10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2016

Laight has recorded some 100 species here, including Slavonian (Horned) Grebe and Red-rumped Swallow (the first is a rare migrant/wintering species only, while the second one is an uncommon breeder). It is the first morning of June, half past six and I am parked at the dam wall, scoping a mile long water surface surrounded with low hills.

Turtles 163

Turtles Serbia Breeding Breeders 163

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Eurasian Blackbird – Turdus merula. Chinese Blackbird – Turdus mandarinus. Big Egg Marsh. Melodious Blackbird – Dives dives.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Eurasian Blackbird – Turdus merula. Chinese Blackbird – Turdus mandarinus. Big Egg Marsh. Melodious Blackbird – Dives dives.

2016 111

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 111

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Big Egg Marsh. Unicolored Blackbird – Agelasticus cyanopus. Eurasian Blackbird – Turdus merula. Big Egg Marsh. 13 May 2016.

2016 100

2016 Ghana Sanctuary Australia 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Eurasian Blackbird – Turdus merula. Chinese Blackbird – Turdus mandarinus. Big Egg Marsh. Melodious Blackbird – Dives dives.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Big Egg Marsh. Unicolored Blackbird – Agelasticus cyanopus. Melodious Blackbird – Dives dives. Los Cartagos. 14 May 2016. Sandy Hook.

2016 100

2016 Ghana Sanctuary Australia 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

To be honest, both the robin and the flycatchers shown above remind me of the easter eggs I hunted for as a child – the same strong colors in front of a green background, same time of the year (feel free to insert your own Proust Madeleine reference here) … Bluethroats apparently are good at imitating other birds.

Monkeys 147

Monkeys Birds South Korea Owls 147