10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2015
Even the first Common House Martin has been spotted and the flocks of returning Common (Eurasian) Cranes here and there – alas, not by me. However, Garganeys and Northern Lapwings are back; the other day I saw my first Black Stork of the season and Eurasian Skylarks are already singing in flight above the fields.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 16, 2022
But their broad collection of rather odd sounds (moans, groans, hoots, screeches, and bill rattles) also do not include anything remotely like a “ beep beep “ Popular media getting bird calls wrong. Alas, we did not hear our Roadrunners vocalize, although I have heard sing on one other visit to La Escalera.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 27, 2022
All were started from collected seeds. Alas, I have found no viable acorns anywhere this past year — just as I am figuring out how to get oak seedlings to survive. But last year I was able to double my oak population, with three new gathered-acorn seedlings, so perhaps these fungi are taking hold on our lot. But I want more!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2011
We stayed at the Yellow Bay Biological Research Station, a cozy collection of buildings located, logically enough, on a slope overlooking a bay lined with yellow sandstone on the eastern shore of the lake. Alas, my hoped-for Tundra Swan did not materialize despite the proximity of Swan River National Wildlife Refuge.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2021
And when you do get it to come within sight (alas, with playback, always), it can be as bold as any other member of this cocky family. I went to collect cuttings of local red sages that bloom beautifully in my garden, but need renewing every couple of years. But there is no missing its beautiful song wringing through a canyon.
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2015
Nitin hopes to enlarge his collection of photos of Tigers. Among teak and bamboo thickets, a winding forest road takes us deeper into the enchanted Snake Jungle, but alas, not a Tiger in sight. “Deep in the forest, there is a temple of ‘Nag’ or Snake, hence the name of the reserve – Nagzira.”
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
I’ve seen some weird-looking hybrids in duck collections. Many years ago a friend of mine kept a small but varied collection of ducks and geese. Alas, I wasn’t able to spend sufficient time watching them to see if they had any success with the assembled Blackgrouse hens. These two Racklehahns were quite different.
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