10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2011

Clark’s Nutcracker , sometimes called the Crow Woodpecker , will always be paired with Lewis’s Woodpecker , the woodpecker that acts like a crow, both because of their cross-family likenesses and because of their namesakes. It was a wonderful experience and one that none of us will soon forget.

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OCTOBER 25, 2011

Latinos, African-Americans, Asian-Americans, and a bunch of white folks all shared their stories and experiences and tried to wrap their heads around the enormous issue that race is in the United States and how it can be addressed in the birding world. What did I take away from the conference?

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OCTOBER 20, 2013

When citizens of the United States tout the superiority of our country, we tend to focus on debatable issues of culture, economy, and government. 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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St. Louis 2013 United States Arizona 224

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AUGUST 2, 2012

The summer span of school-free days from late June to early September always seemed to me to be an experience all United States students held in common. Thus, I was surprised and a little saddened to learn from my Kentucky family that kids in the Bluegrass State go back to school next week.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2011

Though wood-warblers, the mostly brightly colored birds of the family Parulidae, are only found in the New World we felt that birders the world over would be pleased to see a plethora of posts about these striking and sought after species. Read about them here but also get out and experience them.

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10,000 Birds

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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JANUARY 15, 2022

If you are plugged into the birding community, you’ve probably seen photos of this errant eagle, normally found in Russia and Asia but now be-bopping around the United States and Canada. Birding has become a family affair for my relatives. My mom worked at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology during college.

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Eagles Russia Massachusetts United States 264

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

His topic was the report recently issued by the Audubon Society where the organization claimed 314 species of birds in the United States and Canada are threatened by climate change. If 314 species are threatened in the United States and Canada then the numbers world wide must be absolutely staggering.

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New York City New York United States Canada 254

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JANUARY 8, 2012

No doubt the weather has something to do with it; Rochester, NY may historically be one of the United States’ snowiest metropolitan areas, but we’ve been basking in almost vernal weather. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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Debeaking Atlanta 2011 United States 187

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The Hawaii vote made it clear that that the ABA Area is about political borders, not geographical or ecological ones, and the two Caribbean territories have long been part of the United States. Both Puerto Rico and the USVI have active birding communities that are currently excluded from full membership in the ABA family.

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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. 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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Honduras El Salvador Costa Rica Arizona 254

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NOVEMBER 20, 2016

By the time this post publishes, I’ll be on an airplane heading back to the United States following a truly remarkable two week visit to Uganda as part of a group of western birders visiting there to promote the inaugural African Birding Expo. It is weird and wonderful.

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Uganda Africa Squirrels Tanzania 221

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

It is not a concept for a total beginner, more of a reminder to someone with some experience. of January 2019, which resulted in 10,711 species, 40 orders, 246 families and 2,313 genera. With about 35 species per plate (but in a much larger format, too), Collins Birds of the World has a similar concept, minus the range maps.

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Botswana Africa Birds Ecuador 264

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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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Birds Game South Africa Wildlife 279

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2011

Though wood-warblers, the mostly brightly colored birds of the family Parulidae, are only found in the New World we felt that birders the world over would be pleased to see a plethora of posts about these striking and sought after species. Read about them here but also get out and experience them.

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Tigers United States Jamaica Pennsylvania 182

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MARCH 17, 2015

I recently returned from my family’s annual spring trip to Florida, and unlike years previous I didn’t get any special time set aside to bird this time round. There are few birds in North America that can elicit a subconscious smile in every single birder regardless of experience or skill, but this one has to be it.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2013

For some reason the Fringillidae, as the finch family is called if you want to be highfalutin, frequently tend toward pink. Though its native range in the United States was just the southwest, the House Finch is now the most familiar pink finch in North America. Not that I’m complaining! House Finch.

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Kazakhstan New York 2006 United States 208

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APRIL 3, 2012

Superficially, it resembled the Black-chinned Sparrow of the southwestern United States with its gray chest and chestnut streaked with black back. The bird was a sparrow, that much was clear, but it didn’t seem to fit any of the easily boxes the other North American sparrows can be fairly easily sorted into.

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New Jersey North Carolina Sparrows Connecticut 255

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JULY 3, 2015

Many of these species were very high on my life bird wish list, and the country itself would be a totally new experience: a vibrant and enchanting culture, a varied and tasty cuisine, and stunning and new landscapes. Unlike most other members of the family, this species of motmot occurs in quite open and dry habitats. Time flew by.

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Mexico Owls Birds Sparrows 234

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APRIL 5, 2022

It also summarizes the vagrancy status of every bird family in the whole wide world, which makes it fun to read as well as superbly educational. The Family Accounts are the fun part of the book. The Family Accounts are also a deeply informational, documented source of information for researchers.

