10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Astute readers, er, well, readers with any brain activity at all, will probably have realized by now that the lump was a Great Horned Owl ! I got out of the car and watched the owl for awhile. Sadly, I lack a good microphone so you can’t hear the owls but you can see essentially what I was seeing.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Screech-owls don’t actually screech. I suppose that sounds better than “tremulous”, “modulating”, or “little hooting” owls even if any of those names would be more accurate. One of the more recently, officially recognized screech-owl species is the Choco Screech-Owl.

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MARCH 2, 2011

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OCTOBER 19, 2015

I think everyone can readily admit that owls are cool. Yet, these very qualities are what make them so difficult to see as birders, and in my years of birding I had managed to spot just two: the Snowy Owl (which is active during the daytime) and the Barred Owl. One particular family of owls had particularly evaded me.

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APRIL 15, 2020

During our tenure there, we had exceptional views of Africa’s largest ( Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl ) and smallest ( African Scops Owl ) owls, the largest bird on the planet, not neglecting numerous hornbills, sunbirds and weavers. Greyish Eagle-Owl. Pearl-spotted Owlet. Gambaga Flycatcher. Speckle-fronted Weaver.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Birding that starts with the largest eagle of the continent certainly bears promises… The next stop is the town park in Opovo, north of Belgrade, where local bird expert Ceda Vuckovic reported one, locally rare, Short-eared Owl. Long-eared Owls are irresistibly cute. Not far from it, several Long-eared Owls douse in winter sun.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

The usual understanding of why irruptions of birds – from Red-breasted Nuthatches to Snowy Owls – occurs is that there is a shortage of food. Birders are delighted by Snowy Owls. Remember that friend of mine that saw 17 breeding pairs of Snowy Owls in a single valley? No lemmings left in the north?

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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

My daughter and I visited Owl Woods in search of winter finches but were surprised to find owls instead; obviously, the name of this legendary birding site suggests otherwise, but encountering both a Saw-whet and Barred Owl on the same autumn day was both unexpected and thrilling. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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FEBRUARY 11, 2022

One of the rites of passage I underwent as a birder following my move from New York City to upstate New York was my first winter excursion to the rolling, snow-covered grasslands north of Albany to look for Short-eared Owls ( Asio flammeus ). Sometimes you’ll see no owls at all. You usually wind up frozen either way, owls or not.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The commonest owls are Eurasian Scops Owl and Tawny Owl , while rare ones include Ural Owl and Eurasian Eagle Owl. 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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JULY 11, 2011

Those birds that get to experience northern winters apparently lose their easygoing southern nature and become very very angry. The Burrowing Owl is one amazingly angry bird. Anger is sometimes justified and the Burrowing Owl ‘s anger should be respected and, if you are a tasty bug or rodent, feared. … a.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

But hands-on bird experience has been a major gap in my knowledge to date and I’m astounded at how much more I’m discovering about birds. At first, from a distance, I thought it was a hawk or an owl. I hope to have another experience with ole Bucket Mouth when I’m next out at the nets.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Though the late night Barred Owls were nice and the Bald Eagle hanging out on the lake was very pleasant, Corey most preferred when he came across a mixed flock of wood-warblers. 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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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Most of the breeders seemed to have departed already on their journeys south but he did enjoy a Barred Owl serenade in the wee hours of the morning two days in a row so the Barred Owl wins as his Best Bird of the Weekend. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

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MARCH 20, 2014

Further north, we slow down by the ruins of an old farm… and yes, a Little Owl greets us with its ‘smiling’ face. even before I took binoculars, I was always chasing, hmm… impressionable experiences. Belgrade lies on the cranes’ migratory corridor and, especially in Spring, flocks are regularly spotted above the city.

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MARCH 25, 2012

Now that late winter has eased into early spring, it seems owls are in the air. I’m hearing all kinds of owl howls, from Saw-whets at (where else?) Owl Woods and Short-eared Owls from New York to the Galapagos Islands. One birder known to many of us even had her life Barn Owl turn up in her backyard!

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JULY 25, 2021

A Barred Owl called from the woods near his aunt and uncle’s house, Corey spotted several Virginia Rails in a wetland, and he saw hordes of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds coming to feeders. 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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DECEMBER 6, 2013

Second, even if we do, we have discovered through bitter experience that jewelry can either be snatched or, like very small guns, used against us. asked Marge Gibson, when I asked a group of bird rehabbers about their bling experiences. I had an evil-tempered Great Horned Owl - is there any other kind? Oh my, where do I start?”

