10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2015

This is perhaps almost entirely due to the Common Starling , a species that is, over much of its range, an introduced pest. Starlings and mynas are adaptable, attractive and clever species. Starlings have a bad rap. And they have done well for themselves. The red of the wing is visible here. The ashy-grey head of the female.

Ostriches 146

Ostriches South Africa Africa Reptiles 146

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2022

Anyway, I was much keener to see this kingfisher than the Emu (who I consider to be a bit of an underprivileged ostrich). I was surprised that this species is named for its vocalization – which sounds like laughter. For example, the Diamond Dove is the world’s second-smallest species of the columbidae order ( source ).

Australia 147

Australia Birds Parrots Ostriches 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

The birdlife here is wonderful, a ten-night safari should give you over 200 species, (2018 & 2019 both gave us 242!). We will explore the dry savannah for korhaans, bustards, lapwings, Ostrich and smaller birds like waxbills and firefinches and we’ll look for Dickinson’s Kestrel , Lanner and Red-necked Falcons.

Botswana 174

Botswana Africa Angola Elephants 174

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2014

It’s mid-July, which among other things means that those of us in North America are starting to check local mudflats for returning shorebird migrants and waiting impatiently for the AOU to hurry up and create five species from the Clapper-King rail complex (the reasons for which we covered last year ). Gowen et al.

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Elephants New Zealand Sparrows Ostriches 195

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Vagrancy in Birds is organized into two major parts: (1) A detailed, 62-page synthesis of research and theory and (2) “Family Accounts,” 259 pages covering bird families from Struthionidae/Ostriches) to Thraupidae/Tanagers and allies (Clements is the taxonomic authority).

Compassion 258

Compassion Birds Eagles Science 258

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2014

Among birds the Egyptian Vulture uses rocks to crack Ostrich eggs, the New Caledonian Crow and Woodpecker Finch (one of several Darwin Finches of the Galapagos Islands), uses sticks to extract grubs from inside a branch. This is similar to the fact that all birds, even first time breeders within a species build identical nests.

Fish 163

Fish Ostriches Woodpeckers Breeders 163

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species. Will the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) conference delegates up-list them to Appendix I of the Convention, forbidding any future sale over international borders? One may say so.

Elephants 184

Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 184

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2014

That list included: Hoopoe (a dove-sized, pink, black and white bird with a flamboyant crest), Great Bustard (a bird of open grasslands, sort of an ostrich / turkey cross) and a Bee-eater (iridescent blue, green, gold and chestnut, a little bit like a streamlined kingfisher.) It would be icing on the cake if I saw any of those.

Spain 168

Spain Ostriches Africa Canada 168

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2016

It is a good place to come down to from the city and look for Ostrich, Cape Gannets , Cape Cormorants , Cape Sparrows , Cape Buntings, Cape Sugarbirds, Cape Grassbirds and presumably lots of other birds with cape in the name. The deep reedbeds and pools hide many species, including some hard-to-see hippos!

Penguins 171

Penguins Mongoose Birds Ostriches 171

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2017

We got that target species, and also heard another local endemic, the Cape Clapper Lark , which wasn’t a target because who gets excited about larks? (I We got a daddy Ostrich on the drive in with his chicks, and another Southern Black Bustard on the walk in (never rains but it pours). I kid, I kid). Southern Black Bustard.

Ostriches 100

Ostriches Cooking Family Birds 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2018

Not literally, as it was a Cape Crow , but it represented the 700th bird species on my Little Big Year list. All in all we saw almost 30 Ostriches that morning. The total count for the trip so far is as follows: The Little Big Year – 712 species. South Africa – 219 species. I will be back, and soon!

Africa 100

Africa South Africa Ostriches Penguins 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Not, as Linneaus thought, an ostrich, nor even, as later scientists concluded, a distant cousin of pigeons deserving of family rank, it was an honest-to-goodness pigeon, deeply embedded within the family Columbidae. One species alive today offers a glimpse of such behavior: the Nicobar Pigeon ( Caloenas nicobarica ). .’s

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Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius 2006 275

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APRIL 21, 2015

And, of course, the reputation of certain species of birds as troublemakers for humans is a problem in bird conservation, so this is worth watching. H5N2 is a subtype of Influenza A, and infects many species of birds including those mentioned as well as ducks (domestic and wild).

Mississippi 174

Mississippi Fowl Minnesota Turkey 174

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

processed the entire genomes of 48 bird species and compared nearly 42 million base pairs of DNA (Hackett et al. The new 48-genome analysis included only ostrich and tinamou DNA, so it doesn’t shed further light on paleognath interrelationships, but it does reinforce their distinctiveness from all other living birds. This is why.

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Family Parrots 2014 Birds 279

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JULY 3, 2018

71): Ingredients include feathers from a Spangled Cotinga (called ‘Chatterer’ by tiers), Blue Macaw, Red-Ruffed Fruitcrow (‘Indian Crow’), Ostrich, and, according to Johnson, Golden Pheasant (the jungle c**k, I think). In some cases, he took all adult males of the species or subspecies held by the museum.

Collecting 103

Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 103

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2013

Even people with no other interest in wildlife, who couldn’t tell a sparrow from an ostrich (or even a dolphin from a fish) love dolphins. Leaving from the harbour on boats were tours to swim with one of New Zealand’s most endangered mammal species, the Hector’s Dolphin. Which has always mystified me slightly.

