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Trips

Whiskered Tern at Cape May

September 23, 2014 by Corey 5 Comments

The recent hubbub in the northeastern United States in terms of rare birds has been all about the Whiskered Tern at Cape May, the...

Birding

2014-2015 Winter Finch Forecast

September 22, 2014 by Corey No Comments

Ron Pittaway has published his winter finch forecast for the winter of 2014-2015. Though Ron is based in Ontario his reports are eagerly anticipated...

Birds

Bald Eagle Catching and Eating a Blue-winged Teal

by Corey 2 Comments

Back in January, when I was enjoying my attendance at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival down in Titusville, Florida, I had an...

Conservation

Birders Should Attend the People’s Climate March

September 17, 2014 by Corey 2 Comments

Last week here at 10,000 Birds we did a theme week called “Extinction Week.” We covered a wide variety of topics but to me...

Trips

The Parrots of Howard Beach

September 15, 2014 by Corey 4 Comments

North of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens is a middle class neighborhood, predominantly Italian-American, known as Howard Beach. Named for William J. Howard,...

Birds

The Mysterious Starling – “Killed Hopping About in a Tree”

September 8, 2014 by Corey No Comments

Midafternoon on 9 August 1825, Andrew Bloxam, the naturalist on the HMS Blonde, shot a starling on Mauke, an island in the Cook Islands....

Blogging

Extinction Week on 10,000 Birds

September 7, 2014 by Corey 2 Comments

Passenger Pigeon. Kioea. Broad-billed Parrot. Alaotra Grebe. Saint Helena Cuckoo. Grand Cayman Thrush. Ascencion Crake. Kakawahie. What do the eight birds above have in...