10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2012

Let’s say you’re at a fast food restaurant and you have a few french fries left over and a gull is eagerly staring at you and the fries. And if you have a small kid and are in the vicinity of some ducks and geese? Do you toss the bird your leftovers? Do you feed the birds then?

Birds 262

Birds New York City Geese Fast Food 262

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2016

We are approaching a large mudbar with some more Dalmatian Pelicans… and a flock of geese… dark, round-headed and short-billed, elongated white blaze on their faces – threatened and declining Lesser White-fronted Geese ! Should I add, a lifer, too. Large, unicoloured… Lesser Spotted , perhaps?

Greece 258

Greece Boars Woodpeckers Eagles 258

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2024

Late summer 2023 the lakes and ponds had been empty, presumably because the ducks and geese were moulting. Next day, first stop – really to get some wins after the disappointment of the cancelled plans – was reliable Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR. Coming down from the emotional high we noticed our grumbling stomachs: time to eat.

Denver 188

Denver Colorado Ducks Mules 188

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2016

En route to our next stop we slowed down next to a park and spotted the now countable Egyptian Geese. And could we just do a quick drive through at a fast food joint? We had to eat some wonderfully prepared Lebanese food including some outstanding hummus. Only one cuckoo? Of course not!

Florida 144

Florida Miami Birds Owls 144

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2012

Having gone zero-for-two on our twitches we started to make our way back west, stopping every time we saw large flocks of Canada Geese to see if we could find any rare geese mixed in with them. The owl, much to Redgannet’s dismay, was a no-show.

Geese 180

Geese Fast Food Owls Agenda 180