10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

But his Best Bird of the Weekend was one he saw with his family on a visit to Jamaica Bay on Saturday evening. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. If you were wondering, the rabbit won this encounter. Corey enjoyed some good birding on both Saturday and Sunday mornings.

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JULY 11, 2021

My family’s walk through Rochester’s historic Mt. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. We just endured the warmest June on record, which may well turn out to be the coolest June we’ll see in a long time. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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APRIL 8, 2012

The month and this particular period is all the more auspicious for me and mine, as so many friends and families celebrate spring birthdays. My family took our annual post-Easter Egg hunt hike at Powder Mills Park, where I spied several gorgeous matched pairs of Wood Ducks along with lots of different woodpecker species.

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JUNE 5, 2024

Cameras were still tucked away, but the experience left us all without words. Red-capped Cardinal juvenile (above) and adult (below) The Rupununi River is a magical and serene experience, inducing a deep sense of calm as if becoming as unhurried as the river itself, winding its way through the lush jungle.

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MARCH 26, 2023

Considering Broome often experiences cyclones and strong winds it does make sense for the birds to build a more substantial nest to survive the extreme weather. The Crested Pigeon family remained in the tree away from danger for quite some time with both parents present.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Corey spent the last weekend before his son started school camping with family and friends in the western Catskill Mountains. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Most of the birds I spotted this weekend are the same species I’ll be hanging out with all winter.

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MAY 24, 2020

These birds also invite one to sites that are unique within the United States – the climate, vegetation, and landscapes all add context and heighten the experience of seeing one’s first Elegant Trogon or Painted Bunting. North America is home to many amazing bird species, including several which require a special effort to see and appreciate.

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JUNE 24, 2020

What this translates to is an array of bird families that are very similar to that on the mainland – motmots, toucans, jacamars, and antpittas to name a few – but each family is limited to one or two representatives. There is simply not enough real estate for multiple species of toucans for example. Blue-backed Manakin.

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JULY 2, 2024

It’s a book that counterpoints and combines facts and personal experiences, science-based and eloquent writing styles, textual description and visual information, a history of abundance and an uncertain future. There are also introductions to a couple of related species within the family sections–Golden-Plovers and Willets.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

In this first installment, I will focus on my impressions and experiences in the highlands portion of our tour. Many Neotropical families and genera have some of their northernmost members here, such as the spinetails ( Rufous-breasted Spinetail ), Tangara tanagers ( Azure-rumped Tanager ), and guans ( Horned Guan ).

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MAY 26, 2014

While I saw some pretty special species this weekend, the most special was the Gray Catbird because my sweet 7-year niece totally got into finding one; I think I’ve found the next generation birder in the family! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

He goes on to describe how early classifications of the nine-primaried oscines relied on bill shape to determine family boundaries. A new perspective on tanagers Much of the core of the tanager family remains intact. Most of these birds are small, finch-like species with thick, conical bills for cracking seeds or eating insects.

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JULY 27, 2024

A brief mixed flock experience included this Grace’s Warbler , which is one of our relatively few resident warblers down here. (In A family of endemic juvenile Spotted Wrens really knew how to show off their warm brown colors. A family of endemic juvenile Spotted Wrens really knew how to show off their warm brown colors.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

But, unlike most books focused on a bird family, this one is organized geographically. He draws on his personal experiences to inform the history, geography, and especially the travel option sections. A scientific analysis of the bird family was written by Lloyd S. Press, 2011).

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

I finally had a chance to visit my brother and his family in their beautiful new home in Westchester. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. We explored a trail near his home, where we (really just me) were rewarded with a sighting of a perky Winter Wren.

