10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2021

Since it was the first link in this chain, Pino Real was where I met many of Michoacán’s flagship species. As I look back at my eBird species list, it is astonishing how many of my lifers were first seen there. To my shock, I had a wonderful outing, with 63 species seen in six hours. That chain continues to this day.

2013 161

2013 Emotional Abandon Abandoning 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2020

It’s the only one in all of Mexico. This was always a process of solitary exploration; only later did other birders ask me to take them to see the unusual species I had found. Found all sorts of wonderful species. And here we are, in 2020, being told to shun human contact as much as possible. Bird like I bird.

Birds 130

Birds Abandon Abandoning Abandonment 130

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2016

Rehabbers are very responsive, although constantly living under the gun makes us sometimes vent about species that aren’t necessarily the ones in question. Bats just love to fly into human hair!” Two: Humans are diurnal, which means they are normally active during the day. million-year-old early human.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 179

Wildlife Rehabilitation Porcupines Raccoons Birds 179

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2015

There are few places in the United States where simply driving around can leave you with a list of 30+ species, many of them large and spectacular. There are a few places where that is especially obvious, and one of those is the town of Cape Coral, just north of Naples along the Gulf of Mexico.

Owls 202

Owls Florida Tenant United States 202

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

This week marks the 2-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. As you read the below timeline and see the below images, don’t ever forget the perils that walk hand-in-hand with human greed. October 26, 2011 BP is awarded a permit to drill another exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico.

2010 235

2010 Louisiana 2012 2011 235

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

In 2012, I reviewed The Jewel Hunter , an absorbing narrative in which author Chris Goodie travelled throughout Asia, Africa, and Australasia to observe and photograph every Pitta species in the world. Hummingbird species, on the other hand, number in the hundreds.

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2015

Whoever is in charge of names in the area had abandoned an unwise relationship with compound names ((meaning Redwinged Starlings were Red-winged Starlings again) and seemed to have shifted the names of lots of species around in the hopes of aligning them with the IOC (goodbye louries). How many copies of Sasol does one human need?

Africa 153

Africa South Africa Zimbabwe Penguins 153