10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2018

At last count, there are 25 species of birds named for U.S. But only two states have more than one bird named for them: Hawaii and California, with nine and seven extant and eponymous species, respectively. states, with varying degrees of geographical relevance (sorry, Tennessee Warbler ).

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2020

For, in birder lingo, a split occurs when subspecies are determined to be, in fact, entirely separate species. If you happen to have seen both species, your life list can increase without you even leaving the house. Two former species can also be joined into one, the same way. This Bullock’s Oriole migrated from up north.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

There’s something very matter-of-fact about seeking out non-native target species. So when Nutmeg Mannikin was finally, at long last, added to the ABA list last summer, it was a foregone conclusion that those birders at the ABA’s San Diego rally, of which I was one, would need to make a trip out of our way to get it.

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San Diego Unwanted California Texas 176

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

range largely consists of valuable real estate along the Southern California coast and urban development around San Diego and Los Angeles has eliminated much of its habitat. As a result, the bird has a long history with the Endangered Species Act. If it was not, there would be no listing, as the overall species was not in peril.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2014

Sea World San Diego just welcomed the world’s first “test-tube” penguin. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the bugs that cause House Finch Eye Disease have shown up in other species of birds. If you love penguins, and you love Doctor Who , you won’t want to miss this David Tennant–narrated miniseries on PBS.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Where the skilled spotter finds needles in haystacks and picks out rarities from more plentiful species. This month I was in San Diego, helping out with and participating in the American Birding Association’s San Diego rally. It was nice to get such long, satisfying looks.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Before the ruling, PETA’s attorney Jeffrey Kerr told HuffPost that the animal rights group’s argument was based on the belief that “slavery doesn’t depend upon the species of the slave, any more than it depends upon the race, gender or ethnicity of the slave. Five orcas were listed as the plaintiffs. PETA filed the lawsuit in the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2016

This is Tom’s second contribution to 10,000 Birds, following the riveting description of his great hummingbird nest heist : The Gray Thrasher , one of the endemic species of the “The Baja,” has become one of my favorite birds to photograph. They’ve been traveling and bird blogging the world ever since!

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2013

Many escapes and introductions have taken place over the years and some species have found the warm, dry climate to their liking. Quite a few species are well-established and breeding from San Diego to Los Angeles and beyond. In particular, subsection iii seems to be the hurdle that most species can’t clear.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Kooyman (co-author with Jim Mastro) spent decades studying Emperor Penguins and can be considered the world’s foremost expert on the species. Empire Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) are the largest living penguin species, almost four feet tall (taller when they stretch), and the least likely to be seen on birding or nature trips.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Pin-tailed Whydah at Sutro Heights Park, San Francisco, CA. Superficially similar to Fork-tailed Flycatcher, especially if you don’t know that this species exists! So unprepared were local birders for Pin-tailed Whydah, some of them openly questioned the species’ very existence on the local listserv.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

The Cactus Wren is a Species of Least Concern according to BirdLife International , with a large range across the southwestern United States and down through central and western Mexico and a large, though possibly slowly declining, population. What more could a birder with a camera ask for?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2018

There is a small resident population established directly north of us, in the San Diego county area, as well as in and around the Tijuana, Mexico area. There was no band, or any other marks that would indicate that this bird had spent any amount of time in a cage. Fans of the show can find the link here.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

It’s my first return to Prospect Park since my overwhelming San Diego adventure and things seem quiet, despite favorable overnight winds and gushing reports of a wild sparrow bonanza the previous day. The lawn seems bare of birds, except for a single female Flicker. Overhead, a white-tailed young Red-tailed Hawk calls.

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San Diego Sparrows Breeders 2009 172

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2015

In February of 2013, I wrote a piece outlining my thoughts on which exotic bird species should be added to the American Bird Association (ABA) checklist. In 2014, the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee (FOSRC) voted to add this species to the Florida state list. The ABA Checklist Committee quickly followed suit.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2013

Sunshine and surfing, deserts and wildfires, Hollywood and San Diego. Yet, somehow, on 31 May one was discovered on Puddingstone Reservoir, the large man-made lake that is the center of Bonelli Park, a nearly 2,000 acre expanse in San Dimas, just east of Los Angeles.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2013

They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. We hope that our journey will provide important information about many Neotropical bird species as well as inform conservation.” Very little is known about this enigmatic species.

