10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2015

Like my two previous visits I spent one day that I didn’t have to lead any field trips doing a run through central Florida looking for some of the specialty species of the region. On my previous trips I was successful on each and every species except for the crane. The first farm on the left, where all the cattle are?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

About 120 species have been recorded so far. About 180 species have been recorded so far. Wetland Halfway between bustling Belgrade and sleepy Zrenjanin, River Tamis floodzone contains abundant oxbow lakes (turned into fish farms) and salt marshes filled with birds. Almost 230 species have been recorded so far.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Mason Farm is one of the best places for birding in the region, and arguably in the state. Just about every species of bird that had ever been found in the Triangle of North Carolina had been seen at some time or another at Mason Farm. It always amazes me how quiet and sneaky this typically boisterous species gets in the fall.

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North Carolina Salamander Farming Tennessee 222

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2021

I’ve continued my inconsistent effort to pick off the species I need for my Monroe County list. eBird) had it that the best place to find Clay-colored Sparrow is a particular conifer plantation on a particular farm road in the rural western portion of the county. In that sense, June is no different than any other month, right?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Robins also seem prone to this indulgent behavior, along with a few other species, but usually it’s tipsy Cedar Waxwings that we read about heading to rehabilitating “drunk tanks”, or sadly, fatally crashing into buildings. Wyndridge Farm Cidery: Crafty Cranberry Hard Apple Cider. Happy drinking and good birding!

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Yes, it’s the same species that so many North American birders have looked for around the San Pedro River (myself included) and like those Arizona birds, our urban Gray Hawks likewise use riparian zones. In Costa Rica, the urban raptor can take more than one form but usually, the local avian top predator is a Gray Hawk.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2021

When you see a photo of a Snowcap, it’s easy to see why this species is a perennial top target for birding trips to Costa Rica. However, as with so many other bird species that must be seen to confirm their improbable existence, the Snowcap can be elusive. I’m sure several other species also occur.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Our elevation (1080 to 1150 feet) places us in what is called seasonal rainforest, but we are contiguous to the higher elevation Children’s Eternal Rainforest and connected reserves, comprising almost 250,000 acres of protected habitat from our farm to the top of the cloud forest.

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Critter News

JANUARY 26, 2010

Please note that the illegal bile farm was Taiwanese-owned. I can't read such stuff without being sickened by my species. It's great that they were saved, but t hey arrived at the rescue center in wretched condition. Moon bears are rare, which makes this all the sadder. Again, the China connection. Thank Animals Asia for the rescue.

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Bears Rescue Farming Taiwan 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2020

In our neck of the woods, marking Common Pauraque as the first species of the day, attempting to identify shorebirds in the dark of the night (not easy.), No matter where you live, city or farm, birds will be on the move and some will be calling just before dawn. and listening for owls just before dawn. Catch the dawn chorus.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2021

Since a day that blends high quality coffee and high quality tropical birding understandably ups my quality of life, I always enjoy a visit to “Mi Cafecito “ Mi Cafecito (my little coffee) is a small Costa Rican coffee farm situated in the foothill zone rainforests on Route 126.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Personally, I love exploring new hotspots and discovering new or unusual species when visiting a country. This phase is to familiarize with the species that can be seen. Search for species (or subspecies) endemic to the area visited. Search for my target species (i.e. This is usually easily found on Google.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2015

Unbroken corridors connecting Finca Luna Nueva to outstanding habitat like the 50,000 acre Children’s Eternal Rainforest also help attract rare deep forest species like White-fronted Nunbird. In fact, over just two days on the property, we saw 114 stellar species (including a ton of wood-warblers) and heard a lot more.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Howard, a Brooklynite who owned a goat farm in the area in the 1890s, the neighborhood was essentially founded by Howard’s creation of the Howard Estates Development Company, which dredged and filled enough land on which to build a neighborhood. … Trips Howard Beach introduced species Monk Parakeets parrots Queens'

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2013

federal level, and a Species of Special Concern in California. (For The combined efforts of conservationists and sustainability-minded farmers, however, are helping to save the species. Recently, Audubon California announced that its partnership with six California farms and the U.S.D.A.’s

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10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2022

On some coffee farms, hedgerows can be wonderfully developed tangles of native trees, vines, and introduced plants. In pastures of the hot lowlands, they tend to be lines of stunted Gumbo-Limbo trees or some other heavily pruned species. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird and other hummingbird species. Hoffmann’s Woodpecker.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

I chalked up 132 species in a pretty relaxed eight days, during which birds shared the agenda with culture. With 154 eBirded species almost single-handedly spotted by the UK expat Geoff Laight, the Paljuvi is the latest addition to the top-5 list. With 154 eBirded species, the Beljarica shares the 4th place on the list.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Passing through the high oak dominated rainforests of Quetzal National Park, this road can also turn up Unspotted Saw-whet Owls and other species of the night but is much more birdy during the day. The owner is part of a program associated with Tami Lodge , whereby guests visit the farm to see the sacred bird of the Mayans.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Today the reserve contains mature forests, secondary forests, rivers, lagoons, small waterfalls, agroforestry productive areas, and functional gardens; which are the habitat of more than 350 species of birds.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2020

With 18 species of native Psittacids to choose from, birding in Costa Rica is always a thrill, especially for someone who grew up in parrotless Niagara Falls, New York! At least one of these species has adapted to nesting on buildings and a few others can nest in large parks. The other regular parrot around here is this species.

