ARCHIVES YEAR 2014

 

January 2014
Number of references in January : 17 cards
There are 1127 references, 77 articles and 12 Observation-reports since September 23th, 2008, aperture of this website.
Numbers of visits in January : 75 660 with 58 248 different visitors.
Daily average: 2440 visitors / day

Friday, January 31st – 2014: Addition of sounds and update: Cards of Accipitridae
Thursday, January 30th – 2014: Addition of new pictures to the cards:
Cobb's Wren
Blackish Cinclodes
Dolphin Gull
Wednesday, January 29th – 2014: Stitchbird
Monday, January 27th – 2014: Seychelles Sunbird
Saturday, January 25th – 2014: Bolle's Pigeon
Friday, January 24th – 2014: Takahe
Tuesday, January 21st – 2014: Tui
Monday, January 20th – 2014: Seychelles Blue-Pigeon
Sunday, January 19th – 2014: New Zealand Teal
Saturday, January 18th – 2014: Auckland Teal & Campbell Teal
Thursday, January 16th – 2014: Laurel Pigeon
Tuesday, January 14th – 2014: Black Currawong
Sunday, January 12th – 2014: Purple-throated Carib
Saturday, January 11th – 2014: Banded Ground-Cuckoo
Thursday, January 9th – 2014: Wrybill
Monday, January 6th – 2014: Seychelles Kestrel
Sunday, January 5th – 2014: Rufous-chested Plover
Thursday, January 2d – 2014: Tomtit

February 2014
Number of references in February: 16 cards - 1 article
There are 1143 references, 78 articles and 12 Observation-reports since September 23th, 2008, aperture of this website.
Numbers of visits in February: 76 028 with 58 400 different visitors.
Daily average: 2715 visitors / day

Friday, February 28th – 2014: Black-chinned Siskin
Thursday, February 27th – 2014: White-bridled Finch
Wednesday, February 26th – 2014: Correndera Pipit
Tuesday, February 25th – 2014: South American Tern
Monday, February 24th – 2014: Ruddy-headed Goose
Sunday, February 23d – 2014: Dark-faced Ground-tyrant
Saturday, February 22d – 2014: Sub Antarctic Australian Island's endemic species & Card: Heard Shag
Friday, February 21st – 2014: White-headed Petrel
Tuesday, February 18th – 2014: Southern Giant Petrel
Monday, February 17th – 2014: Addition of new pictures to the card: Oilbird
Sunday, February 16th – 2014: Grey-headed Albatross
& Update and addition of new pictures to the card: Northern Giant-Petrel
Saturday, February 15th – 2014: Addition of pictures to the card: Campbell Teal
Friday, February 14th – 2014: Macquarie Shag
Thursday, February 13th – 2014: Family Chionidae (Sheathbills)
Wednesday, February 12th – 2014: Black-faced Sheathbill
Tuesday, February 11th – 2014: Jackal Buzzard
Monday, February 10th – 2014: Augur Buzzard
Sunday, February 9th – 2014: African Cuckoo-Hawk
Friday, February 7th – 2014: Seychelles Bulbul
Tuesday, February 4th – 2014: Four days after the high tides, the littoral of SW France displays its wounds. The sand dunes are strongly eroded by the strong waves and in places, we can see vertical walls of sand above the devastated beaches. Even the plants especially put in the sand to maintain the dunes have slid down the dunes.
Here is the report in pictures along 15km of coast between Landes and Gironde regions.         
Waves, sand dunes and erosion in SW France
Monday, February 3d – 2014: Addition of the sounds and update: Cards of Tyrannidae

March 2014
Number of references in March : 14 cards - 6 articles (Island's endemic birds)
There are 1157 references, 84 articles and 12 Observation-reports since September 23th, 2008, aperture of this website.
Numbers of visits in March : 90 692 with 73 215 different visitors.
Daily average: 2925 visitors / day

Monday, March 31st – 2014: Rock Shag or Magellanic Cormorant
Saturday, March 29th – 2014: Two-banded Plover
Thursday, March 27th – 2014: Northern Ground-hornbill
Monday, March 24th – 2014: Endemic bird species - Canary Islands & Canary Islands Kinglet
Sunday, March 23th – 2014: Canary Islands Stonechat
Saturday, March 22th – 2014: Canary Islands Chiffchaff
Thursday, March 20th – 2014: Crested Duck
Tuesday, March 18th – 2014: Yellow-billed Pintail
Sunday, March 16th – 2014: Update and addition of the sounds to the cards Passeriformes     
& Courtship displays at nest entrance by Short-toed Treecreepers (Slideshow)
Description of this scene (with text)
Saturday, March 15th – 2014: Addition of three new pictures to the card: Secretarybird
Friday, March 14th – 2014: Morepork
Thursday, March 13th – 2014: Addition of new pictures to the card: Wrybill
Tuesday, March 11th – 2014: New Zealand Falcon
Sunday, March 9th – 2014: Addition of pictures to the cards: New Zealand Teal & Campbell Teal
Saturday, March 8th – 2014: Southern Crested Caracara
Thursday, March 6th – 2014: Magellanic Oystercatcher
Tuesday, March 4th – 2014: Ashy-headed Goose
Sunday, March 2d – 2014: Sedge Wren or Grass Wren
Addition of new pictures to the card: Falkland Steamerduck
Saturday, March 1st – 2014: Update and addition of pictures to the card: Northern Crested Caracara

