10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2021

The initiative to protect this area was launched in 2010 within the “Wings Across the Balkans” project coordinated by BirdLife International and supported by the European Commission. It is a spacious floodplain between the River Danube and the levee, 2.1 mi at its widest point and some 9 km2 / 3.5 Young Roe Deer buck in Beljarica.

Serbia 271

Serbia Deer Protection Boars 271

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2017

Nest-building must have been on their agenda, for they hopped this way and that with delicate moss bits hanging from their tiny beaks. It’s no surprise we confused Winter and Pacific Wrens; until 2010, they were considered the same species! The bird’s song was lovely, but we wanted to actually see the wren as well.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Agenda United States 2010 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2017

I did not see any lifers whatsoever in 2016, making it my first lifer-free year since around 2010. I therefore finished the year on a high note, seeing quite a few species I scarcely got to see during the previous years. So here they are, my top 10 bird species of 2016, in no particular order except for No.

2016 101

2016 Germany Italy Netherlands 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Hunting sandhill cranes in Kentucky is a bad idea from a public relations standpoint, considering the growing cadre of birders and nature enthusiasts for whom cranes are a touchstone species. Initiating a hunting season on a large, charismatic species like a crane is no way to resuscitate hunting.

2011 238

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 238