10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

If you take a feral pigeon, bleach it and then batik it using the right colors, the result might be a Pink-necked Green Pigeon (1). These birds on Pulau Ubin may well be Red Junglefowl (they have grey feet), but they may also be hybrids – apparently, there is a genomic continuum from feral to wild Red Junglefowl in Singapore.

Singapore 263

Singapore Birds Zebras Feral 263

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2014

The colorful Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio ) lives in wetlands from Portugal and Senegal all the way east to New Zealand and the Samoan Islands, and a feral population is now well established in Florida. The Gray-headed Swamphen ranges from Turkey through India to northern Thailand. Gray-headed Swamphen.

Papua New Guinea 229

Papua New Guinea Philippines New Zealand Florida 229

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

35 countries were visited during 2019 , 7 of them ( Belgium , France , Germany , Italy , Thailand , Indonesia and Barbados ) bringing new blood to the Country/Territory/Emirate/Republic/Pricipality/Kingdom/Special Administrative Region list which now stands at 55. The life list was pumped a further 27 sp up to 3953.

2019 225

2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 225

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2011

So, inspired by a similar article on road birding in Thailand, I present road birding in New Zealand. Feral Turkey are also quite common. As with any kind of road birding, birding as a car passenger in New Zealand generally restricts the kind of birds you’re going to see.

New Zealand 204

New Zealand Birds Thailand Falcons 204

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

In many ways that seems to be the pattern, as the major holiday breaks for New Zealand are over December and January; the year before I started in tropical Queensland and ended in Thailand and the UK. Rock Dove, or Feral Pigeon, ( Columba livia ); Kota Kinabalu, Borneo, 2 January. LARIDAE (GULLS AND TERNS). COLUMBIDAE (PIGEONS).

2014 150

2014 New Zealand Singapore Rhinoceros 150