article thumbnail

Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

And there is diversity in charisma–few people can resist an Emperor Penguin or a Secretary Bird, but common birds like Indian Myna and Black-crowned Night Heron also get their due respect. © 2023 Tony Angell; © 2023 Mark E. Mark Hauber is currently (just appointed!)

Chicago 178
article thumbnail

Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

10,000 Birds

UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. Scarlet Macaw Ara macao. Scarlet and Blue-and-Yellow Macaws Ara macao and A.

Peru 255