10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

These consist of Red-crowned Crane , Blakiston’s Fish-Owl , and Steller’s Sea-Eagle – all among the most massive and spectacular representatives of their families. Other great birds here included a flock of Asian Rosy-Finches and a Siberian Rubythroat that should have been several thousand miles away in Southeast Asia.

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Japan Massachusetts Asia Birds 195

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2013

We got good looks at Yellow-breasted , Crimson-breasted , Yellow-vented , and Orange-bellied Flowerpeckers along with more mundane representatives of the sunbird family, Plain Sunbird and Thick-billed Spiderhunter. Asia is home to all kinds of cuckoos, but none are as elaborately colorful as malkohas with those gaudy faces and painted bills.

Malaysia 197

Malaysia Singapore Monkeys Asia 197

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

If you had your choice of one bird family to pursue, to seek out and observe and photograph and kvell over, which one would you choose? A passion for one bird family is also very useful. Like all talented travel writers, Dunn is adept at drawing us into his experiences.

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Costa Rica Brazil Bolivia Ecuador 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Lees and Gilroy delineate vagrancy status and trends for every bird family worldwide, highlighting examples, synthesizing research, and framing it all with their own thoughts and conclusions. Dragan]: The best birding in Asia is not even on the Asian mainland! Yes, this is a shameless plug, but it’s also true.].

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Sri Lanka Malaysia Suriname Malawi 258

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

He is also a serious birder (and a birding friend), and his birding observations and adventures are used throughout the book to introduce evolutionary questions and illustrate the mental interplay between personal experience and scientific curiosity. The book is smartly organized into 12 chapters. This is a book that requires attention.

Science 243

Science Albatross Research Owls 243

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Generally the large family herds of buffalo are peaceful, but the old bulls (called “dagga” boys, “dagga” being a Zulu word for “mud” since they are often covered with the substance after their long wallows) who have left the herds tend to be furious with life in general and anyone they can smash in particular.

Buffalo 232

Buffalo Rhinoceros Leopards Elephants 232

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2022

At woodpecker family meetings, it usually stands a bit separate from most other species as it cannot meaningfully participate in discussions about wood (it mostly lives in rocky terrain without trees). Kind of like a diesel version. The Ground Woodpecker (Drakensberg, South Africa) is listed as Near Threatened.

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Woodpeckers South Africa China Singapore 260

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The four authors, themselves field ornithologists, conservationists, birders, and writers with years of experience in southeast Asia, researched scientific studies ranging from early 19th-century descriptions of the birds of Java to the latest phylogenomic studies. Co-author Frank E. Where is the Indonesian Archipelago?

Indonesia 153

Indonesia Brunei Malaysia Papua New Guinea 153

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Hornbills are spectacular under any circumstances, but when a pair lands in a bush beside you at eye-level and begin mutual preening , it makes for a spectacular experience. I was attending the 3rd Global Bird-watching Conference in Gujarat and suddenly surrounded not just be species that were completely new, but entire families of birds.

2013 168

2013 Costa Rica Birds India 168

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2017

I started the year in Florida, traveled to India with the ABA in February, combined family and birding in an August trip to California, and in-between saw very good birds in New York and New Jersey. There is no experience comparable to birding a dump, and, I have to say, I have never experienced a dump like this one. 6) Garganey.

2016 123

2016 India Ducks Costa Rica 123

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

That larger clade is in turn sister to a clade containing the four remaining totipalmate bird families, which do still seem to be related, and which needed a new order name once pelicans were removed. But meanwhile, let’s look at the four avian families that comprise the brand new order Suliformes.

2011 163

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea California 163

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Similarly to the Black-eared Wheatear, there is a subtle difference between the Western race, and the Eastern race which we get here as they pass toward the semi-arid regions of central Asia. Dan is an active member of BirdLife Cyprus and goes birding whenever his career and family allow.

