10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2022

Not as interesting as birds, but easier to get photos of – see a few at the end of this post, just put there in an uncaring way as I really went to St. Lucia for the birds. I sometimes wonder why green birds are relatively rare. On the other hand, “at the same time birds want to blend in, they also want to stand out.

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OCTOBER 14, 2023

As the rice paddies near Kota Kinabalu described in an earlier post , Tanjung Aru beach is not really a major birding spot in its own right. However, it is only a short taxi ride away from the airport where most travelers will arrive at – better to see birds instead of just eating fast food while waiting for a connecting flight.

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

Nowhere else in Africa do the preconceived ideas of the continent really exist in such living detail; tall, red-robed Maasai herding their skinny cattle, endless grasslands studded with flat-topped Acacia trees and grazed by herds of zebras and wildebeest, and dramatic volcanic calderas brimming with big game and fierce predators!

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MARCH 27, 2022

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes – Coracina novaehollandiae are a common bird species around our home in Broome, Western Australia. We have two areas where birds can come to get a drink and the terracotta saucers have small rocks in to enable the birds to judge the depth. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

I started favoring the right hand side of the arrangement, which might be the reason all the beers eventually started to look like birds. Here are what might look like Zebra Finches , but are really flights of beer lined up in a busy Biercafe. As always, it then became difficult to draw the line. You can try this at home.

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JULY 11, 2014

When going on an overseas birding trip, many serious birders want to leave the city as soon possible in search of endemic or rare species in remote wilderness. On the other hand, I find urban birding fascinating, especially in overseas locations. Why do I like urban birding? What are their birds?

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

We have observed huge flocks of Galahs there on previous visits and other times there are more bird species, but only one or two of each species. Last Sunday we stopped as usual and we were able to observe a good selection of birds from the bridge. As soon as you get out of your vehicle you can hear birds at this location.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

It is always hotter as you move away from the coast and more challenging for the birds as the last of the ephemeral lakes dry up. Fog provides much needed water for some birds, but now it is getting harder for them to survive until the rain arrives. There is very little shade for the birds, but there is still ample water.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

I mentioned a few weeks ago that we had added a branch at Ellendale dam and pleased several species of birds and this is also the case for a branch that we added to a local ephemeral lake. It was also used straight away by a variety of birds and on returning a few weeks later it had become quite a hive of activity.

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OCTOBER 28, 2015

… especially if you’re a lady bird in heat. Because unlike those of mammals, avian ova need penetration by multiple sperm in order to successfully develop into baby birds. Moreover, when supplies are short, female birds seem to be capable of “storing” sperm for maximum availability during the brief ovulation window.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

I’m a big fan of city birding. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy getting away from it all out in some remote forest or desert, but a good city can combine some excellent birding and outstanding diving, drinking, dining and sightseeing. The gardens are so bird rich books have been written about what can be seen in them.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2020

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, birding in Michoacán has required that I find most of my own hotspots. But last week, I decided to go exploring once again, in search of new places where I can bird alone. The previous week I had birded along a mountain path called the camino al Ejido Triquillo. On its way to the above road.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2024

This places feels almost as if herds of zebra and giraffe are just out of view. Some movement in the grasses almost to our feet pulled me out of gazing and back into birding mode. These tiny birds were barely distinguishable from the ground – but they were certainly birds. I was surprised at how gently the sun rose.

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APRIL 19, 2024

This place, called Los Filtros Viejos (the Old Filters) because it used to be Morelia’s main water source, is actually a great place for birding. And there is nothing I can see there that I can’t also see, alongside rarer birds, elsewhere. I love the closeup this bird gifted me. Note that shrike-like bill.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

And Flamingos and Hornbills and a Secretarybird and birds with names like Hamerkop and Thick-knee and Eremomela (which I know is a scientific term, but which, when pronounced correctly, reminds me of a Yiddish term of endearment my grandmother used). And so, I went on the American Birding Association Safari to South Africa.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2012

Tucson, AZ, August 2012 – When you get a bunch of bird bloggers together, which you do you imagine comes first: birds or blogs? Hot Mallards , both pure and manky Spanish speakers can trust that Agua Caliente is aptly named, but the birds can be as hot as the water. Where else can you see something like that?!

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JANUARY 19, 2014

For obvious reasons it has listed under “other names” in field guides “Zebra Duck” and it is easily identified from all other duck species in Australia by its distinct stripes. The Pink-eared Duck is very nomadic and there can be hundreds of these birds at a particular location one day and all gone the next.

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APRIL 3, 2012

Last week a mystery bird from New Jersey rightly caused a fair bit of confusion among birders of the Garden State and beyond. The bird was a sparrow, that much was clear, but it didn’t seem to fit any of the easily boxes the other North American sparrows can be fairly easily sorted into. New Jersey mystery sparrow.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Great Tit Telomeres, Baby Talk, Brainy Birds. This morning, I have three interesting scientific findings related to bird for you. First, birds may age more quickly in urban environments. Third, which we already suspected, bird brains are adjusted to provide extra smartness in a way not seen in mammals. urban or rural).