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Parrots Costa Rica San Jose Endangered Species 279

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

But, as with so many other species, these birds have been left to do their own whistle blowing. West Indian Whistling Ducks are the largest of the eight different whistling duck species. In December, 1990, a single pair of ducks and some young birds began to feed at the farm of Mr. Willie Ebanks, at Hutland, Northside, in Grand Cayman.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2022

Listed as Near Threatened, this charismatic species has a tiny distribution restricted to central Costa Rica, especially in the Central Valley. It doesn’t require forest but the coffee farms and scrubby green space it does need are under constant pressure of being destroyed and replaced with urban housing.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2024

Starting the New Year by trying to see as many species as possible is something of a birding tradition. My diary notes that the New Year dawned grey and windy, but I rose early, walked six miles before breakfast and noted a modest 26 species of birds. One of my more memorable New Year’s days was in the Falkland Islands, back in 1989.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Back in the old place, there were more birds in the nearby coffee farm but it wasn’t easy to bird because I couldn’t see it from my door and there were stray dogs. They shared the bushes with three of Costa Rica’s common flycatcher species, each nearly as vocal as the blackbirds. Right at home. Social Flycatcher.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2014

There’s no species of bird more associated with the North American desert than Greater Roadrunner. But Warner Brothers cartoons aside, Greater Roadrunner is a much more adaptable species that we give it credit for. But Warner Brothers cartoons aside, Greater Roadrunner is a much more adaptable species that we give it credit for.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Surrounded by farm land but with a reasonable well vegetated creek running through, the town looked pretty limited in terms of birding potential. I was asked by a new birder about the site’s potential and I remarked we should expect between 40 to 50 species for our circa two kilometre stroll. I was wrong. A male Figbird upon his nest.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

There were, however, compensations, such as finding breeding Yellow Wagtails on a nearby farm where I’d never seen them before. WinGS volunteers visit gull roost sites, counting six key species: Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull and Great Black-backed Gull.

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Ireland Turtles Geese Farming 246

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2018

They are quite a rare breeding species in Serbia, declining as we speak, but one pair breeds nearby. They are rare breeders here, but at least, this species’ numbers are on the increase. A pair of European Turtle Doves on a wire, followed by two soaring Common Buzzards …. I must digress further.

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Serbia Eagles Falcons Breeders 182

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

It was on the side of the road in a field at Blue Chip Farm, a large horse farm near the town of Wallkill. In 2004, in a long anticipated decision, the American Ornithologists’ Union decided that the tiniest types of the Canada Goose were actually a completely separate species – the Cackling Goose , Branta hutchinsii.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Few if any species are as emblematic of the Neotropics as Ramphastidae, the family that includes the toucans, toucanets, and aracaris. On the trip to Costa Rica that I just returned from I was pleased to see both of those species as well as Black-mandibled Toucan and Keel-billed Toucan. Yeah, it was a heck of a trip.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2020

A single morning birding the thorny desert of Baringo in Kenya’s Rift Valley yielded several species at a rate I at times struggled to keep up with. Lake Baringo and the surrounding desert scrub at just over 3,000 feet elevation is one of the most profitable birding hotspots in the country, boasting approximately 470 species.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2011

10,000 Birds writers have previously featured 2 of the 7 species (Renato’s post on Rufous Potoo and Corey’s post on Great Potoo ) and now you’ll meet a third, the “Patoo with the long bill&# as it is called by the Jamaicans or the Northern Potoo , Nyctibius jamaicensis. “Whhhaaaaaaa, whu whu whu whu whu whu&#.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

Some call them trash, tours might not visit, but they can host more than the expected and common species. Some such vegetated spots can also attract oddball birds, species that wander to find a home in urban circumstances. Three species of seedeaters sing from the tall grass, one of them being the Yellow-bellied Seedeater.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2020

It’s all good, as of April 6, my yard list has more than 60 species and will certainly grow in the coming days. More likely are a suite of sparkling hummingbirds, the eye-catching Flame-colored Tanager , acrobatic Red-faced Spinetails , and various other species. Barred Antshrike. Flame-colored Tanager. The Caribbean Lowlands.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2013

These manmade lagoons in the middle of east Florida farmland and subdivision became bird magnets, as critical for birds and birders as it is for the surrounding communities and farms. If there’s a more elegant species in Florida I’m not sure I’ve ever seen it. They’re coming for the birds.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2015

I was well satisfied to travel through farm country this weekend and count the many American Kestrels perched predatorily above the fields. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a Bushy-crested Jay , one of quote a few fine species he spotted while exploring the area around Copan Ruinas in Honduras. How about you?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2020

Little Curlews are passing through Shanghai for a short time, taking the local sod farm as a surrogate for tundra. A cuckoo species with a sense of honor, being a non-parasitic cuckoo. Much less so – a juvenile Long-tailed Shrike trying to convince a parent that it is starving. Of course, being mean, I only show you one of them.

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