10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2012

A Pileated Woodpecker in Long Island’s Nassau County on the last day of the year. How good of a bird is Pileated Woodpecker in Nassau County? My life Lewis’s Woodpecker in New York State. Golden-winged Warbler at Sterling Forest. What a bird! The first Painted Bunting I have ever seen in the ABA-area.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2013

The Cactus Forest Drive loop, which is part of the national park’s eastern unit, is a paved route that winds through spectacular examples of saguaro cactus forest. Even coveys of Gambel’s Quail , usually associated with feeding in the underbrush, were feeding ten to fifteen feet off the ground on these flowers.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2012

Although the Alaska Science Center concentrates on chickadees, they also study deformity cases in crows, nuthatches, woodpeckers, and jays. Chickadees for example, primarily eat seeds, if the bill is misshapen to the extent that they cannot open up the seeds, they cannot eat. Well, there are several reasons why.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2020

EBird, for example, has a total of only 134 observations recorded (5 of them mine), and has only received 9 lists with photos of the species (4 of them mine). For example, I did not see any of the gorgeous Orange-breasted Buntings common in the area. But unlike Paso Ancho, there are Acorn Woodpeckers there to harass them.

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Owls Woodpeckers Mexico Falcons 218

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2021

He found some solace when, at age eleven, he became entranced with birds – specifically, with a Green Woodpecker — and that sighting, he says, “took me to another, safer world.” . He tells, for example, of sitting close by a fox den, and watching a raccoon walk past it with a look of acknowledgement.

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Kuwait Fox Bosnia Afghanistan 254

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2011

However they are not at all related, hummingbirds are allied to swifts but sunbirds (and spiderhunters) to white-eyes, flowerpeckers and other passerines; a perfect example of convergent evolution. My final bird for this post is another of my favorites, the Ground Woodpecker.

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South Africa Lesotho Swaziland Africa 258

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Rufous Hummingbirds, for example, appear to be closely associated, ecologically, with both Red-breasted and Red-naped sapsuckers; they place their nests near sap wells, follow sapsuckers in their daily movements, and may even time their migration to coincide with that of sapsuckers so they can feed off the sap wells 1.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2012

For example, and I expect a few of you know what I am referring to… if you photograph a “goshawk” in the middle of Tucson, and the area’s leading birders and everyone else tells you it’s a Cooper’s Hawk …you should listen to them. There were lots of Morning Duvs and Pilleated Woodpeckers out.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

If you know or hear of other examples, please let me know and I will add them to this list. yourbirdoasis, I added a list of some examples which I had found. Dale Forbes Mar 16th, 2011 at 8:37 am Hi Laurent, that is a fascinating example of humans responding to difficult environmental challenges. Davies et al. Any reason?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

Here is an example of one of the 36 plates, presenting Belted Kingfisher (ABA Bird of the Year!) and three of the nine woodpeckers illustrated. Woodpeckers are a family of focus for Tuttle-Adams. They may look very different at various growth stages, as she shows with Acorn Woodpecker.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Family Birds Collecting 290

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

This species is an example of a bird having an equal-opportunity type of English name (both male and female are olive-backed) … … while the Latin name “jugularis” (“of the throat”) seems to refer only to the male. Seeing a Rufous Woodpecker for the first time, I thought it looked kind of weird.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Its scientific species name traillii is a rare example of a scientist not made up by me, namely Thomas Stewart Traill (1781-1862), a Scottish doctor. This Great Spotted Woodpecker isn’t even trying to hide its spots. Welcome to 10,000 Birds, the only website in the world where such papers can be the subject of a running gag.

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Nepal Birds Owls Nigeria 237

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

For example, the Chestnut-sided Warbler is shown in male and female plumage as well as juvenile plumage and in flight from above. For example, Little Stint is shown as year-round along the coast in the mid-Atlantic states, though the text does make clear that it is a vagrant. Not all species are treated as well.

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New York Battery Hawaii Woodpeckers 233

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JANUARY 24, 2024

Macaws and other parrots were circling; new world warblers, honeycreepers, attilas were flitting here and there; the branches were covered with woodcreepers and an occasional woodpecker was to be seen; cotingas, aracaris and barbets were numerous on neighbouring trees. In the end it flew off, probably back to HQ to give away our position.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Cleaning brushes, for example. Technique is often included in the bird image commentary; to paint the Greater Roadrunner, for example, Hashimoto notes that she did the eyes and beak last, and then added the background colors when the bird portrait was complete. Isn’t it time consuming?).

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Birds Eggs Laws Oregon 201

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OCTOBER 14, 2023

It has an extensive entry in the HBW (for example, there is an entry on its molt that is longer than the complete species entry for many other bird species), indicating that it probably lives in comfortable proximity to a large number of ornithologists. But it would take many years.

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Malaysia Philippines Parrots illegal 264

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

For example, what would you want on a hot day, apart from water? The road reaching Sabanitas moves through rural countryside where you may spot Yellow-tufted Woodpecker, Green-backed Trogon and White-throated Toucan among the palm-thatched houses, plus large Scarlet and enormous Blue-and-yellow Macaws feeding on fruit in the treetops.

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Colombia Fish Birds Venezuela 279

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

Pileated Woodpecker, for example. In addition to Pileated Woodpecker, the Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania documents increases in numbers of Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Hooded Warbler, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, Alder Flycatcher, Common Raven, Wild Turkey, and, of course, Canada Goose.

