10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

The Peru Birding Rally Challenge is a joint initiative between PromPeru and the Inkaterra Family of hotels. Raise global awareness of Peru’s potential as a top-notch birding destination whilst highlighting the need to conserve bird habitat across the country. Think the Birding World Cup or the International Birding Open.

Peru 218

Peru 2012 Birds Falcons 218

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A little further, there’s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. This time they appear more relaxed, but nervousness might be a better policy: between 2013 and 2017, well over a thousand rhinos were annually poached in South Africa. Sniffing us.

South Africa 208

South Africa Africa Game Elephants 208

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

My librarian self is partial to a more strict taxonomic organization, but with no hope that the constant shifting of families will end in the near future, this type of sequence is making more and more sense. The book’s organization reflects the authors’ goal of making this a guide accessible to birders of all levels and skill.

Ireland 140

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 140

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

In the former, a female lays her fertilized egg in the nest of another species, in the hopes that her offspring will be raised by the unwitting hosts. In the latter, three or more adult individuals contribute to the raising of offspring. It turns out that the two strategies may be related. Photo of a Fairy Wren from HERE. Feeney, W.

Breeders 195

Breeders Breeding Birds Groups 195

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

Species Accounts are arranged taxonomically, grouped by family. Family sections start with a brief description of the characteristics shared by the species in the family, followed by a description of the sounds made by those species and how they obtain their song/call knowledge.

North America 161

North America America Birds New York 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. From July 1 2008-June 30 2009 Ducks Unlimited raised 200.4

2011 239

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 239

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2013

It is a little tradition we started when we were not both working on Christmas Day and a great way to pass the day when you don’t have family in the same state or time zone! Due to the fact we currently have Cyclone Christine battering our coast I am hoping something may get blown off course that is not already on my 2013 list !

Ducks 154

Ducks Birds Parrots Australia 154

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2013

I find the Crossley Guides, Eastern Birds and Raptors (fall 2013), very useful when I’m looking for new or unfamiliar birds (Linnet!), The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has documented 596 bird species in the wild as at 1 January 2013; 265 are listed as Accidental, 59 as Scarce Visitor, and 2 as Extinct. flexibound, 304 pp.

Ireland 170

Ireland 2013 Breeders Ducks 170

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The thing about Florida is that it’s truly the best of both worlds for those of us birders who are saddled with the unfortunate reality of “non-birding family”, a condition that affects many of us and impacts our ability to fully give ourselves to the birds. I raised my binoculars, confirmed the ID, and the bird bolted.

Florida 129

Florida North Carolina Miami Family 129