10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Raptors to look for in this reserve are Golden Eagle and Short-toed Snake Eagle , European Honey-buzzard and Peregrine Falcon. The good side of this popularity is presence of restaurants and inns (from personal experience I can recommend a place for carnivores called Vodopad – By the waterfall).

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Serbia Woodpeckers Owls Eagles 257

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Last week I wrote about my first experience with a new site that a friend thought looked promising when he saw it on Google Maps. My friend was right. This experience of finding an entirely new, but very birdy, site is nothing unusual for me. And E-Bird only listed a couple of high-quality sites back then.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Start your week on the right foot by sharing what made the last two days special for you, at least from a nature-loving perspective. Sadly, the award must be posthumous, as birders at the pond later on Saturday watched the one-eyed wonder get killed by an opportunistic Peregrine Falcon. How about you?

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2016 Jamaica Falcons Killing 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Yet they also bring up questions, which I’m going to talk about right now before diving into the specifics of the guides themselves. Steve Howell has spent decades of experience in the field studying the birds of Belize, Costa Rica, and especially Mexico. Two issues came to mind immediately when I examined my reviewer copies.

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Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 206

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Shoebill serves as the symbol of the magnificent wildlife experiences Uganda offers visitors, which may seem a bit odd. That honor goes to the Gray-crowned Crane , a very sexy species in its own right. Having finally seen this iconic species, I can assure you that the experience wildly exceeds expectations.

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Uganda Africa Penguins 2019 255

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2023

I’ll still probably try again next June, as this June has been the driest and hottest in memory, and in my experience, summer rains make it much more likely that one will see the Sinaloa Martin. This female Streak-backed Oriole is the rightful nest owner. As it happens, there were no Martins to be found that day. Seeing one?

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Mexico Oregon Squirrels Falcons 145

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

That’s right… football season has finally begun. Go Cardinals, Ravens, Falcons, Eagles, and Seahawks! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2016 New York Falcons Eagles 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2015

They got the message right. After that experience, I stopped complaining about their hides, realising that they are as good as they ever will be. km long bird path leading to the Palic 2 hide – ignore the confusing arrows pointing left, the path goes over the dyke at the right hand side). And so did I.

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Serbia Spain Birds Hungary 238

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

This is where Gila Woodpecker and Yellow-breasted Chat meet Squirrel Cuckoo , Bat Falcon , and Black-throated Magpie-Jay. As the sun began to set, a flock of Mexican Parrotlets alighted in a tree with brilliant red bark, and we all noticed a Bat Falcon watching silently from a high perch above all the action down below.

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Mexico Costa Rica Arizona Bats 188

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

It is home to four diverse forest ecosystems (deciduous, mixed, boreal, and lowlands), experiences seasonal weather systems ranging from cold dry Arctic winters to humid, thunder-storm filled summers, and, according to the latest official checklist, hosts four professional sports teams with bird names.* state and Canadian provinces.

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North America Birds Owls Canada 203

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2021

One such surprising experience happened with grouse. In keeping with gamebird tradition, my first experience with grouse wasn’t one of a bird on a branch or something singing from a tree. Both can be a challenge and require patient Zen birding in the right places.

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Costa Rica Chickens Pennsylvania Litter 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2019

Other uncommon birds for our 2019 list have included the likes of Marbled Wood-Quail, Spot-bellied Bobwhite, Barred Forest-Falcon, Lattice-tailed Trogon, White-flanked Antwren, Turquoise and Snowy Cotingas, Bare-crowned Antbird, and the endemic Cabanis’s Ground-Sparrow.

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Costa Rica Species Birds New York 197

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

the Forest Falcons – UK. A huge surprise was the addition of an entirely new species for Peru, a Black Swift , found by the Forest Falcons team. Fred Tavares of the Brazilian team had the following to say of his team’s experience in the Amazon, “There are so many birds. The E-Birders – Cornell, USA.

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Peru 2012 Bears Falcons 220

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

My own trip was not an intensive birding experience, and August is clearly not the most productive month. Common Kingfisher , Common Hoopoe and the European Bee-eater come from their nesting holes at the high loess-bluff of the opposite, right bank of the river. “I would certainly recommend Serbia to visiting birders.

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Serbia Bulgaria Farming Turtles 152

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

In my experience non-birders connect with the travel, visiting beautiful places and spectacle of birding and hawkwatching often entails all three. In my experience if you show a non or novice birder their first Bald Eagle and they will be amazed, show someone their first Thayer’s Gull and they aren’t likely to gasp (sorry, larophiles)!

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Bald Eagle Los Angeles Connecticut Eagles 234

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 31, 2014

You land, right? The other options are to continue flying past daybreak, which is dangerous both because you are low on energy and because hawks and falcons might come after you. Still, the experience of seeing birds so close is hard to match. Of course you do. Once you’ve landed though, you are in a bizarre situation.

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New York City New York Birds Sparrows 208

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

A female Mallard was running on the water right out of the thickets, flapping its wing frantically. … To everyone’s delight, a Saker Falcon soon appeared, offering excellent views as it banked in a long stoop after a hapless distant passerine. But no eagles appeared; or at least none that I was prepared to tick.

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Serbia 2004 Eagles Chickens 244

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

In this first installment, I will focus on my impressions and experiences in the highlands portion of our tour. Birds came fast during the first few hours, including a wide array of classic Neotropical species such as Keel-billed Toucan , Bat Falcon , Bright-rumped Attila , Buff-throated Saltator , and Boat-billed Flycatcher.

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Honduras El Salvador Costa Rica Arizona 209

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

At the same time, a Peregrine Falcon flies across the valley. By the last year of the war, the US increased its military aid to the Greek Government and introduced a new weapon: the first napalm attack after World War II took place right here! Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus. and Apennine peninsulas (30 + 50 ind.).

