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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 haven’t [...]

Harry Windsor, 23 year old grandson of the RSPB’s patron, has “no knowledge” of how a gunman somehow evaded his security protection and blew two rare Hen Harriers out of the sky in front of him. Seems odd but Harry is often so drunk he can’t remember things, so perhaps he’s telling the truth…

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 [...]

I went out and bought the (relatively) new Canon 40D DSLR today, and took it to a local area for about an hour to have a “play”. I have to say I’m very impressed so far - the large LCD screen on the rear of the camera is superb, image detail from the 10-megapixel resolution [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We often mention the Ramsar Convention (Ramsar) on 10,000 Birds (most often in the failure of South Korea - a Ramsar signatory - to recognise the Saemangeum wetlands as a Ramsar site, and most recently in our Latest News post about BirdLife’s “Think Pink” campaign to protect Tanzania’s Lake Natron), but I would guess that [...]

No, not a call for increased cultural tolerance, but BirdLife’s campaign to protect the Lesser Flamingoes of Lake Natron - threatened by a soda-ash development at this internationally recognised Ramsar wetland and Important Bird Area.