10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2015

I had planned to reach that goal by the end of 2016, accounting not only for the impressive potential of the county, but also for the fact that birding with two young children at home is not the easiest thing in the world. Lo and behold, there’s the Mute Swan, with an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN swimming along beside it.

2016 142

2016 North Carolina 2015 Raleigh 142

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2020

The expected Australian Pelicans were there and a handful of Plumed Whistling-Ducks , Eurasian Coot , Masked Lapwings and an Olive-backed Oriole was calling continuously. It is only during particularly wet seasons that Magpie Geese come to Broome and already they have started to arrive. Magpie Geese enjoying the flooded plains.

Geese 169

Geese 2016 Pelicans Australia 169

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The Lesser White-fronted Goose is not only rare in Serbia, but also overlooked among numerous Greater White-fronted Geese. Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus. In my native Serbia, pelicans are only vagrants, although in the under-birded southeast, they may be more common than we think. Dalmatian Pelican by Sebastian Bugariu.

Serbia 203

Serbia Montenegro Greece Bulgaria 203

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2017

This all started way back in 2012 and several of us continued on in 2013 , 2014 , 2015 and 2016. The ephemeral lakes are finally filling up after completely drying out and the arrival of hundreds of Magpie Geese rather than a dozen or so is a welcome surprise. Australian Pelican- Pelecanus conspicillatus- Broome, January 1st.

2017 100

2017 Zebras Ducks Australia 100