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OCTOBER 12, 2014

I ask because, despite my deep affection for warmth, indoor plumbing, and uninterrupted Internet access, I found myself and my family enjoying an overnight out of doors. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Why is camping so interesting? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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MARCH 29, 2015

But Corey also hit up the Forest Park bird feeders with his family Saturday afternoon and Desi, his five-year-old, was so taken with a Red-bellied Woodpecker (the one above) that Corey had to choose it as his favorite bird of the weekend too. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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APRIL 18, 2021

Corey enjoyed getting out on birding outings both mornings of the weekend, and was out in nature with his family both afternoons. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Needless to say, he has quite a few birds to choose from in terms of his Best Bird of the Weekend.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

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AUGUST 4, 2013

I know that families in the United States are already fretting/anticipating September’s arrival. Now that we’re later in the season, they are grouping either in family clusters or anticipation of migration. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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APRIL 12, 2014

They are usually seen as a small, noisy flock or family group that passes quickly through feeding acrobatically like the true t**s as they go. My normal experience of them is brief as they are always moving and they have always resisted my attempts to portray them by means of millions of tiny dots. japonicus race. rosaceus form.

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JULY 5, 2020

Corey enjoyed camping with family and friends for the long weekend after getting tested for COVID and coming up negative. 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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MARCH 29, 2015

Excellent 10,000 Birds posts have been written about Pico Bonito and Honduras by Corey and Carlos , so I’m going to focus on some of my most memorable experiences. We saw a smaller member of the potoo family, Northern Potoo , Nyctibius jamaicensis , at Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge, boating and birding the Salado River.

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APRIL 6, 2014

April bears the most fruit for my family tree, including my own bad apple birthday this week. Does your family celebrate a lot of April birthdays? If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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JUNE 12, 2012

Namibia is politically stable and a safe country to visit offering spectacular scenery, untouched wildernesses, vast game reserves, superb wildlife and fascinating cultural experiences. This family group is performing their loud croaking territorial calls. A family group of Rüppell’s Bustards uttering their croaking territorial calls.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Many a birder with years of experience in the Neotropical region has never ever seen or heard an RVG. Speaking of cats, I am reminded of an experience a co-worker of mine had while surveying birds years ago in Washington state. It was a ground-cuckoo family and they weren’t even shy!

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APRIL 25, 2011

Phoebes are proud members (at least they seem so) of the Family Tyrannidae , the tyrant flycatchers. Of the more than 400 tyrannids, as birds in this family are sometimes called, only three belong to the genus Sayornis , the phoebes. It is also one of the most recognizable with its rounded head and telltale tail pump.

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APRIL 19, 2015

Also lots of birthdays in my family, which is cool. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. A better question might be to ask what isn’t great about April. And also birds, also cool! What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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APRIL 5, 2011

Astounding because she picked up birding before she could speak and surprising because this ability was definitely not inherited from anyone in my family, myself included. Thankfully there are several really excellent family board games that you can play as a whole family. Her natural talent was astounding and surprising.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

Did the Black-bellied Whistling Duck represent his family, “showing face” as we say here in the Caribbean? Animals obviously see death and experience it as we do, so the question is not one of if, but of how. Paying respects? Was it some sort of funeral?

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APRIL 5, 2015

Actually, signs that winter won’t release its icy grip so readily are also apparent… my traditional Easter family hike was canceled on account of snow. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Signs of spring are evident everywhere winter once held sway.

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JUNE 5, 2012

For what seems like decades, I have been hearing about Pale Male and the people that have studied, loved and fought for him and his family over the years. Approaching slowly, I too dived in to that world to experience three little chicks on the nest. I did not know Rik and I am poorly equiped to write very much about him.

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OCTOBER 9, 2015

Red-billed Curassow ( Crax blumenbachii ), a large, ground-dwelling bird belonging to the same family as the more familiar Plain Chachalaca of southern Texas, was never a very widespread species. There are certain birding experiences that stay with you forever. Is that all we are going to get? Or so we thought. And that was it.

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JANUARY 4, 2015

No, he just brought his family to the area he knew one was hiding and waited for Daisy to make the discovery. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was an adorable Northern Saw-whet Owl at an undisclosed location in Queens. How about you?

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AUGUST 3, 2014

Corey greatly enjoyed his weekend in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of upstate New York with family and friends. His favorite, and therefore his Best Bird of the Weekend, was actually a family of Eastern Phoebes , in particular the four fledglings. That level of cute is tough to top! What was your best bird of the weekend?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2020

At least I didn’t have to travel far for great birds; my whole family thrilled to the sight of an adult Sharp-shinned Hawk chowing down on an unspecified rodent in our yard. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Some weeks, Monday feels more like a respite than a burden.

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