10,000 Birds
JUNE 12, 2012
After a brutal colonization that included genocidal campaigns against the Herero (80% killed) and Nama (50% killed) tribes, the Germans lost control when South Africa invaded soon after the declaration of the First World War. A Rüppell’s Parrot perched in an Acacia tree near a dry riverbed in Omaruru, central Namibia.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2012
A Southern Cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ) that may have tried to kill me. There were also treats for fans of parrots, including a Double-eyed Fig-parrot and some King Parrots. Another great new bird I found walking about was the Mistletoebird , a tine flash of bright scarlet that is Australia’s only flowerpecker.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
Formerly described in 1811 by Johann Matthäus Bechstein, the Cuban Macaw was a primarily red, long-tailed parrot with beautiful orange feathering around the nape and blue feathering on the wings and tail. This bird was in serious trouble by the mid-19th century due to the adults being killed for food and young being taken for pets.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2012
There is a painfully bad song called “Drunk Bird Watching” on You Tube but the only “bird” seems to be someone saying “hello” like a caged parrot. … This post was originally published on 16 March 2010, but we hate to keep posts this good buried in the archives !
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
So do parrots, some songbirds, humans, and a few other mammals. Seriema at the deepest branch of Australaves could be considered to belong to a raptorial taxon because they kill vertebrate prey and are the sole living relatives of the extinct giant “terror birds,” apex predators during the Paleogene. Where do these abilities come from?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 28, 2019
I doubt anyone ever has (or ever will) cited “stop and watch the jackfruit”, but when you have an hour to kill in a city park in Sao Paulo, why not? There are also parrots in the park which would make good suspects. The strong bills of the parakeets made them contenders as the bird to have opened the tough fruit.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2015
Put those binoculars into practice in places like Laguna del Lagarto , the Sarapiqui area, and the Osa Peninsula, and a day of birding might include three trogon species, two to three toucan species, several wrens, manakins, parrots, five or more woodcreeper species, etc., and the list goes on… You might see a White-ruffed Manakin.
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