10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2012

Western Screech-Owl ( Megascops kennicottii ) photos by Larry Jordan It’s been an interesting winter in my neck of the woods. Birders in Northern California have been treated to rare sightings of several species, sending avid twitchers from all over the west in our direction.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2023

First, we had our five-week trip to Spain, Turkey and Jordan in September and October. This meant I saw some truly domesticated species there, like these Graylag and African (domesticated Swan ) Geese : Fortunately, all the other birds I saw there were truly wild. To summarize, I managed to see 42 species with a quick two-hour visit.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Greater Yellowlegs ( Tringa melanoleuca ) photos by Larry Jordan Shorebirds. Take a look at these range maps for the two species. ” Once you hear the calls of these two species, you will have no problem telling them apart. Why are they seemingly so difficult to identify? Plus many sandpipers plumages are very similar.

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San Francisco Delaware Jordan New York 165

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. Birders know that the light’s not always perfect or even particularly good when you’re trying to tell one species from another. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism. It may be as simple as trying to hit the big white one. The big white one. It flies on.

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MARCH 2, 2011

Pochards: Last Lifer of the Trip About the Author Larry Larry Jordan was introduced to birding after moving to northern California where he was overwhelmed by the local wildlife, forcing him to buy his first field guide just to be able to identify all the species visiting his yard. Forgotten Owls When Is A Tanager A Spindalis?

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Wildlife Sacramento 2011 Jordan 155

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

BOC has 95 colour plates illustrating more than 400 species (three country endemics, Cyprus Wheatear , Cyprus Scops Owl and Cyprus Warbler , among them), with text and distribution maps on facing pages. His work in Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey remains inspirational to researchers throughout the region.

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Cyprus Saudi Arabia Europe Birds 247

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JULY 18, 2013

The group has a worldwide distribution; 28 species living and two additional extinct. Both extinct species were island-dwelling and flightless, suggesting a propensity of the group to disperse over long distances , a characteristic that any birder in late summer is familiar with. Scarlet Ibis , photo by Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela.

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North America Charlotte Birds Miami 208

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JULY 18, 2012

Bufflehead ( Bucephala albeola ) Female at Cavity Entrance photos by Larry Jordan “Some 85 species of North American birds excavate nesting holes, use cavities resulting from decay (natural cavities), or use holes created by other species in dead or deteriorating trees.

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North America America Barn Owls Fur 210

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JANUARY 10, 2012

The first, the much caricatured hard-nosed lister who stops at nothing to get just one more bird, and the second, the deep-patch birder who just wants to hang around the common species. Take, for instance, the Lesser Black-backed Gull I happened upon on the recent Jordan Lake Christmas Bird Count. Not worth consideration?

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McDonalds South Carolina North Carolina Jordan 165

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Lewis’s Woodpecker ( Melanerpes lewis ) In Flight, photos by Larry Jordan Driving home from work last week I finally saw my first Lewis’s Woodpecker ( Melanerpes lewis ) of the fall. Lewis’s Woodpeckers are a cavity nesting species, excavating the trunks or large branches of dead or decaying trees.

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Woodpeckers South Dakota Jordan United States 198

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

An op-ed in the Washington Post by Gabriel Foley and Jordan Rutter is a fine summary of the arguments, and there is a good background article at Birdwatching magazine. The species was named after John P. I suspect there is little opposition to changing the names of species with particularly sordid namesakes.

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Birds Laws 2020 Jordan 233

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Lark Sparrow ( Chondestes grammacus ) photos by Larry Jordan Nearly two years ago I wrote my second post as the West Coast Beat Writer on Lema Ranch, a Northern California birding hot spot.

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Sparrows Mules Jordan California 126

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 25, 2022

In the end, it gave me 44 lifers: 10 from Turkey and 8 from Jordan, which I had not visited before, and 26 from Spain, which I had visited previously, but in which we spent much more time. This peak lines up with the arrival of multiple migratory hummingbird species. Most reach peak bloom as the rains end, in September or October.

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Spain Jordan Turkey Species 147

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JANUARY 6, 2021

If we hadn’t we might be there still — stuck, perhaps, in Turkey or Jordan. The Indigo was even on its way to becoming my default species for any indescript female LBJ. But, until 2020, I almost never saw it, which is frustrating with such a loud species. But then things went crazy, and we cancelled the trip.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

I vastly prefer the latter, particularly those species that don’t frequent this area during the warmer months. Female Bufflehead by Larry Jordan (Have you ever seen a Bufflehead search for a nesting cavity? November visits upon New York dank, leaden chill and multitudes of ducks. Bufflehead are fascinating little creatures.

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Buffalo Jordan Ducks 2006 114

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MAY 12, 2013

Larry Jordan wrote a profile of The Unique Black-Necked Stilt for 10,000 Birds in 2011; he points out that they have the second longest legs in proportion to their bodies of any bird, exceeded only by the Flamingo (another Pink Bird). BNA says that both species share a passion for brine flies, and tend to share habitat.

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North America America 2011 Jordan 192

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Although not covered in the paper in the Wildlife Society Bulletin, the authors have suggested elsewhere (at conferences) that a different species of duck stamp be developed, with different price levels. Most wildlife watchers are anxious to contribute their resources toward that end. Check out their site.

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Ducks Hunters Hunting Wildlife 208

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Some of this tourism occurred because we were supposed to visit Jordan, but recent geopolitical events have made Americans rather unwelcome in that corner of the world. Fortunately, two species of Mergansers sometimes stray to Cuba, and so my friend suggested, correctly, that ours was a female Hooded Merganser. But which one?

