10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2023
I did not actually go to Afghanistan for birding. In a barely disguised advertising plug, I will explain more at the end of this post (and probably in some other posts describing my travels in Afghanistan). So, birds in Kabul. Somewhat sadly, Kabul also has its share of captive birds.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 25, 2023
Like the recently posted entry on birding Kabul, this isn’t really much of a birding post – it features just two or three really bad (= taken with a mobile phone; = I do not really want these photos to be associated with me as a bird photographer at all bad) photos. Then, lunch break near the river with my hosts.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2021
He found some solace when, at age eleven, he became entranced with birds – specifically, with a Green Woodpecker — and that sighting, he says, “took me to another, safer world.” . More Birds Than Bullets: My Life With Birds is his account of the centrality of birds in all of these endeavors, and in his life.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
Grey Hypocolius is a Holy Grail of Middle Eastern birding. Part of its attraction lies in it being a monotypic bird in the family Hypocoliidae – there are no other bird species in its genus and family. No, birds are way too smart for that stupid trick. But I have never seen any bird with anything like it!
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2012
On the most popular tourist island of Sal, I was lucky to encounter the Hoopoe Lark , a bird of desert and dune. It has been likened to other birds such as roadrunner and mockingbird. It has been likened to other birds such as roadrunner and mockingbird.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 8, 2015
For you and me, there are about 200 bird species, but for proper tourists, there seem to be only five species in the reserve: Bengal Tiger , Leopard , Sloth Bear , Indian Wild Dog (Dhole) and the Gaur. It is dominated by Burmese Teak , interspersed by thickets of Calcutta Bamboo. Grey-headed Fish Eagle Copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 22, 2020
I was lucky to visit India several times, but as a keen birder I carried along only a bird book, and even upgraded it to a new edition between the trips. Beside India, Lynx Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of South Asia covers Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. I clearly needed a mammal book.
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