Birds Hunting Rhinoceros 
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. As visitors’ and the public’s interests expanded from the Big Five, and an appreciation for lesser mammals, birds and smaller wildlife has became more widespread, the term Little Five was coined.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
You may have read my recent piece on Birding the Okavango Delta in Botswana here on 10,000 Birds. If you have never thought of India as a birding destination, I’d urge you to give it a good look. Fly into Delhi and within an hour you can be birding the lovely Sultanpur wetland reserve. appeared first on 10,000 Birds.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
The views expressed here are not necessarily those of the rest of 10,000 Birds. I’m not just saying this to be an annoying gadfly on the backside of the birding and general wildlife community, although this is certainly a fringe benefit. Qualifying statements to follow). I’m not even trolling (much).
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2024
Given that according to the HBW, the species prefers dense primary and secondary montane forests, the note that the bird also forages among kitchen waste (in the same HBW entry) seems somewhat incongruous. George Rippon (1861-1927), a member of the British Army in India and Burma.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2014
The danger of reviewing a field guide to the birds of an exotic country you’ve never been to is that you become obsessed with visiting that country, no matter how far away and how expensive it may be. I’m already looking up birding tours of Borneo and pricing airfares. Borneo, the authors say, is under-birded.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2011
I am excited to see new birds and that is what this blog post will be about, of course! What can I, as a birder who has birded the northeastern United States and southern California rather extensively, hope to add to my life list? What other birds that I have seen before will I be excited to see again?
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2014
Our Snow Leopard sat, quite Cheetah-like, before stalking off and once again rolling in the gravel, apparently an indication of the desire to mask its scent before a hunt. We could not believe our fortune, could we really be treated to a Snow Leopard hunt – this was beyond our wildest dreams?
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