10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

It is often a lot hotter there than closer to the coast and many bird species roost in the area or come in for a drink and bathe during the day. Borrow pit birds. Last Sunday there were plenty of bird species to see and it was easy enough to stand in the shade and watch the birds come in for a drink.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

The only bird-related activity I can think of is looking at bird photos I took in Singapore in 2015, and adding some irrelevant comments to them. Presumably, birds living in Singapore do not understand German. And I spent my time in Singapore birding, not shopping. “Odd, me?”

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2020

Mkuze Game Reserve is in the Eastern part of South Africa, about 5 hours away from Johannesburg, and one of the best places I have ever been to for bird photography. ” The Red-billed Quelea is regarded as the most numerous undomesticated bird on earth. Some gorgeous looking smaller birds such as. Broad-billed Roller ….

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2024

This places feels almost as if herds of zebra and giraffe are just out of view. Some movement in the grasses almost to our feet pulled me out of gazing and back into birding mode. These tiny birds were barely distinguishable from the ground – but they were certainly birds. I was surprised at how gently the sun rose.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It feels good to start a post with some truly attractive birds – such as two species of broadbills. If you like cute birds, you will probably like the Black-and-yellow Broadbill. Homework assignment: Is the bird in this video a male or a female? Maybe the birds I saw were not real. You can see why here.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2022

It is a very popular place to go fishing, but for us it is a great place to go bird-watching and we can watch the birds catch the fish! Every visit we make to Langi Crossing we observe different birds. When there are native plants in flower there are different birds along the riverbank. Magpie-lark in our camp.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2024

This place, called Los Filtros Viejos (the Old Filters) because it used to be Morelia’s main water source, is actually a great place for birding. And there is nothing I can see there that I can’t also see, alongside rarer birds, elsewhere. I love the closeup this bird gifted me. Note that shrike-like bill.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2022

Not as interesting as birds, but easier to get photos of – see a few at the end of this post, just put there in an uncaring way as I really went to St. Lucia for the birds. I sometimes wonder why green birds are relatively rare. On the other hand, “at the same time birds want to blend in, they also want to stand out.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2021

It is a well-known birding spot, and a low-budget alternative to Baihualing. While Baihualing is much better for birds, foreigners are currently prohibited from going there, presumably as we all carry Covid-19, even if like me we have been in China the whole year. Anyway, another topic I wanted to mention in this post is birds.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2022

All of the birds looked quite wet and miserable including the Rainbow Bee-eaters above. Other birds were using the power line to get themselves into the sun to warm up first thing in the morning. The native trees were very busy with wet birds from the early dew and fog. However, not every bird species has a street.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

As I have mentioned in the past we often place branches out for birds. The birds can then access water much more easily and we get the enjoyment of watching them all come in for a drink and bathe. There were literally hundreds of birds coming in to drink from the branches we had placed for them.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2023

The resilience of the birds is incredible and many birds are still nesting. White-bellied Sea-Eagle nest with Budgerigars above There were numerous Whistling Kites sitting in nests and we were intrigued to see that Zebra Finch had built their own nests in the base of the nest.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2022

Whenever we can we go birding on Christmas Day and make a list of the birds that we see. We had already done our Christmas Day bird list and achieved 110 bird species around the Broome area. We continued to add birds to the list as we continued to Gantheaume Point, which is the header photo. Frilled-neck Lizard.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2022

The low humidity makes for a very blue sky and the moon has been clearly visible when I have photographed some of our local birds. All of the birds have appeared cold when I go out with my extra layers on. There have been some Zebra Finch this week, but the Double-barred Finch are the most common of the finches nowadays.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2022

Being sacred may not have been that great for the Ibis in Egypt though – apparently, mummies of the Ibis are by far the most common bird mummies found there. And it seems that most of these mummified birds came from the wild rather than being specifically domesticated, according to DNA studies. ” ( source ).

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

A new research project using Zebra Finches in semi-wild conditions indicates that for some bird populations a certain aspect of climate change may have a negative effect on the viability of populations by causing increased mortality in a subtle but significant way. But there is no free lunch, especially for birds.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

So now I get to turn my attention back to birds, and blogging about them! French chefs face off against bird conservationists. Bad news at the poo ponds: birds may take a turn for the worse from all that Prozac in our waste. . The Cornell Lab’s new bird biology site is more than feather-deep. Look to flightless birds.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Last week I told you of the amazing birding at Ellendale dam and you may have noticed I shared a lot of colourful birds, but only mentioned the huge variety of honeyeaters that were present. We often add a branch to a water body to help birds get to water and on this occasion it was no different.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

I mentioned a few weeks ago that we had added a branch at Ellendale dam and pleased several species of birds and this is also the case for a branch that we added to a local ephemeral lake. It was also used straight away by a variety of birds and on returning a few weeks later it had become quite a hive of activity.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2022