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South America San Diego Mexico America 182

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. We hope that our journey will provide important information about many Neotropical bird species as well as inform conservation.”. Not just any old ant though, you are on the lookout for army ants.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2012

Salmon, UC Cooperative Extension, San Diego Co.; It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. As a result, certain activities affecting swallows are subject to legal restrictions 1. Authors: T.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. We hope that our journey will provide important information about many Neotropical bird species as well as inform conservation.”. Their first contribution to 10,000 Birds is here.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2016

La Paz, the capital city of Baja California Sur, the southern half of the Mexican Baja, has been a real joy, with both the desired weather, and a much expanded variety of bird species. You see it was about now that the non-resident owner of the boat had decided to move his boat back to his home town of San Diego. Mom on nest.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. We hope that our journey will provide important information about many Neotropical bird species as well as inform conservation.”.

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Guatemala San Diego Mexico South America 163

10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2012

Sure, the AOU has the final say in whats a species, whats not, yadda yadda yadda… but who tells them what to say? After all, there are some epic splits coming your way… what do you think about new species of storm-petrel and murrelet that can be found in the United States? But I digress.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2018

Following passage of the United States Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) was among the first 75 species listed for protection, the so-called “Class of 1967”.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2013

For example, take the Mississippi Kite (above), photographed at the Dairy Mart Ponds in Tijuana River Valley, between San Diego and the Mexican border. Records of rare Mexican species like Brown Booby , Neotropic Cormorant , Black Vulture and Crested Caracara have significantly increased. Let’s get to it then.

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San Diego California Condor California Bald Eagle 169

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2016

Yes, Neil Hayward was in a position to break the Big Year record—748 species–of the fabled Sandy Komito, a feat that some birders said couldn’t be done (not so much for reasons of birding skill, but because of a different playing field , literally). low points and highs.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Frigatebirds (Fregatidae) Five species of frigatebird ply the planet’s tropical skies and seas. Ringer Cormorants and Shags (Phalacrocoracidae) Cormorants are more speciose than other families in the order; 30-40 species range widely on every continent and many islands.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea California 152

10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2014

Humboldt and Del Norte Counties offer top-knotch birding, and a suite of species that can’t be found in the rest of the state. Southern California pelagics (San Diego to Morro Bay). Southern California coast (Orange County north to San Luis Obispo County). Agua Caliente County Park, San Diego County, CA.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 14, 2012

This scientific advancement affords Discovery Cove the opportunity to manage its species’ genetic diversity and social environment. Scientists at the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Reproductive Research Center in San Diego, Calif., Why is this important?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The male and female of the species are nearly identical, the female being a bit larger than the male. All the information on the Emu in this post was gleaned from Wikipedia (with loads more information) but here are a few other good sources: Unique Australia Animals , the San Diego Zoo , and the Internet Bird Collection.

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San Diego Ostriches Zoos Australia 141

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

It’s easy for West Coast birders to covet the variety of wood-warblers back east, while eastern birders may lament the dearth of hummingbird species on their side of the continent. Of course, reading field guides breeds jealousy. The envy goes both ways. “How come they get gulls that aren’t mostly hybrids?”

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

It is also by far the stork species with the lowest number of scientific papers focusing on it. Being rare and choosing peat bog swamp as the preferred habitat apparently limits the species’ appeal to ornithologists. Storm’s Stork is one of the relatively rare examples of a bird named for a German, specifically, Capt.

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San Diego Zoos Malaysia Eggs 173

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2017

One might assume that construction of a border wall through a sensitive national wildlife refuge would be prevented, or at least slowed, by a thicket of lawsuits under statutes such as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). And, most recently , again near San Diego in 2017.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2018

They found 673 species and advanced the yearly total to 1019. San Diego Creek Trail–south of Hwy 405. San Diego Creek Trail–south of Hwy 405. This month is when the hard work to fill the winter quota is put in. So bravo to the beats who have wrapped up, knuckled down and got out there. 11 Jan 2018.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2018

During March, 11 beats shared 122 checklists to accumulate 680 species from 8 countries; USA, Costa Rica, Serbia, India, Australia, New Zealand, UK and Japan. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Diego Creek Trail–south of Hwy 405. San Diego Creek Trail–south of Hwy 405. 01 Feb 2018. 01 Feb 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2018

Their 185 checklists contained 951 species during April! San Diego Creek Trail–south of Hwy 405. San Diego Creek Trail–south of Hwy 405. Expanding that for the year so far gives 795 / 1512. Here they all are; Alphabetic Taxonomic. Great Tinamou – Tinamus major. 01 Jan 2018. Western Australia.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Diego Creek Trail–south of Hwy 405. San Diego Creek Trail–south of Hwy 405. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113