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JUNE 1, 2014

While we are away in the Southern Highlands trying to keep warm and enjoying the bird species of that area I will share with you some of our local Broome birds. I was quite surprised that I have not actually done a post on Double-barred Finch as they are often the first birds in our garden each morning and often the last to leave.

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MAY 5, 2019

During our three weeks of birding in a variety of habitats around Singapore we encountered three species of Munia. We also have the occasional visit from Long-tailed Finch and Zebra Finch and these two species are easily found around the Broome area. Unlike many other birds in Singapore these birds were almost familiar!

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

But later in August, Alexander Suh at the University of Münster emailed me about a new paper he and his colleagues have just published: Mesozoic retroposons reveal parrots as the closest living relatives of passerine birds (PDF). Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata ), one of the study subjects, in Indonesia © David J. Ringer Suh et al.

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JUNE 30, 2019

One of the best features about Singapore is the fact that wherever you go there are birds. Admittedly we did not go into the downtown area once during our three week stay, but wherever there are trees there are birds and Singapore is a green city. The beak on these birds is quite remarkable and the blue sky helps to accentuate it.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Photos courtesy of Mosetlha Bush Camp A dusty-red road leads me through Marico bushveld deeper into the 750 square kilometers large wilderness of the Madikwe Game Reserve – the 4th largest reserve in South Africa, home to 350 bird and 66 mammal species, some 4 hours’ drive from Johannesburg.

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MAY 16, 2015

Were Zebra Warblers. Black-and-white Warblers. Would have more pizzazz if they.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 20, 2013

We visited Palm Springs, California towards the end of 1989 and we camped and looked for birds. There were 12 Red-necked Avocet feeding in the ponds and along the fenceline there were Zebra Finch, Peaceful Doves and Diamond Doves nipping back and forth for water. Brolga and Black-winged Stilt through the Poo Ponds fence. Sawpit Gorge.

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JANUARY 4, 2013

SINGAPORE, DECEMBER 2012 – Ask any birder where you should go birding in Singapore and the short list will always include Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve , this city-state’s finest wetlands. This presented the perfect opportunity to become acquainted with Singapore’s common birds. Common Redshanks and more.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2019

It is often useful to look at satellite images on Google Earth to see where there is suitable habitat for different bird species. Sometimes it can be disappointing when the area has changed due to development and other times you can find some unlikely birds. It even followed the arrows on the road!!! Barred Buttonquail.

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JUNE 2, 2019

It is illegal to feed wild animals, take animals, birds and insects and it is also illegal to release animals in Singapore. One bird species that we had hoped for during our visit to Singapore was the White-rumped Shama. Rather than try and photograph a bird in dense forest we chose to enjoy observing it. Oriental Pied Hornbill.

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MAY 28, 2018

So far we have seen Impala, Duiker, Greater Kudu, Mongoose, Zebra and warthogs around the neighborhood, and yard. Just stepping away from the birds for a minute, because you can’t really do any kind of story about Kruger National Park, and not at least mention the animals. This Kori Bustard was one of my target birds.

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MARCH 12, 2012

But Gotham’s many parks have some very suitable habitat for birds from the family Picidae and a birder in any borough of New York will generally find at least a couple of species during an average morning’s birding. Otherwise, their coloration is a simple black-and-white like in the female bird above this paragraph.

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JULY 11, 2013

A dusty-red road leads me through Marico bushveld deeper into the 750 square kilometers large wilderness of the Madikwe Game Reserve – the 4th largest reserve in South Africa, home to 350 bird and 66 mammal species, some 4 hours’ drive from Johannesburg.

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JULY 23, 2017

Pictorella Mannikins- Heteromunia pectoralis -are a very small bird that inhabits the northern part of Australia and likes tall grass! They were in loose association with Zebra Finch and were constantly nipping back and forth to the last remaining water to drink and bathe. Pictorella Mannikins and Zebra Finch.

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AUGUST 28, 2016

Following on from last week’s post about Langi Crossing and some of the larger birds species that you can expect to find I will now let you know of some of the smaller species you may encounter along the Fitzroy River at this location. There’s something special about inquisitive birds! Female Rufous Whistler.

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AUGUST 11, 2013

On our recent birding and camping trip we continued south from Windjana Gorge to re-join the highway and head east to Fitzroy Crossing. This time we hiked the trail to enable ourselves to see a wide variety of birds and at our own leisurely pace. There were small groups of Double-barred Finches, Zebra Finch and also Crimson Finches.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2016

I was planning a trip to South Africa, I had about five days to fill, I wanted to get a bunch of desert species (particularly the Springbok – not a bird) in a way that wasn’t too hard to reach from Johannesburg. Oh, this is a bird site, almost forgot. Yes, there are birds. I never get bored of Giraffes. Or Cheetahs.

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APRIL 24, 2016

The lack of rain has also resulted in the local ephemeral lakes not filling up and birds having to move to town for both food and water. One of the best places to observe birds in Broome apart from the Poo Ponds are any of the sport ovals. Straw-necked Ibis, Masked Lapwings and Little Curlew in the shade of a light tower.

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