Cyprus 145

Cyprus 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2017

My childhood in the 1970s and 1980s was of course shaped by family, friends, playmobil ( very popular in Germany back then), and school but also to a certain extend by the Cold War. As cheesy as it may sound, these experiences with what I was taught all my life were foes wanting nothing more than my demise were life-changing.

Kazakhstan 100

Kazakhstan Europe Russia Birds 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

As a matter of fact, the photos were one of the biggest initial obstacles to review “Tracks and Signs” because my family refused to give the book back to me once I got it out of the packaging. This guide will prove invaluable to those who already take an interest in tracking and wish to gain more experience.

Europe 166

Europe Mammals Animal Reindeer 166

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

It’s the bird family that most people don’t know is a bird family. For many years it was thought the two bird families were related taxonomically. Like Antpittas and Gnateaters by Harold F. Introduction. Images of typical display poses are included for many of the birds of paradise.

Guinea 264

Guinea Papua New Guinea Birds Family 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2022

If you are plugged into the birding community, you’ve probably seen photos of this errant eagle, normally found in Russia and Asia but now be-bopping around the United States and Canada. Birding has become a family affair for my relatives. It’s a giant, striking raptor, with a bright bill and distinct white wing stripes.

Eagles 256

Eagles Russia Massachusetts United States 256

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Orange-headed Thrush Orange-headed Thrush By Redgannet • March 6, 2011 • 18 comments Tweet Share The Orange-headed Thrush , Zoothera citrinus, is common across much of India and south-east Asia.

2011 211

2011 Deer India New York 211

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2012

I must confess I didn’t fully appreciate it at the time, as the related Australian White Ibis is something of a trash bird in Sydney, but this species is extremely rare in Thailand or for that matter South East Asia. We parked the car and walked to the path around the lake on an overgrown path.

Thailand 159

Thailand New Zealand Terrapins Asia 159

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2021

Spangled Drongo – a common and conspicuous member of a family that has many species in Asia. The second part of my page’s experience was for members, preferably the beginners were to identify the birds posted. Ken Cross]. I wanted my site to ‘work’ for beginners as well so I added a small but important detail. Ken Cross].

2020 264

2020 Birds Australia Species 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2013

The videos and talks have wet our appetites for a book that promises to be visually exciting and fun to use, designed by birders who have used their own experiences in the field to determine what warbler seekers really need. And, I hope that we never have to experience a world without warblers. The Warbler Guide. 50 maps.

United States 268

United States North America New York Species 268

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2022

With nine years of experience using it and birding with beginning birders, I would like to update that opinion. This is, in a way, no surprise since it was designed by birders who have used their own experiences in the field to determine what warbler seekers really need. This is a guide for all birders. The Warbler Guide. 50 maps.

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United States North America 2013 Species 252

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

This may be before the Fairy-Wrens developed the ability to detect Cuckoo young in the nest, an ability recently described by ornithologists, or this family may be one of the 60% who don’t detect Cuckoo chicks. .” Elizabeth Coxen was born in England on 18 July 1804 (a significant date since I also was born on July 18th!)

Australia 227

Australia Birds Europe Collecting 227

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It covers 434 species across 9 orders and 18 families of birds. Other families are more complicated and these introductory sections are correspondingly longer and amazingly more detailed. SCOPE & SPECIES ORGANIZATION. Seabirds: The New Identification Guide is an identification guide to seabirds of the world, all of them.

Albatross 279

Albatross Penguins Family Groups 279

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. I’m wondering as I write if you are shaking your head, uneasy that all these FACTS will interfere with your love of observing owls, an experience that easily borders on the mystical for some of us. But what do we know beyond these commonly seen and heard behaviors?

Owls 241

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 241

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2022

A paper titled “Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus may adapt well to life in urban areas across its range in Asia” already made the same observation in 2018. ” I have a scientific background myself, and I guess some experiments on animals may sometimes be justifiable, but others just leave me disgusted, such as this one.

China 147

China Birds Eggs Breeding 147