10,000 Birds
JUNE 16, 2024
The Cuckoo Cuculus canorus has a bad reputation because of its habit of laying its eggs on the nests of other birds, who then raise their young. But in south-west Europe there is a bird that kicks out the sitting tenants and takes over the nest altogether. The post Avian squatters at the end of Europe first appeared on 10,000 Birds.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 13, 2013
Serbia holds 13 per cent of the European breeding population of this “electrified” species which is not only Endangered in Europe but also listed as Globally Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Raising the binoculars to teary eyes, I am trying to see the bird in the nest on a nearby pylon. An adult to raise its head.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
The Collins Bird Guide covers Europe, North Atlantic islands, much of North Africa and the Middle East. The 1st edition from 1999 was a complete revolution in just about everything, but predominantly the quality and realism of illustrations, showing what a field guide could be and seriously raising the threshold for other publishers.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 31, 2014
No, seriously, a brown warbler with stripes in central Europe really means you are either looking at a Grasshopper Warbler or a Sedge Warbler. However, these are so rare in most of Europe that thinking you are looking at one essentially means you are fooling yourself and should return to considering Sedge and Grasshopper Warblers again.
10,000 Birds
MAY 31, 2013
Normally she would be living somewhere in Europe or Asia, but she was born and raised in captivity in the United States. The great thing about raising an education bird,” says Lisa, “is that you can do everything you’re never allowed to do with the wild ones.” Xena’s specialty is raising funds for pediatric cancer.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2015
And it raises a question: if all the birds are having a party over there, am I in the wrong spot? I live in the southeast of Europe, for a while lived in the south of Africa and also have extensively birded western and central India. Map by BirdLife International. I am talking 600 or 700+ bird species.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 11, 2015
It resembled a Hooded Crow of east europe, only the grey parts were white – the Pied Crow , as it turned out to be. (Statistics would go in favour of the Cape Glossy Starling , as I later learned.). The next bird was some crow-like UFO observed from the shuttle bus. Crow-like has to be a crow, doesn’t it? Umm, yes, the bird?” “The
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