10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2017

’ They are challenging to find, frustrating to photograph, and the antbird experience often includes heat and humidity, mud and bugs. First Corey gets his life Jabiru in Belize, then I see my lifer in the Pantanal. It was one of those magic experiences when you are so absorbed you forget you have a camera. Let’s go!”

Brazil 189

Brazil Los Angeles Birds Tigers 189

10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2014

Volunteering provides a very different experience to tourism though. In Belize I cruised above reefs few people had ever seen. There is no feeling in the world like knowing your helping something you care about, whether its sharks or puffins, protecting forests or reefs, advancing science or communities.

Uganda 183

Uganda Sharks New Zealand Africa 183

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2017

Some of you have been counting on federal funding or habitat protection that now looks shaky; some of you have mates who never made it back from migration; some of you just can’t catch enough fish. They want an authentic nature experience, but a relatable authentic nature experience. But I thought you guys would!

Bald Eagle 105

Bald Eagle Belize Iowa Eggs 105

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2018

After a brief look at a map, my rough guesstimate is that the territory from Guatemala and Belize south to the Darien gap is roughly equal to New England, or Florida and the eastern parts of Georgia and the Carolinas north to the Virginia line. Central America is much smaller than the land encompassed within the borders of Canada and the USA.

Costa Rica 166

Costa Rica Guatemala Nicaragua Birds 166