10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2014

I live in New York; I’ve also lived in Maine and Switzerland. Kim had probably been tapping her foot for hours by the time I dragged myself out of bed the next morning, so in jig time she whisked me out of the house, into the car, then drove me off to the Gray Snow Eagle House in Perkins, OK. Snowstorm? ”

Tulsa 226

Tulsa Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma Wildlife 226

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2018

It turned out Raphael Nussbaumer is a keen ornithologist who just completed his PhD in Lausanne (Switzerland). In my case, I had one easy and three more difficult ( Syrian Woodpecker , Imperial Eagle , Great Bustard and Saker Falcon ). Imperial Eagle still in Fruška Gora National Park? [No, Search for my target species (i.e.

Serbia 181

Serbia Switzerland Farming Montenegro 181

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2017

The only reason that the Golden Eagle didn’t get the same award for the same reason is that I hadn’t tried as hard to see one in Britain in the past. Switzerland: The Armchair Tick Award Cause I’m a Terrible Birder Award. United Arab Emirates: No Bird Award. Botswana: I Still Have No Idea Award. I still have no idea.

United Arab Emirates 100

United Arab Emirates Ethiopia 2016 Singapore 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2015

I slept in hotel in Zurich but didn’t leave the airport or even clear immigration, so I can’t really say I’ve been to Switzerland either. Perched high above the river were a number of birds of prey, including the one with the most evocative call of the African bush, the African Fish-eagle.

Botswana 162

Botswana Lesotho Elephants Bald Eagle 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Visited this month were; Germany , France , Austria, South Africa, Hong Kong, USA, UK, Serbia, Costa Rica, Australia, China, Indonesia , Switzerland and Singapore). Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. Ankeny NWR–Eagle Marsh. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. has reached 54. 26 Oct 2019.

2019 153

2019 China Battery Jamaica 153

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2017

With Corey’s February jollies to The Bahamas (when he should have been at home looking for GGOs), Lichtenstein, Austria and Switzerland our country/province/principality/kingdom/territory list has swollen to 37. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. Greater Spotted Eagle – Clanga clanga. Western Australia.

2017 133

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 133