10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2020

The Ural Owl inhabits old and undisturbed boreal forests, in an unbroken belt from Sweden and Finland across Russia to Japan, and is rarely seen to the south, only here and there, in the Carpathians (Slovakia/Ukraine/Romania/eastern Serbia) and Dinaric Alps (Croatia/Bosnia/western Serbia).

Serbia 243

Serbia Owls Slovakia Bosnia 243

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

According to Couzens, after laying the eggs, females sometimes immediately abandon their first mate and pair up with another male. Where it is not – for example, in Japan – it will have difficulties finding a partner to mate. But maybe that is actually a good thing. How convenient.

Birds 162

Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2016

This past week has seen thousands of shorebirds roosting on Reddell Beach having abandoned Simpson’s Beach near the port now our winds are starting to change as the season changes. There was a mutiny aboard the brigantine “Ethel” and several crew members were massacred as well as Captain Reddell.

Taiwan 114

Taiwan New Zealand Breeding Japan 114

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

They have expanded their range through Indonesia and into Australia and is found in post breeding dispersal as far north as South Korea and Japan. Despite the Cattle Egret ‘s rapid expansion there are some areas that Cattle Egrets once occupied, but have now abandoned for reasons that are as unclear as the expansion was to begin with.

Cattle 170

Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 170

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2012

Dendrocopos leucotos is absent from western Europe but is found in northern, central, and eastern Europe and across Asia as far east as Japan and Korea. This means that there were nearly thirty of us making our way up the dirt track past long-abandoned quarries to get the area where the woodpeckers are normally found.

Woodpeckers 173

Woodpeckers Hungary Europe Japan 173