April 2014
Number of references in April : 14 cards - 1 article (Island's endemic birds)
There are 1170 references, 85 articles and 12 Observation-reports since September 23th, 2008, aperture of this website.
Numbers of visits in April : 96 861 with 76 240 different visitors.
Daily average: 3229 visitors / day

Wednesday, April 30th – 2014: North Island Saddleback
Monday, April 28th – 2014: New Zealand Fernbird
Sunday, April 27th – 2014 : Northern Royal Albatross
Friday, April 25th – 2014: New Zealand Fantail
Wednesday, April 23d – 2014: Southern Brown Kiwi
Tuesday, April 22d – 2014: New Zealand Robin
Sunday, April 20th – 2014: Red-crowned Parakeet
Thursdday, April 17th – 2014: Endemic bird's species - Falkland Islands
Wednesday, April 16th – 2014: Silver Teal
Sunday, April 13th – 2014: Yellow-billed Teal
Friday, April 11th – 2014: Brown-hooded Gull
Wednesday, April 9th – 2014: Long-tailed Meadowlark
Sunday, April 6th – 2014: Blackish Oystercatcher
Friday, April 4th – 2014: Kelp Gull

May 2014
Number of references in May : 11 cards - 1 article
There are 1181 references, 86 articles and 12 Observation-reports since September 23th, 2008, aperture of this website.
Numbers of visits in May : 121 252 with 94 637 different visitors.
Daily average: 3911 visitors / day

Saturday, May 31st- 2014: Update taxonomy Parulidae & List cards Parulidae
Thursday, May 29th – 2014: Auckland Shag or Auckland Islands Shag
Wednesday, May 28th – 2014: Update: List cards Ardeidae
Tuesday, May 27th – 2014: Update and addition of the sounds: List cards Phaethontidae
Monday, May 26th – 2014: Yellow-fronted Parakeet (or Yellow-crowned Parakeet)
Sunday, May 25th – 2014 : Update and addition of slideshow: Storks in black and white
& Update of the articles: Parakeets, the little green invaders! and: The Black Kite
Saturday, May 24th – 2014: Grey Gerygone or Grey Warbler
Thursday, May 22d – 2014: New Zealand Scaup
Wednesday, May 21st – 2014: Black-fronted Tern
Addition of slideshow with 15 pictures to the card: European Serin (singing bird)
Tuesday, May 20th – 2014: Daily life's scenes: Eurasian Griffon Vultures in their habitat
Sunday, May 18th – 2014: Yellow-billed Loon or White-billed Diver
Saturday, May 17th – 2014: Observation report: Aggressive encounter between an Egyptian Vulture and a Common Raven
Friday, May 9th – 2014: Family Mohouidae
Thursday, May 8th – 2014: New Zealand Brown Creeper or Pipipi
Tuesday, May 6th – 2014: Whitehead
Monday, May 5th – 2014: Yellowhead
Sunday, May 4th – 2014: Blue Duck
Friday, May 2d – 2014: Lazuli Bunting

June 2014
Number of references in June : 8 cards - 2 articles
There are 1189 references, 88 articles and 12 Observation-reports since September 23th, 2008, aperture of this website.
Numbers of visits in June : 105 668 with 83 298 different visitors.
Daily average: 3522 visitors / day

Sunday, June 29th – 2014: White-fronted Tern
Friday, June 27th – 2014: Complete remake of the card: New Zealand Kaka
Thursday, June 26th – 2014! Update and addition of new pictures to the card: Kea
Tuesday, June 24th – 2014: Weka
Sunday, June 22th – 2014: New Zealand Bellbird
Wednesday, June 18th – 2014: Buller's Shearwater
Sunday, June 15th – 2014: Family Gaviidae (Divers or Loons)
Wednesday, June 11th – 2014: Observation (Botanical)
Tuesday, June 10th – 2014: Pacific Loon or Pacific Diver
Sunday, June 8th – 2014: Crested Owl
Saturday, June 7th – 2014: Callaeidae Family (New Zealand's Saddleback, Kokako and Huia)
Wednesday, June 4th – 2014: South Island Saddleback
Monday, June 2d – 2014: North Island Kokako