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Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 267

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2011

Kirby Adams had a magical experience with his Best Bird of the Year and he blogged about it on his blog, Sharp Tern. The African Pygmy Falcon finally showed itself after years of being a nemesis bird I didn’t even know I had. Here, without further ado, are your Best Birds of 2011, in no particular order.

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2011 Ohio North Dakota Bald Eagle 161

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2011

My own best bird was Caspian Tern , right on time along Lake Ontario. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Corey’s best bird of the weekend was a wicked Chuck-will’s-widow at Prospect Park on Saturday. While pondering that, also share your best bird of the weekend!

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2011 Mississippi ALA Sparrows 157

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2012

Situate across a small canyon carved by a steep stream it made for excellent viewing, at eye level right across the small chasm. I stayed a little longer, then went and got Travis (who had stayed at the truck playing) so he could experience this close encounter. “That nest?” ” Eyasses are still in fluffy down.

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Falcons Fur Killing Owls 167

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2016

We reserve the right to use answers in a future 10,000 Birds posting. It helps us think about birds and birding as an ever changing process, and it enhances the birding experience, making it more than just getting the “tick.” Just look at this Peregrine Falcon soaring up and swooping down!

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New York New York City Birds 2016 155

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2018

I counted them very roughly, but I do have a lot of experience estimating flocks. I am scoping Great Cormorants roosting in their colony in the (now dry) flooded forest, there is one… eagle to the right of them. I am right, Kostas confirms, it is a Greater Spotted Eagle. One done, three more to go.

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Greece 2017 Pelicans Geese 178

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2012

Highlights here (while drinking the thrillingly strong coffee) include Channel-billed Toucan , Crested Oropendola , Turquoise Tanager , Bat Falcon , Barred Antshrike , Blue Dacnis , Green Honeycreeper , Gray-headed Dove , Yellow Oriole , and a suite of hot hummingbirds that deserve their own report.

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Trinidad South America America Ecuador 243

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2012

Birding the Dry Tortugas in late April has always been high on my bucket-list of the best birding experiences in North America. Day-trips to the Dry Tortugas are of course possible but the best way to experience the islands is on an extended 3-day guided tour. Also in attendance were a few Peregrine Falcons and the ubiquitous ospreys.

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Florida Kentucky France North America 241

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2012

” and then I would ignore all of them because a whole bunch o’ birds was teed up right in front of me! If you ever go I hope you have as good an experience as I did. Talk about a wonderful breakfast! But make sure to come back tomorrow for a report on touring the Mayan ruins!

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Honduras 2009 Falcons Guatemala 174

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2011

Reading to your kids before they go to bed is an easy and simple way to subtly put birding right into their sub-conscious. Birding with your children starts right in your backyard. They thoroughly enjoyed the experience, especially the live raptor display by well-known Master Falconer, Jonathan Wood. BIRD FEEDERS.

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Birds Game South Africa Wildlife 277

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

There are 28 chapters—“Waders,” “Large Waterside Birds,” “Owls and nightjars,” “Birds of prey” (pulling together vultures, hawks and falcons), “Aerial feeders” (swifts, swallows, martins), etc.—plus So, how do you find the species account for Kestrel if falcons are not placed between woodpeckers and parakeet? Each has its strengths.

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Ireland Birds Falcons Turtles 141

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Text is on the left, plates are on the right. Nevertheless, it necessary to combine field experience with museum experience to create a vivid and accurate image of a species. Images on the same plate are drawn to scale, and the scale percentage is indicated on the upper right-hand corner. The picture gets complicated.

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America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 212

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

While at Jones Beach State Park on Saturday, co-leading the digiscoping field trip (with Clay Taylor from Swarovski Optik ), I had a couple of experiences that made me wonder exactly how it is that birders find birds. Not easy, right? Of course, that meant the race was on to find the golden-plover again.

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New York Birds Sparrows Geese 168

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2017

The food was better than decent, which exceeds our experience of Panamanian cuisine at most other locations. In fact, we saw two species of monkey, our only sloths, lots of coatis, and my rarest ever mammal sighting—a Jaguarundi —right on site. Yes, that’s Panama City to the right. TRANSPORTATION. BIRDING NOTES.

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Panama 2017 Monkeys Family 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

Hence, the experiment was created: a plot was fenced off to keep the animals away and now willow saplings did survive being submerged for half a year. I followed the eastern levee once again, in the late afternoon, when I had a Golden Jackal crossing it right in front of me, stopping for a few seconds to observe me.

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 190

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2013

When you think about it, this is pretty remarkable; even with all the excellent bird photographers available, it must have taken hundreds of hours to locate good quality photographs in which the bird looks towards the right. King Eider to the left, Common Eider to the right. Swainson’s Thrush opposite Gray-cheeked Thrush.

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North America Birds Falcons Los Angeles 154

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Standing at the hawkwatch at Kiptopeke State Park, as I did for a significant amount of by visit to Virginia, was a humbling experience, not just for the word-class birding raptor watching but for the enormous numbers of passerines passing overhead at any moment.

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Virginia North Carolina DC Louisiana 142

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

Each spread consists of a full-page painting of a bird or group of birds on the left and a combination of text and illustrations on the right. The essays are arranged in almost AOS taxonomic order, with changes made to lessen confusion for new birders–falcons are grouped with hawks, all water birds come before land birds, etc.

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2020 Birds North America Sparrows 263

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2016

The Bald Eagle was flying upside-down with talons up trying to ward off the small white falcon! Brian Laben had a wonderful experience seeing this rarity in upstate New York (or, is that mid-state? One day, my father came in from field work and went right to the bookshelf. Within 15 minutes the Gyrfalcon flew in. Or a sequel.)

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New York Bald Eagle New York City Birds 100