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Islands, for various reasons, experience more extinctions than continents (with Africa being the only continent not suffering a bird extinction!). Then rumors leaked out that at this same site the mythical Red Owl could easily be seen, Madagascar Serpent Eagle was breeding and other rare birds and lemurs abounded.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Corey, on the other hand, birded like a boss; his Best Bird of the Weekend™ was either of the two Snowy Owls at Breezy Point in Queens. On Saturday, he only found one out there but with his folks visiting he made another trip out with the whole family and spotted both owls, one of them a gorgeous adult male.

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MARCH 1, 2020

Though Corey really enjoyed a ginormous flock of gannets on Sunday morning his Best Bird of the Weekend was a Short-eared Owl , his first of 2020, at Edgemere Landfill in the predawn light on Saturday. It’s hard to top an owl! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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MARCH 2, 2014

Corey had quite a few species from which to choose for his Best Bird of the Weekend but he couldn’t resist deciding on the Snowy Owl he watched and digiscoped at Tiana Beach in Suffolk County on Saturday. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Birding best bird weekend'

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2015

Corey overcame such weakness: his Best Bird of the Weekend was a Great Horned Owl on a nest at a location in Queens he wishes not to disclose. Though seeing an owl on a nest is an awesome experience there can be too much of a good thing for a sought-after species in a vulnerable situation. At least I could see American Robins.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2015

One of my highlight stories was my first experience with the sounds of a Rufescent Tiger-Heron. Lots of insects vocalizing at a time was one cool experience. Insects sounds taper off after a few hours letting owls, nightjars, pygmy-owls and potoos finally be clearly heard.

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APRIL 6, 2021

The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park. His participant observations connect to his own research experiences, providing history and perspective. Author Scott Weidensaul and a Snow Owl. birding tour company.

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JANUARY 4, 2015

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was an adorable Northern Saw-whet Owl at an undisclosed location in Queens. No matter who found it a Northern Saw-whet Owl is always a pleasure. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? Birding best bird weekend'

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FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a Long-eared Owl in Central Park, one of two perched in a pine, on Superb Owl Sunday. What’s not to like about an enigmatic owl in one of the world’s most-visited parks? If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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JANUARY 3, 2021

My weekend was fantastic, considering I’m already two owls into the new year. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. However, one weekend always delivers on the promise of some of the most thrilling and non-judgmental birding encounters of any year. Which one is that?

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APRIL 15, 2012

As promised, I finally made it up to Owl Woods and the Braddock Bay area. Too bad the hawks and owls couldn’t make it too! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. But like it or not, most of us have filed our tax returns. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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JANUARY 27, 2013

I’ve always equated winter with big predatory birds like Snowy Owls and Rough-legged Hawks. He eventually decided to choose small flock of three Red Crossbills he spotted because crossbills are always awesome, though the fact that neither the Snowy Owl nor the Lapland Longspur made the cut is kind of absurd. How about you?

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JULY 5, 2020

Mongaup Pond in Sullivan County is a great place to beat the heat of summer and an even better place to hear duetting Barred Owls while you are lying in your tent. Those owls were easily Corey’s Beat Birds of the Weekend. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

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DECEMBER 11, 2021

We did not look for owls nor had access to a marshy lagoon that would have given us more birds, and yet still saw or heard that many species. Topping Off the Day with Striped Owl on the Drive Out. Last but far from least, on our night drive out of Cano Negro, we had excellent looks at two Striped Owls.

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DECEMBER 5, 2011

, here’s the place to swap stories about the ones that didn’t get away during the weekend… Corey and I combed coastal Queens on Saturday for crackers like Ross’s Goose and Snowy Owl but came up with only ordinary winter seabirds. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

My first experience was with a nesting pair, one bird was out at the time and the other was comfortably sitting quite low in the nest. We had shared our porch with a bold Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl the night before, so the expectation was there. Now, although I have seen this species several times before, we have a unique relationship.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2021

I thought for sure that Wild Turkeys on the wing would be the highlight of my birding weekend, but that we before I came upon a Barred Owl in broad daylight perched on a power line in Alma, NY. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Hope you made the most of it!

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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. We decided to take it easy that first evening and try owling on another date. I could not refuse. Time flew by.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2014

I tried to rustle up some Short-eared Owls down at Nations Road, a notorious haunt for these magnificent beasts. Curse my rotten owl luck, I didn’t see a single one, but did manage a pale Rough-legged Hawk. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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