10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

The local Bald Eagles are getting busy, I suspect there is an egg in the nest. The birds were too far away to identify, and I know more than one species does this, but if I had to guess they were starlings. If half the Warblers go extinct, that would be a lot of species but you’d still pretty much have Warbler DNA.

Bald Eagle 178

Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines Apes 178

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

We can, of course, count wild, native, species. We can count vagrant species that made it to the area we are in under their own power. We can count introduced species that have met the criteria of the “Bird Police” for the area to which they are introduced. When we eat eggs we eat chicken eggs almost exclusively.

Chickens 196

Chickens Florida Feral Eating Eggs 196

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2022

This is a rather photographer-friendly species, staying on the same branch for quite a while and even returning to it after catching some insects – you can see this on video here and here. Azure-winged Magpies fail to pass the mirror test, a test commonly used to determine self-recognition. But then, who can be sure?

Finland 147

Finland Birds McDonalds Israel 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

In any case, if the song is to be believed, the proper gift for the first day of Christmas is a partridge – and the Red-legged Partridge featured on the label of the Portuguese wine Quinta do Vale da Perdiz Cistus Reserva Douro presents a decidedly more practical option for following this gift-giving tradition. He says that [Steven L.]

Colombia 242

Colombia Birds Bald Eagle Guyana 242