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The Popular Barn Swallow

July 30, 2015 by Alfredo Begazo 2 Comments

The Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) is one of the most widespread and popular birds. Most everyone with an eye for the natural world can...

Mountain Bluebird Male at Lassen Volcanic National Park

Birds, Trips

Mountain Bluebirds at Lassen Volcanic National Park

July 29, 2015 by Larry 5 Comments

I’m writing this post for a couple of reasons. Firstly, if you check the wonderful photo galleries here at 10000 Birds, you will find...

Trips

Avoiding Black Flies in Search of Boreal Birds

July 28, 2015 by Erika Zambello 1 Comment

June is an interesting time to bird in northwestern Maine. Sure, the birds are out there, but to see them you have to face…the...

Birding

Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of July 2015)

July 27, 2015 by Mike 4 Comments

Was your weekend pleasingly full or pleasurably empty? We measure our happiness not in moments of activity but rather memories of satisfaction. I was...

Birding

Great Egrets and the reliability of field marks

July 26, 2015 by Jochen 1 Comment

It’s bad. Very bad. Germany is currently experiencing its hottest June and July ever, and temperatures in the last few weeks have rarely been...

Birding

Wolfe Creek Crater birding

by Clare M 5 Comments

At the end of June we loaded up the car with no plan other than to head north and see what was about. This...

Trips

No Need to Fear the Flycatcher in Costa Rica

July 25, 2015 by Patrick O'Donnell 1 Comment

After the birding bugs bites, the abundance of new and colorful birds makes it easy to overlook or even blatantly ignore sparrows, “seagulls”, female...