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Daisy and I spent this weekend in Saugerties visiting my folks, and, as is only to expected when we spend a weekend upstate, especially when it is the weekend of the Great Backyard Bird Count, I spent quite a bit of time watching the feeders and photographing the birds that showed up for free food.  [...]

Birds seem to be popping up everywhere in trivia these days. Just yesterday, I was listening to a quiz show on NPR when the host asked a really thought-provoking question: does it take birds longer to fly south for winter or return north in spring? Consider the answer and, if you’d like, share your guess [...]

This winter I have taken on the responsibility of keeping the two feeding stations at Forest Park supplied two days a week, on Thursdays and Fridays.  I’ve made sure to get there both days during periods of inclement or extremely cold weather but if the weather is warm and nothing is falling from the sky [...]

Listen up, all you North American bird watchers… this weekend is the Great Backyard Bird Count. , our annual four-day backyard birding, citizen science extravaganza. Coincidentally (or not) today kicks off the observance of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birthday. Since nature lovers around the world owe much to Darwin’s discoveries, this seems a [...]

February 12 is Darwin Day, the birthday of the brilliant author of On The Origin of Species. This year marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, which nature lovers everywhere should celebrate joyously. The name of this humble website is based on a round number, a very round one indeed considering the shape of [...]

Chrissy Guarino is an ace upstate New York birder who has written guest posts for 10,000 Birds before.  Whether she is writing about the coming spring, chasing an elusive Ross’s Gull or helping to band Northern Saw-whet Owls she knows how to tell a tale.  This one is no different… I bought my dad a [...]

I have no idea what the answer to the question above is, but if you do, you should groove over to the Princeton University Press blog and show off your questionable knowledge! Each Tuesday over the next few weeks, they’ll be posting bird trivia drawn from their upcoming release Birdscapes by Jeremy Mynott.

Since I’m literally counting the days until I attend the Fifth International Birdwatching Encounter in Guatemala (it’s not too late to register!), I’m ready to share a very special series of photos I’ve been saving since my last trip there. After a couple of days kicking around Guatemala City and Antigua, our horde of rabid [...]

In a rapid and rather disturbing decision, the Federal Aviation Administration has decided to immediately implement new anti-bird measures on all airplanes in the wake of the recent near-tragedy in New York City.  The bold decision, derided by anti-government right-wingers as “big government run amok” will be fully implemented within two months.  Exactly what is [...]

Do you live in the southeastern United States (broadly defined)?  Are you a birder?  Then you should be helping count Rusty Blackbirds (Euphagus carolinus) right now!  Over the last forty years Rusty Blackbird populations have cratered, dropping between 85% and 98%.  Obviously, something is drastically wrong and the Rusty Blackbird Working Group and eBird have [...]