10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2011

James Currie from Nikon’s Birding Adventures TV was present filming all aspects of the weekend. The cool thing was that Jonathon Wood of The Raptor Project had a number of birds present and he would present many different facts about each species. What can you notice about the tail of this bird?

Hamburgers 222

Hamburgers Tail Banding Philadelphia United States 222

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2012

Also present in good El Nino years are the occasional and much sought after Blue Petrel with its distinctive black sub-terminal tail band with white trailing edge, a unique diagnostic feature amongst petrels.

Albatross 227

Albatross Penguins Dolphins Whaling 227

10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2017

But this post will feature a Crested Serpent Eagle which presented itself irresistibly on a perch beside the road. The dreadful screeching put me in mind of a young bird crying to be fed, but the juveniles are much lighter underneath with dark streaking, two broad tail bands and paler, scaled crests.

Eagles 113

Eagles Malaysia Tail Banding Reptiles 113

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

It’s not just that he has reduced the birds to their basic shapes, he presents them in visually delightful compositions. The charm of Charley Harper’s birds lie in their geometric simplicity, their colors, and their design. Color and line define the bird and its habitat, creating vertical and diagonal tensions.

Betty Crocker 170

Betty Crocker 2008 Birds 2007 170