10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

The wildlife steward boasts 8 pairs of Common Kingfishers along this stretch as the stream diverts through small wildfowl ponds. Leeds Castle’s most showy “blackbird” is the Jackdaw , Corvus monedula. The Black Swans were adopted to the trust’s coat of arms and breed here during the northern winter.

Collecting 100

Collecting South America Blackbirds Adoptable 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The USVI are smaller and have fewer habitats and, as a result, fewer bird species. Puerto Rico has a checklist of 269 species, 207 of which are migratory and the USVI has a checklist of 149 species, 124 of which are migratory. Herbert Rafaelle includes 284 species in his field guide , which covers both territories.)

Puerto Rico 164

Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States 164

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s not like I had forgotten lists created with friends of ‘songs with birds in the lyrics’, my personal favorites being Sondheim’s Green Finch and Linnet Bird and the Beatles’ Blackbird. Cocker writes about the species within each family with a literary specificity softened by a tone of conversational patience.

Birds 224

Birds Egypt Family Eagles 224