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes – Coracina novaehollandiae are a common bird species around our home in Broome, Western Australia. We have two areas where birds can come to get a drink and the terracotta saucers have small rocks in to enable the birds to judge the depth. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Quarry birding is rewarding anywhere in the world, but in the Kimberley it can often be the last place that birds can find water after months with no rain. This particular quarry north of Fitzroy Crossing was almost dry when we last visited, but not dry enough that there were no birds at all. Zebra Finch.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2014

obsessing over World Cup matches), here’s some bird news to peruse: Loss of suitable habitat , instead of insecticides, seems to be the culprit in declining numbers of grassland birds. Know what else kills grassland birds? officials are considering bird-friendly building regulations. Planning on birding Kenya?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2019

It is often useful to look at satellite images on Google Earth to see where there is suitable habitat for different bird species. Sometimes it can be disappointing when the area has changed due to development and other times you can find some unlikely birds. It even followed the arrows on the road!!! Barred Buttonquail.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2012

What this land-locked country lacks in endemic birds it more than makes up for in accessibility of tough species, numbers of birds and the overall wildlife experience. It is also home to the largest concentration of African Elephants on the planet and over 450 bird species. We are currently filming in Botswana.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

We have observed huge flocks of Galahs there on previous visits and other times there are more bird species, but only one or two of each species. Last Sunday we stopped as usual and we were able to observe a good selection of birds from the bridge. As soon as you get out of your vehicle you can hear birds at this location.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2019

One of the best features about Singapore is the fact that wherever you go there are birds. Admittedly we did not go into the downtown area once during our three week stay, but wherever there are trees there are birds and Singapore is a green city. The beak on these birds is quite remarkable and the blue sky helps to accentuate it.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2022

We also go to bed when the birds and animals do and arise with them the following day. Australia does have rather vocal bird-life, so we accept that we will be awoken before dawn and as such go to bed early. It was very hot and dry and the bird-life all knew where to find water. Zebra Finch. Red-tailed Black Cockatoos.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2021

It is hot and the heat haze is bad not long after sunrise, so not ideal for photography, but great for observing large numbers of birds. As the ephemeral lakes dry out the birds all have to congregate at what water remains. The birds were all gathering around the edges and flying in to drink. Australian Bustard drinking.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

If you happen to be driving the highway from the North-west coastal highway towards Marble Bar there are a few obvious places to pull over to bird. There has always been a small pool of water at the causeway when we have visited and it is frequented by many birds. There were Zebra Finch amongst them too. . Painted Finch.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

… especially if you’re a lady bird in heat. Because unlike those of mammals, avian ova need penetration by multiple sperm in order to successfully develop into baby birds. Moreover, when supplies are short, female birds seem to be capable of “storing” sperm for maximum availability during the brief ovulation window.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2021

Of course, it was not just perfect for them, but many other birds. We only walked about 700 metres from the Fortescue River Bridge, but encountered a lovely variety of birds. Although we had only gone a few hundred metres we had observed a great variety of birds and it was well worth the stop. Australian Wood Ducks. Great Egret.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2019

It is illegal to feed wild animals, take animals, birds and insects and it is also illegal to release animals in Singapore. One bird species that we had hoped for during our visit to Singapore was the White-rumped Shama. Rather than try and photograph a bird in dense forest we chose to enjoy observing it. Oriental Pied Hornbill.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2017

Late in the year in 2015 it had been very productive for birds and hence our return. Arriving at the rest area we added a Red-backed Kingfisher to our notebook closely followed by Diamond Doves , Zebra Finch and Crested Pigeons. Native Mistletoe and Zebra Finch nest.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2017

Pictorella Mannikins- Heteromunia pectoralis -are a very small bird that inhabits the northern part of Australia and likes tall grass! They were in loose association with Zebra Finch and were constantly nipping back and forth to the last remaining water to drink and bathe. Pictorella Mannikins and Zebra Finch.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

I started favoring the right hand side of the arrangement, which might be the reason all the beers eventually started to look like birds. Here are what might look like Zebra Finches , but are really flights of beer lined up in a busy Biercafe. As always, it then became difficult to draw the line. You can try this at home.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2016

I’m a big fan of city birding. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy getting away from it all out in some remote forest or desert, but a good city can combine some excellent birding and outstanding diving, drinking, dining and sightseeing. The gardens are so bird rich books have been written about what can be seen in them.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Photos courtesy of Mosetlha Bush Camp A dusty-red road leads me through Marico bushveld deeper into the 750 square kilometers large wilderness of the Madikwe Game Reserve – the 4th largest reserve in South Africa, home to 350 bird and 66 mammal species, some 4 hours’ drive from Johannesburg.

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