10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2024

Alas, East Anglia, where I live, isn’t an area renowned for its sea cliffs, so to visit a major seabird colony I have to drive either west (the coast of West Wales has some superb colonies) or north. There were typically four teams of Climmers at Bempton, with each team taking 300-400 eggs a day. These birds are all cliff nesters.

Puffins 245

Puffins Eggs Fish Culling 245

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2023

Due to heavy rains many clutches of Great Crested Grebes had failed, but we observed both nests with eggs (and left the area immediately) and adults with chicks, some of them piggy-backing their mothers. Yet, that was the only time we used insect repellent on the entire trip.

Greece 246

Greece Pelicans Stray Dog Tortoises 246

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Alas, one would be wrong – I immediately mixed it up with the rather similar-looking Rufous-bellied Niltava (not shown here). In providing this information, they quote extensively from an ornithology book that was published 3 years before I was born (and I am not a young man).

China 264

China Birds Pythons Eagles 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Ever since I was a kid I wanted to learn how to draw, but alas I never made it past the stickman. It depicted a Common Loon ( Gavia immer ) sitting on eggs on a seemingly crude nest. More precisely I wanted to learn how to draw wildlife. I guess it’s a gift you either have or you don’t. It caught my full attention and entranced me.

Woodpeckers 246

Woodpeckers Birds Canada ALA 246

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e 28 May 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 124

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e 28 May 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e 28 May 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 113