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Mexico Morocco Cuba Jordan 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Mostly the ducks were Red-breasted Merganser and Greater Scaup , the two most prevalent species on the pond, but there were a few other birds mixed in as well. Larry Jordan Mar 17th, 2011 at 12:13 am Wow Corey, that must have been some sight to behold, and sound too! Were you and Jeff the only witnesses? What a spectacle indeed.

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica Deer 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

I briefly entertained the idea that I had found a rare species never before seen in New York but quickly came to my senses and realized that I was dealing with a leucistic individual. What I am getting at here is that I have seen lots and lots of Ruddy Ducks at Jamaica Bay but never one that looked like this particular individual.

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica Deer 151

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Northern Pintails ( Anas acuta ) photos by Larry Jordan (click on images for full size) It was a dark and stormy night … OK, it was a dark and stormy morning when I got to the photo blind (also known as a hide) an hour before dawn, as is required by the refuge rules.

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Sacramento Wildlife North America Ducks 103

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DECEMBER 27, 2013

My best bird of the year is based on the sighting rather than the species. Obviously my best bird of the year is going to come during this trip, what with several species of endemic pitta and broadbill possible, not to mention 8 species of hornbill and numerous babblers, storks, kingfishers, trogons and even the endemic Bornean Bristlehead.

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2013 Costa Rica Birds India 167

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2011

juvenile Parasitic Jaeger by Larry Jordan Jochen enjoyed a plover : My Best Bird of the Year is a White-tailed Lapwing I “twitched” in Germany in June. This year I watched them from the day they arrived , until two chicks successfully hatched, the northernmost breeding record for the species.

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2011 Birds South Korea North Dakota 178

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APRIL 16, 2016

Hit the coast these days and you will see that river of birds but there won’t be as many species as Eilat, nor as many chances at vagrants, and especially, not as many raptor species. Note- the featured image shows Glossy Ibis with the flag of Jordan in the background. VisitIsrael.

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Costa Rica Israel Jordan Birds 102

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The smooth mass of bronze (photographed at right by Jordan Mann) was a stylized version of a Great Auk —a bird that no longer exists. These vestiges of forgotten species, some solitary, others joined in sad little troupes, are the work of sculptor Todd McGrain. A species, wiped off the earth, never to exist again.

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Birds Ducks DC Jordan 202

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Here is another photo of this beautiful species. About the Author Larry Larry Jordan was introduced to birding after moving to northern California where he was overwhelmed by the local wildlife, forcing him to buy his first field guide just to be able to identify all the species visiting his yard. Does anyone know for sure?

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2011 Jordan Deer New York 193

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

It’s better that the species name, citrea , obviously refers to the French car-manufacturer Citroën, whose automobiles are known to be lemons*. But it certainly appeared that this tree stump just off the trail on a far arm of Jordan Lake would do. Now back to all the transient species that I can’t bear missing.

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North Carolina Investigation Jordan United States 194

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2012

One of the more exciting birds this summer in this little corner of North Carolina is undoubtedly the King Rail s that have been regularly reported in a still-water back-arm of Jordan Lake in Chatham County, just south of where I live. I’ve heard the species a handful of times in Florida, but I’ve never actually put eyes to one.

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North Carolina Jordan Broker Woodpeckers 166

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Because depending on the angle and the light Pine Warblers have the rather unusual distinction of appearing to look like nearly every single other species of migratory passerine in eastern North America. All of the following photos were taken at Ebenezer Point on Jordan Lake in Chatham County in about an hour.

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North Carolina Jordan North America Raised 137

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2014

In trying to find further evidence of the warbler’s behaviour and the sapsucker’s lifestyle, I found numerous mentions of Rufous Hummingbirds and “other species” coming to feed from sap wells. Birds Bird Behavior Red-breasted Sapsucker Townsend''s Warbler'

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San Francisco Maryland Jordan Colorado 177

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

This bird represented only the second documented record of this species in Florida. 2012 has certainly been a bumper year for me with an estimated year list of around 3,000 species after extensive travels to South Africa, Ethiopia, South Korea, Indonesia, the Russian Far East, United Kingdom, Peru, Guatemala and Panama.

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2012 Guatemala Birds Florida 145

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Cinnamon Teal ( Anas cyanoptera ) pair by Larry Jordan (click on photos for full sized images) Winter is the time to visit the National Wildlife Refuges in California. These wildlife refuges are literally essential for the survival of many migratory species of the Pacific Flyway.

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Sacramento Wildlife United States North America 167

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APRIL 26, 2012

And it’s no wonder, considering how millions of years of evolution have bred species with the capacity to command a room well before they enter it, if you know what I mean! Humans are hardly the only organisms that look for more in prospective mates than just loyalty, kindness, and a great sense of humor. inches long.

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Pelicans Birds Jordan Asia 170

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2013

But for those of us in the Americas, the cup runs over with species of Troglodytes. Particularly in the Neotropics where wrens reach their biodiverse zenith with species of varying shades and patterns of brown, gray, and cream , and all with impressive, elaborate, voices and varying attitudes about revealing themselves for desired looks.

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Jordan Tenant North America Birds 193

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

In southern Africa, there are two species. I too am fascinated by the name of this species. Larry Jordan Mar 21st, 2011 at 12:31 am Awesome photos Redgannet! Frank Mar 22nd, 2011 at 8:02 pm Awesome images of a species that looks somewhat prehistoric. How do we know this? Feeling lazy, or I would do the research myself.)

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2017

From my poolside viewpoint I can encompass four countries: Egypt where I am and, over the sea, Israel to the far left (there’s a birding mecca of Eilat), Jordan in the middle and finally the endless deserts of Saudi Arabia to the right. Waves, deep blue sea and that salty scent. Oddly, not a single gull in sight. White-spectacled (a.k.a.

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Egypt Saudi Arabia Compassion Israel 105