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Birds

Green Herons and their Groovy Necks

July 17, 2011 by Mike 24 Comments

Back when we used to run the 10,000 Birds ID Clinic (as opposed to just answering lots of e-mails about bird identification!), we received...

Birds

The Great Egret

July 6, 2011 by Corey 1 Comment

The Great Egret is a great bird. With a dagger attached to a head that has glaring eyes and distance from body as its...

Birds

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

July 3, 2011 by Corey 5 Comments

Yellow-crowned Night Herons have a presence about them when they are hunting that reminds me of Buddhist monks. If “The greatest prayer is patience,”...

Birds

How Do You Spell “Shitepoke?”

June 19, 2011 by Julie 15 Comments

This is all you usually see of a shitepoke. They’re shy. My father had stories he’d tell, time and time again,...

Birds

Black-crowned Night-Heron Eating a Fish

June 6, 2011 by Corey 7 Comments

It is not every day that one gets to explore Central Park with a friend, birder, and first-time visitor to the Big Apple. It...

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A Striated Heron comes into our garden!

May 29, 2011 by Clare M 6 Comments

Last week the most amazing thing happened-a Striated Heron Butorides straita came into our garden! Now we don’t live far from the coast, especially...

Reviews

Review of Watching Waders

April 23, 2011 by Corey 3 Comments

Here at 10,000 Birds we have already reviewed Watching Sparrows, Watching Warblers, and Watching Warblers West. Somehow, we never got around to reviewing Watching Waders,...

Trips

Getting out of line

March 5, 2011 by Redgannet 3 Comments

During a family holiday this week, my wife suggested that other road users and pedestrians may take my erratic driving and sudden stops as incompetence behind...

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