10,000 Birds

MAY 29, 2013

But sometimes it’s not a matter of learning different species, but learning the different calls of the most common species. My friend Virginia texted me the other day with the message with an MP4: “What is making this high pitched sound in my yard??” ” Bird Call.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2015

Each year, I hope to identify at least 600 species. That’s not as daunting as one might think when you have a 900 plus list of possibilities in a place the size of West Virginia. That 600th species was a Streaked Xenops , an especially uncommon bird in Costa Rica usually seen at Tapanti National Park. Streaked Xenops.

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OCTOBER 27, 2018

North Bend State Park, West Virginia. Strong populations of birds reside in the hardwood forests and dense understories in this north-eastern location of West Virginia. Sky Meadows State Park, Virginia. Known as a warbler haven, 30+ species visit this bi-state park near the Kentucky and Virginia southern border.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

I was shocked to still find a number of shorebird species up at Braddock Bay, perhaps because of how much productive mud the dropping lake levels have exposed. The end of September doesn’t necessarily mean the end of what you might enjoy about September birding but it definitely signals the beginning of what you love about October.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2015

In addition to North Carolina, six other states have named the cardinal their state bird, including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio. ” That same sentiment is probably true for us all!

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2014

Proving that cruelty knows no bounds, some (language unsuitable for a family blog) in Virginia Beach is shooting blow darts at birds. Meanwhile, an Oregon farmer caught a beating from a neighbor irritated by his loud “bird cannons.” (Who Who knew there was such a thing?).

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia. Why is there no state or federal money available to care for federally protected species? I want all of the above,” wrote Gay in Virginia. Let me ponder it while I’m picking up two gulls and an egret.”. I’d wish for respect for what we do.”. Creative muscle. “I

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MARCH 24, 2021

On the way, I pass through a wonderful mixed habitat with lots of native trees that keep fruit-eating birds happy, and flowers that attract all of our region’s hummingbird species. I had only seen this species at one other site in Michoacán, and that site is too far away for casual visits.

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JULY 14, 2021

But it does offer plenty of the endemics and other species that make our area distinctive, and many of them were waiting for me on this latest visit. For the taxonomy fans out there, the American Ornithological Society just announce that this species should be moved to the Chlorophonia genus. Blue Mockingbird.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2024

This time, they counted 3,000 Northern Shovelers , 1,000 Green-winged Teals , 2,800 American Avocets , 2,150 Stilt Sandpipers , 820 Long-billed Dowitchers , 1,000 Least Sandpipers , 500 Western Sandpipers , and 150 American White Pelicans , along with lesser numbers for 30 other species. Flamingos !”

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2021

Only a month ago, a good morning spent gazing at my garden could yield 20 species; but now, suddenly, my goal is 10. And in another month, when the rainy season makes my birdbath less attractive, that number will drop to around 5 species.). I was able to see 2 species of Grebes and 6 Egrets/Herons at a small reservoir on Monday.).

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Mexico Trafficking Sparrows Virginia 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2014

I’ve only been in Virginia Beach for a few days and I’ve already knocked down most of my targets, including Blue Grosbeak and Yellow-breasted Chat at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. It is the first record of this invasive species for New York City and it served as a nice contrast to the hordes of pigeons in the neighborhood.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

This being an uncommon species in upstate New York, I appreciate having an abundance of Cliff Swallows to look at. Bank and Barn Swallows also migrate through in huge numbers, maybe even the majority of the individuals of these common species that breed in North America. Swallows Everywhere. Those birds don’t need to stop here.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2012

If 10 birders all tell you this is a Sora , and you think it’s a Virginia Rail , I suggest you take the possibility that this is a Sora into consideration. Don’t even bring up using tapes on endangered species. It is both funny, frustrating and sad. Listen to the people. No need to get defensive.

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MARCH 2, 2022

Canyon Wrens are another resident species that appears more often in the spring, even though they don’t visit the birdbath. There seem to be only one each of the Virginia’s and Black-throated Gray Warbler , which would seem sad if I didn’t love solitude so much myself. Black-vented Orioles really know how to bathe.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2013

For January 1st, 2013, I decided to do something a little different this year — a Big Day in Miami-Dade, which involves seeing or hearing as many species as possible within a 24-hour period inside my home county. By the time I left Homestead, I was already approaching 70 species for the day. .

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2022

Even so, we do have some sandpipers and plovers around; there have been recent reports of Surfbirds and various other wading species. Their local guide excitedly confirmed the bird as a Harpy Eagle (only the most dearly wanted species for every birder in Costa Rica), took photos and video, and spread the news.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2019

I definitely didn’t see much, but sometimes the usual species satisfy well enough. Despite getting good looks at Virginia Rail , lots of Eastern Kingbirds , and a host of other birds he decided to stick by his old standby as his Best Bird of the Weekend, a Green Heron. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2019

No, the problem with “empids” is that they all look exactly alike… all 15 species! Why they can’t all agree on a single species and lump themselves, I’ll never know. All because you do not live in central Mexico, where most of these species spend the winter, all jumbled together. Indistinguishably.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2013

Virginia’s Warbler. Fortunately, the folks at Princeton University Press agreed, and the person who correctly guesses my 300th species of bird in Queens will get a free copy of The Warbler Guide ( which Donna reviewed ). If you guess multiple species I will only count your first guess. Red-necked Stint. Little Gull.