July 2014
Number of references in July : 13 cards - 2 articles
There are 1202 references, 90 articles and 12 Observation-reports since September 23th, 2008, aperture of this website.
Numbers of visits in July : 94 605 with 74 187 different visitors.
Daily average: 3052 visitors / day

Tuesday, July 29th – 2014: Updating, addition of sounds and correction of taxonomy: Family Laridae
Monday, July 28th – 2014: Endemic bird's species - New Zealand Sub Antarctic Islands
Sunday, July 27th – 2014: Reischek's Parakeet
Saturday, July 26th – 2014: Bounty Island Shag & Auckland Island Rail
Thursday, July 24th – 2014: Campbell Shag (or Campbell Island Shag)
Wednesday, July 23d – 2014: Red-billed Gull
Sunday, July 20th – 2014: Subantarctic Snipe or New Zealand Snipe
Saturday, July 19th – 2014: Spotted Shag
Wednesday, July 16th – 2014: Antipodes Parakeet
Tuesday, July 15th – 2014: Long-wattled Umbrellabird
Monday, July 14th – 2014: Addition of two pictures (chicks) to the card: Hoatzin
Sunday, July 13th – 2014: New Zealand Pigeon & Chatham Island Pigeon
Thursday, July 10th – 2014: New Zealand Pipit or Australasian Pipit
Monday, July 7th – 2014: Addition of pictures to the card: Great-crested Flycatcher
Sunday, July 6th – 2014: Addition of pictures to the card: Black Caracara
Saturday, July 5th – 2014: Family Strigopidae (Kea, New Zealand Kaka, Kakapo)
Wednesday, July 2d – 2014 : Kakapo

August 2014
Number of references in August : 11 cards - 2 articles
There are 1213 references, 92 articles and 12 Observation-reports since September 23th, 2008, aperture of this website.
Numbers of visits in August : 85 772 with 65 912 different visitors.
Daily average: 2767 visitors / day

Saturday, August 30th – 2014: Family Acanthisittidae (New Zealand wrens)
Tuesday, August 26th – 2014: New Zealand Rockwren (or South Island Wren)
Monday, August 25th – 2014: Rifleman
Saturday, August 23th – 2014: Westland Petrel
Thursday, August 21th – 2014: Swamp Harrier (or Australasian Harrier)
Tuesday, August 19th – 2014: New Zealand Plover (Other names: New Zealand Dotterel or Red-breasted Plover)
Sunday, August 17th – 2014: Double-banded Plover or Banded Dotterel
Friday, August 15th – 2014: Chatham Island Albatross
Tuesday, August 12th – 2014: Black Stilt
Sunday, August 10th – 2014: Update and addition of new images to the card: Bald Eagle
Saturday, August 9th – 2014: Fish-owls
Thursday, August 7th – 2014: Buffy Fish-Owl
Tuesday, August 5th – 2014: Variable Oystercatcher
Saturday, August 2d- 2014: Arctic Tern

September 2014
Number of references in September : 12 cards - 3 articles
There are 1225 references, 95 articles and 12 Observation-reports since September 23th, 2008, aperture of this website.
Numbers of visits in September : 81 684 with 63 116 different visitors.
Daily average: 2723 visitors / day

Monday, September 29th – 2014: Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
Wednesday, September 24th – 2014: New Zealand endemic bird species
Tuesday, September 23d – 2014: New Zealand extinct endemic bird species
Monday, September 22d – 2014: New Zealand Storm Petrel
Saturday, September 20th – 2014: Snares Island Snipe (or Snares Snipe)
& Addition of 3 pictures to the card: Paradise Shelduck
Friday, September 19th – 2014: Malherbe's Parakeet
Thursday, September 18th – 2014 : Long-tailed Cuckoo (or Long-tailed Koel)
Tuesday, September 16th – 2014: Cook's Petrel
Monday, September 15th – 2014: Black Petrel (or Parkinson's Petrel)
Saturday, September 13th – 2014: South Island (Pied) Oystercatcher or SIPO
Friday, September 12th – 2014: Black-billed Gull
Tuesday, September 9th – 2014: New Zealand Grebe (or New Zealand Dabchick)
Monday, September 8th – 2014: Bronze Shag (or Stewart Island Shag)
Sunday, September 7th – 2014: Rough-faced Shag (or New Zealand Rock Shag)
Tuesday, September 2d – 2014: Family Apterygidae (New Zealand Kiwis)