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Compassion Birds Eagles Science 264

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JANUARY 10, 2012

The search for the next new bird is that much more fulfilling when you’re limited to the smallest of the arbitrary political boundaries in the United States, and the search for those birds necessitates a broad working knowledge of the county of the sort that can only be attained through experience.

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McDonalds South Carolina North Carolina Jordan 217

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

We encounter a family participating in a hawk watch count at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park; birder and activist Madeleine Sandefur, who introduces us to Sabal Palms Sanctuary in Brownsville, on the south side of a border wall built in 2009; and birders who are actually birding, identifying an oriole (Altamira rather than Hooded).

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Advocacy Mexico United States Sanctuary 268

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AUGUST 8, 2012

Our time ended up paying off as we were treated to a flyover Northern Lapwing and a family of Syrian Woodpeckers , one of the birds we had hoped for on the trip. It was a great way to gradually get into the idea that we had left the United States far behind but there weren’t so many birds that we were overwhelmed.

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Hungary United States Woodpeckers Blackbirds 197

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NOVEMBER 28, 2014

Temporarily Kathi and Josh are back in the United States resting, refueling, and planning the South American portion of their journey. Sixteen species within the antbird family (Thamnophidae) are considered true obligate army ant followers. A bite from an army ant can really pack a punch; I speak from experience.

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San Diego South America Costa Rica America 245

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Living in Colorado, I was practically next door neighbors to a Spix’s Macaw, “Presley,” who was discovered in an Evergreen living room—the only known Spix’s Macaw in the United States—and who was repatriated to Brazil before I even knew he existed. It seemed like a really fun way to spend the day! See who won the contest here!

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Brazil 2011 Birds Penguins 247

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AUGUST 23, 2011

For many birders a highlight of birding the southeastern United States, maybe even the definitive birding experience of the region, is taking in the great numbers and diversity of long-legged wading birds. Below is a family shot of at least six. Can you find all of them? You can click on it to get the larger photo.

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South Carolina Alligators Florida United States 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2022

At woodpecker family meetings, it usually stands a bit separate from most other species as it cannot meaningfully participate in discussions about wood (it mostly lives in rocky terrain without trees). Kind of like a diesel version. The Ground Woodpecker (Drakensberg, South Africa) is listed as Near Threatened.

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Woodpeckers South Africa China Singapore 264

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

It’s my fantasy and it’s yours: Quit the job, say good-bye to the family, and bird. how guides and drivers are found and where they live and what their families and homes look like, birder friends who accompany him on some legs of his quest, and the quirky people he ends up sharing beers with, in bars in huts on stilts.

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Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 248

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2018

If the cold weather across much of the United States is any indication than T.S. Eliot was correct when he stated that “April is the cruellest month.” Western Bluebirds are another marvelous bird, and he saw his at Malibu Creek State Park. How about you?

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North Carolina Cruelty 2018 United States 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2012

Here in the United States, students and their families are no more than two weeks from the beginning of school, notwithstanding those poor kids who have already commenced their academic year. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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2012 United States Birds Family 113

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MARCH 8, 2011

Filming the plovers of Estero Lagoon Plovers are a significant part of the shorebird family, comprising 66 species worldwide. Although this a fairly widely distributed bird globally, they are threatened in the United States. They feed predominantly by sight and often run in a crouched fashion to reach their food source.

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Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 238

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JULY 24, 2012

For those visiting from overseas, I believe that birding in South Florida in the winter is an excellent introduction to this fascinating and beautiful family without having to worry about timing your vacations around a particular week of spring migration or wondering if the weather will cooperate for maximum diversity or numbers.

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Florida Miami Cuba Bahamas 182

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It’s probably on your mind too, especially if you live in the United States. Each species account starts with names–family name at the top of the page, followed below by English name of the species, alpha code, scientific name, local name in Cuba and the standard name as accepted by the Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO).

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

Audubon Associate Naturalist, have led this tour many times, through tornados, droughts, questionable restaurants, and, sadly, the advent of fracking, and every one of my friends who has participated over the years has raved about the experience and the birds (in fact, one member of our group was on his third or fourth trip, I lost count).

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2018

” OK, we don’t really shout “Yee-haw” in New York, but our profane exclamations are not fit for a family-friendly blog. Suffice to say that our experience echoes across the United States and Northern Hemisphere. .” “Yee-haw, fall migration is starting soon!”

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ALA United States 2018 New York 100

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AUGUST 4, 2015

Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in.

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America Squirrels Industry Birds 250

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AUGUST 1, 2023

It borders the Hudson Bay to the north and four Great Lakes to the south, accessible by car and sometimes feet from the United States over bridges with names like Rainbow, Ambassador, and Seaway Skyway. state and Canadian provinces. It’s designed for carrying about in the field, sized 4.5 by 1 by 7.5

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