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The Big Dip

November 10, 2012 by Corey 5 Comments

If you read my mad scribblings here on 10,000 Birds with any regularity you probably know at least two things about me. I am...

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An Obnoxious Escapee – The female Orange Bishop

October 8, 2012 by Corey 6 Comments

Saturday of this weekend saw a Le Conte’s Sparrow reported from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. Somehow, I have never seen a Le Conte’s...

Birds

When two halves do not make a whole

September 4, 2012 by Nate 5 Comments

The lives of birders are meted out in ticks and dips, and for every epic tale of the mega discovered and added to one...

Trips

A Woodchat Shrike, and how to almost miss it

August 5, 2012 by Jochen 9 Comments

The Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator can be found all around the Mediterranean, including many parts of North Africa, and its range extends East into...

Trips

Fail Rail

February 6, 2012 by Corey 15 Comments

On 26 January 2012, my first full day in Florida for the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival, I had a mission for the...

Trips

Showdown In Arroyo Grande: The Search For The Ivory Gull

January 24, 2012 by Felonious Jive 6 Comments

Today I shall weave a tale of dispair. A tale of jealousy. Of hopelessness. Of anger, fear, aggressioon….the dark side are they. Once you...

Trips

Hiking Black Dome Mountain, or, Epic Dip

December 26, 2011 by Corey 6 Comments

On 22 December a birder named David Rankin was hiking in the Catskill mountains of upstate New York when a fellow hiker asked him...

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Birding’s Biggest Dips

November 15, 2011 by James 21 Comments

All twitchers will experience it at some stage or another. That most dreaded of disappointments. The dip. For those that might not fully comprehend,...

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