10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I didn’t travel much this year, with a June family trip to California and Nevada and a four-day trip in July to Trinidad and Tobago being my only opportunities to get birds not in the northeastern United States. Checking out Red-breasted Blackbirds at the Aripo Agricultural Research Station.

2013 233

2013 New York City Nevada Trinidad 233

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

For birders, it’s the extremely large book, shelved in a place where it can’t crush the field guides, used to research the history of a bird in their area. Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Nevada (Univ.

Pennsylvania 258

Pennsylvania Breeding Sparrows Birds 258

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

This led to a correspondence with Spencer Fullerton Baird, then assistant secretary of the Smithsonian, the mentor of many naturalist/scientists of Ridgway’s generation, himself a disciple of John James Audubon, and, yes, the Baird of Baird’s Sparrow. Baird, Brewer, Cory, Bicknell, and Worthen all make appearances.

Illinois 208

Illinois Collecting United States Alaska 208

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Nevada Drive. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark – Eremopterix nigriceps. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Rufous-winged Sparrow – Peucaea carpalis. 01 Jan 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113