10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Hence, I was quite surprised with a brave, almost exciting paper by Brown, Forbes and Symes: “Recent history of the Egyptian Vulture in Southern Africa” (Vulture News, 2000). Get more serious, if you want to be taken seriously… And so, the aspiring scientists soon learn that the absolute highlight of scientific writing is – boredom!

Sudan 250

Sudan Macedonia Botswana Serbia 250

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2020

From Kerkini, I would have some 600 km more to reach home, about 2000 km in total. The first thing to appear was its yellow bill – a locally rare Cattle Egret ! From there some 200 km to the Kerkini Lake National Park with its 310+ bird checklist, stopping en route at the Mt. Paigeo for mountain species such as Rock Partridge.

Greece 279

Greece Bulgaria Serbia 2000 279

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2021

My outing’s total count for water-dependent waterfowl, shorebirds, herons, gulls, and terns (I’m leaving land-loving Cattle Egrets out of this count) was around 120; the count for a similar date in 2018 was around 2000 individuals. I had never seen so little life at the lake. Still, there were a few good signs.

San Francisco 264

San Francisco 2018 Mexico Ducks 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2014

I am certainly not complaining though, as a repetitive working routine that will lead to around 500 species a year is better than the working routine I had in the late 2000′s, where seeing more than 250 species a year would have been extraordinary. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis : Camargue, Provence, France, 2 Jan.

2014 145

2014 France Germany Indonesia 145

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Las Vegas – Sunset Park. 04 Apr 2018. White-tufted Grebe – Rollandia rolland. Bridge on Ruta 1. 04 Apr 2018. Guira Cuckoo – Guira guira. Bridge on Ruta 1. 04 Apr 2018. Colonial Ferry Port. 04 Apr 2018. Costanera Sur, Promenade. 03 Apr 2018.

2018 103

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 103

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Las Vegas – Sunset Park. 04 Apr 2018. White-tufted Grebe – Rollandia rolland. Bridge on Ruta 1. 04 Apr 2018. Guira Cuckoo – Guira guira. Bridge on Ruta 1. 04 Apr 2018. Colonial Ferry Port. 04 Apr 2018. Costanera Sur, Promenade. 03 Apr 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Las Vegas – Sunset Park. 04 Apr 2018. White-tufted Grebe – Rollandia rolland. Bridge on Ruta 1. 04 Apr 2018. Guira Cuckoo – Guira guira. Bridge on Ruta 1. 04 Apr 2018. Colonial Ferry Port. 04 Apr 2018. Costanera Sur, Promenade. 03 Apr 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 113