October 2014
Number of references in October : 16 cards - 1 article
There are 1240 references, 96 articles and 12 Observation-reports since September 23th, 2008, aperture of this website.
Numbers of visits in October : 93 480 with 72 877 different visitors.
Daily average: 3015 visitors / day

Friday, October 31st – 2014: Rhinoceros Auklet
Thursday, October 30th – 2014: Least Auklet
Monday, October 27th – 2014: Parakeet Auklet
Saturday, October 25th – 2014: Crested Auklet
Monday, October 20th – 2014: Lyre-tailed Nightjar
Sunday, October 19th – 2014: Addition of picture to the card: New Zealand Storm-Petrel
Saturday, October 18th – 2014: Black-and-chestnut Eagle
Friday, October 17th – 2014: Chatham Islands' endemic bird species
Thursday, October 16th – 2014: Chatham Parakeet
Wednesday, October 15th – 2014: Chatham Snipe
Sunday, October 12th – 2014: Chatham (Island) Shag
Friday, October 10th – 2014: Chatham (Island) Petrel & Addition of picture: Eurasian Scops Owl
Thursday, October 9th – 2014: Chatham Oystercatcher
Tuesday, October 7th – 2014: Black Robin (or Chatham Island Robin)
Monday, October 6th – 2014: Addition of 3 new pictures to the card: Little (blue) Penguin
Sunday, October 5th – 2014: Magenta Petrel
Saturday, October 4th – 2014: Shore Plover (or Shore Dotterel)
Friday, October 3d – 2014: Pitt Island Shag & Addition of picture: Red-crowned Parakeet (bird at nest entrance)
Wednesday, October 1st – 2014: Chatham Islands Gerygone

November 2014
Number of references in November : 16 cards - 1 article
There are 1256 references, 97 articles and 12 Observation-reports since September 23th, 2008, aperture of this website.
Numbers of visits in November : 101 404 with 79 243 different visitors.
Daily average: 3380 visitors / day

Saturday, November 29th – 2014: Spotted Nightingale-Thrush
Thursday, November 27th – 2014: Abbott's Booby
Tuesday, November 25th – 2014: Rufous-headed Chachalaca
Sunday, November 23d – 2014: Pheasant Cuckoo & Addition of picture: Black-fronted Piping-guan
Saturday, November 22d – 2014: Endemic bird's species - UK Sub Antarctic Islands
Friday, November 21st – 2014: Ascension Frigatebird
Wednesday, November 19th – 2014: St. Helena Plover or Wirebird
Monday, November 17th – 2014: Addition of pictures to the page: Family Sulidae (Abbott's Bobby)
& Addition of one picture to the card: Pitt Island Shag
Sunday, November 16th – 2014: Wilkins's Finch
Saturday, November 15th – 2014: Nightingale Island Finch
Wednesday, November 12th – 2014: Gough Island Moorhen
Tuesday, November 11th – 2014: Inaccessible Island Finch
Sunday, November 9th – 2014: Addition of pictures to the card: New Zealand Storm-Petrel
Saturday, November 8th – 2014: Gough Finch
Wednesday, November 5th – 2014: Inaccessible Island Rail
Tuesday, November 4th – 2014: Tristan Thrush & Addition of pictures to the card: Greater Kestrel
Monday, November 3d – 2014: Spectacled Petrel
Sunday, November 2d – 2014: South Georgia Pipit
Saturday, November 1st – 2014: South Georgia Shag

December 2014
Number of references in December : 5 cards - 5 articles
There are 1262 references, 102 articles and 12 Observation-reports since September 23th, 2008, aperture of this website.
Numbers of visits in December : 91 491 with 70 310 different visitors.
Daily average: 2951 visitors / day

Tuesday, December 30th – 2014: Puerto Rican Oriole
Monday, December 29th – 2014: Grasshopper Sparrow
Saturday, December 27th – 2014: Family Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)
Tuesday, December 23d – 2014: Family Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants and Shags)
Thursday, December 18th – 2014: Family Anhimidae (Screamers)
Tuesday, December 16th – 2014: Family Anhingidae (Darters and Anhinga)
Friday, December 12th – 2014: Family Fregatidae (Frigatebirds)
Monday, December 8th – 2014: Lesser Frigatebird
Sunday, December 7th – 2014: Oriental Darter
Thursday, December 4th – 2014: Broad-winged Hawk
Monday, December 1st – 2014: Christmas Frigatebird

 

Year 2014

1 114 597 visits with 869 683 different visitors

Monthly average: 92 883 visits / month

Daily average: 3054 visits / day

Average length of visit: 141/144 seconds