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Emus Can’t Stand the Heat, Get Into the Water

January 21, 2014 by Meredith Mann 1 Comment

First, Australia gave us surfing swans. Now, the latest aquatic antics come courtesy of Emus. Clare tipped us off to this nugget: a mob...

Birding, From the Archives

What we talk about when we talk about reputation

by Nate 16 Comments

In a recent article on birding in USA Today, I was quoted as saying the following: Nate Swick, editor of the ABA’s blog, says...

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Swallows. Swallowed

by Greg No Comments

I’ve only seen Tigerfish (Alestidae, genus Hydrocynus, usually Hydrocynus goliath) in two contexts, but I’ve seen a lot of them. One is on the...

Birds

Cooper’s Hawk Eating a Road-Killed Canada Goose

January 20, 2014 by Corey 2 Comments

On the same day that I journeyed out to eastern Long Island to enjoy birding Shinnecock Inlet in the fog I also explored the...

Birding

Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of January 2014)

by Corey 7 Comments

Though many Americans spent a significant chunk of their Sundays watching the National Football League’s conference championship games we here at 10,000 Birds assume...

Birding

Jochen’s 2014 Year List

January 19, 2014 by Jochen 2 Comments

Outlook and goals for 2014 Repetitions, repetitions, repetitons. In a funny twist of fate, it seems that 2014 will be much the same as...

Birding

Pink-eared Ducks-a favourite duck

by Clare M 6 Comments

The Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus has to be my favourite duck! For obvious reasons it has listed under “other names” in field guides “Zebra Duck”...

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Birding Shinnecock Inlet in the Fog

January 18, 2014 by Corey 1 Comment

Though I have already shared what birding Shinnecock Inlet, that great, jetty-lined, waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean to Shinnecock Bay in eastern Long...

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