The Roseate Spoonbill lives up to its name, spectacularly. The bird is, after all, roseate, and, not only that, but it has a big...

Over much of North America, the Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis is more than just common.  Rather, it could be considered the aythyian background noise against...

There are over eight years of 10,000 Birds blog posts in our archives and we like to believe that at least some of them...

This post comes courtesy of Mrs Gannet who became rather taken with the Little Owl when we found him in Mote Park last month....

During the last week, I received some terrific photos from two readers who had encountered a very distinctive duck at Brazos Bend State Park in...

Late winter, or second winter, or whatever you want to call it, continues its slow march into March. A week ago, a classmate eagerly...

Marabou Storks are ugly/lovely. They have character. They are unmistakeable. I won’t expend too much energy trying to describe them… I’ll just let the...

The waterfront of Brooklyn on either side of the Verrazano Bridge is the best place in New York City to see Purple Sandpipers. Every...