10,000 Birds
MARCH 21, 2011
Second of all, Lewis’s Woodpeckers are birds of the west and they rarely stray to New York State. So you can imagine our disappointment when we crawled out of the car after our trip to find out that Mike was in fact relaxing in the warm kitchen and had no idea where the woodpecker was! Why is that awesome?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds , Terminology / Cow Birds Cow Birds By Rick • March 22, 2011 • 1 comment Tweet Share So what do Buffleheads and Bitterns and Hornbills have in common? They’re all named for livestock.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2020
The best moments… Driving through a poplar plantation, from clearings with young saplings to full grown trees, I heard an Ortolan Bunting singing in the rain and a Great Spotted Woodpecker calling from the tree crowns. At first I stopped to admire it, then came a bit closer, but still giving it space so it would feel safe.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2011
Chickadees, woodpeckers, titmice (like the bird above) and nuthatches are considered “clinging type birds&# and can easily hang upside-down to get access to food. Here’s a Red-bellied Woodpecker on an upside down suet feeder made of recycled plastic. They are clinging birds and use the technique on branches and tree trunks.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Related to starlings, like woodpeckers they move over large mammals feeding on ticks, but also on their hosts’ blood. We are nearing the waterhole, and see the large oval shadow in the darkness: that White Rhino cow with a calf. A few dozen shots later, I stop and reach for binoculars – I want to observe and enjoy them. Sniffing us.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 4, 2013
From the next curve in the road, I can see the cows grazing deep in the valley: “If I was a tiger, I would check my prey from here.” Nitin was talking to rangers and explains: “A few days ago, one of the 70 or so tigers in the reserve has indeed taken a cow. Several more Langurs, but not a trace of an owlet.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 17, 2024
Still fuelled by the euphoria of getting a great look at the Double-toothed Kite , an infrequently encountered resident of Trinidad’s forests – we found a Chestnut Woodpecker working a tangle in the distant canopy. Chestnut Woodpecker , another familiar.
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