10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

and species breeding in cavities are less affected. It subsequently spread to Budapest/ Hungary (2005, 2006), Zürich/ Switzerland (2006), and north-east Italy (2008/2009). The Usutu Virus has spread considerably in central Europe over the last 10 years.

Germany 165

Germany Blackbirds 2006 Denmark 165

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

The coast of the Mediterranean Sea is used mostly as a wintering ground, with just a handful of breeding colonies between Greece, northern Italy and eastern Spain (and recently through central Europe all the way to Ireland). So there you have it: conservative taxonomy leads to unfortunate common names.

Europe 151

Europe Spain Italy Ireland 151

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The chance that this was a real Turkey are not great, and the chance that Columbus actually brought breeding stock from Honduras to Spain is not great, so maybe, maybe not. Dates of first arrival listed by Schorger (1966) are: Italy 1520, Germany 1530, France 1538, England 1541, Denmark and Norway 1550, Sweden 1556.

Turkey 233

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 233

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2022

No dish is more representative of this Tuscan spirit of celebrating luxurious ingredients with culinary restraint than bistecca alla Fiorentina , perhaps the region’s most iconic food: a humongous cut of aged Chianina beef – an Italian breed that’s the world’s largest – grilled over oak or olive wood embers al sangue (still retaining a bit of blood), (..)

2019 258

2019 Butcher Livestock 2006 258

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2020

And as the windblown birds settled down for the summer breeding season and the wind subsided, I found any concern for which way it was blowing died down with it. This early weathercock once graced the church of Santi Faustino e Giovita in Brescia, Italy, but now resides at the Museo di Santa Giulia in the same city. But none came.

New York 164

New York Belgium Farming Fowl 164

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

But anyone who’s seen this species during the breeding season knows that the European Roller is far more dramatic in expressing its all-consuming ardor than any lovey-dovey columbids. And despite it being undeniably gorgeous, we’re hardly likely to see this species replacing white doves on Valentine’s Day cards anytime soon.

2016 208

2016 Abandon Abandoning Abandonment 208

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

The source of this ranking, BirdLife International, lists Bolivia as currently having 1,439 bird species, including 18 breeding endemics. Like most maps, colors are used to indicate seasonal status (breeding resident, Austral migrant/visitor, Boreal migrant, etc.). Distribution maps are also different from other field guides.

Bolivia 208

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 208

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Our base camp in Olbia was a bit far north for the Greater Flamingo (though like many wading birds, they are prone to wander when the breeding season is done.) Not quite as cool to non-birders.

Goats 122

Goats Montana Europe Hunting 122

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

These are extremely large stick structures (some articles compare the largest ones to the size of a car) that are usually populated by multiple breeding pairs in separate chambers. There are a lot of pet psittacines out there that escape or are released. Monk Parakeet is the only parrot species that builds its own nest.

Chicago 233

Chicago New York City Illinois New York 233

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2017

My trips abroad were limited to short family vacations to the Cote d’Azur during the first days of January and a week-long vacation to northern Tuscany / Italy in May. Scopoli’s Shearwater , Tuscany, Italy. Great Spotted Cuckoo , Tuscany, Italy. Northern Gannet , Liguria coast, Italy.

2016 103

2016 Germany Italy Netherlands 103

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills goes on to give greater detail of the former nesting sites in Europe: it could once be found “in southern Germany and Austria, in the valleys of the upper Rhine and Danube Rivers, and in the Alps of Switzerland, Italy and Germany, and perhaps in Hungary and Greece”.

Morocco 246

Morocco Austria Algeria Germany 246

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

You’d be lucky today to find even a pair in Hungary, while according to the European Breeding Atlas 2 , it “has almost completely disappeared from S, central and W Italy, Switzerland, Norway and W Austria”. EBA2 goes on to say that the “Grey Partridge has undergone one of the steepest declines of all European farmland birds”.

Hungary 195

Hungary Fox Norway Eggs 195

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2019

For instance, Frederick rejected centuries-old folk wisdom that claimed that Barnacle Geese ( Branta leucopsis ) – a species with a seasonal occurrence in Europe – were born not of eggs laid by breeding geese but were spontaneously incarnated from driftwood afloat at sea.

2015 113

2015 Italy Falcons Europe 113