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10,000 Birds
MAY 18, 2024
I finally managed to obtain some acceptable photos of this species, which I did not manage on my last visit. The favourite part of this species for me (apart from its song) is the neat white “V” on the back of the head when the bird looks away from you (only slightly visible on the photo below).
10,000 Birds
APRIL 12, 2014
I recently participated in an “English Report Writing” training, sponsored of course by my employer, and this post will function as a test to see how well I was focussed on the lecture (instead of the sky outside the seminar room which may hold a black stork any day during spring migration). Like … the Tufted Duck !
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10,000 Birds
MAY 27, 2024
Given how far Hokkaido is from Europe, it seems a bit surprising how many bird species wintering on this Japanese island have a name starting with “Eurasian” Or how many of these species I have also seen in my parents’ garden in Germany. It seems extra-pair paternity is very frequent in this species.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 29, 2022
” Funny how the difficulty of breeding a species can be illustrated in simple monetary terms. I saw them at Ayers Rock which while I was there had the worst floods in memory (my parents in Germany thought I must be traveling under a bad star, as they heard about these floods in the German news and knew I was there at that time).
10,000 Birds
MAY 20, 2014
However, we now understand that birds vary in how they navigate, and many if not all bird species use multiple approaches to navigation. Hore & Henrik Mouritsen of Universität Oldenburg, Germany, have just published a paper in Nature called “ Anthropogenic electromagnetic noise disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory bird ”.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2019
We are entering the mixed colony of 11 species ( Grey , Squacco , Purple and Black-crowned Night Herons ; Great , Little and, recently, Cattle Egrets ; Eurasian Spoonbill (below) and Glossy Ibis ; Pygmy and Great Cormorant ). I do have experience with this species from Bodrum, Turkey; it is daring, bold and cocky, and is impossible to forget.
10,000 Birds
JULY 26, 2015
Germany is currently experiencing its hottest June and July ever, and temperatures in the last few weeks have rarely been below 33°C (91°F), sometimes reaching nearly 40°C (103°F). Absolute field marks between two similar species describe a difference that can be judged definitely by looking at a single bird. It’s bad.
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