10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

In 2019 I joint-led my seventeenth safari in twelve years with Capture Africa, we are a good team. The birdlife here is wonderful, a ten-night safari should give you over 200 species, (2018 & 2019 both gave us 242!). The woodlands will give us barbets, terrestrial kingfishers, Brubru’s and wood hoopoes.

Botswana 198

Botswana Africa Elephants Angola 198

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Best wishes to you all for 2019, keep safe and keep birding. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. 23 May 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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NOVEMBER 3, 2018

During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. The equanimity occurred as the two totals passed 3560. Alphabetic Taxonomic. Kruger NP Central Park. 23 May 2018. 23 May 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

They noted 598 species as a team, bringing the year total to 2118 and pushing the life list to 3555. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. They are hungry, tired and don’t need to be chased. 9 beats shared 100 checklists from 8 countries (Costa Rica, USA, UK, Brazil, Serbia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Australia.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

8 beats shared 126 checklists accounting for 704 species. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Tom and Pat were toe to toe in Costa Rica , so the numbers from there outshone anything else on the list for November, with over 60% of the month’s total shared between them. Alphabetic Taxonomic. 23 May 2018. 05 Jun 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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OCTOBER 1, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Alphabetic Taxonomic. Table Mountain NP–Cape of Good Hope. 27 Aug 2016. Great Tinamou – Tinamus major.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154