10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Last month we decided to head north to go camping and birding and top up the 2018 Year List. The closest town to Marlgu Billabong is Wyndham and they had 22mm of rain on April 7th 2018 and there had been no rain since then when we visited on November 10th. Marlgu Billabong looking right from the shelter.

Shelters 114

Shelters Geese 2018 Ducks 114

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2018

Pied Oystercatcher chick sheltering under an adult bird. We observed the adult Pied Oystercatchers finding small creatures in the soft sand and feeding them to the chicks. At no other time do we observe the Pied Oystercatchers feeding from the soft sand. Clumsy Pied Oystercatcher chicks not long out of the nest.

2018 100

2018 Eggs Feral Cats Camels 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2018

From now through the first week of November (2018) autumn leaves are peaking along the ridges and valleys of the Appalachians. Accommodations (100-room lodge, 30 cottages, 105 tent/RV/trailer campsites, and 16 shelters) make for relaxed birding on 12 miles of trails and lakeside. Leaves and birds in the Appalachian Mountains.

West Virginia 183

West Virginia Virginia Kentucky South Carolina 183

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

The same weakness is found in The Feather Thief (2018), a book similarly about an obsessive thief with flexible boundaries of right and wrong. If you are looking for a ‘good read’ while you are sheltering in place, this is a very good choice–entertaining, part true crime thriller, part journalistic puzzle, part educational.

Falcons 216

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 216