10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2012

people per sq mi) of any country in the world (Mongolia has the lowest). Namibia is politically stable and a safe country to visit offering spectacular scenery, untouched wildernesses, vast game reserves, superb wildlife and fascinating cultural experiences. It has the second lowest population density (6.6

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MARCH 7, 2017

The Golden Eagle Festival in Olgii (also called Bayan-Ulgii), Mongolia, is full of color and sound. In Act 3, the scene changes from town and crowds to the vast wilderness of far western Mongolia. Hunting in western Mongolia; left to right: Aisholpan’s father, Nurgaiv and Aisholpan and their Golden Eagles.

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Eagles Mongolia Hunters Hunting 108

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JUNE 8, 2014

This handsome little bird has a wide distribution, roaming from north of the Black Sea over central Asia and way, way into China and Mongolia. The species you will shake your fist at after reading this post is the Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka.

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Kazakhstan Iceland Mongolia Wisconsin 165

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AUGUST 21, 2016

This species, one of the heaviest birds able to fly, was once common through most of southern and central Europe and all the way to Mongolia, but was driven to extinction by hunting and changes in agricultural practises in most of its European range during the 19th and early 20th century.

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Germany Abandon Abandoning Abandonment 105

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

Birds marked in the Naoli River Basin in Heilongjiang Province, China, wintered along the Jiangsu coastline in China, while Eurasian Spoonbills from two discrete summering areas (in Inner and western Mongolia) overwintered inland in the Yangtze River floodplain of China.”

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Iraq Birds China Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2022

Second note: Inner Mongolia has a land area larger than that of France and Germany combined, and I only spent one week there. So, to claim that I birded Inner Mongolia is a massive exaggeration. Always nice, for some reason. but without the bitter taste of losing a race. This applies even more so to the Eurasian Tree Sparrow.

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Mongolia Hedgehogs Russia Morals 244

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JULY 16, 2020

A Field Guide to the Birds of Mongolia by Dorj Ganbold and Chris Smith (2019) offers more than 500 species in one neat edition. While at the National University of Mongolia, he conducted research on illustrating birds in the field, including at bird-ringing stations. Dorj Ganbold is an ornithologist and professional illustrator.

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Mongolia Falcons 2019 Birds 279

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

I probably missed the fossilized remains of a nesting oviraptorid found in Mongolia in 1994, located in the hallway leading to the Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs. These fossils are seen as proof that some dinosaurs brooded over its eggs. Like birds.

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Mongolia Reptiles Science Indiana 221

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JULY 19, 2018

201-400 sp: Madagascar, north African countries; European countries; Asia Minor, Arabian Peninsula, Mongolia. Shown as a list, it looks like this: Less than 200 bird species: Antarctica; oceanic islands. 801-1000 sp. – now the pace quickens: USA; Angola, Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia; Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2023

BirdingAsia has a report on the first Rosy Pipit seen in Mongolia. The Rosy Pipit seems a bit oversold to me as it takes a lot of goodwill to see the rosiness of the species. Being wet seems to help, though. Frankly, I find such reports relatively meaningless, but I guess they give a sense of purpose to the listers of this world.

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China Science Birds Mongolia 130

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MAY 1, 2016

Baicalensis inhabits southern Siberia around lake Baikal and ranges into the northern half of Mongolia. And then you have baicalensis (the 9th form, which means you’ve made it through).

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Germany Sharks Morocco Asia 100

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MARCH 7, 2025

It is in such a wintering area, Inner Mongolia near Hailar, that the photos in this post were taken in December 2024.

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Owls Species Mongolia Breeding 240

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JANUARY 17, 2025

In Germany, the last wild living Ural Owl was shot in 1926, though there has been a reintroduction program in Bavaria that started in the 2000s. The alternative is to see a Ural Owl at the Leipzig Zoo – but I usually find seeing owls in zoos rather depressing.

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Owls Species Zoos Germany 244

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

While ulula sounds like a stupid dance people going on Caribbean cruises are forced to participate in, it is also part of the Latin name of the Northern Hawk-Owl, Surnia ulula. Ulula means owl in Latin.

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