10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2023

The northern half of the lake added Corn Bunting , European Turtle Dove , Dalmatian Pelican , Purple Heron , Eurasian Hobby , Eurasian Golden Oriole , Eurasian Green Woodpecker , and only the first of the several Masked Shrikes of the tour (cover photo by Kostas Papadopoulos).

Greece 236

Greece Pelicans Birds Stray Dog 236

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

At the same time, a Peregrine Falcon flies across the valley. Like many others, this village was totally abandoned and only recently repopulated, with a current population of only 18 people. Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos major. Eurasian Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis.

Bears 270

Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 270

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2012

It’s often considered wasteful that so many nests are abandoned and left to degenerate, but my theory of one of the reasons for this behavior is related to predation. Some of the malimbes forage in nuthatch or woodpecker fashion along trunks and branches of rainforest trees and they are frequent members of bird parties.

Tanzania 228

Tanzania Buffalo Kenya Namibia 228

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2014

(The phrase is also used in the Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America and The Shorebird Guide by O’Brien, Crossley, and Karlson, so it hasn’t been totally abandoned.). In a huge improvement, Sibley Two includes page references for each species (see Falcons introductory page above).

North America 244

North America Birds Species America 244