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Birds

Mr. Smith’s Longspur

December 27, 2011 by Nate 5 Comments

Gideon B. Smith of Baltimore, Maryland, was not really a birder. Nor was he an ornithologist. He was into silkworms, and made much of...

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Holiday Weekends Do This To Me Too

December 25, 2011 by Corey 1 Comment

A long holiday weekend with lots of food, lots of family, and a long drive on each end leaves me feeling much how this...

Amphibians, Birds

Blackbird catches Newt.

December 24, 2011 by Redgannet 2 Comments

I had an idea to write a post about the American Robin this week and checked the archives at 10,000 Birds to see how...

Birds

Rufous Hummingbirds – The Accidental Tourists

December 23, 2011 by Carrie 1 Comment

Any hummingbird in December in stoney Manhattan is a remarkable sight — after all, hummingbirds are such tropical-looking birds… Wait. What does that even...

Birds

A Merganser Trifecta!

December 22, 2011 by Mike F 2 Comments

It goes without saying that our three breeding species of mergansers in the United States are amongst the most brilliantly colored birds we have....

Birds

Ross’s Goose, the Little Snow Goose

December 21, 2011 by Larry 6 Comments

Every autumn, tens of thousands of Snow Geese arrive in California’s Sacramento Valley following their long journey from the Canadian Arctic (click on photos for full...

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