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AUGUST 15, 2014

Like leg hold traps, glue traps are indiscriminate, with non-targeted species making up a large proportion of their catch. However, many people who wouldn’t dream of setting a leg-hold trap use glue traps, which accomplish the same thing – just on a smaller scale. The anole didn’t make it, but the grackle survived and was released.”.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

What my previous experience had not prepared me for, was that this summer I would see many of those species for the first time all at once. El Temascal does not (to the best of my knowledge) host the Ovenbird , Northern Waterthrush , Lucy’s , or Virginia’s Warblers , although I do see these species elsewhere each winter.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2019

The tropical habitats of Costa Rica are home to a surprising number of raptor species. Although the country is around the same size as West Virginia, 39 species of diurnal raptors are on the list. Of those 30 plus species, some of the raptors most coveted by visiting birders are the hawk-eagles. This curassow is great.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2019

Critically, NWRs preserve habitat and wildlife, often for endangered species. Chincoteague NWR (Virginia/Maryland): 7,000,000; $390 million; 3,647. Of course, the study does not purport to rank refuges based on visitation-based economic output, as that is just one metric. Nisqually NWR (Washington): 289,000; $15.1 million; 111 jobs.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

One particular resting place brought me to familiar birding territory: Pleasure House Point, Virginia Beach. When I was first learning to bird in the summer of 2013, I spent a summer living with my fiance in Virginia Beach. During my three days in Virginia Beach, I knew I had to walk that path again.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

As of mid-October 2018, the Collaborative had submitted more than 1,700 checklists and observed 618 species in the United States. The heat map is revealing: Unsurprisingly for a site founded and run by two New Yorkers (one of whom literally wrote the book on birding New York), the Empire State boasts the highest number of species (316).

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2020

Just as your conationals up north are rejoicing over the return of hundreds of migratory species, you sadly say goodbye to the same. I have still seen each of these species out in the forest between two days and three weeks after they abandoned my yard. That is a garden first!

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2013

She has lived in Maine, California, France, New York, and currently makes her home in Virginia Beach Always bringing her camera along, Erika is building her life-list by trying to check off at least one new species each week in her field guide. What fascinated me, however, was another species I had never seen before, the Least Tern.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2012

The following section on Habitats serves to provide the larger picture, frameworks in which to root the hundreds of individual species to follow. Text is necessarily brief, focusing in on what you need to know in order to separate out one species from another. A different colored tab and page edge denotes each chapter.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

When a species as prolific as the passenger pigeon once was ultimately expires, and promptly so on March 24, 1900, I’m apt to consider the rare but exceptional future sighting as a possibility, simply because I like to believe birds, or other creatures for that matter, don’t necessarily die within our specific time frames.

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JUNE 9, 2014

The next hour plus netted me a host of other species, including my two other targets, Virginia Rail and Common Gallinule. After Gumear Falls Road I crossed Route 209 to the Linear Park and tracked down an Alder Flycatcher that is always present there, my eighth flycatcher species of the morning.

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JULY 25, 2018

I am sure that was the reason I was not able to spot the Virginia Rail, with its two babies that had just previously been spotted by a Bob, resident birder. For those of you following along on my “ Little Big Year” the numbers are as follows: Little Big Year species – 814. USA species – 111.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2021

But winter, with our many migratory visitors, and spring, with the height of our dry season pulling many non-urban (and some unexpected) species to the birdbath, can make even my back window a thrilling spot. Earlier in the day in which I write these words, I saw 21 species, all without leaving my home and yard.

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DECEMBER 30, 2013

Now my Queens list stands at a whopping 302, which means I have actually added thirteen species since my last predictions. This Virginia’s Warbler was my most unexpected new bird in Queens. My shorebird list in Queens is now at thirty-eight species! (It But what were the thirteen that I actually got?

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2022

The thing is, you can’t reach the birding stratosphere without shirking off all earthly attachments, and doing nothing but travelling the country looking for “just one more species” I, in contrast, have a day job, and a family. Yes, Virginia, that is a large number of Sinaloa Martins.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

The process took eight years and has since been duplicated all over the world with a variety of species, explained one of our guides … the genial and informative Dr. Kress himself. There are over a million species of arthropods.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2019

According to eBird.org, 303 species have been observed there, and as of this writing, 14,579 submissions have been sent in for this area. In the short few months I have been in the area, I have personally identified 98 species at Sweetwater so far! This allows for some great looks at very secretive birds like this Virginia Rail.

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