10,000 Birds
JANUARY 14, 2022
Of course, a land of beefeaters needs butchers. Given its veneration of Chianina beef, it’s hardly surprising that Tuscany has brought forth the world’s first celebrity butcher. An avian butcher at work: Red-backed Shrike ( Lanius collurio ) depicted by Dutch bird illustrator J.G.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2013
My novice birding skills and the heat of midsummer meant that I missed a bunch of likely birds and didn’t really appreciate the awesomeness that is birding southern California in breeding season. Though, to be honest, I haven’t really birded all that much as this is a family vacation.).
10,000 Birds
MARCH 16, 2012
At Point Lookout we enjoyed Horned Grebes in close (though I butchered my attempts to get good digiscoped shots) and more American Oystercatchers on a jetty. The two subadult males, the gorgeous, breeding-plumaged adult male, and the female swam past the last jetty at a rather high rate of speed, but, fortunately, not as fast as my camera!
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