10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2022
Also, there was a Black Kite awaiting us, as well as one Red-footed Falcon sitting on a dead oak branch. We entered an area that was clear-cut in 2010. A Lesser Spotted Eagle high in the thermal, getting ever smaller. And a White-tailed Eagle making an appearance in the same thermal! Photo by Surcin Municipality.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2020
The proprietor of our ecolodge guides my small group of birders up a steep slope where we see, just at the point where a scope view deteriorates into pixels, a huge bird—a Chaco Eagle, also known as a Crowned Eagle—on a huge nest. We are cautioned to keep the location of the eagle a secret. 2019), and now this book.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2017
The guide presents 69 species and 1 subspecies, from “NEW WORLD VULTURES: Cathartiformes” to “OSPREY: Pandioninae” to “FAMILY: Accipitridae” (Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Hawk-Eagles), to “FALONIDS: Falconidae” (Falcons, Forest-Falcons, Caracaras, Kestrels, Merlin). In addition to co-authoring the raptor field guide, N.
Critter News
MAY 16, 2010
A horrific total of 6 eagles, 10 buzzards, 3 red kites, a Peregrine falcon and a sparrowhawk have all been poisoned in recent weeks across Ireland, England and Scotland. It's just weird how many birds are being killed in England, Scotland and Ireland. And these are just the ones that we know about and have been discovered.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 29, 2023
Spoonbills nested in Britain for the first time for 300 years in 2010, when a small colony became established at Holkham in North Norfolk. Inland in the Alentejo I found Great Spotted Cuckoos and the first returning Short-toed Eagles. On the plus side, Waxwings and White-tailed Eagles (10 in the sky at once) were great to see.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 31, 2011
On this final day of 2011 it is time, just like it was on the final day of 2010 , to share your Best Birds of the Year. The African Pygmy Falcon finally showed itself after years of being a nemesis bird I didn’t even know I had. It made its appearance on the Serengeti Plains. I blogged about them here.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
While these groups were once considered two orders (Caprimulgiformes and Apodiformes), recent work (summarized in Mayr 2010 ) shows that swifts and hummingbirds emerged from within the night birds. So if you need me, I’ll just be over here thinking about doves and flamingos, parrots and falcons, hummingbird brains and our own.
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