Dolphins 155

Dolphins Sharks New Zealand Albatross 155

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Well, I’m sure there are birders out there who can walk past Halloween Pennants or Ostrich Ferns without pausing, and who doesn’t care if the bird is in the White Spruce or Eastern White Pine, but I’ve never met one. Text is necessarily brief, focusing in on what you need to know in order to separate out one species from another.

Massachusetts 206

Massachusetts Rhode Island North America Reptiles 206

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

This country boasts over 1,000 bird species, vast wildernesses, a superb network of protected areas, the greatest concentration of large game and predators on the planet, excellent lodges and friendly people. The Baobab-studded woodlands and wetlands of the park harbor over 550 bird species and they sure come thick and fast!

Tanzania 214

Tanzania Africa Stud Leopards 214

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2016

I already have a history of searches for this species. We haven’t seen the reason yet, but suddenly you could have palpated a tension in the air that made the zebras step away and even one female Ostrich stand up… Then the Lord of the waterhole came – the White Rhinoceros. 10000birds.com/is-my-rhino-still-alive.htm.

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Wildlife Tigers Asia Europe 177

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Betty’s Bay was also a great place to see all of South Africa’s cormorant species, including the endangered Bank Cormorant. We observed far fewer Lesser Flamingos, a near-threatened species. It was the first of six bustard species I would see over the course of both trips. And then there were the Flamingos.

South Africa 253

South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 253

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Their populations, plus those of other species that ‘wore’ the coveted long, colorful feathers used for women’s fashionable hats, were being dangerously depleted by hunters intent on feeding the millinery industry. The late Victorian age was not a good time to be an egret!

Virginia 118

Virginia Portland Industry New York City 118

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Fortunately, Berninger recently covered the song “Big bird” A big bird ( Ostrich , Cape Town, South Africa). But an eagle it has to be, and this is a nice-looking species. I am sure you can easily imagine this as a PowerPoint slide. Or look at what I just created below. Fancy consultants would call this a matrix.

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South Africa China Germany Birds 222

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2014

2014) — attempts to answer it by ranking species according to their “evolutionary distinctiveness,” or how distantly related they are to all other living birds. is not primarily a measure of the divergence dates of major clades of birds but rather of individual living species. ’s list.

Madagascar 276

Madagascar Comoros Ecuador South America 276

10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2014

First off, it seems that New Zealand’s two iconic families of ratites, large flightless southern birds that includes emus, rhea, ostriches, cassowaries and the extinct elephant birds, are not particularly closely related. Moa and Kiwi aren’t brothers and sisters. Yellow-eyed Penguin by Zoharby (Creative Commons).

New Zealand 161

New Zealand Sea Lions Penguins Lions 161

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2014

Everyone loves parrots and these small nectar drinking species are both astonishingly colourful and common. Combine this with a piercing call that demands attention, and a tolerance to close inspection that rivals that of island species and you can just about anyone enjoying one of Australia’s most beautiful species with ease.

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Penguins Pelicans Parrots Australia 201

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The Emu is the second largest living bird in the world by height, second only to the Ostrich. The male and female of the species are nearly identical, the female being a bit larger than the male. It is also the largest bird native to Australia 1. They can be rather intimidating when they are close up and looking at you eye to eye.

San Diego 141

San Diego Ostriches Zoos Australia 141

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The new species was subsequently named Sinosauropteryz prima , ‘first Chinese lizard wing’ Its discovery disrupted the paleontologic community, and it hasn’t been the same since. Things got more complicated when evidence was found that even the larger dinosaur species, such as tyrannosaurs, probably had feathers.

Mongolia 181

Mongolia Reptiles Science Indiana 181

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

1700, is a fake, formed from a plaster cast of a real Dodo head and real Dodo feet combined with chicken wings and Ostrich feathers. Number 10, Stuffed Dodo at the Horniman Museum, London, c. I’m not sure what to make of this.

Mauritius 172

Mauritius Egypt Cyprus Collecting 172

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. And Pat gets to keep the awards in the remainder of the categories. 23 May 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. The equanimity occurred as the two totals passed 3560. Alphabetic Taxonomic. Kruger NP Central Park. 23 May 2018. 23 May 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

They noted 598 species as a team, bringing the year total to 2118 and pushing the life list to 3555. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. They are hungry, tired and don’t need to be chased. 9 beats shared 100 checklists from 8 countries (Costa Rica, USA, UK, Brazil, Serbia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Australia.

2018 113

2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

10 countries were birded by 9 beats and 892 species were noted from 144 checklists. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. The Year List has been boosted to 1999 and the Life List has passed another landmark to reach 3519. These are they… Alphabetic Taxonomic. 23 May 2018. Highland Tinamou – Nothocercus bonapartei.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

8 beats shared 126 checklists accounting for 704 species. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Tom and Pat were toe to toe in Costa Rica , so the numbers from there outshone anything else on the list for November, with over 60% of the month’s total shared between them. Alphabetic Taxonomic. 23 May 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Alphabetic Taxonomic. Table Mountain NP–Cape of Good Hope. 27 Aug 2016. Great Tinamou – Tinamus major.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Alphabetic Taxonomic. Table Mountain NP–Cape of Good Hope. 27 Aug 2016. Great Tinamou – Tinamus major.

2016 101

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 101