Remove TEST
article thumbnail

Best Bird of the Weekend (First of July 2020)

10,000 Birds

Corey enjoyed camping with family and friends for the long weekend after getting tested for COVID and coming up negative. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (First of July 2020) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed.

2020 173
article thumbnail

A Birder Attends a (Virtual) Ornithology Conference – Part II

10,000 Birds

After a week of lectures, symposia, and poster presentations, I can report that NAOC 2020 was well worth the price of admission. Rather, it was seeing a large group of dedicated and passionate professionals proposing and testing theories and generating mountains of data about birds.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

10,000 Birds

And the very best and the most up-to-date field guide is Birds of Malaysia – Covering Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysian Borneo and Singapore ”, the 2020 Lynx and BirdLife International Collection guide by Chong Leong Puan, Geoffrey Davison and Kim Chye Lim.

Sri Lanka 217
article thumbnail

Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of January 2020)

10,000 Birds

My business trip to Florida to host the Tests and the Rest Winter Conference 2020 was more than just a professional success. The post Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of January 2020) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. January in Florida always delivers on tasty birds.

2020 150
article thumbnail

Our Best Birds of 2020

10,000 Birds

2020 will be remembered as a year that we’d like to forget. Our 2020 year list stands at 324 for Victoria and the north of Western Australia combined, so we are more than happy with that under current circumstances. Since three times is a charm, I nominate the Sparkling-tailed hummingbird for my 2020 BBOTY.

2020 223
article thumbnail

Birding crème de la crème: Asia – Corbett to Taman Negara

10,000 Birds

I bought a new rucksack yesterday and the first thing I checked when I brought it home was, how easily my spotting scope with a mounted window clamp fits in – test passed with flying colours. In early November 2020, there were 15 countries with more than 1000 species eBirded so far. What purpose rucksack did I choose?

Asia 267
article thumbnail

“Birds of Cyprus” field guide review

10,000 Birds

Now, let me test the armour of “Birds of Cyprus” (BOC) against the mace of the “Collins Bird Guide” (CBG). In Europe, shorebirds, gulls an warblers are the three hardest groups to present, describe and ID, so I tested the BOC armour where I know it will be the weakest. Published: 09-01-2020. Birds of Cyprus”. Birds of Cyprus.

Cyprus 245