10,000 Birds
MAY 28, 2017
Black Woodpeckers are usually easy to find in Germany. At least one birder will now likely grab his war hammer and check flight availabilities from New York to Frankfurt as well as average prison sentences in Germany for first degree murder. Here in Germany, we have them. So, your next step is to search for the right habitat.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 21, 2016
I am not entirely sure whether most birders outside Germany know or realize that Germany still has a decent population of one of Europe’s most attractive and desired bird species: the Great Bustard Otis tarda. Now that I might have wetted your appetite, here’s where and how to find them in Germany: 1.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2013
It’s either that or the Hindus are right, that our existence is a continuing chain of lives through re-birth, a system of action and reward, and Corey Finger’s former life was that of a panda bear whose biggest mischief was eating bamboo, while I was Pol Pot. What could possibly go wrong?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
2008 and this video recommended by the Ted Talk people: The Early Birdwatchers ), or the social behavior of Common Guillemots (what we North Americans call Common Murres) ( Bird Sense: What it Is Like to Be a Bird , 2012). The drawing on the left is from 1714, the one on the right is the result of Birkhead’s own dissection.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 10, 2015
With its proven track record of adapting and spreading in areas with cold winters such as Germany and England, it might even be able to colonize large portions of the southern United States. Egyptian Goose sightings submitted to eBird in 2011-2012. They were right! Egyptian Goose sightings submitted to eBird in 2013-2014.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
Dates of first arrival listed by Schorger (1966) are: Italy 1520, Germany 1530, France 1538, England 1541, Denmark and Norway 1550, Sweden 1556. This is the time of year that we rightfully contemplate the noble Turkey. This is not entirely unknown among domestic animals, but many domesticates have no living wild version. 78(1):61–78.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2011
2011 is about to become 2012 and birders the world over are taking a look at their year lists and reminiscing about the awesome sightings and devastating dips that they have experienced. That’s right, my Best Bird of the Year is the Burrowing Owl ! Has it been the Small Gay Race it might have picked off a couple of racers.
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