10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

If you want to know what happened on August 31, 1984, I can name at least one event: In the Padang-Sugihan Wildlife Reserve in South Sumatra province, a Large Frogmouth was mobbed by a Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, as described here. At between 4 pm and 6 pm, to be exact. Lucky him, right? Though he ended up dead anyway.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

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, a young – although nine years old White Rhinoceros. Cover photo: White Rhinoceros, Wikimedia Commons.

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Rhinos South Africa Rhinoceros White Rhinos 173

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2014

The lodge is unusual in having a raised walkway behind the lodge, allowing those of us keen to bird or watch wildlife when most normal people are resting in the middle of the day. A Rhinoceros Hornbill ! We stayed at the Sukau River Lodge, which is one of the nicest lodges on the river. This species was my bird of the year last year.

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Rhinoceros Apes Elephants Monkeys 168

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

Fish & Wildlife Service has a web page for this species – but it contains absolutely no information. ” Even more strangely, the U.S. Wikipedia reports that he “was an excellent tennis player and an enthusiastic big game hunter.

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Burma India Indonesia Thailand 196

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2011

As we made our way around the island in a clockwise direction we continually saw large numbers of Rhinoceros Auklets , which are so clumsy on land that they must wait for the cover of darkness to get back to their burrows to feed their young. It was amazing to see the ruckus a single eagle could create by overflying the gull colony.

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Washington Protection Puffins Rhinoceros 169

Critter News

OCTOBER 2, 2009

In July, Kenyan authorities intercepted 16 elephant tusks and two rhinoceros horns being illegally exported to Laos from Mozambique. Some wildlife experts have attributed the increase in elephant poaching to the presence of Chinese workers in Africa. Tags: wildlife crime ivory africa Kenya china asia elephants traf.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

A question I am frequently asked by birders and wildlife enthusiasts is: “ if I only visit Africa once, where should I go ?” Highly recommended birding and wildlife sites include Selous Game Reserve, the Eastern Arc Mountains, Pemba and Zanzibar Islands and Arusha National Park. Sunset over the Ngorongoro Crater, a sight to behold!

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Tanzania Africa Stud Leopards 214

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

November 12, 2008) – Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomed a new baby white rhinoceros on Wednesday, Nov. The Fund was created in 2003 by the Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks and is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable foundation dedicated to supporting environmental and wildlife conservation initiatives. TAMPA, Fla.

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White Rhinos Rhinos Tampa 2008 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

That’s a threatened habitat, and one much sought after by wildlife enthusiasts. Calling loudly overhead were Bornean Black Magpie and Rhinoceros Hornbills , and, at the last moment, we heard Blue-headed Pitta again. Danum Valley is a conservancy that protects a large area of lowland rainforest in Sabah in northeastern Borneo.

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Lemurs Rhinoceros Uganda Leopards 158

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Other wildlife includes Asian Elephant , Tiger , Leopard. Indian Rhinoceros in Kaziranga, photo Anuwar Hazarika/Wikimedia Commons. Kaziranga National Park is famous for having 80% of the surviving population of the Indian Rhinoceros , as well as being the favourite park of the British royal family, whenever they visit India.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Nothing wets the appetite for a birding trip like a map with a Blue-banded Pitta posed in the middle and a Rhinoceros Hornbill flying across the edge! Quentin won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition (junior section) with the first-ever photograph of a nesting Chest-nutheaded Thrush.

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Brunei Asia Birds China 174

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

After seeing Rhinoceros Auklets and Xantus’s Murrelets on the first half of Sunday’s San Diego Bird Festival pelagic trip, we reached Mexico’s Islas Cornado (Coronado Islands), four rocky islands off the coast of northern Baja California. Duncan, I’m also entertained by your comment! The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea California 152

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

And one that is easy to use, because, let’s face it, you want to spend most of your time looking at wildlife, not searching for information. The Big Five–Lion, Leopard, African Buffalo, African Elephant and Rhinoceros–were historically the main mammal attraction of Kruger.

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Rhinos Animal Mammals White Rhinos 238

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Assuming you have a passing interest in wildlife, or at the least you know someone that does, and chances are in the last week or so you’ve become aware that some lady from America shot a lion. I’ve certainly seen the story plenty in my Facebook news feed, and were I more of a Twitter user I am sure I would have seen it there too.

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Lions Killing Hunting Hunters 183

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Merritt Island NWR–Black Point Wildlife Dr. 08 Jan 2017. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Merritt Island NWR–Black Point Wildlife Dr. 08 Jan 2017. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2014

The reason Borneo lends itself to this type of birding holiday is that tourism in Borneo leans towards outdoorsy, wildlife based tourism anyway. Contrast this in Asia to, say, Singapore, Hong Kong or Bangkok, all of which have great birding nearby but are destinations people go to for reasons other than wildlife.

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Bats Birds Elephants Badgers 182

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Trinidad Lake SP–Watchable Wildlife Trail. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Garret Mountain Reservation (Park).

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Garret Mountain Reservation (Park).

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. 10 Feb 2016. 05 Mar 2016.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Battle Creek Wildlife Area. Alligator River NWR–Wildlife Drive. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Scarlet-rumped Trogon – Harpactes duvaucelii. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Adayaru Estuary. 10 Mar 2018. Least Sandpiper – Calidris minutilla. El Centenario Tidal Flats.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. 10 Feb 2016. 05 Mar 2016.

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2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 101

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Western Australia. 26 Aug 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 100