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October 2007 has been a phenomenal month for 10,000 Birds. Can you believe some (brilliant) computer science students at Carnegie Mellon identified this site as one of the top 100 most informative blogs in the world? Me neither! Another highlight was the creation of our new photo galleries page, affectionately entitled 10,000 Clicks. If you [...]

The Butterbutt, or, more properly, the Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) is one of the most common warblers in North America. The reason for their common name is pretty obvious, but if you need an explanation just look at the little thumbnail to the right. Here in the eastern part of the continent we have the [...]

Upon our arrival at Kieshofer Moor, where we hoped to find Middle Spotted and Black Woodpeckers, Jochen had to head home, leaving Hendrik and I on our own, but not before Jochen went over the map with us to show us the best spots to look. It was a great pleasure to meet Jochen in [...]

The next edition of I and the Bird will be coinciding with the arrival of Halloween candy. Sweet! We expect a frighteningly high number of submissions (I’m talking to you, Cape May bird bloggers!) so send those links to me or N8 (naswick AT hotmail DOT com) of The Drinking Bird by the end of [...]

As I mentioned earlier, my favorite part of Cape May Autumn Weekend was undoubtedly meeting so many fantastic birders. I suspect this would have been the case even if the weather wasn’t so rotten! The Birds and Beers soirée on Friday night was quite possibly the social event of the season or more likely just [...]

On Sunday, October 28, I birded Jones Beach and Point Lookout in Nassau County, hoping to find migrating passerines blown to the barrier beaches by the strong northwest winds. I found some but not many. Instead of the expected passerines the bird that stole the show was a cooperative juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). The [...]

‘Twas a cold rain that swept me southward to Cape May Autumn Weekend. Through New Jersey’s industrial corridor, across pristine stretches of barren pinelands, past every storied beach town along the Garden State’s Atlantic edge, temperamental squalls kept pace with me, presaging a very wet weekend indeed. For the two days I spent immersed in [...]

It took until the last day I was in northeastern Germany to see Eurasian Coots. I was worried I wouldn’t see one at all, but Hendrik and I tracked some down in some sewage ponds (don’t worry, the story will be told). We didn’t get the best looks but we did see them. Then, on [...]

New research from the University of Bonn shows that as Coal Tits get older they are more likely to father offspring with females that are not their mate. Those dirty old dogs!

Welcome to the latest installation of the award-winning, imaginatively-titled series of posts “Birding Northeastern Germany.” When we last left our intrepid trio of birders both the beach and the bombed-out pine forest had been pretty productive in terms of bird-life and we were about to depart on a wild goose chase after a hoped-for Pink-footed [...]