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Pennsylvania Breeding Sparrows Birds 258

10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2020

You might think of the Hairy Woodpecker , Red Crossbill and Pine Siskin as birds of the far northern forests, but they are all residents of our higher coniferous forests as well. I’m sure there are more examples that have slipped my mind. I have yet to have the thrill of seeing one.

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Mexico Birds Honduras United States 261

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Whenever I acquire new equipment I usually test it at one of two very different locations: A forested hill on the outskirts of Belgrade ( great place for woodland birds such as the Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) and Eurasian Treecreeper ( Certhia familiaris ) and the Beljarica Foreland (for waders, ducks, etc.).

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Serbia Austria Elephants Ducks 246

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2012

The DVD packaging features three cherubic children, a cartoon owl, and a Red-bellied Woodpecker. ” While this unobtrusive sentence fragment might not seem that odd it is an important clue to what this video is about. .” ” Bible verses show on screen at the beginning and end of the video.

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Science Owls Pennsylvania United States 230

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2015

Here are some examples of Costa Rican birds and various sorts of ridiculousness: This Chestnut-colored Woodpecker was ridiculous because it inisted on foraging at eye level and in good light for at least 20 minutes. Yet another subset of “ridiculous” is associated with birds doing weird things.

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Costa Rica Tigers Birds Woodpeckers 226

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2022

For example, many photos are shot in poor light, obscuring the true colours. such as ducks, gulls, skuas, sandpipers, birds of prey (at least 4 spreads), woodpeckers, finches and sparrows, to list those double-spreads only (there are single-page spreads of crows, cranes and many others).

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Europe Colombia Birds Ducks 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2022

Some names are clearly descriptive and thus make one feel good about saying them; woodpecker and grosbeak come to mind. One such example is “pewee” Pewee sounds like something small, something seemingly insignificant but with a certain degree of charm. Painted Water Stalker?

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Costa Rica Pennsylvania South America Panama 279

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2012

For example, in the shade of some palms, we discovered a female Blue-throated Hummingbird feeding a juvenile. Brown-capped Flycatcher and Gila Woodpecker are southeastern birds, but not that tough to find outside the area. Common species like Lesser Goldinch , White-winged Dove , and Verdin quickly gave way to more rarified fare.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2014

Veronica Bowers calls Cliff Swallows “Chirpies,” Shirah Gantman’s nestling Rock Doves are “Squeakers,” European Starlings are “Hawk Food” to Laura Culley, and all woodpeckers are “Peckers” to Nancy Barbachano, who rehabs them in the Pecker Palace (see Happy Wrens). Here’s an example.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

In fact Punta Cana is a shining example of how large hotels can conduct their operations in a sustainable manner whilst contributing significantly to the preservation of birds, wildlife and habitats. Add to this the fact that you can be birding within 2 hours of leaving the USA and you have a pretty unbeatable birding vacation!

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Dominican Republic 2011 Deer Kuwait 242

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2020

This was a rare early example of a globalized economy. And the birds along the walk to the estuary weren’t bad, either: Looks like nesting time has arrived for this Golden-cheeked Woodpecker. It originally served as the port of entry for goods brought from Asia by Spanish galleons. Ditto for this handsome Amazon Kingfisher.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Honeyguides, for example, are strongly attracted to the smell of wax. The Herbst touch receptors found in bills can also be found in the tongues of many birds and this may aid birds like hummingbirds and woodpeckers that use their tongues extensively in foraging.

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Mammals Mozambique Birds Colombia 261

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2013

Let’s take Singapore’s Changi International Airport as an example; it is a huge hub airport with large numbers of people passing through in transit to Australia, Indonesia and south-east Asia. Forest species are likely to include the Banded Woodpecker and Black Drongo. Perhaps I have missed my calling.

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Singapore Woodpeckers Parrots Zebras 197

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2011

The terms “hooded&# and “headed&# are often only loosely applied in birding nomenclature and I shall return to “ Brown-hooded Cowbird , Red-hooded Woodpecker and Black-chinned Oriole at a later date when the urge to be pedantic strikes again. Interestingly (credit must go to David J.

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South Africa Pedigree Africa New York 232

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2012

For example, the San Juan Islands National Historical Park in Washington State was an active Union camp throughout the war. I underestimated how much the wide geographic distribution of Civil War-related parks would affect the count totals.

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Mississippi Vermont Birds Maryland 225

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JUNE 19, 2019

He worked back when you could still have a reasonable hope of seeing the now-probably-extinct Imperial Woodpecker, which he did, five times, though never in Michoacán.). I did not even pay attention to their slightly upswept bills, or I would have thought they were examples of the more exotic, but still possible, Marbled Godwit.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2011

The birds started jumping next to the road, we stopped and documented photographically the following stunning birds: Lita Woodpecker Spotted Antbird Black-striped Woodcreeper Orange-fronted Barbet The rapid fire of shocking birds (lifers) convinced me that this allegedly devastated forest was alive and thriving with life.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The one about the woodpecker that represents a glimmer of hope that we didn’t really screw it all up after all, however desperately faint that glimmer is anymore. The one about the parakeet that represents the loss, before we even knew it, of an element of our wild places that seems so outlandishly foreign as to be unimaginable now.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

It can take a bit of research to figure these notes out, especially when they are citing taxonomic differences (Riparian [Blackish] Antbird, for example, is treated differently in three of the four taxonomic systems), but it is tremendously helpful just to know that there is an issue to be researched.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 250

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2018

In the e-era now, print magazines are going the way of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Take a moment, then, to give thanks for the remaining good ones, the primary example being National Geographic.

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