hummingbirds, cool pigeons, quail-doves, unique avian families and outrageous woodpeckers.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2021
I’ll be honest: As much as I enjoy writing for 10,000 Birds, there is an element of anxiety to the commitment. I’m not the kind of birder who has a deep reserve of great stories and, especially, quality photos to share. (Here’s looking jealously at you, Kai!) Given this situation, it helps to have a productive outing every single week.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 7, 2021
When you bird afar and wander wide, you carry a field guide to the birds of the region you are exploring, a pair of binoculars, likely a camera, perhaps a spotting scope and a tripod too, plus clothing, medicines, toiletries, electronics, money and documents… Did you notice the missing item? Yes, field guides to other groups of organisms, as there’s hardly any room left in your baggage or the energy to carry it.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Early August is a bit of a dead time for birding in Shanghai unless you like your birds as little white spots at the far end of a telescope. So, I asked around and was told that Qinghai is the place to go to for birds in China in August. Going to Qinghai usually starts with a flight to Xining, the capital. The city has some attractions, given its long history on the silk road and its significant share of minorities, but looks rather like a thoughtless agglomeration of charmless medium-high build
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 13, 2021
The slate of birds available to the ardent birder in a particular place is a constant cycle of regulars, not-so-regulars, visitors, rarities, and vagrants. We’re always thoroughly entertained and occupied. For me, my personal ethos is simply to see what’s available. Yup, that’s it. I chased birds for a few years when I first got started, but my laziness eventually took over.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 3, 2021
In October 2015 I shared some photos with you of a Black-breasted Buzzard drinking and bathing on a hot day. One of the distinguishing features of Black-breasted Buzzards are the pale wing panels in flight. Quite often the wing panels almost appear white and the wings are upturned in flight. The outer feathers are very open as you can see in the above photo.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Got to cover the home front occasionally, even though it gets harder and harder. Construction is still ongoing at Nanhui, there are constant rumors that key birding sites will be made inaccessible … you have to take every Nanhui visit as it is your last (yes, another clichee). Plus, somehow the birds have not been that great this migration season so far, or maybe I am just spoilt from my recent visits to Sichuan and Qinghai.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 24, 2021
Yellow-billed Spoonbills are not common around Broome, but we do observe them every year or two at the ephemeral lakes during the dry months. All of the birds are taking advantage of the last remaining water and food at this time of year. Royal Spoonbills are more common and they like to frequent the Poo Ponds and the tidal flats close by as well as the ephemeral lake systems.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 31, 2021
Cable Beach is renowned for being a long sandy beach with a blue ocean and blue skies. It is also a great place for bird-watching and I have written many a post about the variety of birdlife along its length. Over the last couple of weeks the sandy beach has become invaded by tomato jellyfish. As the tomato jellyfish dry out they smell and it is not the smell of sun dried tomatoes, but more the smell of dead fish!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 13, 2021
During my time writing for 10,000 Birds, I have made no secret of my love for salvias — especially Michoacán’s native salvias. In fact, I have nine species of salvias growing in my small garden as I write these lines: six natives I grew from cuttings ( Salvias mexicana , purpurea , longistyla , patens , and two I have yet to ID), one grown from seed from my sister’s garden in California ( Salvia leucantha ), one purchased in a local nursery ( Salvia greggii ), and one purchased
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Located about 2 hours from Xining by car, Qinghai Lake is China’s largest lake. It has some interesting characteristics – its high elevation at about 3200 meters, its salt content, and its alkalinity (as it does not have any outflows). Access to the lakeshore and its surrounding wetlands can be difficult in many locations – most of the coastline is blocked off.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2021
Mid-October delivers tons of birding excitement, even the kind that can be enjoyed from a sedentary position. Whether you experienced a Big Day, a Big Sit, or just a big weekend of birding, we’re inviting you to brag about what you saw. While I didn’t engage in competitive birding this weekend, I did strike out in search of something new for my county list.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Last weekend hosted many of the international organized bird watching festivities, but every weekend offers the opportunity for avian observation excitement. What did you find? I had to hit the highway for a long-distance errand this weekend, which gave me lots of views of Turkey Vultures soaring over hillsides ablaze with autumnal colors. As serene as that sounds, seeing these birds now just reminds me that they’re on their way to warmer climes and won’t be back for many months.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 31, 2021
Halloween weekend tends to be a distracting weekend at best for birding activity. Not only do parties and parades beckon, but finding a costume that doesn’t restrict scope viewing can be rough. Hope you didn’t get fake blood on your Swarovskis! The current birding action in the Rochester area focuses almost exclusively on scanning rarities migrating out in the deep water of Lake Ontario.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 3, 2021
October can be a fantastic birding season in the right places. With hope, you’ve found yourself in one of those places! My weekend was actually pretty slow from a wildlife appreciation angle, but the bare husks of coneflowers in my garden are still drawing curious American Goldfinches. Corey spent his weekend upstate visiting his folks, picking apples, and, of course, looking for birds.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2021
We are lucky around Broome that we can quite easily observe Brown Quail. They like overgrown grassy areas and there are plenty of those areas around Broome. The environment at this time of year is mostly dry grass and the Brown Quail are busy digging up the grass seeds. You are most likely to encounter Brown Quail as a chance encounter as you accidentally disturb them when you traverse their habitat.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 20, 2021
In September 2021, I wrote for the first time here about one of the great birding spectacles in my region. As our summer rainy season ends, Michoacán erupts in a massive seasonal bloom, which attracts a feeding frenzy by resident and newly-arrived migratory hummingbirds. This spectacle occurs everywhere, from semi-desert habitats to highland forests to wetlands.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2021
Disclaimer: Technically, Lake Cuitzeo is surrounded by mudflats, not beaches. But the return of my lake makes me a bit giddy, and I couldn’t resist using this title. Also, if you are offended by the implied word I used, please blame Sir Elton John. I had heard recently that Lake Cuitzeo, the immense and waterfowl-rich lake north of Morelia, was making a rapid recovery as a result of our good summer rainy season.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 12, 2021
It was a rainy Sunday. After a day full of house projects, my husband, toddler, and I felt jittery, desperate to be outside before sunset ended the weekend. But where to go? We opted for a local green-space we had often driven by but had never visited: Tom Brown Park. After doing a quick scan of the constellation of recreational fields, a disk golf course, playground, and pond, I didn’t have high hopes for the nature viewing in this busy area. .
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2021
I thought we had bid farewell to Barn Swallows ( Hirundo rustica ) for the year with last week’s post , but we’ll have them back one last time before we get any further into autumn. They’ve graced us with appearance on this week’s featured beer, a Vienna lager by the Devils Backbone Brewing Company of Lexington, Virginia – and this style is such a perfect beer for fall it’d be a shame not to see them once more before they disappear for good until next spring.
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