Feel that change in the air? All around the world, we are moving from one season to another. This transformation is attended by an endless array of enthralling natural phenomena. Get outside and see what I mean!  Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? Share your plans in the comments below.
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It’s not every day that one has a discussion about a spate of recent Common Raven Corvus corax sightings in one’s home borough.  It is even less common for such a conversation to lead to one of the participants claiming that not only are ravens common in his neighborhood but that they even nested there [...]

I don’t know about you, but one of my favorite features on 10,000 Birds, one you can’t appreciate through our rss feed, is actually the header. Specifically, I love our randomly rotating triptych of bird photographs. Each one links to a cherished trip report or photo gallery. If you haven’t indulged yourself yet, waste enjoy [...]

 
The World Parrot Refuge is an educational facility that provides a “Home for Life” for previously owned pet parrots, and is operated by the “For the Love Of Parrots Refuge Society” (FLOPRS).

The Refuge has over 700 parrots (all previously owned pets or ex-breeding stock, whose owners could no longer care for them), a dedicated [...]

So, there I am, writing a post about the coming Spring, when I realise that in an unplanned but happy example of coordination with New York, Corey has gone and written about exactly the same thing from his own perspective. And he’s banging on about the weather too! Discussing the weather is a human condition [...]

About three years ago the announcement came that the Collins Bird Guide - universally recognised as the finest bird field-guide in Europe (and, apologies to David Sibley, in my opinion the best field-guide in the world full stop) - was to be updated and published as a second edition. No dates were given but it [...]

One of the most inspirational stories I’ve ever written about concerns an Italian researcher named Pierfrancesco Micheloni, who has devoted a great part of his adult life protecting a massive wintering swallow roost at Ebbaken Boje, a region of eastern Nigeria’s Cross River State (at 06° 17? N; 8° 55? E) close to the Afi [...]

May 2009 was ’Puerto Rico Month‘ here at 10,000 Birds, the celebration of which culminated in a giveaway of a free ‘Endemic Dash’ tour courtesy of Kevin Loughlin and Wildside Nature Tours. The fortunate recipient of that holiday was longtime friend Patrick Belardo of The Hawk Owl’s Nest. Now that he’s unpacked his adventure, we’re the fortunate ones. Here, Patrick [...]