10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

All photos were taken in Australia in December 2016 – locations included Brisbane and surroundings, Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, Melbourne, and the coast near Melbourne. Contrary to alleged preferences among humans, the golden-headed cisticola has a shorter tail during the breeding season ( source ). Female below.

Australia 189

Australia Birds Koalas Parrots 189

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2023

The photos in this post were taken in 2015 and 2016 – I was not only an amazingly attractive, almost young person then, but also a surprisingly bad photographer. A Red-billed Blue Magpie pretending to be a wet dog. I also only managed to see rather common bird species at Shennongjia, a nature reserve in Hubei province, China.

China 174

China Birds Eggs Woodpeckers 174

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I should add that the Big Owls taking over NYC social and even hard print media, dominating conversations with my nonbirder friends and family, are not the only owls in the five boroughs, but like a musical, the closer you are to Broadway, the closer you are to fame and fortune (and maybe even a higher quality rodent for dinner, who knows?).

New York City 189

New York City Birds Owls Fox 189

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2015

As 2015 comes to a close and birders the world over start thinking about what 2016 will bring we here at 10,000 Birds would like to take a moment to celebrate our best birds of 2015. 2015 was great and here’s hoping 2016 will be even better. But we don’t want this post to just be about our best birds! A country-first?

2015 186

2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 186